Burnaby RCMP continues Commercial Vehicle Enforcement initiative, 2023 stats are in

Burnaby

2024-01-31 13:12 PST

File # 2024-01-31

Burnaby RCMP’s Traffic Services, along with 10 partner agencies, continued to prioritize road safety in 2023. Throughout the year, they conducted 50 planned commercial vehicle enforcement operations across the Lower Mainland.

Here are the numbers for 2023:

• Planned enforcement operations: 50
• Truck inspections: 1,715
• Trucks placed Out of Service: 999 (58%)
• Number of Violations: 3,974 (1,298 total Violation Tickets issued)

Though the percentage of trucks placed out of service has inched down slightly this past year, there is still a lot of room for road safety improvement, said Corporal Mike Kalanj with the Burnaby RCMP. This integrated team will continue to enforce commercial vehicle safety violations, while educating drivers where necessary.

Burnaby RCMP's Traffic Services also conducted enforcement on its own within Burnaby:

• Planned enforcement operations: 41
• Truck inspections: 811
• Trucks placed Out of Service: 541 (67%)
• Number of Violations: 2,591 (1,169 total Violation Tickets issued)

See last year’s release for the 2022 stats: 2023-01-17

Along with Burnaby RCMP's Traffic Services, a special thanks goes out to all the LMD CVE members:

• Coquitlam RCMP
• Vancouver Police Commercial Vehicle Unit
• Delta Police Commercial Vehicle Unit
• New Westminster Police Commercial Vehicle Unit
• Abbotsford Police
• Metro Vancouver Transit Police
• Canadian Pacific Railway Police
• City of Surrey Bylaw Commercial Vehicle Unit
• City of Coquitlam Bylaw Commercial Vehicle Unit
• Passenger Transportation Branch

Pilot Project

Burnaby RCMP’s Traffic Services balances Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) within its traffic enforcement duties. In October 2023, a one-year pilot project dedicating a police officer to focus solely on leading the detachment’s commercial vehicle safety efforts was initiated to enhance education, enforcement and compliance.

In 2024, Burnaby RCMP looks forward to leveraging its new CVE pilot program and expanding education efforts as part of its overall strategy to improve road safety.

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