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Police in Summerside, P.E.I., are encouraging motorists to stop being quite so nice — because it’s causing accidents.

Sgt. Jason Blacquiere says there have been a number of accidents recently when drivers have yielded their right of way and waved other vehicles out into traffic.

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He says there can be oncoming vehicles in other lanes whose drivers are unaware of the situation, and a collision occurs.

Blacquiere says that while motorists are trying to be courteous, they are creating a dangerous situation and could find themselves being charged or the subject of a civil lawsuit.

Motorists, please don’t be the “nice person” who waves a driver across 2 lanes of traffic! Although you may have good intentions, this leads to collisions! There have been several collisions as a result of this in the last week. @TrafficPE #DriveSafe pic.twitter.com/4loHW402QI — Summerside Police (@SsidePolice) June 29, 2019

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He says if you have the right of way, use it.

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Blacquiere says no one was hurt in the recent accidents in the city, but vehicles were damaged.

-With files from Dexter Nyuurnibe