In response to 5 traffic fatalities and several significant motor vehicle collisions within the first 90 days of 2019, the Nanaimo RCMP Municipal Traffic Unit is increasing traffic enforcement.
The Unit is targeting high volume, high crash sites.
Speed continues to be the greatest contributing factor to motor vehicle crashes throughout any given community.
In Nanaimo, police patrolled specific areas between 6:30 to 7:30 in the morning, specifically, Ware Road at Highway 19A, Nicol Street, south to Spruston Road, including the area in the vicinity of the Nanaimo airport, and the Nanaimo Parkway.
Mounties say it was not uncommon for officers to find vehicles travelling 20 to 25 kilometres per hour over the posted speed limit.
Last month, the Unit issued close to 300 violation tickets.
