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Dear morons who drive in the wrong lane
March 22, 2013Andrew Clark is an award-winning journalist and screenwriter living in Toronto. His last book, ‘A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle’, was nominated for the Pearson Writers’ Trust Non-fiction Prize, Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize and the Governor General’s Award for Literary Non-fiction. He is a professor at... -
Left Lane Bandits
February 28, 2013This week St. John Alexander at CTV News produced an excellent two part feature entitled “Left Lane Bandits” describing one of the most annoying and dangerous creatures on BC highways. The news piece caused quite a buzz on various social media sites. Drivers who camp out in passing lanes on multi-lane highways... -
Motorcycle noise story draws fire.
February 18, 2013Today Ian Mulgrew wrote in The Vancouver Sun in his article “Excessive noise is in the ear of the beholder”; Bruce Wayne used self-procurement to equip his alter-ego, Batman, but why would we let B.C. cops pack their own unregulated crime-fighting devices? BC traffic courts will accept, with increasing frequency, simply... -
Take the “trap” away from speed trap before laser jammers considered obstruction.
February 12, 2013Matthew Bruce lives in Alberta and works in the technology industry. He believes there is a direct correlation between unfair speed enforcement and arbitrarily low speed limits. He writes his view that motorists have a right to defend themselves against unfair or unknown enforcement and that right includes the use... -
Speed limiters are not new and are not safe.
December 31, 2012We frequently receive inquiries from individuals / companies regarding new devices for traffic safety. This week we have had repeated requests by email and on Twitter, from a correspondent in Italy, to review an invention to automatically limit speeds. “The new system allows you to control and reduce the speed automatically when you exceed... -
Sorry Officer, no lives saved today
December 5, 2012The author, Chris Klimek from Oshawa Ontario, is a software engineer and the founder of www.stop100.ca – group demanding Ontario 400-series highway speed limits match globally recognized limits of 120 and 130 km/h. Is there anybody who appreciates OPP cruisers parked on the medians and shoulders of provincial 400-series highways? Is... -
There is nothing radical about correct speed limit setting
August 22, 2012Last week, when we were interviewed by The Province News I was told by the reporter that our methodology sounded “too theoretical” or “radical”. Let us be clear there is nothing new, radical or theoretical about the proper setting of speed limits. If you want proof, you do not have... -
Why we need higher speed limits in BC.
August 21, 2012A recent drive between Hope and Kamloops on the Coquihalla Highway confirmed that speed anarchy is the norm in British Columbia. During my trip, it seemed nearly everybody was ignoring rules set by the provincial government and local traffic authorities. Nobody travelled at or under the speed limits of 100...
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