You Asked: The Top Five DriveBC WebCam Questions
Based on the feedback you send us, you love our webcams, and you depend on them to be informed and travel safely throughout the province. Being so popular, our webcams are also the source for
Trans-Canada Improvements (and Delays) Ahead: How You Can Be Prepared
How We Monitor Weather and Highway Conditions
To determine how best to protect travellers, the ministry and maintenance contractors monitor and forecast weather using roadside weather, remote avalanche weather and frost probe stations. if there is a concern with dropping temperatures, we can set an alert to notify us when a specific temperature is reached, allowing crews to apply salt in either solid or liquid (brine solution) form before freezing begins.
Highway Thru Hell: The Complete TranBC Interview Series
Discovery Channel’s Highway Thru Hell illustrates the need for drivers to “shift into winter,” so imagine our delight when star of the show Jamie Davis and producer Mark Miller visited TranBC to share some of their experiences filming Season 1.
Snow, SPICE and Everything Nice(ly) Measured
Since when do snow, sleet, ice and SPICE go together? Since the Solid Precipitation Inter Comparison Experiment (SPICE) began at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s Coquihalla summit weather station. This international study is using
Winter Wildlife Watch: The Majestic Moose
Weighing up to 600 kilograms and standing as tall as two metres high at the shoulder, moose are bigger than you think — and a collision with one can badly damage you and your vehicle. Statistics show that vehicle collisions with moose peak from November to February. While collisions with deer occur more frequently, the outcome is usually less drastic for motorists because of the deer’s smaller size.
How to Merge Safely on a Highway
For the zipper to work properly, opposing teeth must alternate smoothly. In high traffic scenarios in which two lanes reduce to one lane, merging works much the same.
Earn Good Winter Driving Karma, Know Others’ Pet Peeves
Wikipedia defines “pet peeve” as: a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than others may find it. Wouldn’t it be great if we all understood what
Drinking Driving CounterAttack: What Will it Take to Stop Impaired Driving?
1977 was an important year. It was the year Han Solo said, “May the Force be with you.” It was also the year Elvis passed away. Maybe even more importantly, 1977 was the beginning of