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shiftintowinter

The Coquihalla Snowshed Protocol: 10 Steps to Highway Safety

February 25, 2022January 12, 2016 34 Comments

[Note: Yellowhead Road & Bridge (Nicola) Ltd. took over the highway maintenance contract for Service Area 14 as of July 1, 2019] BC Highway 5 from Hope to Merritt (also known as the Coquihalla or

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter, Trucking

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

How to Pack Your Vehicle Emergency Kit in 15 Seconds

November 17, 2022November 12, 2015 19 Comments

We all wish we had ultra-handy skills like MacGyver, right? Right. But let’s face it – we don’t. We cannot fashion a flashlight out of a pop bottle. Nor can we craft winter gloves out

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos
measuring winter tires

How to Measure Tire Tread Depth in 15 Seconds

October 7, 2020October 16, 2015 13 Comments

We want to show you how to measure your tires’ tread depth. It’s painless, quick and easy – heck, we were even able to fit it all in this 15-second video. Winter tires are important,

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

Winter: the Good, the Bad, and the Driving Safely

November 17, 2022October 5, 2015 Leave a comment

  There are several good things about winter… Skiing Toques Hot chocolate Tobogganing The scent of wood smoke But there are also several bad things about winter, and some of them have to do with

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter
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