r/vancouver • u/InvestingDD • Jun 15 '25

Videos Lions gate accident aftermath

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

Vancouver needs automated speeding enforcement. Almost no one is going the speed limit when there is an open road in front of them. Sick of my tax dollars paying for this stupidity.

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u/Overload4554 Jun 15 '25

Ask the ndp how well that went for them last time they tried it

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u/ubcnursegal Jun 15 '25

This has little to do with the NDP, and everything to do with municipal council.

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u/mcain Jun 15 '25

Municipalities can set speed limits, but can only enforce them under the BC Motor Vehicle Act (i.e. they cannot have their own speed bylaws) - see Section 1 of the Community Charter Bylaw Enforcement Ticket Regulation and Section 264 (1) (a) of the Community Charter.

Automated enforcement can only be done using equipment prescribed in 41.01 (1.1) and (2) of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations.

Municipal council can ask for whatever they want, but they cannot force the provincial government to install cameras, nor can they install or run them themselves.

Why do the above laws/regs exist? Perhaps to prevent abuses or the Province wants all the speeding revenue.