{"id":4789,"date":"2025-07-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/?p=7297777"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:00:00","slug":"uninsured-drivers-going-too-fast-learn-expensive-lesson-bc-highway-patrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/4789\/uninsured-drivers-going-too-fast-learn-expensive-lesson-bc-highway-patrol\/","title":{"rendered":"Uninsured drivers going too fast learn expensive lesson: BC Highway Patrol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A pair of similar car crashes on the Trans-Canada have left two drivers in B.C. on the hook for fines and damages since neither had insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BC Highway Patrol went to the scene of a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 1 in the Fraser Valley near Popkum at 8:37 a.m. on July 23, according to a press release from police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 28-year-old Rosedale man was driving an older Toyota pickup with two passengers when the vehicle flipped. Police said speed was a factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man was hit with two tickets. The first was $598 for driving without insurance and $196 for driving without consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/hd-mediaitemid110033-4991.jpg\" alt=\"|\" class=\"wp-image-7297778\" title=\"|\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Mazda SUV that went down an embankment near Popkum on July 23, 2025.<br \/>SUBMITTED\/RCMP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Roughly 40 minutes later on Highway 1, also near Popkum, a 34-year-old Nanaimo woman went off an embankment in an older Mazda SUV with two passengers and no insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also received a $598 fine for no insurance and a $196 fine for driving without consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNobody was physically hurt, but both drivers will be feeling the pain in their pocketbooks,\u201d Cpl. Michael McLaughlin said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChoosing to drive without insurance puts you on the hook for tickets, the tow, all the repairs for your vehicle, and even higher premiums when you finally get insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Why not follow the rules in the first place, slow down and enjoy the drive, and avoid all the extra headache.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNobody was physically hurt, but both drivers will be feeling the pain in their pocketbooks.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":547,"featured_media":4790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"guid":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":null,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1275,1285,493],"tags":[],"region":[206,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-4789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bc","category-featured","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-hd-mediaitemid110033-6414.jpg","post_modified":"2025-07-29T12:00:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:00:00","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/547"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4789"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=4789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}