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    • Tips and How Tos
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  • Commercial Vehicles
    • Trucking
    • Passenger Transportation
  • Engineering
    • BC Projects
    • BC Infrastructure
    • Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
    • BC Highway History
  • Environment
    • Wildlife
    • Avalanche and Weather Program
    • Active Transportation
    • Adopt a Highway
    • Transit
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    • About Avalanche
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    • About Wildfire
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    • Career Stories
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BC Travellers

Information of interest to commuters, tourists and recreational drivers in rural and urban BC.

Why Pedestrians and Drivers Need to be Aware NOW More than Ever

October 14, 2021October 23, 2015 Leave a comment

It’s fall, which means darker days and colder, wetter weather. It’s no surprise, then, that nearly double the pedestrians are injured by vehicles from November to January than from June to August. Mother Nature is

Categories BC Travellers

On the Case for Safety: Wildlife Detection Systems on Highway 3

November 17, 2022October 21, 2015 7 Comments

If you have travelled BC Highway 3 lately, you might have noticed some special looking signs and equipment being installed at the side of the road. What’s the scoop? Well, because deer, elk, and moose

Categories BC Travellers, Environment, Wildlife

Crashes and Highway Closures: Why the Delay?

November 17, 2022October 19, 2015 39 Comments

When any BC highway is closed due to a crash, some of the questions and comments we get are: “Why is it taking so long to open the road?” “Don’t you just take some pictures

Categories BC Travellers, Tips and How Tos
measuring winter tires

How to Measure Tire Tread Depth in 15 Seconds

October 7, 2020October 16, 2015 13 Comments

We want to show you how to measure your tires’ tread depth. It’s painless, quick and easy – heck, we were even able to fit it all in this 15-second video. Winter tires are important,

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos

Be Prepared BC – Slow Down, Pull Over and Stay Inside.

October 12, 2023October 14, 2015 2 Comments

When it comes to preparing for an emergency, our friends at PreparedBC know the drill. That’s why we jumped at the opportunity to have them share their valuable insight on what to do if you

Categories BC Road Trips, BC Travellers, Tips and How Tos, Trucking

The History of BC Highway Information Communication

November 17, 2022October 13, 2015 4 Comments

How do you get your road condition information? Email alerts? On Twitter @DriveBC? Watching BC HighwayCams? Before DriveBC.ca, before the internet, before television, heck – even before radio, British Columbians have been exploring this beautiful

Categories BC Travellers, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Trucking

Winter: the Good, the Bad, and the Driving Safely

November 17, 2022October 5, 2015 Leave a comment

  There are several good things about winter… Skiing Toques Hot chocolate Tobogganing The scent of wood smoke But there are also several bad things about winter, and some of them have to do with

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter

10 Tips to Sharing the Road Safely with Transport Trucks

November 17, 2022October 1, 2015 27 Comments

Transport trucks play a big role in getting goods to markets across British Columbia. They’re also physically huge, heavy and behave much differently than you… While motorists travel on the same road as commercial transport

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