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03-08-2018, 11:05 PM
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| 89 drivers ticketed in 2 hours despite 'Police ahead – Stay off your phone' signs
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/89-drivers-tic...igns-1.3833713  Quote:
Even with large, lit-up signs warning of an upcoming police checkpoint, dozens of drivers on the North Shore were still caught using their phones behind the wheel.
North Vancouver Mounties set up several signs as part of an awareness campaign Tuesday, forewarning drivers that they'd be watching.
The signs, which read, "Police ahead – Stay off your phone," were in full view of those approaching the intersections.
The two-hour operation was held between 3:30 and 5: 30 p.m. at Capilano Road and Marine Drive in North Vancouver, and at Taylor Way and Marine Drive in West Vancouver.
During that time, officers issued tickets to 89 drivers, 74 of which were for distracted driving. The remaining tickets were for other offences under the Motor Vehicles Act.
Using an electronic device while driving has been banned in B.C. for eight years, but is still considered a leading cause of crashes.
"It is evident there is still more education and enforcement needed to make our roads safer," Cpl. Richard De Jong said in a statement following the exercise.
The penalty for a single distracted driving infraction is a $368 fine and four demerit points. On a first infraction, the driver will also have to pay a $175 penalty point premium to ICBC.
Those with two or more infractions in a three-year period will be charged a driver risk premium, billed annually, which will increase with each conviction.
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03-08-2018, 11:22 PM
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reverse physiology at it finest.
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03-08-2018, 11:45 PM
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People think they're more important than they actually are which is why they keep using their phones while driving. The car becomes the castle and they become the Queen / King.
The sweet irony is a very small % of society would actually care if these people wrapped their tiny heads around a telephone pole.
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03-09-2018, 12:31 AM
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I've stopped picking up my phone at redlights knowing $2k is on the line
it's become just a reflex, hope I can keep it up not just for a week or two
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03-09-2018, 02:41 AM
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It's just as bad as driving intoxicated
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03-09-2018, 03:22 AM
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03-09-2018, 06:03 AM
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#7 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Distracted drivers don't see signs warning about distracted driving. Why does that not sound surprising?
I think one of the problems is that there's this misconception that it's the act of having the phone to your face, or texting by hand that's the danger. Rather than your mind being disengaged by carrying a conversation. While both are a distraction, far less accidents are caused while texting than people on handsfree. Yet just about every car sold nowadays has the technology built in. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...ashes/7018505/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.bba4af29f723
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03-09-2018, 08:25 AM
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Taking a hand off the wheel and your eyes off the road is always going to be a hazard...
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03-09-2018, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by underscore Taking a hand off the wheel and your eyes off the road is always going to be a hazard... | Driving a manual transmission will be distracted driving. Then it will include paddle shifters.
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03-09-2018, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by ilovebacon reverse physiology at it finest. | It doesn't take a rocket appliance to see that coming
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03-09-2018, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Bouncing Bettys Driving a manual transmission will be distracted driving. Then it will include paddle shifters. | I've always viewed a manual transmission as a way to keep me more focused, rather than distracted.
You're forced to pay attention to your revs, and speed. Automatic makes it easier for drivers to zone out.
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03-09-2018, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by JqC I've always viewed a manual transmission as a way to keep me more focused, rather than distracted.
You're forced to pay attention to your revs, and speed. Automatic makes it easier for drivers to zone out. | .
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03-09-2018, 01:52 PM
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#13 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by Bouncing Bettys Driving a manual transmission will be distracted driving. Then it will include paddle shifters. | My friend got pulled over in new west for distracted driving. Officer saw him move his hand down from the steering wheel. He was shifting his car into neutral at the light LOL.
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03-09-2018, 02:01 PM
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'they' were picking them off like cherries off a tree this morning on SMITHE/EXPO. The traffic bogs down and comes to a standstill due to the construction...cops on BIKES were sneaking up on drivers.. nonstop tickets.... i mean...what else do u do sitting in traffic but to grab your phone lol. cops on BIKES!!!!!!!!!!
