Mounties have harsh warning for careless drivers

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Mounties have harsh warning for careless drivers
String of deaths on the Lower Mainland
Tanya Fletcher May 23, 2011 07:41:08 AM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - There have been a string of deaths on Lower Mainland roads in 2011 and the RCMP is fed-up with careless drivers.  Mounties are sending out a harsh warning as this May long weekend draws to a close.

"It's not acceptable, by anybody's standards at any time," says Sergeant Peter Thiessen.

He explains careless driving should not and will not be tolerated.  "There are far too many of these incidents occurring, whether it be in the Lower Mainland or throughout this province... where people are being killed under one set of circumstances or another."

His comments follow several fatalities on roads around Metro Vancouver this year.

Most recently, a 56-year-old woman was mowed down by a hit-and-run driver in White Rock last week.  And a 22-year-old Surrey student was killed by a suspected drunk driver earlier this month.

"Drivers are choosing, making a conscience decision, to leave these people dying or dead in the street," adds Thiessen.  "These people that carry out this type of behaviour need to consider: What if it was one of their family members lying in the street?  What would they expect a driver to do, whether sober or otherwise?"


A memorial in Coquitlam after two women were killed by a hit and run driver earlier this year