hockeygod77 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 So with the new rules in B.C next month is that showing to get cancelled..i kind of liked it...cant drink coffee cant smoke cant eat cant talk to passengers are just a few new laws while driving..i dont agree with most but what i think the problem is combination of things....older slower drivers..foreign drivers with fast young drivers all in a rush causing more problems on the roads...if people just respected the driving and treated it with respect then i think there would be less problems on bc roads.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tre Mac Posted January 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) Quote BC and Alberta will not change driving laws on February 1 AFP Canada Facebook Twitter Email Published on Wednesday 29 January 2020 At 11:15 According to Facebook posts from January 2020, drivers in the Western Canadian provinces of British Columbia (BC) and Alberta will no longer be allowed to talk to passengers, adjust the radio, eat or smoke while driving, starting February 1. The posts claim that rule breakers will be charged with distracted driving, face high fines and earn demerit points. This is false; the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), BC and Alberta governments told AFP that no changes to driving laws go into effect in February. Facebook posts shared by users in Canada show a photo of a notice titled: “Distracted Driving Laws In Effect February 1, 2020.” The posts claim that a long list of activities including eating, drinking, smoking, vaping, grooming, adjusting the radio, listening to extremely loud music, or talking to passengers, will be considered distracted driving in BC and Alberta. “The Government has announced warnings are not to be given,” it ads. Screenshot of a Facebook post taken on January 29, 2020 The notice urges readers to get more information on this RCMP website, which is just a page describing factors that can contribute to distracted or fatigued driving. Screenshot of an RCMP webpage on January 28, 2020 There will be no changes to driving laws in BC or Alberta on February 1, 2020. BRITISH COLUMBIA Hope Latham, a spokeswoman for the BC Ministry of Public Safety, told AFP, “There are no changes planned to BC’s distracted driving laws at this time.” “The Facebook post showing coming changes to distracted driving legislation on Feb 1, 2020 is 100 percent false,” Mike Halskov, a BC RCMP Traffic Services officer told AFP in an email. Halskov explained that the posts play on the distinction between “distracted driving” and “driving without due care and attention.” In BC, distracted driving is referred to as “use of electronic device while driving” in the Motor Vehicles Act. This is illegal in all Canadian provinces, save under specific circumstances, such as using a hands-free device or talking to the police. Driving without due care and attention is an offense that encapsulates situations that do not involve the use of an electronic device. Those activities are not illegal, but they could be used as evidence of improper driving, which carries a minimum fine of Can$100. BC Driving Lawyers, an association specialized in traffic cases, points out that most tickets issued by the police will be around Can$368. “I have never heard of a situation where a driver has been charged with driving without due care and attention for talking to a passenger,” Halskov told AFP. CanLII, an open access database for Canadian legislation and legal cases, shows 6,542 results for legal cases involving driving without due care and attention. In cases reviewed by AFP, such as this one or this one, the accused were charged because their lack of attention or care led to an accident. ALBERTA Nothing suggests any changes to Alberta’s Traffic Safety Act will come into effect this February either. “These rumours around new rules and stricter penalties are false,” Brooklyn Elhard, press secretary for the Alberta ministry of transportation told AFP in an email. “I’m not aware of any upcoming proposed legislation change to the distracted driving laws,” Laurel Scott, a spokeswoman for the RCMP’s Alberta division told AFP in an email. Scott added that the fines for Alberta in the false post “are non-existent.” Under Alberta’s current traffic laws, the penalty for distracted driving is a Can$287 fine and three demerit points, not Can$3,000 as the false posts claim. In Alberta, reading and “personal grooming” are considered distracted driving, but the following activities are not specifically restricted by law. https://factcheck.afp.com/bc-and-alberta-will-not-change-driving-laws-february-1 Get off of Facebook. Edited January 31, 2020 by Tre Mac 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 16 minutes ago, hockeygod77 said: .if people just respected the driving and treated it with respect then i think there would be less problems on bc roads This sounds about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Facebook is the ultimate source of Fake News posted by want to be know it alls. Cancel your account a be friends with real people instead of cyber friends that you don't even know. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spur1 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Tell me...what has this have to do with the Canucks? Thank your lucky stars I am not a mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, GarthButcher5 said: Facebook is the ultimate source of Fake News posted by want to be know it alls. Cancel your account a be friends with real people instead of cyber friends that you don't even know. I took the leap in October. Couldn't be happier. Dont miss it one bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo5789 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 38 minutes ago, hockeygod77 said: So with the new rules in B.C next month is that showing to get cancelled..i kind of liked it...cant drink coffee cant smoke cant eat cant talk to passengers are just a few new laws while driving..i dont agree with most but what i think the problem is combination of things....older slower drivers..foreign drivers with fast young drivers all in a rush causing more problems on the roads...if people just respected the driving and treated it with respect then i think there would be less problems on bc roads.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 25 minutes ago, GarthButcher5 said: Facebook is the ultimate source of Fake News posted by want to be know it alls. Cancel your account a be friends with real people instead of cyber friends that you don't even know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Can't talk to passengers? What kind of madness is that? "Hey, there's a truck that just blew past the stop sign, honey." "Sorry babe, but the law states that I can't talk to you. Please stop talking to me or I'll get a ticket." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 44 minutes ago, GarthButcher5 said: Cancel your account a be friends with real people instead of cyber friends that you don't even know. But I like my cyber friends I have made here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 8 minutes ago, goalie13 said: But I like my cyber friends I have made here. Likewise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Re post under the James Corden car pool karaoke thread, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Tre Mac said: According to Facebook posts from January 2020, drivers in the Western Canadian provinces of British Columbia (BC) and Alberta will no longer be allowed to talk to passengers, adjust the radio, eat or smoke while driving, starting February 1. The posts claim that rule breakers will be charged with distracted driving, face high fines and earn demerit points. This is false; the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), BC and Alberta governments told AFP that no changes to driving laws go into effect in February. /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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