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NRP Catching Impaired Drivers this Weekend

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Police taking more impaired drivers off the road over the weekend, and one for excessive speeding.

RIDE checks were set up Saturday night in Niagara Falls and St. Catharines, stopping over 300 vehicles, looking for impairment by alcohol or drugs.

26-drivers were required to give breath samples, 6 of those registered Alert on the machine, leading to 7-day licence suspension.

And, police pulled another driver over for exceeding 150kms an hour, they didn't say where that was.

17 other tickets given out, including for driving under suspension, and two who didn't have valid insurance.