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commercial vehicle safety enforcement

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8 Things You Want to Know About Weigh Scales and Vehicle Weights in BC

June 13, 2024December 13, 2022 46 Comments

Without a doubt, we get more questions about weigh scales and vehicles weights in BC than any other when it comes to Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE). And the questions don’t just come from

Categories Trucking
Wanted Poster

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

September 9, 2021 14 Comments

“Are you guys going to continue these posters? These are pretty good, brings light to the types of things that your officers and inspectors find. These posters also provide an educational component as well as

Categories Trucking
A Brief History of the BC Highway Traffic Patrol

A Brief History of the BC Highway Traffic Patrol

September 3, 2019May 16, 2019 50 Comments

Most folks born in the 1970s or earlier will probably remember the smash television hit, CHiPs. The show followed the adventures of two California highway patrol officers as they kept state highways running safely and

Categories BC Highway History, BC Travellers, Trucking
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What You Need to Know About Commercial Vehicle Chain-Up Rules

October 12, 2023November 28, 2018 100 Comments

We introduced better chain-up regulations for commercial vehicles, which provide more clarity for professional drivers, in 2018.  This means safer roads. The changes came in the wake of one of our worst winters for highway

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter, Trucking

Why We’re Keeping Commercial Trucks Out of Some Left Lanes on the Coquihalla

December 2, 2020November 13, 2018 128 Comments

We’re restricting commercial vehicles from using the far left lane northbound on the Coquihalla’s Snowshed Hill between Box Canyon and Zopkios with our No Trucks in the Left Lane pilot program. The restriction is in

Categories BC Travellers, Trucking

What You Need to Know About Commercial Vehicle Safety Inspections

January 25, 2023July 24, 2018 56 Comments

We sometimes get the question: what kinds of inspections do commercial vehicles have to go through to ensure they are operating safely? It’s a great question, especially since the way CVSE (Commercial Vehicle Safety and

Categories Commercial Vehicles, Trucking

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

Gone to the Dogs – it’s CVSE to the Rescue!

September 13, 2017 4 Comments

Sometimes, it can be a dog eat dog world out there, and that seemed to be the case for five pups caught in the chaos of this summer’s BC wildfire in the Cariboo area. When

Categories BC Travellers, Trucking
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