Let’s talk about tires

Let’s talk about tires

With the recent heavy snowfall in the normally temperate Lower Mainland, the subject of mandatory winter tires made the news. Unfortunately (as is so often the case) media coverage has been high on emotion and opinion, while falling short on facts. When SENSE BC is...
UBCM – Speed Limits and Revenue Sharing

UBCM – Speed Limits and Revenue Sharing

A slightly shorter version of this article was published by The Vancouver Sun on Tuesday September 15th, 2015. The BC Government gives 100 per cent of ticket fine revenues to municipalities who want control over speed limits and who often influence how those limits...
Opinion: Photo radar won’t cure excessive speed

Opinion: Photo radar won’t cure excessive speed

Last week saw the publication of the “BC Coroners Service Child Death Review Panel, A Review of Young Driver Deaths, 2004-2013.” The panel’s core objective appears to be a renewed call for photo radar. To reduce public opposition they used the euphemisms of “time and...
Let the majority travel legally this summer

Let the majority travel legally this summer

Chris Klimek from Oshawa, Ontario is the founder of www.stop100.ca – group which demands increasing Ontario 400-series highway speed limit to globally recognized 120 and 130 km/h. With each summer season, I am astounded at the amount of injustice happening on...