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2,722 Distracted Driving Tickets in One Month: What BC’s Latest Enforcement Numbers Mean for You

BC Highway Patrol has just released its March 2026 enforcement data, and the headline figure is striking: 2,722 distracted driving tickets were handed out across the province in a single month. That’s only a slight dip from the 2,738 tickets issued in March 2025, despite years of public awareness campaigns warning drivers to put their phones down.

But dig one level deeper into the numbers and one region jumps off the page. Metro Vancouver saw 219 more distracted driving tickets in March 2026 than in March 2025. This was the largest year-over-year jump of any region in the province. If you drive in the Lower Mainland, that’s not a statistic to ignore. It means more officers on the road, more eyes on drivers at red lights, and a meaningfully higher chance of a ticket for anyone who picks up a phone behind the wheel.

Here’s what BC’s latest enforcement numbers actually mean for everyday drivers, what a distracted driving ticket really costs, and what your options are if one lands in your mailbox.

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BC’s First-Ever “Slow Down, Move Over” Month: Why Tickets Are Coming

For the first time in BC history, the month of April has been dedicated province-wide to a single traffic enforcement theme: Slow Down, Move Over. Every major police agency in the province, led by BC Highway Patrol, is using April 2026 to focus enforcement attention on drivers who fail to slow down and move away from emergency vehicles, tow trucks, construction crews, and maintenance workers stopped on the side of the road.

The rule at the centre of the campaign is known as the 70/40 rule. It’s been on the books for years, but most BC drivers don’t know it by name and many don’t know it exists. That is, until they get a ticket. That gap in public awareness is precisely why BC Highway Patrol has launched a dedicated enforcement month.

Here’s what the 70/40 rule actually requires, what a ticket costs, and what to do if you receive one.

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