“I guess the idea is for children and for elderly… We’ve got a lot of crossing guards in the Lower Mainland at a lot of the schools – it’s that human element with the traffic. Any time you have something that’s automated or robotic there’s always the issue of what happens if it malfunctions?” “What […]
A new smart traffic light is slowing down drivers in Montreal, and some are calling for it to be installed in Vancouver! “The only way to slow down drivers in school zones and playground zones is by speed bumps. That’s the most effective way and that’s why a lot of school grounds and playground zones
“We’ve talked about this before where there’s discretion for the officers. For how fast they’re going to let someone go over the speed limit… if the police stopped everyone for doing 10 or 15 kms over the speed limit on a highway, you’d have a thousand tickets in 25 minutes. People generally go 10kms over
“You only get 3 points but what they have for excessive speed is a ‘high risk driver premium’. So for 3 consecutive years you pay about $300 more on your insurance providing you have a car insured in your name. A lot of the young drivers are driving their parent’s cars so it won’t effect
Is it time for British Columbia to overhaul its distracted driving legislation for greater clarity? It’s a call some advocates are making in the wake last week’s Lower Mainland distracted driving enforcement blitz — and a slip-up by the province’s own public insurer in a safety video explaining exactly what is and isn’t legal when on the
