Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) programs continue to find impaired drivers across eastern Ontario.
East Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers have now arrested and charged a total of 67 people with impaired driving since the initiative began on Thursday, November 20, 2025. That includes 18 in the past week.
Officers from Quinte West to the Quebec boundary, and northwest through the Ottawa Valley, have conducted over 800 Festive RIDE programs, checking drivers to ensure they were not impaired by alcohol or drugs.
Each of those drivers charged with impaired operation has had their licence suspended for 90-days and their vehicle was impounded for seven-days, plus they each have a scheduled court appearance.
Officers have also issued 15 three-day licence suspensions for drivers who were found to be in the warn range on an approved roadside alcohol screening device.
The Festive RIDE campaign runs until January 1, 2026. Expect to see RIDE programs day or night, seven days week. They can happen along major highways, rural roads or downtown streets.
While we could be anywhere, we can’t be everywhere. If you suspect someone is driving impaired by drugs or alcohol, call 9-1-1. You could be saving lives.
