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A holiday weekend speeding enforcement blitz netted more than 1,000 tickets on Eastern Ontario roads on Sunday alone, nearly double the haul on Saturday, according to OPP Const. Guy Prevost.

“It doesn’t look like anybody’s slowing down for the holiday weekend,” said Prevost, as roadside patrols nabbed 990 speeders on Sunday. Police had issued about 500 tickets on Saturday. A final ticket tally was to be released Tuesday.

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Police issued seven three-day suspensions Sunday, issued 24 tickets for stunt driving (exceeding the speed limit by 50 km/h or more) and nabbed 12 impaired drivers.

The Move Over campaign, launched to remind drivers to slow down and change lanes (when safe to do so) for emergency vehicles issued tickets to 47 drivers. An additional 53 people were cited for seatbelt violations.