The Speed Watch Program will be in effect starting at 7:30 a.m. April 4th.
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| Contributed - City of Vernon |
The program, which operates with support of ICBC and their Road Sense
initiative, is directly coordinated by Vernon/ North Okanagan RCMP Safe
Communities Unit and is operated by RCMP/Citizens on Patrol volunteers
throughout the Vernon area. The purpose of the Speed Watch program is to enhance the safety and educate drivers. This is done by increasing the level of awareness surrounding the issues of unsafe speed and dangerous driving and reducing the incidents
of speeding by reflecting driver's speed and reinforcing the speed limit
in that zone. Our trained volunteers use digital speed reader boards and a radar unit
and concentrate on areas where speeding is a major hazard. Volunteers
will be initially concentrating on school zones in order to keep the
motoring public aware of the change in speed now that students are back
in class. There will be occasions when you will find our Speed Watch operatives working with the City of Vernon’s RCMP. These 2-strike operations may land you a ticket should you choose to ignore the Citizens on Patrol set up. Expect to see Speed Watch operations around the City of Vernon and
please remember these volunteers are actively working to make our City a
safer place to work, raise children and live.
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