I have just received the 2020 VI statistics from the VPD via an FOI request. The numbers pretty much speak for themselves – before COVID struck hard locally in Vancouver, I dare say we were on track to set off a record VI year. But as a result of COVID, the yearend tally turned out to be ~60% of the 2019 total. Comparatively, the annual totals are as follows:
2018 – 758 VI’s issued
2019 – 1544 VI’s issued
2020 – 932 VI’s issued
Based on how I remember the start of the pandemic, the lockdowns more or less began in mid-March. If you look back at the stats for the first 3 months, you would have noticed that we were seeing some much higher VI numbers during those 3 months in 2020 than in 2019.
Again keeping in mind how the COVID lockdowns played out, I remember late March to May being the quietest months where vehicular traffic was at its lightest. People gradually started adjusting to a new normal in June, and traffic gradually increased. The VI figures sort of reflected that as well, although May’s numbers spiked just like it did in 2019, possibly as a result of people starting to bring out their summer cars again, and VPD cracking down on us.
Overall, given how much less traffic we saw in 2020 due to the pandemic, I am both surprised and not surprised to see that the 2020 VI figures as high as they are.
Stay safe out there because we know Cain, Christensen, and their cronies are still out there looking to catch us, often unnecessarily and unjustly so.
Google Sheet link:
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* 2018 stats obtained from CTV News article
* 2019 and 2020 stats obtained through FOI request with VPD