On Friday May 25th, 2012, members of the Prince George RCMP’s Municipal Traffic Services Section partnered with officers from the BC Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) Unit in an effort to improve road safety.

Teams of one RCMP officer and one CVSE Inspector, hit the streets of Prince George in five police vehicles. After a 10 hour shift the results were as follows:

  • 1 - Impaired driver charged – 18 year old female driver of a vehicle was traveling 97 km/hour in a 50 km/hour zone while racing an ATV down Highland Boulevard. The driver provided two breath samples that were both well above the legal limit
  •  1 - Attended the scene of a Pedestrian MVI
  •  3 - Excessive speed with 7 day vehicle impound
  •  5 - Other Speeding violations
  •  1 - Unlicensed driver / Vehicle Impounded
  •  2 - Driving prohibitions issued
  •  6 - Electronic device violations
  • 12 - Driver's license violations
  • 10 - No Insurance violations (vehicles towed)
  •  7 - Seatbelt violations
  •  3 - Other violations - Drive without consideration, U Turn in business district, Fail to yield to pedestrian
  •  8 - Notice and Order violations - Box 1 (plates seized and vehicles towed)
  • 10 - Notice and Order violations - Box 2 notice and order (30 days)
  • 12 - Notice and Order violations - Box 3 notice and order / warnings
  • 27 - Vehicle defects charges (ranging from mechanical defects, lighting, damaged or tinted windows, studded tires etc.)
  • 30 - Warnings - mechanical defects requiring repairs

Total 138 - warnings and charges issued

The RCMP along with CVSE will be conducting further joint enforcement projects throughout the summer period with a target to ensure safer roads for all the citizens of Prince George.