Police nab 25 speeders in second Oliver Road blitz

A second straight day of traffic enforcement on Oliver Road has netted police even more fines than the initial Tuesday blitz.

Thunder Bay Police say they ticketed 25 drivers on Wednesday, each of whom was traveling past the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre at more than 20 kilometres an hour above the posted 50-kilometre-per-hour speed limit.

In release, police officials called the news shocking, given the high publicity the first blitz received in the local media.

Police say they are “determined to change the habits of drivers who continually surpass the posted limits. Investigations have shown that speed is the major factor in collisions that determines the seriousness of the injuries and damages."

Initiatives such as radar enforcement in construction zones, community safety zones and school zones will continue as they are an essential part of policing to ensure that the citizens of Thunder Bay are safe, the release went on to say.