Enquiry BC

Victoria: (250) 387-6121
Vancouver: (604) 660-2421
Elsewhere in B.C.: 1-800-663-7867
Outside B.C.: (604) 660-2421
Email: enquirybc@gov.bc.ca

Premier John Horgan

Office of the Premier
PO BOX 9041 STN PROV GOVT
VICTORIA BC V8W9E1

Telephone: (250) 387-1715
Fax: (250) 387-0253
Email: premier@gov.bc.ca

Government of British Columbia
Legislative Assembly
BC Laws

Ministry of Transportation and Highways

• Rural Highway Safety and Speed Review – Consultation and Engagement Summary Report (March 2014)
• Rural Highway Safety and Speed Review – Technical Report (July 2014)

BC Police Sites

Integrated Traffic Camera Unit (ITCU)
The BC photo radar police site! no longer active

Municipal Forces
Abbotsford
Delta
New Westminster
VancouverWest Vancouver
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
DriveSmartBC – Home of Behind the Wheel
excellent information on traffic policing

Traffic Safety Research

Synthesis of Safety Research Related to Speed and Speed Limits (1998)

Automated Speed Enforcement Pilot Project for the Capital Beltway: Feasibility of Photo-Radar

Effects of Raising and Lowering Speed Limits on Selected Roadway Sections

• “All too often, speed limits are considered as a cure-all for a community’s traffic ills. Citizens frequently demand speed zoning changes in an effort to develop a quick solution to a complicated traffic problem.”

Study in progress: “Guidance on Setting and Enforcing Speed Limits”

Arizona Department of Transportation

• Traffic Engineering Information excellent information on traffic control measures
• Speed Limits – A Case of “Majority Rule”
  excellent information on the realities of speed limits

Traffic Safety Organizations

US – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

US – Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Traffic/Enforcement Links

Police Guide

The Police Officer’s Internet Directory

Law Enforcement Links

Anti-Speed Enforcement Sites

Yahoo! Search – Speeding

CA – Ontario – Mark Trenouth’s Photo Radar Pages – Lots of BC Information!

CA – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Photo Radar

CA – Winnipeg, MB – Winnipeg Photo Radar

US – National Motorists Association (NMA) – Lots of information!

• NMA Speedtrap Registry

US – Reasonable Drivers Unanimous

US – WWW Speedtrap Registry – BC Page

US – The Speedtrap Bible – Lots of information!

US – Mathew Hennessy’s – Tips on Speeding in the USA

NZ – Fast And Safe

NZ – Radar Reporter

AU – RoadSense.com.au

AU – SpeedingIsBullshit.com

AU – National Motorists Association Australia Inc.

AU – Speeding in Oz…

AU – Queensland – Speeding and Propaganda

UK – Association of British Drivers

UK – Safe Speed

UK – The UK Speedtrap Guide (lots of photo radar information)

UK – Cybertrucker’s “SpeedLimiters Kill!”

Holland – TufTufClub, “The fist of the driving Dutch punching their kleptomaniac government in the face” (parts in English) Great site!

GER – Michael Heier’s pages about German Speedtraps (in German, includes photo radar)

General Legal Resources

BC – Electronic Law Library

CAN – World Wide Legal Information Association

Car Accident Lawyer Informational resource for car accident victims and their loved ones

Anti-Speed Enforcement Devices

(SENSE does not endorse or recommend the use of any of these products: see our page on obscuring licence plates!)

Devices

• NavAlert GPS-based warnings of photo radar and red light cameras
• ON TRACK Automotive Accessories (White Rock, BC)
• “Photoblock” (Ontario)

Radar Detector Information

• Speed Labs – radar, laser, and speed analysis
• US – Todd L. Sherman’s – Scanner/Radar Detector Laws by State

BC Automotive Links

CanadaCar

GasTips [InTouch] interactive ways for drivers to find the best gas prices

Gasoline Wars [Codecentric] (ditto)

Transpro Communications Highway, ferry, ski reports and more…

British Columbia Coalition of Motorcyclists

Specialty Vehicle Association of British Columbia