“Lack of funding doomed photo radar”?

There’s been a spate of fossils coming out of the woodwork lately, extolling the virtues of Photo Radar. Witness former Ontario Premier Bob Rae, incapable of admitting a mistake, tweeting on February 23rd (twenty years after he lost an election in part due to...
Distracted Driving – An Inconvenient Truth

Distracted Driving – An Inconvenient Truth

By Derek Lewers I am an avid news junkie with a keen interest in analyzing and applying critical thinking to news, especially when it comes to government policies. I often find statistics manipulated to suit the narrative of the day. The issue of distracted driving /...
Left Lane Bandits do not own the moral high ground, speed limit or no speed limit

Left Lane Bandits do not own the moral high ground, speed limit or no speed limit

Following this week’s announcement by MOTI Minister Todd Stone, that the BC Government plans to go ahead with long-awaited Keep Right Except to Pass legislation, Transit Police Chief and Chair of the BC Association of Chiefs of Police traffic subcommittee Neil Dubord...
It’s Time to Fix Alberta’s Speed Limits.

It’s Time to Fix Alberta’s Speed Limits.

While the rest of North America, and most recently British Columbia, recognize the benefits of speed limits which reflect both the reasonable actions of the reasonable majority of the driving public and the safety improvements in modern day automobiles; Alberta...
Photo Radar Totin’ Edmonton Mayor Gets an Earful

Photo Radar Totin’ Edmonton Mayor Gets an Earful

This week another politician learned exactly what people think about Photo Radar. Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson wrote a condescending and inflammatory article in his blog about drivers and photo radar saying he was “fed up” with photo radar critics and...
It’s time to wrangle left-lane bandits

It’s time to wrangle left-lane bandits

This was authored by Ian Tootill and originally published by The Vancouver Sun on June 23rd 2014. On July 2, 2014 Minister of Transportation Todd Stone announced the results of the BC Rural Highway Speed Review which included concerns by survey participants regarding...