A conversation about party bus regulations still ends with tears for Julie Raymond, a decade after her daughter91裸聊视频檚 death.
The Maple Ridge mother has lobbied for changes for 10 years, and she had been told this week by government officials that big ones were coming. Friday the province announced the requirement of a chaperone on board if there are minors present, fines that have been quadrupled, and other stiffer regulations.
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Shannon was just 16 when she died of a drug overdose. She had been on a party bus in July 2008, and taken a lethal combination of the club drug ecstasy and alcohol. She was found dead at a Maple Ridge home at 6 a.m. on July 26.
Since then, Raymond has for more enforcement of party buses, which she maintains were effectively operating outside the law, such as allowing minors to consume alcohol.
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While the new fines will be implemented immediately, the other regulations are set to be in force next year.
91裸聊视频淔or a long time, the party bus industry has been ignored, leaving glaring gaps in safety,91裸聊视频� said transportation minister Claire Trevena.
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She said this week91裸聊视频檚 changes might well have saved others, if they had come earlier.
In the intervening decade between Shannon91裸聊视频檚 death and the new regulations, there have been more high-profile party bus deaths 91裸聊视频� , 16, collapsed on a party bus in Surrey in 2013, but the BC Coroners Service ruled out drugs or alcohol in his death. Chelsea Lynn Mist died after falling out of a party bus in Vancouver in 2016.
The ministry reminded the public it is against the law to consume alcohol inside a vehicle.
91裸聊视频淭he RCMP and local police will be conducting focused enforcement during the holiday season and will continue to ticket people breaking the law.91裸聊视频�
Raymond said she hopes the new rules go far enough.
91裸聊视频淚 truly hope so. I don91裸聊视频檛 want any other family to go through what we went through. I wish we didn91裸聊视频檛 have this conversation. I wish my daughter was still here.91裸聊视频�
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