Ontario Provincial Police are not the only ones busy dealing with alleged impaired drivers.
Their counterparts in Windsor arrested at least five drivers over the weekend.
The first was around 2 a.m. on Saturday, with a crash on Riverside Drive East near Lakeview Park Marina. Windsor police officers learned that the driver had struck a pillar, causing the airbags to deploy.
After the driver was found to have a strong odor of liquor on their breath, they were taken to police headquarters. The 50-year-old man is charged with impaired driving and driving with excessive blood-alcohol concentration.
At around 4 a.m. on Saturday, police were dealing with an incident on Howard Avenue and Giles Boulevard East when someone approached them to report a crash. A black pickup truck soon appeared and was directed to pull into a nearby parking lot.
When police approached the truck, they found the driver asleep in the back seat and showing signs of impairment. The 30-year-old man is charged with impaired driving and driving with excessive blood-alcohol.
The next call was at the Ambassador Bridge at around 3 a.m. on Sunday. CBSA agents reported that a driver at an inspection booth had glossy eyes and slurred speech. When he was asked to get out of the vehicle, he had trouble being steady.
Windsor police took the 43-year-old man to police headquarters and arrested him for refusing to provide a breath sample.
Then, at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, officers conducted a traffic stop on Front Road after someone reported a vehicle being driven erratically. The 41-year-old female driver failed a breath test and was charged with impaired driving and driving with excessive blood-alcohol.
Finally, police were called back to the Ambassador Bridge at around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. A woman entering Canada was directed to secondary inspection, where officers saw her having trouble staying upright, twitching, sweating, and mumbling answers to questions.
The 28-year-old woman is charged with driving while impaired by alcohol or drug.
All charges have yet to be proven in court.
