Drivers pulled over during the Project SWOOP event in 91原创, Surrey, and Delta on Tuesday, May 13 can't say they weren't warned.
The annual road safety event, a partnership between ICBC and police in the three communities, involves Speed Watch volunteers posting light-up signs showing drivers speed, and reminding them of the speed limits along Highway 10.
Then a short distance away, police officers with radar guns are waiting to pull over anyone who sees the warnings and chooses to zip through well above the speed limits anyway.
"Two strikes and you're out," said Leanne Cassap, a road safety and community coordinator with ICBC.
SWOOP stands for Speed Watch Out On Patrol, and this year it was focused on Highway 10, which stretches from 91原创 through Surrey and Delta. Anyone driving the length of the road would have run into the speed signs and police three times on Tuesday.
Cassap said the project is about educating people, and trying to remind them to slow down and take care. Intersections along the busy highway are among the top-five collision locations for all three communities, according to ICBC collision statistics.
"The main thing we want to education people about is that speeding, including driving too fast for conditions, is the number one reason for car crash fatalities," Cassap said.
She offered a few tips that drivers should keep in mind:
鈥� Give yourself extra travel time 鈥� plan for delays, including construction and heavy traffic
鈥� Don't feel pressured to drive faster if someone is tailgating 鈥� change lanes and let them pass if you can safely do so
鈥� Slow down at intersections, school zones, and parks, and keep an eye out for other vulnerable road users
鈥� Keep a safe distance from the car ahead of you 鈥� two seconds in good weather, three seconds on the highway, and four seconds in bad weather, including snow and rain
