The new impaired driving penalties appear to be getting the word out: drinking and driving is not acceptable here in B.C. If you do and are caught, it will be a long road to travel to restore your driving privileges
Supporting your testimony in traffic court with illustration is often a good way to show what is difficult to describe with words.
Time, or lack of it, is one of our biggest enemies when we drive. Sometimes we must make instantaneous decisions, and a built-in safety factor can give us an extra second or two to make that decision correctly if we factor in safety whenever we get behind the wheel.
After 20 years of full-time traffic policing, you accumulate many memories.
It is fortunate that this type of collision is relatively rare, because the consequences are severe.
Have you ever wondered what is going by you on the highway contained inside heavy transport vehicles?
It was always a challenge when the violator failed to produce their driver’s licence.
For 25 years, I was expected to arrive at work regardless of the road conditions.
One of the conditions attached to the driver’s licence of any new driver in British Columbia’s Graduated Licensing Program (GLP) is that the driver must have zero blood alcohol when they are operating a motor vehicle.
One would expect that the markings M+S, or Mud and Snow, on a tire would mean that it was designed for proper winter traction in all conditions.
If I could give all of you one gift this holiday season, it would be a year’s worth of safe driving.
