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BC Highways

The Coquihalla Snowshed Protocol: 10 Steps to Highway Safety

February 25, 2022January 12, 2016 34 Comments

[Note: Yellowhead Road & Bridge (Nicola) Ltd. took over the highway maintenance contract for Service Area 14 as of July 1, 2019] BC Highway 5 from Hope to Merritt (also known as the Coquihalla or

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter, Trucking

15 Seconds to Safety: Are Your Tail Lights On?

November 17, 2022December 8, 2015 27 Comments

One of the most common mistakes drivers are making these dark, wintry days is failing to activate their tail lights. If you’re ever trailing one of these phantom cars, either during a cloudy day or

Categories Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos

BC Road Trip Time Machine: BC Highway 3A, Nelson to Balfour

November 17, 2022December 7, 2015 2 Comments

The Kootenays. No tour of BC would be complete without a visit to this special corner of the province, especially a Road Trip Time Machine tour. So, get in, strap on your seat belt and

Categories Trucking

Know When to Slow for Weather With Variable Speed Signs

July 2, 2020December 2, 2015 51 Comments

If you are unable to view this video, click here to watch on our YouTube channel. We’re big fans of the maxim: “drive to conditions.” Highway travellers improve their safety dramatically by following those three

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter

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

Looking for Line Painting that Can Take a Pounding

November 17, 2022September 25, 2015 62 Comments

Do line-marking paints exist that will survive our challenging climates? For the next year, we’re testing line-marking paints, to determine which best weather the tough conditions on BC’s highways. How long will each paint take

Categories BC Travellers, Road Maintenance

Talk About an Information Highway – Open 511 meets DriveBC

November 17, 2022September 17, 2015 2 Comments

BC highway condition and event information is wide open. Open511 that is. That’s right. Valuable highway information (or data) such as: road closures and construction work, is now available to you as Open511– DriveBC. What

Categories BC Travellers, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

BC Road Trip Time Machine: Highway 99 from Horseshoe Bay to Squamish

November 16, 2022September 10, 2015 20 Comments

 Get in and buckle up because this episode of our BC Road Trip Time Machine is set to take you on one curvy highway – Highway 99 from Horseshoe Bay to Squamish to be

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers
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