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CAMPBELL: Residents of B.C.’s capital fed up with big pickups downtown

Some members of the social media world want to see a ban, what do you think?
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Some people are fed up with large pick-up trucks in downtown Victoria. (Tim Bracken photo/X)

The photo attached to this story is of a large pick-up truck that has its box dangerously sticking out into the road.

“Does that look like it fits in the space?” asks Tim Bracken, who posted the photo on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. “Probably the most off road driving this thing will ever do.”

The post was accompanied by the hashtag #Banoversizedtrucks.

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Chris Campbell

About the Author: Chris Campbell

I joined the Victoria News hub as an editor in 2023, bringing with me over 30 years of experience from community newspapers in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley
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