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commercial vehicle safety and enforcement

avoid engine braking sign

The Sound and Fury: Engine Brake Noise and How to Stop It

March 6, 2025May 24, 2022 55 Comments

Engine brakes are an important piece of safety equipment for commercial vehicle operators. Trouble is, they can cause an irritating pulsating noise when combined with modified engine exhausts. In fact, a few comparisons we’ve heard

Categories Commercial Vehicles, Trucking

How Weigh2GoBC Keeps Safe Trucks Moving in the Lower Mainland

April 13, 2021February 4, 2021 2 Comments

Electronic commercial vehicle reporting happens in an astonishing seven seconds, on Highway 91 in Delta. Commercial vehicles registered with Weigh2GoBC, that operate safely, are granted an inspection station bypass when they drive over our weigh-in-motion sensors.

Categories Commercial Vehicles, Trucking
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Are These The Most Amazing Emergency Vehicles in BC?

April 28, 2022June 9, 2020 7 Comments

An emergency can strike anywhere, anytime. Fortunately, we have two amazing emergency vehicles (AKA mobile incident command vehicles) to help us establish a more effective response when something threatens BC’s transportation network. Weather-related emergency events

Categories Emergency Events

DON’T Do This Pt. II: 5 More Vehicles CVSE Wants Off the Road

October 2, 2018November 28, 2017 84 Comments

We received a lot of positive feedback after sharing Part 1 of the Wanted off the Road poster series. Well, our Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) team continues to keep BC from turning into

Categories Trucking
Be truck aware

Top 3 Ways to Be Truck Aware

December 9, 2020October 24, 2017 38 Comments

If you compare the size and weight of a loaded commercial vehicle to that of a passenger vehicle, it shouldn’t be surprising to learn the occupants of the passenger vehicle are four times more likely

Categories Tips and How Tos, Trucking
commercial vehicles

See Why This Video Makes Us Worried for Roadside Workers

December 5, 2019July 28, 2017 25 Comments

Disappointed… and worried. That basically sums up how we felt when our Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) officers reported how often drivers break the Slow Down Move Over law during roadside traffic stops on

Categories Cone Zone
winter driving conditions

How to Avoid Being Pranked by Spring on the Coquihalla

September 23, 2021March 31, 2017 14 Comments

Warning! Don’t let spring play an April Fools’ prank on you. Roadside signs state passenger vehicles are required to have winter tires, and commercial trucks must carry chains, on most BC highways between October 1

Categories Shift into Winter, Trucking
safety for the trucking industry

Safety Review Breakthrough – Looking at “Weighs” to Keep Trucks Safe

November 23, 2022September 15, 2011 4 Comments

Whether you’re travelling the busy streets of metro Vancouver or the most secluded highway, you’ll find them. Commercial truck drivers. They go where trains can’t, and deliver the goods we need to keep our communities

Categories Trucking

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