With over 626 impaired drivers taken off the road this summer as a result of the Summer Impaired Driving Campaign the BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) is highlighting the “alarming trend” of increasing impaired driving in the province, particularly in rural areas.
Another key transportation link in the BC interior has been closed after BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) announced Highway 1 will stay closed just south of Yale for the remainder of the day as a result of a serious accident early this morning.
The BC Highway Patrol teamed up with Nelson Police, issuing over 800 tickets and other enforcement action to festival goers attending the six-day Shambhalla Music Festival in the Kootenay town of Salmo.
The BC Highway Patrol is reminding drivers that driving with a dog in one’s lap is a violation of the BC Motor Vehicle Act and subject to a fine.
A BC Highway Patrol road safety operation in the Okanagan between Mar. 16-20 intercepted 18 impaired drivers and issued 35 tickets to commercial drivers in a bid to get drivers to be safer on the roads.
BC Highway Patrol officers in Keremeos issued tickets and warnings to drivers west of Princeton on Highway 3 reminding drivers that February is a month dedicated to its Slow Down and Move Over campaign.
The BC Highway Patrol had a particularly busy weekend in the South Okanagan, checking over 300 vehicles, resulting in 12 individuals being charged for various impaired driving offences, and two people for driving while prohibited, over November 22-23.
BC Highway Patrol is seeking the public’s help in its investigation of the fatal crash on Hwy. 97, 9 km north of Osoyoos between Roads 21 and 20 on July 31.
After a tragic week on BC roads between July 5-10 which saw 19 people die in several different road accidents, BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) is pleading with drivers around the province to slow down.
BC Highway Patrol and police across the province remind us that in March they will step up enforcement on the use of seatbelts and will be on the lookout for distracted drivers.