Long Weekend Travellers Can Expect to See RCMP On Highways

Monday, May 12, 2008 10:09 AM

Prince George, B.C. - Heading in to the first long weekend of the season, RCMP are reminding all that starting tomorrow and running through to the 19^th, it is Canada Road Safety Week.

You can expect to see extra police presence on the roads. Officers will be checking for aggressive drivers, seat belt infractions, erratic behaviour that may be the result of drinking or drowsiness, and speeders.

“The deaths pain and broken hearts that result from carelessness behind the wheel can be prevented” says Sgt Pat McTiernan of the Fraser Fort George Traffic Services. “Police agencies across the country are collaborating on this project because they have seen more than enough, and because they know that the involvement of the driving public is essential to achieve safer streets and highways.”

This week has been chosen because it is the first long weekend of “summer” and there are more people traveling and collisions are more frequent.

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Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 10:09 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Harbinger on May 12 2008 12:09 PM

Long weekend travellers? Not many with these gas prices, pal. Might have to reassign some Mounties to real crime like gangs or drugs instead of honest taxpayers who are easy hits for money to fill the coffers. Kinda like tax collectors in uniform who won't taser you unless yer rude.

Posted by: southfortguy on May 12 2008 1:24 PM

agreed...there are just as many accidents in the winter - rarely an rcmp car on the road..except at speed traps in low km zones and where they know they can nail drivers for some cash - sad but true..in the mean time we are the 4th worst in Canada for crime...way to go..

Posted by: metalman on May 12 2008 2:08 PM

Yeah, we are the easy targets, and we pay our bills, low risk, high rate of return.............hey! are they starting to run the fuzz factory like a business?
Maybe they should offer incentives to the young fuzz and fuzzettes; you know, like a bonus for every crack head taken off the street, and triple bonuses for the arrest of the drug dealers, and a free trip for putting the top dogs in jail.
But no, sadly, it is far too easy to nail mom and pop for 110K on the highway, and rack up some bonuses for a windshield or balding tires, you know, real criminals.
metalman.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on May 12 2008 2:29 PM

RCMP patrols out on the highways are rare.
The last time we drove back from Rupert we kept track, and never saw one anywhere outside town limits the entire trip.
We have noticed the same thing heading south from PG.
Then yesterday we drove to the Fort from PG arounf 3:00 pm and the first one we saw was across the bridge in downtown Vanderhoof.
That was the only one.
After that,nothing and we didn't see any in the Fort either, but there was a LOT of RCMP vehicles parked at the station.
So was that just a fluke?...because it's not the first time we have noticed that and we make a point of watching now just to see...or NOT see as the case may be.

Posted by: wrinkledawg on May 12 2008 2:48 PM

Check out Timmies. :)

Posted by: diplomat on May 12 2008 3:37 PM

Parked police cars don't pollute the environment! There is an upside to everything!

Posted by: northern taxpayer on May 12 2008 3:38 PM

i think the RCMP are bogged down in tons of useless paper work loaded onto them by the court system and the politicians who can't get out of their rut,to let the queen's finest - convict and put away the real criminals, they get to check up on us real law abiding folks cause we don't break any laws they have to wonder if there is any of us left,give them a smile for the day as they will have to
go back into the sewer and deal with the scum they left behind for a day, even the RCMP have to come up for fresh air once in a while.thanks for being there when we need you and hope your batting average improves.