{"id":680787,"date":"2026-05-20T00:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/680787\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T00:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:42:10","slug":"long-weekend-results-in-over-70-impaired-driving-investigations-in-surrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/680787\/","title":{"rendered":"Long weekend results in over 70 impaired driving investigations in Surrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/zzSPS.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\" class=\"lazyload entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zzSPS-696x928.jpg\"  data- alt=\"\" title=\"zzSPS\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SURREY Police Service (SPS) is reminding drivers about the serious dangers and consequences of impaired driving after issuing over 70 impaired driving-related prohibitions over the May long weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This past long weekend, SPS\u2019s Road Safety Section and Impaired Driving Unit officers were proactively patrolling for impaired drivers. Between Friday, May 15, and Monday, May 18, the officers issued 73 impaired driving-related prohibitions ranging from\u00a0Criminal Code\u00a0impaired driving charges to Immediate Roadside Prohibitions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impaired driving remains one of the major causes of collisions across British Columbia. SPS would like to remind drivers that alcohol, cannabis, illegal drugs, and certain prescription medications can all impair a driver\u2019s ability to safely operate a vehicle by impacting reaction time, judgement, coordination, and attention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some helpful safety tips include:<\/p>\n<p>Leave your car at home and use a taxi or ride share service<br \/>\nPlan your transit route before you go so you know how to get home safely<br \/>\nChoose a designated driver who will stay sober and get you home safely<br \/>\nNever get into a vehicle with a driver you believe may be impaired<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you suspect someone is driving impaired, call 9-1-1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPS\u2019s Road Safety Section and Impaired Driving Unit operates across Surrey throughout the year to proactively target and reduce impaired driving. For more information about SPS\u2019s Traffic and Road Safety efforts, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surreypolice.ca\/trafficsafety\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.surreypolice.ca\/trafficsafety&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1779301476269000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1kihvbQsDbElDOEou2mZ3m\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Traffic and Road Safety | Surrey Police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about impaired driving in British Columbia please visit ICBC\u2019s collision-related\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icbc.com\/about-icbc\/newsroom\/Statistics\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.icbc.com\/about-icbc\/newsroom\/Statistics&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1779301476269000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1GCnJVSSdzPFVi4WaI6Gyj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Statistics<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/transportation\/driving-and-cycling\/roadsafetybc\/data\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/transportation\/driving-and-cycling\/roadsafetybc\/data&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1779301476269000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1cIqkkgUNrF9BloRuccWQ8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Road safety data \u2013 Province of British Columbia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SURREY Police Service (SPS) is reminding drivers about the serious dangers and consequences of impaired driving after issuing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[879,49,48,2169,87674,249934,104653],"class_list":["post-680787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-crime","tag-surrey","tag-surrey-impaired-driving","tag-surrey-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}