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The Minister of Justice has announced that amendments are being made to the Motor Vehicle Act to facilitate the return of the Immediate Roadside Prohibition for drivers who blow a fail on an approved screening device at the roadside.

The Minister of Justice announced changes to the Motor Vehicle Act affecting motorcycle helmets and motorcycle passengers. Effective June 1, 2012 all motorcycle riders who are not exempt will have to wear an approved motorcycle helmet that bears approval markings showing that they comply with established standards.

When Jen Shapka moved to Vancouver Island last summer, she was keen to continue volunteering her child passenger safety skills to help parents and caregivers properly install and use their car seats. There was very little happening in her town, however, and after looking north and south for an agency to volunteer with, found lots of parents with questions, but nobody offering answers.

The provincial government is making changes to the DriveABLE testing program in response to lobbying by seniors. Prior to the changes if a cognitively impaired driver failed the computer based assessment they did not proceed to an in car test and had to travel to and pay for testing at their own expense.

Free Duncan Car Seat Clinic - Sunday, March 25th, 2012 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm.

Over 90% of car seats are installed incorrectly, is yours one of them? Have a certified car seat tech check your seat(s) - it could save your child's life!

The BCAA Road Safety Foundation has a new web site and a new URL: www.bcaaroadsafety.com. The new site provides information in five areas; Drivers, Child Passenger Safety, School Safety, Professionals and Resources. Of particular interest is the Drivers section with information aimed specifically at teen drivers, parents of teen drivers, older drivers and medically at risk drivers.

In the past a closely spaced procession of slow moving vehicles with headlights on in the daytime usually meant a funeral. Today's daytime running lights make it difficult to decide if a line of vehicles is a funeral procession or not. The lead and final official funeral vehicles may use a flashing purple light when in procession.

An LED sign system has been installed on a sharp curve on the Skagit Bluffs area of Highway 3 about 40 km west of Hope. The curve is the site of repeated collisions due to drivers that fail to slow sufficiently.

In January 2011 CVSE announced that an alternative to conventional tire chains was now being allowed in British Columbia for commercial vehicles. The bulletin said that the use of pneumatic automatically deployed tire chains for commercial vehicles will fulfill the requirements of section 208 of the Motor Vehicle Act.

The number of red light cameras at dangerous intersections in British Columbia will increase by more than four times by summer. Going from 30 to 140, the new digital cameras will be placed at intersections identified by their high crash rates that produce injury and fatal collisions.