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MPI Giving $200k To Police To Combat Distracted Driving

Manitoba Public Insurance is giving money to police forces here in the province to help tackle distracted driving.

 

The crown corporation is providing around $200,000 to support enhanced police enforcement programs, which run throughout April.

 

Ward Keith, MPI’s VP of Business Development and Communications, said that this is the seventh consecutive year that MPI will be helping fund the program, which is a joint effort with various police forces across the province including the RCMP and Winnipeg Police.

 

He added that joint awareness and enforcement programs are a good example of how road safety partners can work together to send a powerful message that distracted driving will not be tolerated.

 

Distracted driving collisions here in Manitoba increased drastically from 2011 to 2016, from 2,415 to 11,086. The insurance associated with those collisions is estimated to be close to $70M per year.

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