Vancouver Man Weaves Into Traffic Through Closed Road

A Vancouver driver was using not one, not two, but four electronic devices while driving. The Vancouver Police Department’s (VPD) Traffic Unit pulled a distracted driver off the road Tuesday (August 30) and found four electronic devices in the passenger seat, including three phones and a laptop. This happened after the driver had driven around a road closed sign “into oncoming traffic and passed the police vehicle with its emergency lights on,” the VPD Traffic Unit said in a tweet. The incident happened along Dunsmuir Street and VIA has contacted the VPD for more information. On the same day, ICBC shared a new Ipsos survey revealing that more drivers across the province are using their phones while driving compared to 2019. The survey shows that 43 percent of drivers surveyed admit to “using their phone at least once in 10 journeys” up from 33 percent in 2019. “Distracted driving is a serious concern in BC, accounting for more than one in four fatal crashes and claiming the lives of 76 British Columbians each year,” the news release states. Police data based on a five-year average from 2016 to 2020 also revealed, according to the news release, that an average of 25 people are killed each year in driving-related crashes in the Lower Mainland.

title: “Vancouver Man Weaves Into Traffic Through Closed Road Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-04” author: “Juan Smith”

A Vancouver driver was using not one, not two, but four electronic devices while driving. The Vancouver Police Department’s (VPD) Traffic Unit pulled a distracted driver off the road Tuesday (August 30) and found four electronic devices in the passenger seat, including three phones and a laptop. This happened after the driver had driven around a road closed sign “into oncoming traffic and passed the police vehicle with its emergency lights on,” the VPD Traffic Unit said in a tweet. The incident happened along Dunsmuir Street and VIA has contacted the VPD for more information. On the same day, ICBC shared a new Ipsos survey revealing that more drivers across the province are using their phones while driving compared to 2019. The survey shows that 43 percent of drivers surveyed admit to “using their phone at least once in 10 journeys” up from 33 percent in 2019. “Distracted driving is a serious concern in BC, accounting for more than one in four fatal crashes and claiming the lives of 76 British Columbians each year,” the news release states. Police data based on a five-year average from 2016 to 2020 also revealed, according to the news release, that an average of 25 people are killed each year in driving-related crashes in the Lower Mainland.

title: “Vancouver Man Weaves Into Traffic Through Closed Road Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-15” author: “Martin Thomas”

A Vancouver driver was using not one, not two, but four electronic devices while driving. The Vancouver Police Department’s (VPD) Traffic Unit pulled a distracted driver off the road Tuesday (August 30) and found four electronic devices in the passenger seat, including three phones and a laptop. This happened after the driver had driven around a road closed sign “into oncoming traffic and passed the police vehicle with its emergency lights on,” the VPD Traffic Unit said in a tweet. The incident happened along Dunsmuir Street and VIA has contacted the VPD for more information. On the same day, ICBC shared a new Ipsos survey revealing that more drivers across the province are using their phones while driving compared to 2019. The survey shows that 43 percent of drivers surveyed admit to “using their phone at least once in 10 journeys” up from 33 percent in 2019. “Distracted driving is a serious concern in BC, accounting for more than one in four fatal crashes and claiming the lives of 76 British Columbians each year,” the news release states. Police data based on a five-year average from 2016 to 2020 also revealed, according to the news release, that an average of 25 people are killed each year in driving-related crashes in the Lower Mainland.

title: “Vancouver Man Weaves Into Traffic Through Closed Road Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-16” author: “Solomon Phillips”

A Vancouver driver was using not one, not two, but four electronic devices while driving. The Vancouver Police Department’s (VPD) Traffic Unit pulled a distracted driver off the road Tuesday (August 30) and found four electronic devices in the passenger seat, including three phones and a laptop. This happened after the driver had driven around a road closed sign “into oncoming traffic and passed the police vehicle with its emergency lights on,” the VPD Traffic Unit said in a tweet. The incident happened along Dunsmuir Street and VIA has contacted the VPD for more information. On the same day, ICBC shared a new Ipsos survey revealing that more drivers across the province are using their phones while driving compared to 2019. The survey shows that 43 percent of drivers surveyed admit to “using their phone at least once in 10 journeys” up from 33 percent in 2019. “Distracted driving is a serious concern in BC, accounting for more than one in four fatal crashes and claiming the lives of 76 British Columbians each year,” the news release states. Police data based on a five-year average from 2016 to 2020 also revealed, according to the news release, that an average of 25 people are killed each year in driving-related crashes in the Lower Mainland.