{"id":27141,"date":"2017-12-12T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/?p=27141"},"modified":"2017-12-08T22:12:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T06:12:34","slug":"reform-bc-motor-vehicle-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/reform-bc-motor-vehicle-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Reform the BC Motor Vehicle Act to Save Lives and Prevent ICBC Costs from Soaring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vancouver, BC \/ December 12, 2017<\/strong> – Local cycling charitable organization HUB Cycling<\/a> is calling on the Provincial Government to commit to modernizing the BC Motor Vehicle Act in order to improve road safety for vulnerable road users.<\/p>\n

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\u201cModernizing our Motor Vehicle Act will help BC reach the targets of the Provincial Government\u2019s Road Safety Strategy and Vision Zero<\/a>,\u201d says David Hay Q.C., Chair of the Road Safety Law Reform Group. “ICBC has recently been talking about introducing personal injury compensation caps as a means to save money. However, what we need is to prevent crashes from happening in the first place – not measures to reduce ICBC premiums which result in the reduction of legal rights of vulnerable road users.\u201d<\/p>\n

HUB Cycling is part of the Road Safety Law Reform Group<\/strong>, a consortium that includes the BC Trial Lawyers Association, the BC Cycling Coalition and public health researchers, representing over 50,000 members. The Group has compiled a detailed list of recommendations to modernize the Motor Vehicle Act, which can be found in full at bikehub.ca\/mva<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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