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Tougher penalties alone won’t end excessive speeding: expert

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – As you make your long weekend escape, the latest numbers show burning rubber on the highway isn’t as fun as it used to be, thanks to tougher penalties for excessive speeding.

But one expert feels enforcement alone isn’t the solution.

Those penalties kick in once you’re caught going 40 kilometers or more over the posted speed limit, resulting in more than 16,000 cars being impounded since September 2010.

Allan Lamb with the Justice Institute feels the laws don’t need any more beefing-up.

“Really, what we need is for all of us to have a word with ourselves and just see… if the extra speed is getting us to our destination any faster than… we could get there obeying the speed limit,” he argues.

He notes speeding, not impaired driving, is still the number one cause of crashes leading to serious injuries and death, yet Lamb points out speeding is still tolerated.

“Speeding is still socially acceptable, unlike impaired driving,” he says.

“Impaired driving was socially acceptable; it no longer is, of course. One day, I believe, we’ll get to the point where most drivers will understand that speeding is also socially unacceptable.”

Lamb is pleased enforcement is making a dent, but warns until there is a cultural shift that makes speeding as socially unacceptable as impaired driving, the problem will not improve.


Big fine for underage driver who hit 175 km/h in Abbotsford

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ABBOTSFORD (NEWS1130) – Mounties say an underage driver will have to explain to his parents why he took their car without asking, and was caught going 175 km/hr on the freeway in Abbotsford.

Corporal Robert McDonald says the boy was stopped by an officer around 2 a.m. on Saturday.

“To [the officer’s] surprise, a 15-year-old boy was at the control of the vehicle. His parents were contacted and he was given the task of explaining to his parents why the vehicle was being towed.”

“He had… recently met a young girl during a school trip and he had gone down to talk to her. [He was] on his way back home when all of this happened,” adds McDonald.

The teen has been fined more than $1,000.

Two cars impounded for street racing in Abbotsford

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ABBOTSFORD (NEWS1130) – A couple of 20-year-olds have had their cars taken away after Abbotsford Police say they were street racing late last night at speeds up to 150 km/hr.

Constable Ian MacDonald says an officer caught the men on Mount Lehman Road and also handed them hefty fines for excessive speeding.

“In light of the estimated speeds… [this was] probably the best outcome that they could have had,” says MacDonald.

“These two… should have known better, and hopefully that might have scared them a little bit and the loss of their vehicles might be a reminder of what is a completely unacceptable driving behaviour.”

MacDonald says the area they were caught is densely populated and the pair could have put people in real danger.

Driver caught going twice highway speed limit on Van Isl

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CAMPBELL RIVER (NEWS1130) – A man’s car was impounded for a week after he was caught going twice the highway speed limit on Vancouver Island last week.

Mounties say he was going 221 km/hr in a 110 km/hr zone on Island Highway near Campbell River on Friday. They say he was initially spotted at this speed shortly before entering an intersection with a posted speed limit of 90 km/hr.

The 25-year-old from Port McNeill was driving a 2013 Subaru 20R through the busy traffic and windy conditions.

The driver was given a ticket for excessive speed; his car was impounded for seven days.

Do you get a lot of speeding tickets? Don’t blame your car!

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ABBOTSFORD (NEWS1130) – Does the make, model or colour of a car play a role in whether you’ll get more speeding tickets?

“We set out to answer… a bit of an urban legend that it isn’t actually the driver, that it’s the cars that attract the attention and tickets from police,” explains Constable Ian MacDonald with Abbotsford Police.

“I guess the punchline to the question, for us, is that it is the driver that makes the difference,” he tells us, adding they want to debunk these urban legends and reignite a conversation about road safety.

“We looked at 31 of the most popular makes of automobiles and found out that there is only a slight variation between the makes and the percentage of tickets they received,” explains MacDonald.

“We find that a few tickets got more than you would expect [and] a few vehicles got less tickets than you would expect, but the difference between the makes was very slight.”

MacDonald tells us people who drive Mercedes, Buicks and Fords got slightly fewer tickets than those in Cadillacs, BMWs and Acuras.

