VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – One BC group is continuing its fight against distracted driving, even though we now have laws against using phones while driving.
Karen Bauman, the founder of Drop it and Drive, says BC’s legislation is not a sufficient deterrent. “The reason people have for doing it are really beyond me. I’ve been hit twice, and getting that phone call that my daughter’s crashed. No one wants to go through that. No one wants to be on the receiving end of injuries. I can’t imagine anybody wanting to be responsible.”
Bauman says she may get more involved in trying to lobby the government toughen legislation. She wants BC to follow Alberta’s law when it comes to eating and personal grooming.
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Yes, I agree with reducing distructions while driving, but…..has anyone thought how distracting the antilock device is in a car ?? check it out…it beeps while you’re driving, and you need to then read and blow, read and place back. and this is ok??? what a money making scheme!
Next thing you know let’s banned cars, cause they kill people and pollute the air we breathe how about that?
There isn’t enough police around to have efficient enforcement of traffic laws. The system in Alberta works by allowing proactive enforcement of traffic laws, without being tied up with calls regarding crimes. I’m all for having more police on the streets, but cost is a huge factor these days.
A friend recently lost her license for 90 days for suspicion of impairment. She swears up and down she wasn’t impaired by alcohol or drugs. That’s for the law to decide. However, she does claim to have been talking on her phone when pulled over. Apparently she had been swerving like someone who’d possibly been drinking. Guess it was an important conversation. How about 90 day license suspensions for those talking or texting? Transit is good enough today that they’ll still get around but they’ll certainly never repeat the offence. If they do, route them into the same system as impaired drivers with longer suspensions and seriously high fines. Its pretty easy to let the phone be while driving and extremely easy to pull over if you need to talk or text. I work a job where its legal to use the phone and computers while driving and I still pull over to do that. Just too many things going on out there to take the chance of changing someone else’s life forever. There’s that whole privilege thing going on there again lest you wouldn’t need a license to do it.
I wish you go to jail tomorrow and you don’t even have to spend your own pocket money to buy food and drinks, cause it’s free in there.
Security Guards don’t hand out speeding tickets in Alberta. Alberta allows municipalities to have their Bylaw Officers designated a Community Peace Officers. Alberta also allows Sheriffs to conduct traffic enforcement. This is something BC should do. Have a look: http://www.lacombeglobe.com/2012/07/19/keeping-lacombes-streets-safe
Are you serious? Sorry, I won’t have pseduo-cops handing out driving infractions. I paid with my taxes to have trained police officers perform the duty. The use of pseudo-cops is a money grab pure and simple. Police officers are trained to serve and protect. By-law enforcement is used for handing out parking tickets. It’s bad enough ensuring that the job is performed correctly without prejudice, but having pseudo-cops as enforcement will create a litigious nightmare. Not only that, this will create a slippery slope where regular people will become neighbourhood “enforcers”.
Just make the distracted driver 100% liable in the event of any accident.