A pair of women learned earlier this month that drinking and driving can be a costly venture.
In the first incident, Alyssa Major, 31, of Huntsville pleaded guilty in a Bracebridge courtroom to careless driving.
Court heard that on Aug. 6, 2022, police were called to the scene of a single-vehicle collision in Port Sydney. There they found a car that had hit a tree and Major was in the driver’s seat. The police determined that she had consumed alcohol before driving.
Major was sentenced to a $1,000 fine and 12 months with an interlock device in her vehicle.
In the second incident, Yolanda Vargas, 33, of Toronto pled guilty in Bracebridge court to careless driving.
Vargas was pulled over on Sept. 8, 2022, after police observed her weaving and driving slowly on Hwy 60 in Huntsville. It was determined that she had consumed alcohol prior to driving.
She was also sentenced to $1,000 and one year with an interlock device installed in her vehicle.
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Police have been patrolling for drinking and driving for a long time. About 1970 my high school friend and I were on the backroads of Port Sydney under the influence. About 4am the officer came upon us parked in a ditch, wrote us up in a long hand written narrative and delivered us home to our parents.
A court date followed and parent discipline ensued.
Never did I drink even one drink again and go on the roads.
Don’t forget you can’t cross the border for a Florida vacation with certain convictions now and drinking and driving should never be done, not even one drink.