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A visitor to the DriveSmartBC site asked the following question:
"I have seen a few trucks driving around residential areas that are really polluting. I wanted to report them somewhere . . . do you know how can I report this truck?"
It's a great question, as vehicles like this affect the air that you and I breathe. We should have some method to deal with problem vehicles that we encounter in our day to day life.
The primary responsibility for enforcement in situations like this falls to the police and Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE).
The RCMP seems to discourage any reporting by e-mail, but will accept reports by telephone and in person.
CVSE appears to accept complaints by e-mail and telephone only. With the municipal police forces, you may be able to use all three methods of contact. If you intend to complain to police, contact the department having jurisdiction for the area where you made your observations.
One would expect that the Ministry of the Environment would have a stake in this too. Their web site does mention reporting violators of environmental laws, but a call to their report line directed me to visit the BC Air Quality web site, which in turn pointed me right back to the reporting line that I had called. Regardless, the person I spoke with advised me that the Ministry of the Environment did not accept complaints about excessive vehicle exhaust.
On the bright side, there is a carrot to go with the stick. The BC Scrap-It Program provides incentives to purchase a 2008 or newer vehicle to replace an older vehicle. In fact, if an older vehicle is just scrap, you can receive credits on bicycles, transit passes, or car sharing programs. If none of these are interesting, you can receive $200 cash instead.
The author is a retired constable with many years of traffic law enforcement experience. To comment or learn more, please visit drivesmartbc.ca
This article is written by or on behalf of an outsourced columnist and does not necessarily reflect the views of Castanet.
