Traffic Troubles on the Road to Woof-Stock
Prince George, B.C. – There was enhanced RCMP presence on Chief Lake and Ness Lake Roads on the weekend to ensure those attending the five day music festival at Vivian Lake could come and go safely. Turns out, some folks on those roadways would have to hoof it from the Woof.9 drivers were issued speeding tickets, 4 others for excessive speeding and that means their vehicles were impounded for one week.
One was cited for an IRP ( Immediate Roadside Prohibition) for blowing a “fail” on the roadside breathalyser, which means a 30 days license suspension.
2 were issued a 3 day suspension for blowing a “warn” and one was given a 24 hour suspension, again because of alcohol.
Prince George RCMP Media Liaison Corporal Craig Douglass says while there were issues on the roads leading to the festival, there was no problem at the actual festival site.
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Or as I call it, a normal Friday afternoon drive home.
Now, THAT was funny!
I agree with ski51. The RCMP had a reason as well as a duty to be there because they knew the event was going on through the permitting process.
If they would station themselves near an exit route from one or two popular pubs on Fridays, they would likely find the same. In fact, based on a rate of infractions/attendant at the pub versus a rate of attendance at the festival (to make it a fair comparison) the pub may even be worse, other than the speeding unless it is a rural pub.
Go, they’ve been sitting around pubs at closing time for years, with good results.
I certainly appreciate the work they do to keep more of us safe.
Thanks for that Grizzly2. It would be nice if we got a report, perhaps an annual or quarterly, about the number of total infractions from those locations and related to the accumulated seating capacity of the pubs in the sites they policed.
I am just concerned that these figures might cause a negative impact on future permit applications for such single events.
Ski51 hit the nail on the head. I would even say that this pretty much sums up a normal drive to and from home every day – chief/ness lake road is notorious for excessive speed and plain stupid reckless driving. Its not uncommon for people to be plugging along way over 100 in whats posted as an 80 zone. More police presence along that route is needed on a more regular basis. Actually it seems that excessive speeding everywhere on a whole in this town gets worse every year. Or maybe I’m just getting older lol.
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