Drivers are being warned ahead of the upcoming long weekend that lengthy trips and hot temperatures can be a dangerous combination leading to fatigue.
The Insurance Corporation of B-C says the number of people injured or killed each month in crashes related to driver fatigue is 58 per cent higher in July and August compared to the rest of the year.
It says that, on average, two people are killed over the B-C Day long weekend each year, and well over 500 people are hurt in more than two-thousand crashes throughout the province.
The I-C-B-C says even a slight reduction in reaction time can significantly increase the risk of crashing.
