Distracted Drivers still not getting the message in Prince George
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Twenty-eight distracted driving tickets were handed out in one day by Prince George Traffic Services and the Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement Unit.
Both units set up multiple checkpoints in the northern capital on Wednesday (March 3rd) as part of Distracted Driving Awareness Month in the province.
Cst. Jennifer Cooper told MyPGNow.com too many drivers are still taking a leisurely approach on the subject.
“I think people still feel nonchalant and that it will happen to someone else or they feel they are a good driver and that it doesn’t pertain to them. But it does pertain to everybody and takes just a second to be inattentive to the road to be in a motor vehicle incident.”
February 18, 2021
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Heavy truck traffic on B.C. highways has increased by half in the past decade as the number of commercial vehicle inspectors fell by 25 per cent, the BCGEU said Monday.
Those trends amount to a dangerous mix, the provincial union said while launching a publicity campaign ahead of the May long weekend.
A trucking industry representative questioned the statistics, however.
Louise Yako, president of the B.C. Trucking Association, said the province s Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) branch has assured the industry that staffing levels haven t changed in six years. She said accidents involving commercial trucks fell by 20 per cent between 1999 and 2007, according to ICBC statistics.
Road works on State Highway 1 could drag out the operation to transport shipping cargo from Northport to Auckland.
Police teams stop trucks going south from Whangārei to make sure they re not over the weight limits.
Photo: RNZ / Simon Rogers
Every hour between 6am to midnight for the next seven days - excluding Sunday - 12 trucks will be taking a load of Christmas cargo from Northport and head south.
But there are a number of roadworks taking place on State Highway 1 which could slow things down.
National Road Carriers chief executive David Aitken told
Morning Report it might be longer than seven days to transport all the goods from the ship