Ontario Provincial Police charged 7,084 drivers during a week-long safety initiative called Operation Safe Driver.
Those behind the wheel of passenger and other non-commercial vehicles racked up 6,180 of the charges; the other 904 went to commercial vehicle drivers.
“Speeding, distracted, careless and impaired driving, following too closely, and other unsafe/illegal moving violations were among the offences on the part of both non-commercial and commercial drivers,” OPP said in a news release.
“Among other commercial driver charges were those related to speed limiters, defective equipment, unsecured load, unsafe lane changes and improper documents.”
Operation Safe Driver is an annual, national campaign, founded by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. It ran from July 9 to 15.