During SGI’s March Traffic Safety Spotlight 454 drivers were suspended for impaired driving offences. Three-hundred-twelve were issued licence suspensions for exceeding provincial limits for alcohol and/or drugs, while 142 were charged with a Criminal Code impaired driving offence.

In March, SGI teamed up with the Regina Police Service to bring more awareness to mandatory alcohol screening which is intended to catch impaired drivers who would have otherwise gone undetected. The Regina Police Service announced that any driver stopped during the month of March would be required to take the brief roadside test. On March 21, the Saskatchewan RCMP notified the public that its members would be conducting roadside mandatory alcohol screenings as part of all lawful traffic stops on an ongoing basis.

The Regina Police Service said mandatory alcohol screening caught nine drivers exceeding the .08 blood alcohol concentration (BAC) Criminal Code limit, while another six were issued suspensions for exceeding the provincial limit of .04.