WHEREAS many resource-based, rural and remote British Columbia drivers must rely on large vehicles for business, work and basic winter transportation; AND WHEREAS drivers cannot afford the double insurance charged by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia ICBC for a second fuel-efficient vehicle that could be used when the larger vehicle is not needed; AND WHEREAS the double insurance nullifies any cost savings in fuel efficiency of a second fuel-efficient vehicle: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM encourages the provincial government, as part of its Climate Action Plan, and to stimulate the economy, to direct ICBC to allow drivers, who can drive only one vehicle at a time, to purchase a single license plate that could be transferred between fuel-inefficient and fuel-efficient vehicles, as needed.
