DATA - Traffic Fine Revenue Grants 2019 to 2021

Thu, 2021-10-14 10:45 - DriveSmartBC

Ticket WriterBritish Columbia's Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program transfers the net revenue from traffic tickets back to local governments as a source of additional funds to support community safety and address local policing priorities. Transfer grant amounts are based on an area’s policing costs relative to the total policing costs paid.

The following table lists grants made to municipalities over the past three years:

Municipality

2019

2020

2021

Abbotsford

2,087,112

2,487,370

2,440,740

Armstrong

17,024

18,118

23,896

Burnaby

2,324,397

2,827,726

2,711,808

Campbell River

367,922

433,608

473,066

Castlegar

72,646

72,112

95,539

Central Saanich

200,877

238,721

246,826

Chilliwack

1,073,453

1,162,622

1,258,161

Coldstream

31,988

48,026

42,545

Colwood

123,646

158,008

174,050

Comox

56,575

87,714

80,174

Coquitlam

1,358,011

1,580,176

1,516,136

Courtenay

244,424

277,349

278,854

Cranbrook

235,586

268,284

264,894

Creston

44,530

54,678

45,073

Dawson Creek

172,779

208,451

198,422

Delta

1,541,736

1,836,323

1,799,187

Esquimalt

324,530

378,678

372,055

Fernie

25,716

42,271

35,725

Fort St John

350,640

374,371

327,002

Hope

98,242

102,745

107,480

Kamloops

1,070,618

1,265,885

1,270,989

Kelowna

1,513,274

1,815,787

1,854,558

Kent

46,862

53,101

47,785

Kimberley

40,286

50,473

51,406

Kitimat

110,748

129,960

127,004

Ladysmith

55,613

60,081

37,933

Lake Country

78,533

81,364

99,795

Langford

323,550

342,192

385,564

Langley City

475,823

600,619

534,333

Langley District

1,251,369

1,514,468

1,527,199

Maple Ridge

931,959

1,108,221

1,124,372

Merritt

100,286

102,892

100,316

Mission

465,655

550,380

498,868

Nanaimo

1,170,957

1,332,568

1,325,884

Nelson

152,698

179,543

175,950

New Westminster

1,120,154

1,269,122

1,261,405

North Cowichan

254,242

294,973

299,702

North Saanich

65,245

85,634

78,376

North Vancouver C

571,856

659,812

676,461

North Vancouver D

771,062

843,520

854,095

Oak Bay

202,568

223,660

233,172

Osoyoos

28,476

31,466

45,970

Parksville

97,643

114,895

113,754

Peachland

28,797

32,032

31,714

Penticton

385,097

419,542

425,601

Pitt Meadows

193,368

226,092

238,719

Port Alberni

312,700

321,744

342,501

Port Coquitlam

644,448

678,772

676,610

Port Moody

457,867

516,656

565,974

Powell River

117,874

124,701

130,772

Prince George

1,188,428

1,326,527

1,297,673

Prince Rupert

220,051

285,218

246,330

Qualicum Beach

53,128

54,864

43,974

Quesnel

162,996

171,009

192,242

Revelstoke

72,395

86,777

96,433

Richmond

1,926,382

2,508,088

2,606,401

Saanich

1,424,014

1,598,481

1,463,987

Salmon Arm

150,798

167,891

168,750

Sechelt

96,847

85,191

105,991

Sidney

92,813

112,620

106,769

Smithers

70,626

79,365

79,229

Sooke

77,333

95,078

90,808

Spallumcheen

18,920

27,147

27,003

Squamish

213,749

235,251

248,346

Summerland

66,825

74,549

71,287

Surrey

6,620,637

7,661,939

7,527,701

Terrace

145,708

183,593

189,211

Trail

84,718

95,099

110,725

Vancouver

12,485,953

14,642,650

14,461,182

Vernon

475,490

499,281

545,038

Victoria

1,883,160

2,197,363

2,205,321

View Royal

72,012

68,919

74,021

West Kelowna

192,680

271,978

269,956

West Vancouver

711,409

830,260

829,405

Whistler

254,477

312,679

306,746

White Rock

228,971

262,962

240,086

Williams Lake

193,097

212,593

226,914

TOTAL

$52,975,079

$61,834,878

$61,459,944

 

Comments

Stolen Money

Anonymous - 2021/10/22 - 09:20

Why is our government and voters ok with a system that steals based on interpretation of risk factors, giving to local governments - a system that is ineffective (this is proven with the numbers) and clearly corrupted.

First, stolen money goes directly to solving the problems that are inherent to people driving cars;

  • better infrastructure which will actually create more expedient travel (increase safety and speed). More overpasses, less lights, etc
  • subsidized programs that get people and their cars home after they have had too much to drink.

Speeding is typically people trying to solve a problem. So help solve the problem (congested roads, slow traffic channels, overly cautious speed limits, etc). If punishment is used, the least policy makers could do is make sure that money goes towards addressing the actual problem.

Alcohol consumption is ubiquitous throughout human state societies, when it’s cost prohibitive to drink with friends and get home - that is a state problem. Punishment just isn’t effective, so find a better way.

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