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Driver caught going 181 km/hr with child in car

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SURREY (NEWS1130) – Mounties are shocked over a case of extreme speeding in Surrey over the weekend.

A 2005 Ferrari F430 was pulled over at 176th and 32nd Avenue on Saturday after it was caught travelling at 181 km/hr, which is 101 km/hr over the posted speed limit.

“Despite the driver’s extremely excessive speed, the real surprise for officers was when they saw a child in the vehicle with the man,” says Corporal Robert McDonald, adding the child is in their early teens. “I don’t know how someone could put a child at risk like that.”

“The driver basically told him that he had just recently purchased a vehicle and he was testing it out,” he explains.

Five people, including two young children, were killed at the same intersection almost exactly one year ago when a car ran a red light and t-boned another vehicle. All five victims were members of the same family.

“The driver admitted to police that he was aware that very intersection was the scene of the horrific motor vehicle accident where an entire family lost their lives,” says McDonald. “He knew exactly where he was and what happened there; it just didn’t seem to bother him.”

The driver in this latest case, a 49-year-old man from Langley, was given a $483 fine for excessive speeding and the car was impounded for a week.

“A person might think they’re a good driver and they’re able to handle their vehicle; my response to that is you’ve got to look for the other driver. What if the person next to you is distracted or on their phone and they change lanes suddenly when you don’t expect it? At that type of speed, you don’t have time to react,” says McDonald.

“You’re not on a race track. It’s city… that type of speed is extremely dangerous,” he emphasizes.

Abbotsford school bus driver caught speeding through school zone

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ABBOTSFORD (NEWS1130) – We hear it all the time, “don’t speed through school zones.”

An Abbotsford school bus driver is probably wishing he followed the rules of the road.

Police pulled the driver over going 50 km/h in a 30 km/h zone on Bevan Avenue around 2:45 p.m.

Cst. Ian MacDonald says if that’s not bad enough, there were children on the bus.

“We have since had conversations with the school district. My understanding is that the school district will be investigating this matter further,” he explains.

MacDonald says the driver, a 40 year old man from the Fraser Valley, was issued a ticket and sent on his way.

“Much like any other driver, you know, if you happened to be speeding and you had your children in your car, you’d be issued the violation ticket unless there was something in your driving history that would indicate that you should be prohibited from driving further, or unless you’re in an excessive speed scenario,” he adds.

Dave Stephen with the Abbotsford School District says the manager of transportation will be meeting with the driver. “They’ll go over the infraction and then there’s a process, depending on how serious the infraction is.”

He says this is the driver’s first infraction. “There is a range of actions that can be taken, but first the meeting has to happen. They look at what the charges are, the ticket, there may be a conversation with the Abbotsford Police.”

Stephen says the driver may get a letter on his file or a reduction in duties. “There would unlikely be a suspension in a scenario like this where it’s a speeding infraction. If there was a more serious consequence, that would be brought to bear for looking at what would happen.”

Parents in the car as ‘L’ driver caught speeding in Abbotsford

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ABBOTSFORD (NEWS 1130) – A young driver with her ‘L’ was recently caught going more than 50 kilometres an hour over the speed limit in the Fraser Valley. And what makes this especially troubling is she was gunning it with her parents in the car.

“I don’t think we’ve ever come across a circumstance before where we’ve had a learner with both parents in the car doing something as outrageous as this,” says Constable Ian MacDonald.

He adds while going 53 km/h over the limit is incredibly dangerous, what is really disappointing is those who are supposed to be in charge simply watched it happen.

“Obviously, parents weren’t giving a lot of guidance and I don’t think there was a lot of useful driver instruction taking place in that vehicle that night.”

This all happened around 9:30 p.m. on March 31st at Clayburn Road and Highway 11.

“When you have people in the car that should be mentoring the young person and teaching them how to drive safely and they are apparently being either willfully blind or encouraging this type of behaviour, it’s absolutely troubling from a public safety standpoint,” adds MacDonald.

The young girl was hit with an excessive speeding fine, the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles has been told about the case, and her parents’ car has been impounded, but mom and dad won’t be in trouble.


