iN NUMBERS: Auto crime, traffic violations in Kamloops, Okanagan in 2024

When you see someone who’s been pulled over by the cops the right thing to do is slow down, rubber neck and speculate about what kind of ticket they’re about to get of course.

ICBC has some data to help you satiate that curiosity.

Here are the numbers for auto crime and traffic violations in Kamloops and the Okanagan in 2024:

• 1,385: Stolen vehicles in the Southern Interior in 2024.
• 756: Vehicle break-ins in the Southern Interior in 2024.
• 6,400: Dollars is the average cost of car theft.
• 1,900: Dollars is the average cost of a vehicle break-in.
• 556: Impaired driving violations in Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon in 2024.
• 6,257: Speeding violations in Kelowna in 2024.
• 9: Cycling violations for things like riding on the sidewalk in Kelowna in 2024.
• 3: Flight from peace officer violations in Kelowna in 2024. You can run, but you can’t hide from ICBC data collection.
• 3: Violations for motorcyclists in Kamloops in 2024, banishing the bad boy biker brand.
• 321: Commercial vehicle offences in Kamloops in 2024.
• 291: Failure to wear a seatbelt offences in Vernon in 2024.
• 1: Offence for operating a vehicle with too many people in it in Vernon in 2024. Who doesn’t love a dangerous clown car? Cops, that’s who.
• 119: Violations for using an electronic device while driving in Penticton in 2024. Get off that darn TikTok while you’re driving, folks.