2 Friday, December 13, 2019 brooklintowncrier.com Instead of driving this holiday season, the BTC strongly recommends you stash the keys and use one of these services. (The Brooklin Town Crier does not endorse any particular company nor type of service.) Note: A Designated Driver service will drive your car back from your location for a fee, with a companion car following. #Taxi (#8294) Mobile calls only The above number will connect you with the closest taxi service. Fee is from $1.25 to $2.50 to make the call, depending on your cell carrier. poundtaxi.com Bell Taxi 905-668-8888 Belltaxi.ca Holiday Driving - Let Someone Else Do It Less than half the picture: By Richard Bercuson Circle Taxi 905-668-6666 circletaxi.ca City Wide Taxi 905-579-9393 citywidetaxioshawa.com DD4U 905-440-4469 Opens at 5 pm https: / /www.facebook.com/DD4UDesignatedDrivingService/ DD Kingz Call 905-914-6703 Ask for Wally or Sheryl. ddkingz.com (Facebook link) Keys to Us 1-800-439-0339 Keystous.com Taxi Taxi 905-571-1234 taxi-taxi.ca Uber For rates, visit: http://uber-rates-whitby-on-ca.uber-fare-estimator.com/ Have a wonderful, safe and happy Christmas and New Year! - Richard DRPS completed its fourth week of the Festive R.I.D.E program, stopping more than 1,500 vehicles and charging 22 drivers with drinking and driving offences. Durham Regional Police Officers conducted R.I.D.E. checks in Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa, Clarington, Scugog and Brock Township with the following totals: (2018 Festive R.I.D.E. stats from Week Four are in brackets) 1,573 (4,157) Vehicles stopped by R.I.D.E. 128 (115) People given Roadside Breath Tests 10 (12) People received "3/7/30 Day Suspensions" for registering a "WARN" 139 (N/A) Mandatory Roadside Breath Tests 0 (N/A) Person arrested for impaired as result of Mandatory Tests 1 (N/A) People received "3/7/30 Day Suspensions as a result of Mandatory Tests 0 (N/A) People given "Approved Drug Screening Device" Tests 2 (0) Novice Driver received a "3 Day Licence Suspension" 22 (20) People were charged with Drinking and Driving Offences 31 (32) Criminal Code Offences 66 (73) Charged with various Highway Traffic Act Offences 0 (1) Drug Offences 0 (1) Cannabis Act offences After the fourth week, the Festive R.I.D.E. team has charged 68 motorists for drinking and driving offences. Last year at the same time, 63 had been charged. Another 56 motorists have registered a WARN on a roadside screening device and had their driver's licences suspended for three days. Last year at the same time, 51 drivers had their licences suspended for registering a WARN. The R.I.D.E. Team conducted mandatory roadside breath tests again this week on the R.I.D.E. line. Every driver entering the R.I.D.E. line was given a breath test. Results are posted above. A complete list of those charged with Impaired/Exceed are posted on the website www.drps.ca under Hot Topics. Note: Under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, anyone charged with a drinking and driving criminal offence will have his or her driver's licence suspended for 90 days and their vehicle impounded automatically for 7 days. D.R.P.S. Festive R.I.D.E. Campaign Updates