Abandoned Vehicles

Yes the Ford Focus is still on the road near 31km. Plates gone now, and some other vandalism. Arrived there sometime after I left here on May 29th. Sources say it has been there at least 2 weeks. There was a note in the window that mentioned coming back in a couple of days. I left a message on the Oliver RCMP answering machine yesterday afternoon and told them I have the VIN #. I didn't get a call back, and it is still there. Oliver Detachment busy in recent days with serious crimes.

This one is still there, after at least three years .The spray paint that the RCMP put on the roof one summer has washed off now. Has been vandalized since the original discovery. (between 30 and 31k)

I stopped to see if the van was still at the bottom of the bank - on it's wheels - probably sitting there for 5 years or so. I couldn't see the van, but saw another vehicle that went over more recently than the van.

The Okanagan Forest Task Force out of Kelowna is regularly cleaning up vehicles and other garbage in the bush. They have a protocol checking with police and conservation, then they organize a volunteer clean-up.

This one in particular would be an expensive recovery. The documents about responsibility for abandoned vehicles are as clear as mud. Police are interested if there is a crime associated - highways not interested if not on the road - Forestry? Environment? I wrote to highways and forestry about the black SUV years ago, and did not get a reply.

Remember the newer dark coloured pick-up that we all drove by for days on the snow bank before the corner in the canyon last winter? When someone did take the time to report it - it was stolen.

The former detachment commander told me it is important to report stuff in "real time". That was the summer he thanked me for finding and reporting 3 stolen vehicles.

The one that really had me shaking my head was the pick-up clearly marked with a lower mainland business - I saw it when it was left in the open - called the number on the truck, then the RCMP. Then I found out that others had seen the truck in the area for some time, and had not done anything about it.