Mom in car as ‘L’ driver caught going 130km/h in Abbotsford on Mother’s Day

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ABBOTSFORD (NEWS 1130) – A young driver with a learner’s permit has been busted going 30km/h over the speed limit on Highway 1 on Mother’s Day — with their mom in the car.

“People might remember about three weeks ago, we had an ‘L’ driver with both parents in the car doing about 55km/h over the speed limit. I thought that was a one-off; I hadn’t seen anything like that before,” says Abbotsford Police Constable Ian MacDonald.

 

The latest incident happened yesterday on Highway 1.

“We had another ‘L’ driver, in this case doing 130km/h in a 100km/h with their mother in the passenger seat. Not a Mother’s Day gift that we wanted to deliver but regrettably, after about $500 in fines and an impoundment, we had to take that driver and their mother off the road,” says MacDonald.

“[In a] query that our officer did at roadside… [they] actually learned that the ‘L’ driver had previously received another speeding ticket with the mother in the passenger seat, just days earlier. So, clearly, the message isn’t getting through,” he adds.

“I don’t think that this ‘L’ driver will be on the roads, at least in the short term,” says MacDonald, who says some parents don’t understand their responsibilities.

“When young people are in that formative stage of learning their driving behaviours that they might carry with them for the rest of their driving histories, we want to pay attention and we absolutely, as mentors and parents, want to make sure that they’re focusing on the rules of road safety.”

He adds young drivers’ attitudes are also changing.

“When I was learning to drive, I would always do 5 or 10km/h under the posted limit; you were just that apprehensive about doing anything wrong. Clearly, that isn’t the case in the last two incidents that we’ve shared. It’s quite alarming when you’re talking about 55 or 30 km/h above the posted limit. For a new driver without a lot of driving experience putting themselves and others at risk is just a head-shaker.”

The Superintendent of Motor Vehicles will be notified about this latest incident.

Drive carefully as you hit the road this long weekend

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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – There are some pretty bad driving habits that have police worried about people hitting the roads this Victoria Day Long Weekend.

Some of the biggest problems include: speeding, distracted driving, but increasingly, police are noticing tailgating, failing to yield and making a bad lane change as contributing components in an accident.

Mark Milner with ICBC says most people think they’re good drivers and that they’re following the rules of the road — but they’re not.

“People’s habits degrade over time from the time they take their driving test. When you take your driving test, you’re trying to make sure you do everything right. But the further away from that you get, the less your habits are focused on safety and the more you start thinking about cutting corners and getting places quickly. Unfortunately, that’s why we see so many crashes.”

He adds rear-end crashes are the most common on BC roads. “They take for granted that driving is easy and safe, when in fact, it is one of the more complex things you do and it can be very unsafe.”

All month police have been cracking down on high-risk driving behaviours and so far hundreds of fines have been issued.

Last year, 350 people were injured in 1,200 crashes throughout the Lower Mainland over this long weekend.

Police reminding drivers to watch speed in school zones this summer

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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – If you think you can get away with gunning it in a school zone now that kids are done for the summer — think again. Officers are reminding you the lower speed limits may still in effect.

There may be no school zone limit anymore because classes aren’t in session, but a lot of these zones are still playground zones which means it is 30 km/h from dawn to dusk — a law that’s in effect year round.

Vancouver Police Constable Brian Montague says just because kids aren’t in class doesn’t mean they aren’t in the area. “I think we’ve been very lucky that we haven’t seen recently any small children get killed or really seriously injured in Vancouver as a result of people speeding in school zones and playground zones. Unfortunately, I think drivers are playing a very dangerous game at times by speeding through these areas.”

He adds it takes all of two seconds for a child to jump out between two parked cars, for example, and get hit by a car. “And I know people don’t get behind the wheel of their car and think they’re going to hurt or kill someone but the way some people drive it’s inevitable it’s going to happen.”

So, how do you prevent that? “When I get behind the wheel of my own car or even a police car, I’m very cautious of everybody on the road. I assume that nobody is paying attention and I assume that everyone out there is a bad driver. It makes me pay more attention and watch for those individuals who are driving in a hazardous and dangerous manner,” adds Montague.

A ticket for speeding in a playground zone, according to ICBC, starts at about $200 and three penalty points.

