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Burnaby
2024-07-25 13:52 PDT
The Lower Mainland’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Group (LMDCVE) is proud to have contributed to Operation Safe Driver Week, an annual safety event led by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) that aims to improve road safety through education and enforcement.
Between July 8 and July 12, 2024, the LMDCVE group, in partnership with Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE), held five days of targeted enforcement involving multiple daily operations in Abbotsford, Burnaby, Delta, Port Coquitlam, and Surrey.
The initiatives focused on unsafe driving behaviour involving commercial vehicles. Commercial vehicle drivers committing driving infractions during these targeted operations were stopped and then went through full CVSA inspections.
Over the five days of enforcement, 293 commercial vehicles were inspected, resulting in:
A total of 456 tickets were issued during Operation Safe Driver Week, including:
These results highlight the importance of pre-trip inspections, which, done properly, would help negate many of the safety and mechanical issues we identify during enforcement, said Cst. Kevin Connolly, Burnaby RCMP's designated Commercial Vehicle Inspector and LMDCVE group coordinator. This initiative brought together multiple agencies, which continue to work together towards creating safer roads in the Lower Mainland and beyond through education and enforcement initiatives such as this one.
These results highlight the importance of pre-trip inspections, which, done properly, would help negate many of the safety and mechanical issues we identify during enforcement,
This initiative brought together multiple agencies, which continue to work together towards creating safer roads in the Lower Mainland and beyond through education and enforcement initiatives such as this one.
Operation Safe Driver Week was a collaborative effort, involving the following agencies:
Abbotsford PoliceBC Highway PatrolBurnaby RCMPCity of Burnaby BylawsCity of Surrey BylawsCoquitlam RCMPCommercial Vehicle Safety and EnforcementDelta PoliceIntegrated Road Safety UnitMetro Vancouver Transit PoliceNew Westminster PolicePassenger Transportation BranchTownship of Langley Bylaws
Visit link for additional details: Operation Safe Driver Week 2024 (CVSA)
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