Former Van Halen frontman, tequila connoisseur and human labradoodle Sammy Hagar once sang “I can’t drive 55.” Now it appears B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone has borrowed from Hagar’s Corona-stained lyric sheet, converted it to the metric system and added a few kilometres for good measure. On Wednesday he announced his government had increased the speed limit to 120 kilometres per hour on certain sections of highway across the province that are presumably super wicked for putting the pedal to the metal.
Other routes, such as the Sea-to-Sky highway, will also see speed limits raised from 80 km to 90 km/hr in some sections and from 90 km to 100 km/hr in others. Stone also made an announcement about new snow tire regulations but borrrrrrrring.
So why the sudden need for speed, especially in the face of objections from the RCMP and the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police who, not surprisingly, aren’t huge fans of people driving faster? Stone said the increased limits were determined by the province’s Rural Highway Safety and Speed Review and that it’s a proven fact that he looks his best when he’s driving with the top down and the wind is “really raging” through his spiky, midlife crisis hairdo.
We may be extrapolating a bit.
