If you thought the drivers out there seemed to be more crazy during the height of the pandemic…you were right! The VPD saw a 44% increase in excessive speeding during March and April, compared to the same figures from 2019. Listen here.
Grant on Global News BC: Fast and Furious Vancouver: City sees 44% spike in excessive speeding during pandemic
With less traffic on the roads during the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic, it appears some Vancouver drivers didn’t hesitate to go full throttle. … “They’ll treat the highway or they’ll treat city streets as the Autobahn,” forensic traffic consultant Grant Gottgetreu told Global News. Gottgetreu, a retired police officer known as “Darth Radar” for impounding more than 2,000 vehicles in six years, said Lower Mainland police departments were directed not to conduct unnecessary enforcement during the early days…
Grant on The Lynda Steele Show: B.C. court rules disabling cellphone while driving still constitutes distracted driving
Grant Gottgetreu joins Lynda to discuss a ruling that a driver with their cell phone powered ‘off’ is still considered to be distracted driving. “The way that the law has been written by the government… it is very ambiguous, it is very confusing… The officers can’t agree on what is ‘use’, the courts can’t agree on what is ‘use’, the government gives their spin on what is ‘use’ and that gives nothing but mass confusion…” Listen to the full show…
Grant on the Lynda Steele Show: HOV cheaters. Is the fine enough for the crime?
A reddit post today showed that many HOV cheaters do it, knowing the fine, and it’s apparently worth cheating for! We chat with Grant Gotgettreu He’s a Retired Police Officer. He’s better known as Darth Radar – as he’s impounded more than 2,000 vehicles for excessive speeding. Listen here.
Grant on Global News at 6: B.C.’s distracted driving law could be adjusted after another ticket tossed out by court
The latest distracted driving ticket to get tossed out by a B.C. judge could lead to adjustments to the law itself, the province’s public safety minister says. The decision handed down in Victoria provincial court Tuesday concerned a Victoria woman who was fined for having her phone sitting on her lap while stopped at a red light in December 2018 in Esquimalt. … Grant Gottgetreu, a former road safety officer who worked for RCMP and police departments in West Vancouver…
Grant on the Lynda Steele Show: What does the law say about driving in Vancouver during snowy weather?
“The good winter drivers are the ones who stay at home. Generally, the problems are related to the drivers not giving themselves enough stopping distance, they’re driving far too fast and they’ve got the wrong tires.” Listen to the FULL podcast here.
Grant Gottgetreu on the Lynda Steele Show: Full Podcast
“There is an offence under the Motor Vehicle Act called slow driving. People don’t know that… It is a fine and 3 points… There’s a difference between slow driving and doing the speed limit. If you’re behind somebody and they’re doing 50 in a 50 zone, they’re not slow driving, they’re actually doing the speed limit… Slow driving is subjective by the police. You have to decide what your threshold is. Mine was 10 to 15 kms under the speed…
Grant Gottgetreu on Global BC News: new details and video in crash that killed taxi driver
Global News has obtained exclusive video of the moments before a speeding Car2Go slammed into a taxi, killing the cab driver. “When you’re travelling that fast, in that type of area, your depth perception and your reaction time is gone.” Watch the Global News story here.
Grant Gottgetreu on the Lynda Steele Show: A disclaimer on headlights and tail lights!
Grant Gottgetreu joins the Lynda Steele Show to talk about vehicle safety. “As soon as they introduced daytime running lights, that’s when the problem was created. They didn’t link the two. (Before we had) the daytime running lights your dashboard lights would be off. So people would clue in and go ‘wait a minute, I’ve got to turn my lights on, I can’t see my dashboard lights.’… But now the dashboard lights are on when the daytime running lights are…
Grant on Global News: Video captures hit-and-run driver slam head-on into parked car in Burnaby
A Burnaby woman is venting her frustration after a hit-and-run driver smashed head-on into her parked car, in an incident captured on security video. Jamie, who did not provide her last name out of safety concerns, said it happened Monday around 11:20 a.m. near Duthie Avenue and Curtis Street. … Grant Gottgetreu, a forensic consultant and retired West Vancouver police officer, said he had the same suspicions about the driver of the offending vehicle. But he said it would be…
