One thing that always amazes me is how reckless driving culture Vancouver has. Especially speeding is a major issue and you can regularly see people doing 30-50km/h over the speed limit on Highway 1 and other highways. Driving "the standard" 10km/h above the speed limit will make you a traffic bottleneck in BC, which is something I have not seen so much anywhere else.
I am sure there are many reasons, but I am curious why there is so little law enforcement targeted to speeding in British Columbia? I have
never seen a speed trap during my 2.5 years in here. Neither have I ever seen a patrol car on highway, pulling people over. One just needs to go across the border to Washington state and you see constantly people having been pulled over. I am not saying it reduces the amount of speeding in Washington vs. here, but at least they have active law enforcement happening.
I hate speed traps and cameras as much as everyone, but I find it interesting how in here police speed traps are announced even on the radio. In Europe that would be illegal and would never happen, but here they regularly inform drivers of speed traps. Is this really legal and do they do that also in other provinces?
Speed cameras are another topic that keeps puzzling me. Do we have those in BC or not? I have been reading some articles of Gordon Campbell having campaigned against them back in 2001, but did that lead to them being removed throughout the province or do those still exist? Red light cameras do exist (and good so), but I have never seen a speed camera in BC.
Last thing that I have been wondering are the signs they have along BC highways warning drivers of traffic laws being enforced by cameras. What exactly do those mean if there are no speed cameras? One sign exists on eastbound Upper Levels Highway, just after Horseshoe Bay.
I would really appreciate if someone would be able to answer these questions that I have been wondering since I moved in here.