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The Regina Police Service (RPS) will be enforcing new traffic bylaws involving cyclists and motorists sharing the road.
The new rules are coming for drivers and cyclists alike after city council approved changes in a 6-5 vote on Wednesday night.
Elizabeth Popowich, the manager of public information and strategic communication for the RPS, said enforcement will start with education.
“Education is key and I think you could ask any policing organization in any city when it comes to traffic that it’s about education followed by enforcement,” Popowich said.
“It’s about making safe roadways and also having a really well-educated, aware and risk-respecting citizenry that use and share the road. Prevention really is the key to success here.”
Enforcement will look much like any other typical traffic stop, with cyclists and motorists being ticketed or being asked to give information that can support a ticket against someone else.
“If something happens, you see it, you report it,” Popowich said. “You would have to give the proper information, then you have to be willing to write a statement and even testify if it comes to that.”
The city plans on introducing a campaign to educate people on safe cycling as well as driving when cyclists are around. The campaign will be funded using $30,000 from the automated speed enforcement fund.
The RPS plans on educating the public on social media or in media interviews as well as possibly doing some advertising.
All of these different measures to get information out will hopefully get cyclists and motorists on the same page, Popowich said.
“A cyclist on a roadway has as much right to be there as any other vehicle,” she said. “We also expect those cyclists to conduct themselves as though they are vehicles and not pedestrians.”