Police: 635 Moving Violation Tickets Issued Between December 5 To January 3

Police handed out a total of 625 tickets for moving violations (MVTs) from December 5 to January 3, which is up from the 428 issued during the last period reported.

Another 66 motorists were given advisory notices (MANs) – also up from 48 and 269 Parking violation tickets were issued up from 171 in the previous reporting period.

To date, 8402 MVT’s have been reported since the implementation of Operation Vega on July 1st, 2021.

Robert Cardwell, Acting Superintendent, Tactical Support Division said: “Operation Vega remains a critical incident and is in line with the Bermuda Police Service’s Strategic Priorities as they relate to reducing harm on our roads.

“Worryingly, the incidence of impaired driving continues to increase. A situation that should be extreme concern for us all. There 15 arrests for impaired driving over this Operation Vega reporting period, while for all of 2022, a total of 194 individuals were arrested for driving whilst impaired. This compares with 134 in 2021 and 186 in 2020.

“Road Side sobriety testing and high vigilance by patrol officers have contributed to these numbers and it appears the public are not taking notice of our pleas to not drink and drive. We continue to attend a number of collisions where impaired driving is a factor. That notwithstanding indications are overall traffic collisions are on the decline. However, there remains much work to be done to further reduce these numbers.

“In the fourth quarter of 2022 there were 265 road traffic collisions [RTCs] recorded. For the same period in 2021, there were 284 RTCs recorded. A reduction of 19 such incidents.”

The break-down of traffic offences reported for the latest reporting period is as follows: