New Radio Protocols for Resource Roads Set to Kick In
Prince George, B.C.- After working with industry’s road safety committees, the Province has announced new, mobile radio communication protocols will soon take effect.
The object of the changes is to improve safety for resource road users and will see new standardized signs, ratio call protocols and bank of standardized mobile radio channels.
Prince George, Nadina, Skeena-Stikine, Stuart-Nechako and Mackenzie natural resource districts in the North Area will convert to the new protocols and resource road radio channels as of June 1st.
All affected road users must have the new channels programmed into their mobile radios before the transition dates. Mobile radio users are advised to retain current radio channels and frequencies until they are no longer required.
It is recommended that mobile radio users have the full bank of standardized resource road radio channels programmed into their radios by certified radio technicians.
New signs posted on local resource roads will advise which radio channels to use and provide the communication protocols, including the road name and required calling intervals. Vehicle operators using
mobile radios to communicate their location and direction of travel must use the posted radio channels and call protocols.
Comments
So what are the new protocols? They’ve been doing this already.
New signage on local resource roads and will advise what radio channels to use and provide the communication protocols, including the road name and required calling intervals. Vehicle operators using mobile radios to communicate their location and direction of travel must use the posted radio channels and call protocols. These will all be posted on the forestry roads.
JT – this has already been in place for several years.
Apparently what is changing is that all arterial roads off of a main resource road will have to use the same radio channel. This will cause havoc.
ibear
there will be a list of 35 channels to be used throughout the province.
currently there are over 130 channels throughout bc and used for more than just road travel.
bringing in new channels will eliminate the constant changeover of frequencies when different uses of the road is apparent. also when a company is using the roads they generally use their frequencies and then they change when they are completed using the roads. Once a new company comes in to work on a road the frequencies change again. New channels will eliminate this and never change.
this will be more consistant when there are designated frequencies.
I am not sure how arterial road using the same frequencies will cause havoc. Part of the procedures will be posted for arterial roads that will most likely benefit the users on adjacent roads.
If there are trucks on an arterial road near you and they are relaying information, I view this as more being more clear and safe.
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