Excessive speeding: B.C. Highway Patrol urges public to slow down after spike in traffic deaths

Following a well-documented rash of postulation deaths to commencement July, B.C. Highway Patrol issued a plea connected Wednesday for nan motoring nationalist to slow down.

Last week, from Sunday to Thursday, much than a twelve group were killed successful crashes crossed nan province. Police listed velocity and impaired aliases distracted driving arsenic factors successful immoderate of nan cases.

“I can’t underscore capable … group request to slow down, they request to salary attention, make judge they’re not distracted by anything, including cellphones, and they request to thrust sober,” BCHP Insp. Chad Badry said.

This week, constabulary said they spotted a bluish four-door sedan and a motorcycle speeding done nan bosom of Squamish, pinch their speeds clocked astatine 140 km/h successful a 70 km/h zone.

BCHP said nan motorbike’s proprietor besides owned nan car and that a friend was “clearing nan route” for nan motorbike.

Also that day, an serviceman spotted a conveyance doing 122 km/h successful a 60 km/h zone. The driver didn’t extremity for police, but a personnel of nan Delta Police Department later located nan vehicle.

On July 11, a BCHP serviceman had a motorcycle walk her on Highway 3A adjacent Castlegar. The motorcycle was clocked astatine 142 km/h successful a 70 km/h zone, pinch nan rider having conscionable a learner’s licence.

On July 9, successful nan Fraser Valley, a achromatic Corvette was caught abruptly accelerating to 213 km/h successful a 100 km/h area on Highway 1 adjacent Langley.

In nan Okanagan, BCHP officers stopped 40 drivers successful nan Central Okanagan for excessive speeding, which is 40 km/h complete nan posted velocity limit.

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In Prince George, besides connected July 14, nan driver of a Volkswagen Jetta was pulled complete for doing 122 km/h successful a 70 km/h zone. The driver was unlicensed and nan conveyance had nary insurance.

Two days earlier, an Alberta driver successful a BMW was clocked doing 212 km/h successful a 100 km/h area successful Prince George.

“All of these drivers were issued usurpation tickets betwixt $368 and $483, and nan vehicles were impounded for 7 days,” said Badry, adding that BCHP has truthful acold issued 132 usurpation tickets since July 1 for excessive speeding.

“Every driver needs to recognize that nan consequences for excessive speeding spell acold beyond getting an costly summons and your conveyance impounded.

“You person acold little clip to respond to thing erstwhile going that fast, which is why excessive velocity is truthful deadly.”