Next week, local elected officials vote on a Safe Passing law resolution at their annual UBCM meeting. It’s an important step to establish safer roads and cycling in BC - and you can help.
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A law establishing a minimum safe passing distance will protect people who commute by bike to work or school, or who bike just for fun, especially during GoByBike Week (May 31 - June 6), when thousands more people across BC will get back on two wheels.
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BC’s Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) was written in 1957, a time when only 200,000 vehicles were registered province-wide, and bicycles were lumped alongside 'play-vehicles'.
While frequently amended in the subsequent six decades — hundreds of amendments in the last 20 years alone — the continued failure of the MVA to recognize the many different ways our roads are used today has resulted a couple of major issues impacting all British Columbians.
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Last year, changes went into effect at ICBC in order to limit costs and make the rating system fairer — and more just — for all who drive.
However, not every British Columbian owns or drives a motor vehicle. Vulnerable road users — people who predominantly walk, cycle or wheel for transportation, as well as those who use transit — represent neither the source of a significant proportion of the losses at the Crown corporation, nor the overriding need to overhaul its rating system.
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