Study reveals the real cause behind gridlock

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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Get ready to say I told you so. A new traffic study is shedding light on the not so surprising reasons behind gridlock. A Japanese study confirms the cause of many traffic jams is bad drivers.

Researchers asked motorists on a circular track to maintain a steady speed, but found many couldn’t do it. Those sped up then braked repeatedly caused frustrating rubber-banding and unnecessary delays. Even a slight variation in speed can have a big impact, researchers discovered.

The news doesn’t come as a surprise to some local drivers.

Travis says he sees bad braking behaviour all the time. “I think it’s the same here — bad drivers, and too many people, too many drivers.”
Drummond says he leaves his home at 4:30 a.m. just to avoid morning traffic, but when he heads home, it still takes him two hours to get across Oak Street Bridge. He moved from Scotland in the 1960’s and feels Canada’s driving tests are too lenient and lead to bad drivers getting licenses.

“They don’t understand the laws here, the speeds, how to pull on and off of a freeway. They have no idea whatsoever and yet they pass a driving test,” he says. “Getting behind the wheel and steering a car, anyone can do that, but it’s just looking out and seeing what’s happening.”

Researchers also blame excessive lane changers, rubberneckers, people who slow down to gawk at accidents, improper merging when two lanes go down to one and drivers going too slow in the fast lane.

Scientists say you can be part of the solution if you just keep moving.

Police look to crack down on dangerous drivers

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WEST VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Police in West Vancouver want to crack down on dangerous drivers and are looking into whether the department needs to push for more resources.

About 100 vehicles have been impounded this year in that city for excessive speed, which is apparently a big problem there.

“It’s the Lions Gate Bridge, its Marine Drive, it’s the upper levels highway. It’s all of it, and it is by far the number one complaint that I get,” explains West Vancouver Police Chief Len Goerke.

That includes a Ferrari caught going 210 kilometers per hour over the Lions Gate Bridge.

Police are looking into whether more officers should be doing traffic enforcement to help crack down on dangerous drivers.

“The average citizen is by far way more likely to be hurt or killed in a car accident than they are in a crime.”

Goerke says that’s why he may re-assign more of his officers to traffic enforcement, or try to hire more members altogether.

“It’s a labour-based kind of a conversation because if you want to do more in this particular area, you have to put more resources to that area and then you need to find the funding to come up with the resources in the first place.”

He says this is a very active conversation the department is having.

“So we’re certainly actively talking about whether we have the right number of people in traffic and so what that would mean for us if the answer was ‘no’, is that we’d need to go to council and ask for funding for additional police officers to staff up our traffic section.”

Click here to listen to Tim James’ full interview with Police Chief Len Goerke, on this week’s Ask the Chief.

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Grieving mother hopes province will adopt parts of ICBC report

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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – While many drivers across BC panic about the possibility of insurance rates jumping over the next two years, a grieving mother is speaking out in favour of some recommendations made in a new ICBC report.

Debbie Dyer lost her daughter, Beckie, in a deadly crash nearly seven years ago.

Attorney General David Eby has already ruled out bringing back photo radar, but Dyer says she’s pleased he’s in favour of adding more red light cameras at high risk intersections.

“Bonus, like, I would love to see something happen where people start behaving appropriately on our roadways,” says Dyer.

The key information coming out of the Ernst and Young review has been fears insurance rates could jump up to 30 per cent.

Some other recommendations include hiring more police to catch impaired and speeding drivers.

“There has to be a solution somewhere. I’m willing to do whatever it takes to have people recognize one day it could be your loved one that’s killed on the road because of somebody’s senseless actions, driving a 2,000 pound weapon.”

Dyer is also lobbying Ottawa for tougher penalties because Andelina Hecimovic, who’s been convicted of dangerous driving causing death, has been serving her three-month sentence two days a week in jail.

“It may save some lives and that’s ultimately what the purpose is –slow down, save some lives, driver responsibly. It’s a privilege to have your license.”

She says her daughter’s death could have been prevented.

A court heard that Hecimovic sped through a red light in a right-turn-only lane on Lougheed Highway and lost control of her car. It slammed into the small SUV Beckie was in, killing her and her boyfriend.

