OPP ticket 18 drivers for videoing crash scene while behind the wheel

Published Aug 31, 2024 • Last updated 3 days ago • 1 minute read

OPP hands out dozens of tickets Saturday to drivers using their cellphones while passing an overturned transport truck. ottIt was a sort of fish in a barrel event Saturday for Ontario Provincial Police at the site of a transport truck and trailer rollover on Highway 401 westbound at Shannonville Road near Belleville.

A total of 18 drivers — including two transport truckers — received $615 “reminders” to stay off their phones and focus on the road, as they passed the collision scene.

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All 18 drivers were suspected of videoing the crash site while operating their vehicles.

“Your attentiveness to driving helps keep emergency workers safe at these scenes,” OPP said in a social-media message.

In another post on X, the Ottawa OPP said Friday night they had, while conducting a RIDE check earlier that night, charged a person with using a cellphone while driving.

“One driver stopped was watching TikTok while driving!” police said in the post about the incident.

The charge carries a $615 fine, three demerit points and a three-day driving suspension upon conviction, police said.

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