May 5, 2021 6:16 AM
“When you’re standing by the side of the highway and a vehicle passes you traveling at the speed limit, or higher, it’s very intimidating.” That, from Sgt. Erin Lockyer of RCMP Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan for Yorkton, Broadview and Fort Qu’Appelle. He says, “The faster the passing vehicle is going and the bigger it is, like a semi, it creates almost a vacuum where you feel like you are going to get sucked down the highway with them.”
A two-day joint traffic safety initiative took place in April on major highways around the communities of Yorkton and Melville. The primary focus was on identifying vehicles passing emergency vehicles at speeds higher than 60 km/hr.