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Young driver clocked at 160 km/hr, say West Vancouver police

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WEST VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Police in West Vancouver have impounded a car driven by an 18-year-old man, who they say was driving 160 km/hr in a 90 km/hr zone.

The car had a “N” decal on it, as well as a sticker reading “NO AIRBAGS WE DIE LIKE REAL MEN”.

Constable Jeff Palmer says it was pulled over on Highway 1 eastbound near Taylor Way just before 1:00 a.m. this morning.

The driver was handed a speeding ticket, and his car will be impounded for seven days.

“The offense is not the sticker,” Palmer says, “the offense is someone doing 160 kilometers per hour in a 90 zone at a time of night where there can be wildlife up on the highway, there could be an unexpected stalled vehicle around the corner that maybe doesn’t have lights on.

“Probably everyone has something they did or said in their youth that they might think about or say differently upon further reflection,” he adds.

Contrary to the claim made by the sticker, Palmer says the car did, in fact, have airbags.

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Overhauling speed limit enforcement could help ICBC finances: academic

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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – From snapping a picture of your licence plate at the beginning and end of certain highway stretches, to using red light cameras to also track speed while you’ve got a green, a local academic says we can do more to get people to slow down.

Plus, it could provide key help to the financially-crippled ICBC.

The idea, according to Professor Werner Antweiler with the UBC Sauder of School of Business, isn’t to collect cash from speeders.

It’s to introduce technology so effective, it will catch every speeder — and when drivers know that, he says they simply don’t speed, reducing crashes — and thus the payouts ICBC is compelled to make following accidents.

This isn’t just theoretical. Antweiler tells us Scotland saw a 37 per cent drop in fatal and serious road casualties after adopting this approach, called speed over distance technology.

It takes a time stamped picture of your licence plate at the beginning and end of certain highway stretches. If the time indicates on your exit shot indicates you were speeding, you get a ticket.

While photo radar was derided as a tax grab, Antweiler says if this speed over distance camera system is set up in such a way that its use is heavily advertised and it catches virtually every speeder, that argument won’t hold much sway.

“People were always worried about feeling entrapped,” says Antweiler. “When you advertise it well before that, especially something for the average speed section, it’s well advertised, it certainly will be covered in the press, there will be road signs. People will know: if you speed excessively here, you will get caught. And there’s a 100 percent probability of getting caught, so people will stick to the speed limit.”

Antweiler says we could also adapt our red light cameras to track speed while the lights are green, like they do in Edmonton.

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New tool targets speeders for High Risk Driving Month: RCMP

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COQUITLAM (NEWS 1130) – Watch how fast you’re going — Mounties in Coquitlam are utilizing a new tool to catch those with a need for speed.

Just in time for BC High Risk Driving Month, the Coquitlam RCMP is announcing their new “Black Cat Radar” unit to target speeders.

Staff Sergeant Mark McCutcheon is reminding drivers to slow down and to be realistic about travel times to reduce risk of crashing.

“We got the Black Cat in early March and we’ve been using it in specific locations where we’re getting complaints from the public,” he says. “The Black Cat isn’t used for giving out tickets, but when we evaluate the data it collects, we can make well-informed decisions about where our enforcement teams can be most effective.”

(Source: Coquitlam RCMP)

Mounties say they’re further supporting the province-wide efforts for High Risk Driving month with extra speeding enforcement.

Despite heavier fines, the city is still seeing a large number of people distracted driving, with twice the number of tickets being written in March compared to the same time last year.

Police ask that you call them if you notice speeders in your neighbourhood. You can reach the Coquitlam RCMP at 604-945-1550.

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Uptick in crashes over the long weekend, ICBC warns drivers

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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The Victoria Day long weekend is typically dubbed the beginning of the summer driving season, meaning more drivers on the road.

As a result, ICBC is launching a month-long campaign to prevent accidents.

Alex Lee, the safety program manager for the corporation, is revealing some troubling numbers from past long weekends.

“Over the Victoria Day long weekend, 490 people were injured in 1,900 crashes in BC in 2016 and on average, two are killed every year on this long weekend.”


