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hether increasing speed limits on B.C. highways is a recipe for disaster, long overdue or completely unnoticeable, depends on who you ask. Chilliwack residents, like most British Columbians, seem deeply divided on the issue. As part of a host of changes unveiled on July 2 by Transportation Minister Todd Stone, the speed limit on the stretch of Highway 1 through Chilliwack was increased to 110 kilometres per hour.
Truckers and cops say speed limit increase will only lead to worse accidents, but commuters like the change The move will “bring the speed limit in line with actual travel speeds,” Stone said. The decision came out of months of public consultation and engineering reviews, according to the government. But the RCMP and the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police argue that speed contributes to injuries and fatalities. B.C. truckers don’t like it either, and most won’t be increasing their
speed to follow the new rates as high as 120 km/h on the Coquihalla. Natural Resources Canada estimates that a heavy commercial vehicle travelling at 120 km/h can consume up to 39 per cent more fuel than one travelling at 90 km/h. Then there is the increase in fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions. Local truck driver John Greenwood said he won’t increase the speed he travels because his vehicle is limited by computer control to 105
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Chilliwack prolific offender, who was once commended by city council for bravery, faces a raft of property crime and identity theft charges. Jeffrey Michael Kizmann has two trials and one preliminary inquiry scheduled in the fall. The 32-year-old career criminal goes to trial Nov. 14 for, among other charges, possession of stolen property and identity theft. His co-accused for those charges is Robert James Rabang. EB IRST Kizmann also First reported on has a Dec. 3 trial chilliwacktimes.com scheduled to face possession/use of stolen credit cards and fraud, and he’s set for a Nov. 18 preliminary inquiry to address 15 charges including mail theft, possession of stolen property, mischief and unauthorized use of credit card data. “Having personally dealt with some of the victims in this investigation, it is evident that this type of crime significantly affects them,” said Cpl. Brock Rayworth of the Chilliwack RCMP Property Crime Section. “Many of the victims have had to work with their financial institutions and have gone to great lengths to ensure their credit ratings are not destroyed. Our efforts have been, and
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km/h and he is satellite tracked. Greenwood also thinks it’s a scam to increase tax revenue. “With increased speed, taxpayers drive faster, burn more gas and government collect revenue on the tax on gas tax so income for the government goes up,” he said. “The taxpayers don’t know they’re being tricked.” As for general highway users, the { See SPEED, page A4 }
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