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JessBalzer jfedigan@burnabynow.com
Numerous Burnaby motorists were given a stern talking to last week as part of an initiative between Burnaby RCMP and BCAA.
On April 24, Mounties handed down a total of 54 warnings to local drivers at the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Phillips Avenue during the Slow Down, Move Over campaign. Drivers are required by provincial law to slow down and move over for all vehicles that are stopped alongside the road with flashing red, blue or yellow lights
This includes maintenance and utility vehicles, police cars, fire trucks, am- bulances, tow trucks and vehicles used by commercial vehicle safety enforcement personnel, surveyors, animal control workers, garbage collectors and other roadside workers.
The B.C. government says motorists must slow their speed to 70 km/h in an 80 km/h-or-over zone and 40 km/h when in an under-80 km/h zone
Drivers who fail to slow down or move over could receive a $173 traffic violation ticket and three points against their licence
