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Road Safety

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

Boots on the Ground: A Day in the Life of a Road Area Manager

July 5, 2022July 26, 2017 14 Comments

They’re out there… Day and night, on highways (and certain side roads) across the province. Who are they and what are they doing? They’re our Road Area Managers and they pretty much do it all.

Categories Career Stories, Road Maintenance
transportation BC

What it’s Like to Work in Transportation Engineering Part 1

March 21, 2022March 13, 2017 3 Comments

Engineering reveals itself in all sorts of ways on highways. To help you understand the wide range of engineering expertise involved in building and improving transportation in British Columbia, we created a blog post summarizing

Categories Careers

Watch How We Get Through Winter on the Coquihalla

December 19, 2019January 30, 2017 16 Comments

 Having trouble viewing this video in your browser? Try watching it directly on our YouTube channel. UPDATE: Yellowhead Road & Bridge took over a new maintenance contract for SA 14/Coquihalla in July 2019 (replacing

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter

Watch and Learn How to Drive Safely in the Cone Zone

January 6, 2023August 15, 2016 9 Comments

Slow down near roadside workers. Pay attention to construction signs and traffic controllers. Respect the cone zone. We encourage all of the above. But what exactly does it all look like? Well, see for yourself

Categories Cone Zone

Behind the Scenes: BC Wildlife, Trucks Saved from Collision

July 11, 2022July 27, 2016 22 Comments

Now that the two Wildlife Detection Systems on Highway 3 have been operating for about three months (as of July 2016), we thought you’d be interested is seeing some of the thermal camera footage we’ve

Categories BC Travellers, Wildlife
Cone Zone Landscaping

What it’s Like to be a Landscaper in the Cone Zone

August 14, 2020July 14, 2016 2 Comments

When most people think of those who work roadside in Cone Zones, they think construction workers and the flaggers taking care of traffic control. But there’s a long list of other workers whose safety depends

Categories Cone Zone
horseback riding

How to Share the Road Safely with Horseback Riders

January 6, 2023July 6, 2016 35 Comments

You may see them travelling alongside or on a road… graceful, finely tuned four-legged vehicles with a person mounted on top…  They may be travelling from one farm to another, en route to a trail,

Categories Tips and How Tos
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