• Connect to CKNW
CKNW News Club
CKNW
NEWS
ON-AIR
SPORTS
EVENTS
PHOTOS & VIDEOS
CONTESTS
CONTACT US
Related Links

Polak looks to crack down on party buses
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
CKNW News Staff | Email news tips to nwnews@cknw.com
2/27/2013

B-C's Transporation Minister says the province is looking for ways to crack down on party buses.


Mary Polak's comments come less than two weeks after a 16-year old boy died after being on a party bus in Surrey, and a case in Port Moody where police checked a party bus and found a highly intoxicated youth.

"Our question is is there more that we can do from a regulatory side, from a legislative side, to put more teeth into the restrictions on this."

Polak has asked ministry staff to call party bus operators and make sure they're aware of their license obligations,  which include no alcohol on board and chaperones for underage passengers.

 «  Return to previous page
 »  Send to a friend
Subscribe to channel

Leave a comment:

showing all comments · Subscribe to comments
  1. ChrisM_18 posted on 02/27/2013 05:29 PM
    How abouit pulling their licence to operate ? The function of party buses is immoral and despicable !
  2. AnneH_4 posted on 02/27/2013 06:16 PM
    I am not familiar with party buses .... if they are booze buses then perhaps only people of age should go.....
    1. ChrisM_18 posted on 02/27/2013 07:48 PM
      @AnneH_4 That's exactly the problem -the bus operators allow any young kid that wants to get on the bus , stagger on in any condition. Of course this attracts underage kids and turns off everyone else that are over the legal age !
  3. MikeS_41 posted on 02/28/2013 12:50 AM
    Oh who cares let the kids have fun, last thing we need is more regulations, how about doing something about people who drive in the left lane!!
    1. True Blue posted on 02/28/2013 08:20 AM
      @MikeS_41 Who cares? Oh, I don't know... maybe the parents of the child that died? Maybe anyone with any moral compass that knows that it is frequently underage kids that use these types of mobile parties? These types of "services" are notorious for very high levels of intoxication. Regulation and enforcement is LONG overdue.
    2. NewKat posted on 02/28/2013 10:21 AM
      @MikeS_41 Mike, I hope you are saying that in jest, otherwise you are an idiot.
  4. speakup posted on 02/28/2013 01:20 PM
    they NEED to REMIND these operators about NO ALCOHOL on teen party buses or ANY buses on the Roads of BC????

    Anyone with a drivers licence SHULD know this?
    OR what exactly am I missing here??????

    So they get a REMINDER???
    BUT if you - so much as LOOK at your cell phone - YOU ARE SHUT DOWN!

    ANd pole dancing and wallking and who knows what - on these MOVING buses is STILL OK on the roads of BC?????/ WTFFFFFFFFFF Polack!!
    Get REAL - or should we wait for more kids to DIE
    Regulations up your ying yang and this is OK??????
  5. wicked posted on 02/28/2013 06:08 PM
    where do they grow you people? if kids aren't on a supervised party bus what are they going to do, go to the library on a weekend? they'll find somewhere else to drink. basements, parks, schoolyards, mcdonalds,...that's what i did.
    i used to work for a party bus company that isn't around anymore due to kevin falcon's party bus police. 75% of the time the parents were at the pick up point and knew what the kids were doing and EVERY one of them said the same thing."i'd rather have my kid in a supervised environment then drunk in a park.
    the biggest issue we ran into were kids that couldn't handle their booze. tey thought since they only have 2 hours on the bus they need to pound a 26er as fast as they could.
    parents need to teach their kids about moderation.

    and any of these companies that say they don't allow drinking on the bus are full of shit.
showing all comments

More CKNW News Headlines 1 to 25 of 7725  
NDP ethics critic says senate scandal undermines public's trust
Five years since death of Alexa Middelaer
RCMP looking for man who robbed wheelchair-bound woman in Agassiz
Senate scandal claims PM's chief of staff
Surrey man missing for a week
Ahmadiyya Muslims gather in Delta for inauguration of mosque
Rob Ford's brother to respond to allegations on Tuesday
Safe Boating Awareness Week kicks off
A former Delta man gets jail sentence for sexual assault
BC Coroner's Service: Stay away from high streams and rivers
Missing Coquitlam man
Anti-bullying bylaw off the table in Port Coquitlam
Robertson says no to taking over as NDP leader
MPs hear about RCMP harassment at Vancouver community meeting
Robertson says he'll work with former muncipal rivals, now MLAs, on transit
UPDATED: Point resigns from Missing Women advisory group
Mayor turned MLA will foot by-election bill
Fire leaves several homeless, unhurt in Mission
CUPE workers could put B.C. schools behind picket lines
Like many, former Liberal MLA eats crow, post-election
Three year old suffers concussion in window fall
Vancouver Mayor says transit funding can't wait for referendum
Officers cleared by police watchdog
Child falls from window
Teacher loses certificate over activities outside classroom
read more