For a start, change the Motor Vehicle Act’s name, so that all road users are considered in its contents. After all, it isn’t 1957 any more. More info HERE. Check out this webinar by the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit:
Email: bcinjury1@cw.bc.ca to register for this webinar
Modernizing The British Columbia Motor Vehicle Act
To Improve Safety
For People Cycling And Other Vulnerable Road Users
Thursday, January 18, 2018
10:00 to 11:00 AM PST
Dr. Kay Teschke
Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC
Abstract: This talk will review why the Motor Vehicle Act needs to be improved for people on bikes, wheelchairs, mobility scooters, horses, or on foot. It will review the aims of reform, outline 25 recommendations of the BC Road Safety Law Reform Group, and provide a more complete description of the reasoning behind 5 of them.
