BC Emergency Vehicle Etiquette & Best Practices

BC Emergency Vehicle Etiquette & Best Practices

Driving Skills
In Beautiful British Columbia, we have specific rules and guidelines around emergency vehicles and this article will go through the proper BC emergency vehicle etiquette. It's important for everyone, including new drivers of course, to familiarize themselves with the proper BC emergency vehicle etiquette and protocols. It's always awkward for everyone when an emergency vehicle is coming with its emergency lights and sirens activated. Emergency vehicles are just one of the many reasons why you should look from left to right before crossing intersections. This is especially true if you are the first vehicle at an intersection when your light goes green. BC Emergency Vehicle Etiquette https://twitter.com/jpmf/status/1504123467922239493 Here's just one little example of a time when the vehicles needed to stop for a green light, because an emergency vehicle was…
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Roundabouts and Traffic Circles – Practical Driving Tips

Roundabouts and Traffic Circles – Practical Driving Tips

BC Intersections
Roundabouts and traffic circles are designed to keep traffic moving and improve safety at intersections Technically, a roundabout is a traffic circle with more than one lane, but these terms seem to be used interchangeably On approach, reduce your speed to about 20 km/hr in case you need to yield to other vehicles and for good controlLook for signs and pedestrians and be prepared.You must yield to any traffic already in the roundabout. This means you will yield to your immediate left. All vehicles must enter to the right and use the roundabout in a counter-clockwise direction. You can enter the roundabout when there is a safe gap in the traffic and you feel it is safe. Once you are inside the roundabout, vehicles approaching are supposed to yield to…
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Question on Blocking Pedestrian Crosswalks – The Inevitable

Question on Blocking Pedestrian Crosswalks – The Inevitable

Driving Skills
Question : I have a question about crosswalks which have no traffic lights and where you are trying to turn on to a busier road. I know that I should stop before the crosswalk and wait for pedestrians to clear.  Once they clear, I can cover the crosswalk and start to edge out.But, what if the road I am trying to turn on to is a busy one and I am blocking the crosswalk for a while. More pedestrians may arrive to cross and they would be forced to go around me. Is this illegal or would I be marked down if it happened in the test? This is a good question. You're right in that when stopping, you should stop with your front bumper behind the white line (behind…
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Green Light vs Green Arrow While Driving – Perplexing

Green Light vs Green Arrow While Driving – Perplexing

Signs, Lines and Traffic Lights
Green Light vs Green Arrow Some new drivers ask this question and it's about the green light vs green arrow. Both are beautiful green things found at intersections. So, what's the difference? The answer is in where you go. Drivers facing the regular green light may generally proceed straight ahead or turn left or right; but drivers facing an arrow must follow the direction on the arrow only. Let's drive into the details. Green light --> go straight, left or right if otherwise allowed. Green arrow --> no turn permitted; go straight through only. Green Light Vs Green Arrow Straight Green Arrow Means 'Go Straight' and do not turn left or right If you are facing a regular green light, you are usually allowed to turn from your lane at…
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