Tickets issues by the SPVM

Enforcing the Highway Safety Code is a critical means of achieving the SPVM’s road safety objectives and reducing the number of victims on Montréal’s roads.

To help achieve these objectives, the total number of tickets issued by SPVM officers increased by 4.9% in 2008.

Pedestrians

In 2008, pedestrians were the main road safety focus of the SPVM’s five-year strategic plan. It was a year was marked by increased enforcement. Since it has been demonstrated that enforcement is the most important component of the 3Es,* the number of tickets issued to pedestrians increased by 28.6%.

* The 3E approach

• 1 : Education — education and prevention
• 2 : Engineering — road layout and signals
• 3 : Enforcement — police operations and enforcement

Tickets related to new regulations

• Tickets for high speed — April to December: 3504
• Tickets for cell phone use — July to December: 6161
• Tickets for driving without winter tires — since December 15: 62

* The 3E approach

The number of files handled by the Section des enquêtes collisions has remained stable since 2007.

Investigators also supported the neighbourhood officers at the scenes of 189 major collisions.

* NOTE: The data for 2008 are preliminary and some may be subject to minor changes during the final verification process.

Source: http://www.spvm.qc.ca/en/securite-routiere/7_1_securite-circulation.asp