Big rise in summer traffic charges in Brant due to OPP staffing

Speeding drivers in Brant County caught a break in the summer of 2025. This year, many who decided to drive higher than the speed limit weren’t so lucky.Statistics presented Tuesday morning to members of the Brant County OPP Police Board showed officers laid 262 speeding charges in July 2026 – a 149.5 per cent increase compared to July 2025 – and 351 speeding charges in August 2026, a 269.5 per cent increase compared to the same month last year.Similarly, charges for not weari