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Friday, August 4, 2000

Safety survey
seeks public input

ARE British
Columbians willing to
accept death and injury
on roads and high-
ways?

If not, what can be done?

The provincial govern-
ment is attempting to answer
* those question with a Traffic
Services Study to improve
public and community safety
by reducing injuries and fatal-
ittes on B.C.’s roads and
highways.

Public corament is wel-
comed on the study.

Your comments will help
strengthen the final report
and recommendations that
will be presented tc Attorney
General Andrew Petter at the
end of September. The goal is
to present the most promis-
ing and. practical ways to
make traffic services in B.C.
as effective and efficient as
possible,

Among the. questions that
the study wasts to answer are:
@ Is CounterAttack the best
‘strategy to deter impaired dri-
ving? Are there. other ways
police can reduce the number
of crashes involving impaired
drivers?
® Does ‘enforcement focus
zoo much on speed?

@ Ace there other driving
behaviours that need to be
addressed?

5 Is photo radar:an effective
part of B.C.’s overall traffic
enforcement strategy?

Is increased seat belt
-enforcement the most effec-
tive way to encourage the use

of occupant: restraints or are
there better ways?

@ Should road safery educa-
tion play a greater role in traf-
fic service delivery?

The deadline for written
comments is Aug. 18. Send
them by e-mail to <traffic
ia) @ay.eov.be.ca>; fax to

(250) 387-0103; mail to P.O.
Box 9206, Stn. Prov. Govet.,
Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1. For
further information, go to
the Web site:
<www.ag.gov.bc.ca> or call
(250) 387-0118.

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ICBC wants the public
to know about federal
and provincial regula-
tions governing the use
of motorized scooters
and similar recreational
vehicles.

Owners and prospective
buyers should be aware of the
penalties associated with oper-
ating Motorized scooters on
public roadways.

According to the B.C.
Motor Vehicle Act (MIVA),
motorized scooters, motorized
skateboards and related vehi-

cles fall under the definition of

a motor vehicle and therefore

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require registration, licence and
insurance to be used on-road.

To be used on B.C. roads,
motor vehicles must meet the
standards set out in the federal
Motor Vehicle Safery Act
(Canada) and the provincial
MVA Regulations.

Motorized scooters and
motorized skateboards fail to
meet provincial equipment
safety standards including light-
ing, braking and seating
requirements. Because these
types of motor vehicles do not
meet Transport Canada or
provincial safery standards, they
cannot legally be operated on
public roads.

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The operator of a motor-
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driving an unregistered, unli-
censed, and uninsured motor
vehicle and also for operating a
motor vehicle without a dr-
ver’s licence. The police may
also impound the vehicle.

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The road safety risk is
greater for motorized scooters
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than for other vehicles to which
they are sometinies compared.
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components make them unsta-
ble and difficult to control.

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