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Winter Driving Through the Eyes of… a B.C. Firefighter

February 1, 2023March 18, 2014 Leave a comment

When winter hits, firefighters have to achieve a delicate balance between speed and safety. As emergency responders, their goal is to arrive on scene as fast as possible without putting themselves or other drivers at

Categories Emergency Events, Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos, Trucking
DriveBC Tutorial

DriveBC Tutorial Videos: Road Conditions and Events

September 28, 2021March 6, 2014 2 Comments

The DriveBC tutorial series continues with our latest in the series . This episode focuses on helping you navigate and organize the road conditions and events listings. Hopefully this tutorial helps you find your way

Categories BC Travellers, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Double Avalanche: All the Way

February 9, 2022February 27, 2014 5 Comments

Watch a double (controlled) avalanche as it happens on Highway 3, in this video. Learn more about how the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure works to keep highways safe for travellers.

Categories Avalanche Program, Shift into Winter

Why “Protected T” Intersections are Safer Than “T” Intersections

April 16, 2021January 15, 2014 5 Comments

  If you’ve ever driven along Highway 97A towards Vernon, you might be familiar with the Eagle Rock Road intersection. Traffic has changed here over the years. For one thing, there’s a lot more of

Categories BC Projects
highway signs

Four Ways to Make Sense of our Highway Numbers

October 14, 2021January 8, 2014 8 Comments

Ever wonder what’s up with highway numbers? You’ve got Highway 1 in the south, Highway 2 in the north, Highway 3 even farther south than Highway 1, and then Highway 4 connecting rural communities on

Categories Tips and How Tos
plow for winter safety

Adding “Pow” to the Plow for Winter Safety

May 26, 2022December 19, 2013 Leave a comment

Elementary school children recently painted bright designs on three snowplows and a grader for some educational fun, in Golden. Road maintenance contractor HMC Services Inc. arranged for three fully equipped tandem axle plow trucks and

Categories Shift into Winter
highway maintenance

Winter Driving in the East Kootenays

September 27, 2021December 16, 2013 Leave a comment

  If you live in or travel through the East Kootenays, you know what the weather and the roads have been like lately. If you haven’t been through there in the last couple of weeks,

Categories Road Maintenance, Shift into Winter

Winter Driving on the Wet Coast of BC: Tips for Travelling in Rain and Fog

October 23, 2023November 27, 2013 4 Comments

We have talked a lot about driving in winter conditions and for the most part when we say “winter conditions”, we mean snow and ice. But for a large percentage of British Columbians (those who

Categories Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos
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