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4 ·The IFP· Halton Hills ·Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Traffic collisions rising in Halton As crime plummets to a record low in Halton, police continue to struggle with safety on area roads following 8,386 motor vehicle accidents in Halton in 2011. Despite a 19 per cent increase in traffic enforcement activities by Halton police last year, traffic collisions still rose by 10.1 per cent. Police said this included 3,138 collisions in Oakville, 2,967 collisions in Burlington, 1,434 collisions in Milton and 847 collisions in Halton Hills. Nearly 6,000 of these accidents resulted in property damage while 1,174 resulted in injuries, and 15 resulted in death. "It's a little disturbing because most of these collisions are preventable," said Halton Deputy Police Chief Bob Percy. "It's distracted driving, it's people being impatient, it's people running late who see everyone else on the road as nothing but an inconvenience to them. We've seen this increase and there's no one causal factor." Impaired driving is also an issue in Halton with impaired driving arrests during the first three months of 2012 already surpassing those made during the same period last year. Halton police are trying to combat impaired driving not only through enforcement such as year-round RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) programs, but also by going into area schools and showing Halton's students the consequences of drinking and driving. Percy said recent surveys seem to indicate Halton's secondary school students are getting the message about drinking and driving. But Percy said, a wide spectrum of people make the decision to drink and drive, with Halton police having arrested young people, but also men and women in their 60s. Percy said getting impaired drivers off the road is important as alcohol has contributed to a significant number of Halton's fatal traffic collisions. Distracted driving has also been described as a dangerous driving practice that is rampant in Halton. Percy said Halton police have not only caught people driving while on cell phones or texting, but even some people who were driving while working on their laptops. "When you are following someone who's texting, initially the symptoms of what you are observing mimic an impaired driver. So although you may have all your faculties about you and be awake and alert, when your head is down and you are driving looking at a cell phone, you are just as dangerous, if not more so, than an impaired driver because you are all over the road and you are not paying attention." Halton police will be stepping up enforcement this year and have numerous projects to make Halton's roads safer. 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