On Sunday afternoon members of the West Kootenay Road Safety Unit and Nelson RCMP conducted a road safety check on Highway 6 at Whitewater Ski Hill Road due to the high numbers of people attending the hill for their year-end celebrations.
During that time, police issued 19 tickets involving driver’s license and vehicle insurance violations, seven orders issued for vehicle defects, one driver received a 24 hour driving prohibition for operating a vehicle with impairing drugs in his body, one person was charged for being in possession of drugs, and a small amount of drugs were seized from another individual without charge.
Police say that overall they were very impressed to see a large number of designated drivers and would like to commend the positive feedback from the motoring public received during their road safety check.