Drivers heading up the Sea to Sky Highway this Victoria Day weekend can expect to see extra enforcement targeting speeders and impaired motorists, as BC Highway Patrol launches a province-wide crackdown on high-risk driving.
According to a BC Highway Patrol press release, special operations will be active in the Sea-to-Sky Corridor from Friday through Monday, with officers focusing on aggressive and impaired driving along Highway 99.
Enforcement this weekend will also include:
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Visible patrols in Kamloops, Barriere, Sicamous, Chase, Nelson, Cranbrook, Golden, Revelstoke, and other Interior communities;
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Check stops at high-volume traffic spots across Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island;
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Ongoing efforts under May’s province-wide High-Risk Driving and Motorcycle Safety campaign.
“The long weekend in May is traditionally dangerous on our highways,” said Superintendent Mike Coyle of the BC Highway Patrol. “We’ll be using regular resources, overtime, and joint projects with local detachments to make a safer tradition.”
Province-wide, police will deploy roving patrols, unmarked vehicles, check stops, and high-altitude spotters using scopes to identify speeding, distracted driving, and seatbelt violations. The Victoria Day weekend averages nearly 2,200 crashes and almost three fatalities across B.C. each year, with collision numbers climbing steadily since the pandemic low in 2020, ICBC data shows.