Travelling to British Columbia? Lead-foots beware.

mako88sb · 07-31-13, 03:08 PM

In an effort to reduce fatalities, B.C. instituted a pretty harsh law a few years ago enabling the police forces the right to seize any vehicle on the spot that exceeds the speed limit by 40 kph(24.8 mph). It is then impounded for 7 days. There have been some folks from out of the province and different countries that were unaware of this law so it came as quite a expensive shock for those on vacation to have their vehicles confiscated and have to find alternate ways of getting around plus the fees for a vehicle impounded for 7 days. We made a trip there a last week and the wife noticed quite a few out of province vehicles, some from as far away as Newfoundland, Florida and Maine. Most were in motor homes so you would think they wouldn't be speeding too much. However there were some construction zones along the Trans-Canada highway without workers present. Pretty easy to go over 40 kph not knowing that you can still get nailed even though there's no construction actually going on or workers present. Anyway, just thought I'd post this in case anybody here is planning a trip there.

07-31-13, 03:08 PM	#1
mako88sb XO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 423 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Travelling to British Columbia? Lead-foots beware. In an effort to reduce fatalities, B.C. instituted a pretty harsh law a few years ago enabling the police forces the right to seize any vehicle on the spot that exceeds the speed limit by 40 kph(24.8 mph). It is then impounded for 7 days. There have been some folks from out of the province and different countries that were unaware of this law so it came as quite a expensive shock for those on vacation to have their vehicles confiscated and have to find alternate ways of getting around plus the fees for a vehicle impounded for 7 days. We made a trip there a last week and the wife noticed quite a few out of province vehicles, some from as far away as Newfoundland, Florida and Maine. Most were in motor homes so you would think they wouldn't be speeding too much. However there were some construction zones along the Trans-Canada highway without workers present. Pretty easy to go over 40 kph not knowing that you can still get nailed even though there's no construction actually going on or workers present. Anyway, just thought I'd post this in case anybody here is planning a trip there.