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By Curtis Goodrum

PRIVATE MEMBERS BILL

Kamloops MLA tables legislation to make dash cameras mandatory in commercial vehicles

Oct 24, 2025 | 5:40 PM

KAMLOOPS – Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer has tabled a private member’s bill aimed at getting dashcams in all commercial vehicles that operate in British Columbia.

It’s not a new issue raised by the former Mayor of Barriere, who is hopeful that his bill will become law as it passed first reading unanimously. The legislation is expected to come back for second reading on Monday (Oct. 27).

“Over half of the transport trucks now have dash cams. The businesses that have been implementing it have seen a drastic reduction in the crashes that have been occurring. To me, it’s a common-sense approach. It’s way overdue, and I’m hoping that it’s going to move through very quickly,” said Stamer.

The BC Trucking Association believes about 70 to 80 per cent of vehicles are already equipped with dashcams, adding it has led to quicker investigations when a truck gets into an accident.

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“When commercial vehicles are in accidents, 75 to 80 per cent of the time the commercial vehicle has no fault. They didn’t do anything wrong. It’s the vehicles around them and what particularly outward-facing dash cams do is they allow that evidence to be obtained immediately,” said Dave Earle, the president of the BC Trucking Association.

Earle said these dashcam recordings could help lower the amount of irresponsible driving on the road.

“It also helps with accountability,” he said.

“When drivers know what they’re doing is being recorded, they know they’re going to have to be accountable for it. They know they’re going to have to explain what they’re doing. Their behaviour often changes. They don’t take that extra risk. They don’t take that one extra step. They don’t try and do something that they know is not safe to do.”

Both Stamer and Earle believe that if legislation passes in B.C., the rest of the country will follow suit.

“The other jurisdictions could go, ‘well, gee, B.C. has already done the heavy lifting, so why wouldn’t we want to be implementing it in our system as well?’” Stamer said. “We’ve got trucks that are travelling across the country and would only make sense if the other provinces followed our lead.”