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03-09-2018, 03:36 PM
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I will reiterate once again. This is nothing but a cash grab, plain and simple. Do you think it's a coincidence they are ramping this up with ICBC's major fiscal shortfalls?
We live in a Province that has the worst criminal case completion rate in the country, by a LARGE margin, not even close. Yet this is what our local forces are focusing on? Absolutely ridiculous. Spare me on the "they're traffic cops, it's different from regular policing", another crap excuse.
This Province's priorities are so bizarre. Meanwhile we have a number of serial killers on the loose in this city, and a still unsolved murder of a young child in the Burnaby RCMP's backyard, Central Park. Keep catching those people at red lights on their phone though, A+
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03-09-2018, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by mikemhg This Province's priorities are so bizarre. Meanwhile we have a number of serial killers on the loose in this city, and a still unsolved murder of a young child in the Burnaby RCMP's backyard, Central Park. Keep catching those people at red lights on their phone though, A+ | Wait. What?
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03-09-2018, 06:06 PM
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#17 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by mikemhg I will reiterate once again. This is nothing but a cash grab, plain and simple. Do you think it's a coincidence they are ramping this up with ICBC's major fiscal shortfalls? | They're ramping it up because there's been an approximately 30% increase in vehicle accidents in the past five years. Largely related to distracted driving. The increase in accidents is in large part responsible for those fiscal shortfalls.
And it's not just cell phone use, IMO.
Anyone who works for a dealership, or frequently purchases new vehicles, can attest to the fact that creature comforts have dramatically increased in the past decade. You have a large touchscreen head unit with multiple menus, controlling audio, Bluetooth, climate controls, climate controlled massage seats, 360 degree cameras, lane assist, blind spot detection.. And then you have your gauge cluster with info centre and multiple menus there.
There are many many more distractive mechanisms in vehicles these days than there were even five years ago. It's been a pretty rapid increase across all makes.
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03-09-2018, 06:25 PM
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Then there are those autonomous vehicles................
If I saw one with no driver, I'd be distracted. Not as much as prancing chicks in shiny, tight, blue dresses, though. 
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03-09-2018, 06:46 PM
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#19 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by MG1 Then there are those autonomous vehicles................ | Yes, omit more responsibility. Maybe people will be completely useless by 2030  Quote:
Not as much as prancing chicks in shiny, tight, blue dresses, though.
| Careful now. We don't need the feds cracking down on every distraction 
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03-09-2018, 06:52 PM
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#20 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Originally Posted by welfare Maybe people will be completely useless by 2030 | Um.......... that's already happened. hee hee, hue hue, pew pew.
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03-09-2018, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by welfare While both are a distraction, far less accidents are caused while texting than people on handsfree... | I think the number is closer than people think. I know four people that have gotten into accidents while texting (luckily nothing too serious). None of them volunteered that information to anyone involved be it the other driver, cops, or insurance company.
We'll never really know the ratio though so I guess it doesn't really matter.
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03-09-2018, 07:19 PM
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#22 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by ScizzMoney I think the number is closer than people think. I know four people that have gotten into accidents while texting (luckily nothing too serious). None of them volunteered that information to anyone involved be it the other driver, cops, or insurance company.
We'll never really know the ratio though so I guess it doesn't really matter. | Those stats in the posted article were from the states. Maybe the insurance companies are more detailed with their claims down there
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03-10-2018, 12:48 AM
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#23 | | I STILL don't get it
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The number of times I was stuck behind a texter when the light turns green...
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03-10-2018, 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Shades The number of times I was stuck behind a texter when the light turns green... | i want to take this opportunity to apologize for taking an extra 1.89 seconds out of your perfectly productive day
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03-10-2018, 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero i want to take this opportunity to apologize for taking an extra 1.89 seconds out of your perfectly productive day | That's about 2-3 cars at the end of the line that are prevented from making the light. Even people who aren't texting at lights take too much time to get going sometimes.
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