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Roadside Worker Safety: How Do You Look at It?

January 6, 2023May 19, 2016 10 Comments

People find laws easier to follow when they understand the point, or value, of them. After surveying drivers about roadside worker safety as part of the annual Cone Zone campaign, which runs May to August,

Categories Trucking

Powerful Rail Safety Warnings From Around the World

January 5, 2023April 26, 2016 2 Comments

Rail safety matters all the time, and every place there is train tracks. So, we embarked on a tour to four continents to pick out what we thought were the most powerful messages to keep

Categories BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers

4 Unseen Engineering Marvels in BC

August 7, 2020March 30, 2016 74 Comments

Engineers are a creative bunch by nature. When faced with a challenging situation, their desire to find a solution is second only to the creativity and analysis they use to overcome that obstacle. The terrain

Categories BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers

Is Your Impatience a Safety Concern on the Coq?

January 28, 2020February 2, 2016 5 Comments

There’s an essential rule about sharing the road with snowplows: NEVER pass them on the right. In 2016, there were 11 collisions between cars and snowplows, on one BC highway alone. That’s a lot of

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos

15 Seconds to Safety: Clearing Snow Off Your Vehicle

November 24, 2022January 6, 2016 2 Comments

When we asked you about your winter driving pet peeves, one of the most common responses was drivers who don’t clear their entire vehicle of snow. We’ve all seen those rolling snowballs with only the

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter

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

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

A Winter Reminder: Don’t Pass Snow Plows with Flashing Lights

November 17, 2022November 26, 2015 25 Comments

It’s early in the winter driving season, and we’re all getting used to the white stuff again, but we’ve had a couple incidents lately where travellers have tried to pass snow plows on the right

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos
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