Ian Tootill: Political interference in setting speed limits shouldn't happen

B.C. Transportation Minister Claire Trevena set back motorists when she announced speed-limit rollbacks on nearly half of the 33 highway segments where speed limits were raised in 2014. Motorists, who have been travelling at safe and legal speeds following the 2014 Rural Highway Safety and Speed Review, will now encounter more police enforcement for politically set limits. This means more wasted police resources devoted to minor-offence violators, who aren’t the root problem on affected hi