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Lead footed drivers may want to ease off the pedal this month.

Corporal Leanne Beattie with the Okotoks RCMP says the focus of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program for April is speeding.



She says between April 2009 and March 2010 RCMP issued 111-million dollars worth of fines and over 80-percent of those tickets were for speeding. Statistics also show that speed is cited as a factor in nearly one-third of crashes.

Beattie says it really comes down to changing your mentality.



RCMP also suggest giving yourself a little extra time to get to your destination, avoid driving while emotionally charged and watch out for speed changes or construction zones.