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Teen driver charged after stopped with alcohol in their system: OPP

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A traffic stop in Friday’s early morning hours has resulted in charges for one eastern Ontario teen.

Ontario Provincial Police officers conducted traffic stops as part of its Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere program on Highway 17 in North Bay, Ont., during the early morning hours of October 11, 2024. (Ontario Provincial Police/X)

 The incident happened on Oct. 11 as Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting stops as part of its Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program and Thanksgiving weekend’s Operation Impact on Highway 17 in North Bay.

“A vehicle with four adolescents approached and police conducted a mandatory alcohol screening test to which the driver had been consuming alcohol,” said officials with the Mattawa OPP detachment in a social media post.

As a result of the stop, a 19-year-old novice driver from Carleton Place has been charged with having a blood alcohol count above zero as a novice driver.

Ontario Provincial Police conducted a mandatory alcohol screening test to a teenage driver during a reduce impaired driving everywhere stop on Highway 17 in North Bay, Ont., on October 11, 2024. The device showed a reading above zero -- 32 mg/100ml. (Ontario Provincial Police/X)

The accusation has not been proven in court.

“Novice drivers aged 21 or under, as well as drivers of any age who hold a G1, G2, M1, or M2 licence are not permitted to have any alcohol in their system when operating a motor vehicle,” said police.

“It is your responsibility to understand the law pertaining to your class of drivers licence.”

“Drive safe (and) get home safe,” added OPP Const. Renée Taylor.

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