{"id":685962,"date":"2026-05-22T08:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/685962\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:12:12","slug":"record-impounds-during-long-weekend-sea-to-sky-highway-traffic-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/685962\/","title":{"rendered":"Record impounds during long weekend Sea to Sky highway traffic enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

BC Highway Patrol set a record on the long weekend for impounds of cars due to excessive speeding on the Sea to Sky Highway.<\/p>\n

As part of the month-long High Risk Driving Campaign in May, the BC Highway Patrol unit in Squamish set up multiple speed check zones along Highway 99, between Lions Bay and Mt. Currie on the Victoria Day long weekend.<\/p>\n

Between May 15 and 18, the unit issued 212 violation tickets, with 66 of those being for excessive speeding and included vehicle impounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt one moment in time, we had four high-end Porsches and two motorcycles lined up waiting to be towed to the impound lot,\u201d says Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol. \u201cWe want our highways to be a beautiful and safe drive for everyone, and we\u2019re going to keep removing excessive speeders until people get the message.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The busiest day for speeding was May 17, when 33 vehicles were impounded.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though we warned of \u2018police ahead\u2019 using highway signs, there were numerous drivers who were more than 80 over the limit,\u201d says Cpl. McLaughlin. \u201cThat sort of excessive speeding is exactly what we commonly see at fatal highway collisions, and it\u2019s not acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The previous long weekend record for excessive speeding impounds on Highway 99 was from Labour Day 2025 when 60 vehicles were impounded.<\/p>\n

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