🚨 Resource Road Safety Reminder 🚨
If you’re using resource or forest service roads in BC it’s really important to know how to use your radio properly for everyone’s safety 🌲🚗
📻 On many roads radios are “radio assist” not radio controlled
👉 That means they help alert other users to your location and direction but everyone still needs to drive safely at all times.
📍 Before you start: make sure your radio is tuned to the posted road channel
📍 Call in with road name, kilometre marker, direction (up/down), and vehicle type so others know where you are and what to expect
📍 Make calls when entering the road, at posted call signs, every few km, at channel changes, and whenever you stop or see traffic approaching
Examples of calls might sound like:
“Thynne Mt FSR, km 12, up, pickup”
“Thynne Mt FSR, km 14, down, pickup”
This helps trucks and other vehicles anticipate each other safely.
đź“» Keep chatter to a minimum, stay on the designated channel, and pull over before switching channels or making non safety-critical calls.
Let’s make everyone’s trip safer out there. 🙌
📺 If you haven’t seen it yet check out the video on radio use and calling procedures: youtu.be/VloeCWyhtUo
#SledMerritt #RadioUse #ResourceRoads #BCSF
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