During the long weekend people are excited to get on the road and travel. 

"SGI is asking drivers to take a little extra caution on the road just to ensure everyone arrives alive," shared Marie Schultz with SGI.

"You're more likely to be involved in a collision while traveling on a long weekend than during any other time of the year and unfortunately those chances double if alcohol is involved."

"We're reminding motorists to never ever drive if you're impaired, find a safe ride ahead of time you can call a cab, a safe ride service or a friend or family member and if all else fails spend the night. In Saskatchewan it is illegal to drive with a blood alcohol content of .04 or over." 

If you notice a friend or family member is impaired, make sure they have a safe ride home. 

"We're also asking people to be a good wing man so if you see that your friends or family has been drinking don't let them drive away, offer to help find them a safe ride home or even a couch to sleep on. It's a slightly awkward conversation that could actually save your friends life if they're in no condition to make safe decisions on their own," she explained. 

Motorists should keep safety in mind at all times. 

"We want to remind drivers to obey the speed limit especially in work zones, so keep your eyes peeled and make sure you're following those speed limits that they have in place. We want to  make sure that everybody in work zones get home safe too." 

"We also want to remind motorists to put down the phone, although experienced drivers can use a hands free cell phone or one touch dialing if the device is mounted you should pull over and ark first. If you're a learner or novice driver you can absolutely not use hands free or hand held, you can't use a cell phone at all," stated Marie.

"Always buckle up, make sure everyone else in your vehicle is properly buckled up as well." 

Over the past few years accident have frequently occurred on long weekends more than any other time of the year. 

"We have preliminary numbers in for 2016 and that shows that over the August long weekend in 2016 there were 228 collisions one weekend and 53 people were hurt and one person was killed, 13 of those involved alcohol or drugs and that hurt 2 people. The year before 2016 there was 297 collisions with 81 injuries and one death, so they did come down a bit but 228 collisions over one weekend is still too many. May long weekend of last year there were 255 collisions, 82 injuries and 2 fatalities. We want people to enjoy their long weekend, have fun and not have to worry about getting into a collision at all." 

"Lots of people have an extra day off so there's more people on the road and if there are more people out there your chances are increased," she expressed.