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Case law: Wiebe v. Schmidt
By Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) on Apr 16, 2013 in Agriculture
Jan Wiebe was driving along Downes Road in Abbotsford when he was suddenly confronted by cattle on the roadway
Tag: "Traffic Safety"
Skateboarders in Traffic
By Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) on Apr 02, 2013 in Road Safety
Whether by oversight or design, our Motor Vehicle Act has chosen not to regulate skateboarders or roller skaters / bladers at all
Jonas Eliasson on How to Solve Traffic Congestion
By Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) on Mar 26, 2013 in Road Safety
Jonas Eliasson is dedicated to researching transportation flow, analyzing how people think about their commutes and what can influence their travel decisions
Be a Careful Good Samaritan
By Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) on Mar 19, 2013 in Road Safety
Remember: being a Good Samaritan could make you a party to an offence
The Forgotten Stop – Emerging From Alleys and Driveways
By Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) on Mar 12, 2013 in Road Safety
When you are driving in a business or residence district and emerging from an alley, driveway, building or private road you must stop your vehicle before driving onto the sidewalk or sidewalk area
Saskatchewan to look at ways to improve traffic safety and reduce fatalities
In 2012, there were 175 traffic fatalities in the province, making it the deadliest year in recent years on Saskatchewan highways
The philosophy of the stop sign
By Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) on Mar 05, 2013 in Road Safety
How do you approach a stop sign? To stop or to slow down?
How to adjust your head restraint
A Canadian study on headrest use, funded by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), found that only 14 per cent of Canadian drivers (more women than men) had their headrests adjusted in the ‘good’ position
Where is our traffic enforcement?
By Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) on Feb 19, 2013 in Road Safety
Have you ever thoughts “where are the police when you need them?” A former officer shares his thoughts
Distracted driving caused 30% of traffic deaths in BC last year
By ILSTV Staff on Feb 13, 2013 in Road Safety
Province to target distracted drivers throughout February
Stopping behind other traffic
By Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) on Feb 12, 2013 in Road Safety
How much space do you need to leave when stopping behind another stopped vehicle? One car length? More? Less?
Designing a driver penalty point system
Have you ever wondered how our penalty point system came to be?
SGI traffic safety blitz results in 168 tickets issued to drivers
Two-day blitz focused on non-seatbelt use and distracted driving in Saskatchewan
Changing Lanes and Merging Traffic
By Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) on Jan 29, 2013 in Road Safety
If there is an acceleration lane, both the driver that had turned left and the merging driver have an equal duty to change lanes safely and must not affect the travel of another vehicle when they do so
The science behind low level speeding
By Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) on Jan 08, 2013 in Road Safety
How much difference can a speed increase of five kilometres an hour have in the frequency and severity of crashes?
Official Vehicles: The Tow Truck
By Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) on Dec 18, 2012 in Road Safety
Drivers happening across a tow truck working at the side of the highway must slow down and move over if possible just as they would for an overtaken police vehicle, fire apparatus or ambulance
Being a safe pedestrian at night
By Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) on Dec 11, 2012 in Road Safety
Given the spate of vehicle / pedestrian collisions in the news lately it has been interesting to consider how they happen in light of my unusual surroundings. I think that a large component of the problem is haste with drivers and lack of attention by pedestrians
After the Fender Bender
What should and shouldn’t you do after a minor collision? DriveSmartBC’s Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) explains
Case Law: McNeal v. Superintendent of Motor Vehicles
Police alleged Gary McNeal crashed his vehicle and left the scene. Police tracked him down during their investigation, demanded breath samples and received readings above the legal limit. McNeal applied for judicial review of the adjudicator’s decision that he was in fact the driver of the crashed vehicle
