Undercover police officers are targeting several intersections in Surrey in an effort to crack down on aggressive drivers and high rates of collisions.
Officers began targeting intersections 104th Street and 152nd Avenue, 108th Street and 152nd Avenue, and King George Highway and 88th Avenue last May.
Dressed in plainclothes or other disguises such as a construction worker's gear, they watch for aggressive or dangerous drivers and communicate with officers on duty who are stationed nearby.
Surrey RCMP said the program is proving successful, with more than 1,000 violation tickets issued, mostly for intersection violations.
Const. Sue Aitchison told CTV News the undercover officers could be wearing any number of disguises, and could be at the intersections at any given time.
"We've had people looking as though they are construction workers ... or pushing a grocery cart," she said. "The idea is that they could be there (at any time), to get people to instinctively slow down."
Police are expected to release statistics on the success of the operation today, but say the program is already a success and hundreds of tickets have been issued.
Police say they have seen a definite change in behaviour and awareness on the part of drivers.
The program is scheduled to conclude in May but police want to extend the operation, saying they also hope to target more intersections in the near future.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Maria Weisgarber