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Lee adds the purpose of this campaign is to reduce high risk behaviours by bringing awareness to making sure drivers stay safe on the roads.

“We’re looking at educating the public on high risk driving behaviours like speeding which increase your risk of crashing. That’s why ICBC, police, and speed watch volunteers are basically urging drivers to slow down this long weekend.”

On Saturday, ICBC will be working with various members of the public to help keep drivers safe on the roads.

“We will be working with police and also with local community groups like our speed watch groups and they’ll be visible on our roads and in our community, and basically just to remind drivers to slow down,” says Lee.

“For example, they could be with our speed watch volunteers which have mobile speed reader boards that they display on the side of the roads to remind drivers of their speeds and police will be out there enforcing on our roads.”

Lee has some tips on how drivers can stay safe on the roads.

“Basically, just slow down and be realistic about travel times to reduce your risk of crashing and arrive at your destination safely. And with the higher gas prices we’re experiencing, it’s a good idea to drive at a safe and steady speed to save fuel. Suddenly changing your speed or driving over the speed limit will increase your fuel consumption.”

He adds this weekend is a good time to remind people to focus on the road. “Distracted driving is a common cause of crashes, so remember to take a break from your phone.”

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Delta Police use social media in effort to drive down crash numbers

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DELTA (NEWS 1130) – Police typically don’t tell you where they’ll be setting up speed traps or distracted driving checks, but officers in Delta are trying something new.

You can now find out when and where officers will be by going online.

Recently, Delta Police have been posting information about specific traffic enforcement on Twitter.

Chief Constable Neil Dubord says the strategy focuses on high collision intersections.

“In these high collision areas we want people to become very familiar with. And hopefully it will continue to drive down the statistics we’re seeing.”

He adds drivers seem to be appreciating the heads up. “People don’t want to be tricked anyways with regards to traffic enforcement.”

LISTEN: NEWS 1130’s Tim James speaks to Chief Constable Neil Dubord on this week’s Ask the Chief

Dubord explains the idea behind giving details of speed traps and seat belt checks is to improve driver behaviour at 10 specific high collision intersections around that city.

“We hope that they change their behaviours not only in these 10 areas that typically we’re doing the enforcement, but also in the other areas where they’re driving.”

He says feedback from drivers has been positive, and the “heads up” about traffic enforcement may also be improving safety. “Currently, in 2018, we’re about 17 per cent down in collisions. So we’ve come down from about 357 this same time in 2017 to about 298 collisions.”

Dubord admits it’s not a common strategy for police.

“I think other police departments across Canada have tried this at certain points in time of their traffic safety plans, but this is the first time that we know of sort of in the Metro Vancouver area.”

But, don’t expect to be tipped off about any impaired driving check stops — those will still be a surprise.

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Study reveals the real cause behind gridlock

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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Get ready to say I told you so. A new traffic study is shedding light on the not so surprising reasons behind gridlock. A Japanese study confirms the cause of many traffic jams is bad drivers.

Researchers asked motorists on a circular track to maintain a steady speed, but found many couldn’t do it. Those sped up then braked repeatedly caused frustrating rubber-banding and unnecessary delays. Even a slight variation in speed can have a big impact, researchers discovered.

The news doesn’t come as a surprise to some local drivers.

Travis says he sees bad braking behaviour all the time. “I think it’s the same here — bad drivers, and too many people, too many drivers.”
Drummond says he leaves his home at 4:30 a.m. just to avoid morning traffic, but when he heads home, it still takes him two hours to get across Oak Street Bridge. He moved from Scotland in the 1960’s and feels Canada’s driving tests are too lenient and lead to bad drivers getting licenses.

“They don’t understand the laws here, the speeds, how to pull on and off of a freeway. They have no idea whatsoever and yet they pass a driving test,” he says. “Getting behind the wheel and steering a car, anyone can do that, but it’s just looking out and seeing what’s happening.”

Researchers also blame excessive lane changers, rubberneckers, people who slow down to gawk at accidents, improper merging when two lanes go down to one and drivers going too slow in the fast lane.

Scientists say you can be part of the solution if you just keep moving.

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