{"id":5880,"date":"2026-05-19T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/?p=7650041"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:30:14","slug":"in-numbers-majority-in-b-c-want-higher-fines-for-interfering-with-emergency-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/5880\/in-numbers-majority-in-b-c-want-higher-fines-for-interfering-with-emergency-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"iN NUMBERS: Majority in B.C. want higher fines for interfering with emergency vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Certainly you\u2019re a law abiding, conscientious driver who always moves quickly for emergency sirens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if you drive around long enough you\u2019ll see others who aren\u2019t as quick to get out of the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some British Columbians think there should be a higher penalty for interfering with emergency vehicles on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/researchco.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tables_Emergency_BC_14May2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numbers from a Research Co. poll<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>233.99: Dollars. That\u2019s what respondents thought the fine was for driving over a fire hose in B.C. was.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>81: Dollars. That\u2019s the actual fine for driving over a fire hose and for following too close to a fire truck in B.C.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>393.32: Dollars. That\u2019s what respondents thought the fine was for failing to yield to an emergency vehicle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>109: Dollars. That\u2019s the fine for failing to yield to an emergency vehicle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>58: Per cent of respondents in the Southern Interior think the fine for driving over a fire hose is too low.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>63: Per cent of respondents in the Southern Interior think the fine for failing to yield to an emergency vehicle is too low.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>60: Per cent of British Columbians surveyed said the fine should be raised for driving over a fire hose.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>999: Tickets were handed out by BC Highway Patrol in April to drivers who didn\u2019t slow down and move over when passing stopped emergency vehicles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>173: Dollars. That\u2019s the fine for failing to slow down and move over when passing a stopped emergency vehicle in B.C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fines are lower than you might think. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":547,"featured_media":5117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"guid":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1285,492,493],"tags":[],"region":[206,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-5880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"post_modified":"2026-05-19T14:30:14","post_modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:30:14","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-police-rcmp-lights-night-FILE-PHOTOiNFOnews.ca_.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5880","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=5880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5889,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5880\/revisions\/5889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5880"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=5880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}