Hundreds of motorists caught in Malahat clampdown
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Hundreds of drivers have been caught speeding and several unsafe commercial vehicles taken off the road two weeks into an aggressive enforcement campaign by traffic police on the Malahat.
Traffic officers, including the Integrated Road Safety Unit, have issued 630 speeding tickets to lead-footed drivers on the high-accident-rate 25-kilometre stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway, from Westshore Parkway in Langford to Frayne Road in Mill Bay.
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Between 2006 and 2010, there were 288 reported traffic incidents, 193 injuries and seven deaths on the Malahat.
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Alright..
- 80% of the drivers pulled for speeding were travelling in excess of 20km/hr over the limit.
- Two week period, 630 speeding tickets.
- 5 year period, 193 injuries.
Simple maths here, rough numbers:
- 630 speeders per fortnight
- stretch that out over a 5 year period that's 80,000+ speeding drivers.
Keep in mind that 80% of the 630 speeding tickets were issued for speeds greater than 20km/hr over the limit. So that's 64,000 drivers exceeding the speed limit by greater than 20km/hr in the 5 year period.
And these are just the numbers during the enforcement times. Many more drivers were speeding without the police there to write tickets.
- 64,000 drivers over this 5 year period where 193 people were injured were speeding in excess of 20km/hr over the limit.
- That's .003% of 20km/hr over drivers getting caught up in injury collisions
- 99.997% of 20km/hr over drivers aren't getting caught up in injury collisions
Did you find my friend's stolen tools yet? Or catch the guy who tried to set my building on fire?