There Was No Yield Sign

image of a yield signQuestion: I need advice to dispute two traffic tickets, Disobey Yield Sign - Section 173(2) MVA and Change Lane Unsafely - Section 151(a) MVA. This is really strange because there was no yield sign at the intersection. Here is what happened to me on Friday night.

RESOURCE - Clearinghouse for Older Road User Safety

chorus logoA project of the Roadway Safety Foundation, a U.S. non-profit, the site is designed to be a centralized, user-friendly, and dynamic source of information pertaining to highway safety for aging drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and cyclists. Built as a comprehensive resource, it covers all three major components of highway safety: safe roadways, safe road users, and safe vehicles.

Speed Limit Sign Authority

BC Courts Coat of ArmsColt Chamberlain was convicted in traffic court for driving at a speed of 145 km/h in a posted 90 km/h zone on highway 19 in Delta. He appealed the conviction saying that the Crown had not proven who had put up the speed limit sign. Only the minister responsible for the administration of the Transportation Act has the authority to do this.

READING - A New Traffic Safety Paradigm

VTPI LogoThe Victoria Transport Policy Institute has released a document that recognizes the long term decline in traffic casualty rates is ending. According to the document's introduction "Crash rates have started to increase, indicating that current traffic safety strategies have fulfilled their potential. To achieve ambitious safety goals such as Road to Zero we need additional traffic safety strategies. This will require a paradigm shift, a change in the way traffic risks are measured and potential safety strategies are evaluated."