Impaired driving in Sask. down in January over December

It seems some people in Saskatchewan are sticking to a new year's resolution not to drive impaired.

According to a news release bySGI, there were 221reported impaired-driving related offences across the province in January.

That's lower than December, which had238 impaired-driving related offences, and lower than January 2017, which saw 276 impaired-driving related offences.

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The offences include153criminal code charges, such as driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) exceeding .08, impaired driving or refusing a breath test, as well as68 roadside suspensions, which involveexperienced drivers with a BACbetween .04 and .08.

Despite the lower numbers, SGI says there is a lot of room for improvement.

And impaired driving isn't the only thing getting people pulled over. SGI said January saw500 distracted driving offences over 400 of which were due to cellphone use as well as 300 seatbelt or car seat offences and 4,600 speeding/aggressive driving offences.