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Illegal street racing, stunt driving, and other dangerous driving practices on roads and highways in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area will not be tolerated this summer, say police.
Members from police services in Toronto, York, Peel, Halton, Hamilton and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were in attendance.
Police have arrested and charged 31 people after hundreds of drivers gathered in Peel Region to allegedly race their vehicles over a two-day period.
As part of projects aimed at eliminating dangerous driving and vehicles with modified and/or excessively loud exhaust systems on Brampton and Mississauga roadways, Peel Regional Police issued more than 1,200 provincial offence notices over a five-month span earlier this year.
A pair of recent stunt-driving incidents in Vaughan showed that not everyone is getting the message that speed kills.