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By Pete McIntyre

BC Highway Patrol

Police launch month-long campaign targeting high risk drivers

May 5, 2024 | 8:00 AM

The BC Highway Patrol will be stepping up enforcement around the province with its Drive to Arrive campaign.

Throughout the month of May, Highway Patrol officers will be conducting operations with ICBC to target high-risk drivers: impaired drivers, excessive speeders, street racers and distracted drivers.

“Enforcement efforts will especially be in full force from May 17 to 21 where we will see a higher volume of motorists on our highways who are looking to enjoy the long weekend,” Cpl. Melissa Jongema, media relations officer, said.

A National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day will be held on Saturday, May 18.

According to ICBC, from 2018 to 2022, there are on average 1,800 collisions on May long weekends in B.C. and two or three of them are fatal. Yearly, there are on average 264 fatal collisions on B.C. highways with approximately 284 victims.

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Of those 284 victims, the following people lost their lives:

• Toddlers and infants as young as a few months old
• A mom of four children who were also all severely injured in the same collision
• Innocent truck drivers who were fathers, husbands, and brothers
• A young family of two parents and their child as well as their dog
• The wife of the driver who survived the collision

“All of those collisions had something in common – they were all preventable,”Jongema stated.

“Do your part in keeping B.C. highways safe by respecting the lives of the drivers and passengers in other vehicles. Although they may be strangers, drive how you would drive if your loved ones were in the other vehicles on the road.”