South Okanagan Traffic Services conducted enforcement along Highway 3 and 97 corridors during the August long weekend. It started off with a motorcycle hitting a deer in Manning Park, but otherwise remained uneventful.
Of special note is the number of vehicles seized for excessive speeding. This is alarming considering the fact that this specific weekend is the highest for traffic volume across the three days, more than any other weekend throughout the year.
Speed charges 252
Seatbelts 9
Unsafe / illegal passing 3
liquor charges 2
Other charges 12
Excessive speeding (with vehicle impoundment) 7 (all B.C. residents) for vehicles over 40 kilometres above the legal limit. Top speed over the limit was a motorcycle at 67 kph over the posted limit.
Twenty-two miscellaneous warnings were given for various offences.
Contributed by South Okanagan Traffic Services