Windsor Police Service invested some resources over the Victoria Day Weekend and didn't come up with any suspects, but that may not be a bad thing.
Police screened more than 300 vehicles at R.I.D.E Programs at two locations Friday night heading into Saturday — and didn't come up with one impaired driver.
Chaouki Hamka is the community leader for Mothers Against Drunk Driving here in Windsor.
He says impaired driving is still happening, but the results over weekend shows the progress being made.
"When you see numbers like 300 cars stopped and there are zero infractions, that does give you hope that people are really getting the message and they're not making that horrible decision to drive impaired," he says. "You hear a lot in terms of awareness and education so there's so much or that now people don't really have any excuse whatsoever to not know what impaired driving is, how deadly it is and how illegal it is."
Hamka hopes the momentum continues.
"We still got to work just as hard or even harder to make sure that we're out there constantly protecting our community in every way we can and continue to keep impaired drivers off our roads," says Hamka, who added police in Windsor-Essex have done a great job holding the line on impaired driving.
Sgt. Steve Betteridge added the public can always help the Traffic Unit get the job done.
He says residents should call 911 immediately if they suspect someone is driving under the influence.
Dispatchers will need as much information about the vehicle as possible so patrol officers can intercept the driver quickly.