Community
Environment
Bowker Creek Urban Watershed Renewal Initiative
Updated May 11, 2007
The Bowker Creek Urban Watershed Renewal Initiative (BCI) "...is a broad coalition of community, government, businesses and institutions working together to protect and enhance the ecological, social and economic health of the Bowker Creek watershed." You may enjoy reading their annual reports posted below.
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2006
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Traffic
Road Safety in the Camosun Community
By Neil Arason. Posted Mar.18, 2007
We hear a lot these days about things we should worry about. A review of the facts, however, reveals road safety as one of the top things to be concerned about. For young people from birth to adulthood, road crashes are the number one cause of death and serious injury. Every year in British Columbia alone, well over 400 people die on our roads. Many more are seriously injured with their lives altered forever.
Road safety is not just about people in cars. It's about all road users including children, pedestrians and cyclists. Everyone shares the road and everyone has a right to feel safe and secure on the streets and in their neighbourhoods.
Selected Tips on Road Safety
As a driver make sure you:
- give your full attention to driving and nothing else
- drive only when you are mentally fit and alert
- know that everyone in your vehicle is safely secured and strapped in
- travel at a safe speed which means at or under the speed limit
As a pedestrian make sure you:
- cross only where and when it is safe
- take nothing for granted. Walk and cross the street defensively
- check in all directions before and while you cross the street
- remember the vital importance of good visibility. This means lights, reflectors and reflective clothing especially at night, at dusk or when there is rain or mist
As a cyclist make sure you:
- take nothing for granted. Ride defensively
- remember the vital importance of good visibility. This means lights, reflectors and reflective clothing especially at night, at dusk or when there is rain or mist
- always wear a helmet. Besides, it's the law in British Columbia
Did You Know?
Research cited by the World Health Organization shows that pedestrians are eight times more likely to be killed by cars travelling at 50 km/h than by those travelling at 30 km/h due to the principle of kinetic energy.
Links to Other Information
The following Websites provide good information on road safety:
- ICBC: http://www.icbc.com/
- BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation: http://www.tsf-bcaa.com/
- Safe Kids Canada: http://www.sickkids.ca/safekidscanada/
- Transport Canada: http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/vision/menu.htm
Your Input is Needed
The Camosun Community Association wants to hear from you about what's on your mind with respect to road safety in Camosun. Whether it's unsafe driving, the roads, sidewalks or pathways, unsafe speed, enforcement or something else we want to know what you think the problems and dangers are. There are two ways you can do this: send an e-mail to: roadsafety@camosuncommunityassociation.com or come out to the next Annual General Meeting (location still to be determined) on April 19, 2007 and let us know what road safety issues concern you.
Notable Dates
| August 22 2010 | Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010 |
| August 29 2010 | Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010 |
| September 12 2010 | Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010 |
| September 19 2010 | Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010 |
| October 2 2010 | Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010 |
| October 17 2010 | Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010 |
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- District of Saanich
- City of Victoria
- Corporation of the District of Oak Bay
- Corporation of the Township of Esquimalt
- Saanich Community Associations
