Image: BC Highway Patrol / BC Highway Patrol says its members will be out in significant numbers during the upcoming Victoria Day long weekend to enforce things like excessive speeding, aggressive driving, impaired driving and distracted driving. 

By Mike Vanden Bosch

BC Highway Patrol

BC Highway Patrol to step up enforcement during upcoming long weekend

May 15, 2024 | 9:53 AM

CHILLIWACK — Motorists who are hitting the Trans-Canada Highway, Coquihalla Highway or Crowsnest Highway later this week for a 3-day weekend can expect to see more police as part of a safety initiative.

Dubbed ‘Project Drive to Arrive’, BC Highway Patrol says its members will be deployed across the province, especially in areas where police have witnessed a higher rate of collisions.

“Project Drive to Arrive is being undertaken by BCHP because we want to do our part to reduce the number of people who are being hurt and killed on our highways in preventable collisions over the May Long Weekend,” said Corporal Brett Urano, media relations spokesperson for BC RCMP. “By educating the public and enhancing enforcement efforts, we are working to change those high-risk driving behaviours leading to serious injury and fatal collision on our highways. We are seeing better weather, and with it we are increased traffic volumes across the Province.”

BC Highway Patrol wants all motorists arrive safely at their destinations, wherever that may be and will be doing their part by focusing our enforcement on high-risk driving behaviors such as:

• Excessive speeding
• Aggressive/Dangerous driving
• Impaired driving
• Distracted driving

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According to ICBC, from 2018 to 2022 there were an average of 1,800 collisions during the Victoria Day long weekend in BC, which has included fatalities. Yearly, on average, there are 264 fatal collisions on BC highways, most of which were preventable had road users made better decisions, police say.

“We are asking road users to do their part in keeping BC’s highways safe by driving responsibly and making good decisions,” Cpl. Urano said. “Please treat others on the road as if they were your loved ones, so that we can make our highways safer together!”