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BC Ferries reminds vehicle, foot passengers to avoid alcohol and drugs before sailings

Impaired drivers and walk-ons risk being reported to police – 127 were in past year
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B.C. Ferries reminds vehicle and foot passengers to avoid alcohol before sailing from its terminals around the province. Nicholas Pescod/Black Press

Summer holidays may be a time for relaxation and for some, additional consumption of alcohol, but BC Ferries is reminding drivers and foot passengers that it observes a zero tolerance policy on impairment.

In a statement this morning (July 6), the corporation noted that it dealt with 127 separate incidents where police were called out to deal with suspected cases of impaired driving or those involving impaired foot passengers.

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