Author: Carmen Cohoe
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How Many Hidden Stop Signs Are In This Picture?
Click or not: How Many Hidden Stop Signs Are In This Picture?‘Hidden’ Stop Signs? All drivers – new drivers especially – should be aware that stop signs can “hide” behind trucks as well as overgrown bushes/shrubs. Keep your eyes constantly moving when driving and look for clues that there’s an intersection. If you’re not sure if you have a stop sign… …
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ICBC Road Test Diary – Experience from a New Driver
Click or not: ICBC Road Test Diary – Experience from a New DriverRoad test experience. Submitted by an anonymous driver I’ve been reading this blog for a few weeks now and I think it’s time to give back to the community with my experience of doing my class 5 test. Location: North Vancouver Class 5 Result: Passed! I arrived about 10 minutes before my test and was registered at… …
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Tips For Safe Driving When Everyone Is Speeding
Click or not: Tips For Safe Driving When Everyone Is SpeedingTips For Safe Driving When Everyone Is Speeding & Following Too Closely Comment: I try to be a conscientious driver and follow the rules of the road. I am the type of person that would drive at the speed limit. If I were to accidentally go over the limit, I would bring my speed back… …
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Insurance Question: Crashing Your Friends’ Car
Click or not: Insurance Question: Crashing Your Friends’ CarCrashing Your Friends’ Car? Comment: Does insurance cover me if I crash my friends car if she knew I was driving it? Hi, well that’s not nice! Good question though. Here is what I could find from ICBC on their FAQ Page. It looks like if you do crash it, it may… …
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New Driver Questions – FAQs Answered
Click or not: New Driver Questions – FAQs AnsweredQuestions about 4-Way- Stops If 2 vehicles are facing each other and have stopped at the same time, can they go together as they are not bothering anybody? Here’s what the ICBC manual says about 4-way stops: four-way stops — when there are stop signs at all corners: • The first vehicle to arrive at the intersection and come to… …
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Report a Pot-Hole or Issue
Click or not: Report a Pot-Hole or IssueThis post was inspired by this traffic light in Vancouver on Victoria Drive & 37th When you see something is wrong, you can call the city (when you are parked) and tell them so they can fix it. City of Vancouver Call 311 City of Victoria City of Burnaby To report a traffic signal in… …
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Snow Plow Safety Tips from the BC Transportation Ministry
Click or not: Snow Plow Safety Tips from the BC Transportation MinistryDue to several recent collisions involving Snow Plows in BC, the ministry of transportation would like to remind drivers to be more careful around Snow Plows, especially on the Coquihalla Highway where the collisions occurred. Snow plow safety tips The Transportation Ministry has issued these tips for drivers on snowy highways: Turn on your head and… …
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Contact Numbers to Report Traffic Signal / PotHole / Problems
Click or not: Contact Numbers to Report Traffic Signal / PotHole / ProblemsThis post was inspired by this traffic light in Vancouver on Victoria Drive & 37th When you see something is wrong, don’t just keep driving. Call the city (when you are parked) and tell them so they can fix it. City of Vancouver Call 311 Boundary Road Traffic Signal Repair call 604-871-6200 … …
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Passing on the Right to Turn Right
Click or not: Passing on the Right to Turn RightDo not pass on the right to turn right, Accept your sometimes-given right to pass on the right! Hi, I had 2 quick questions. 1. At an intersection where it’s only 1 lane each way, theres is often room to create 2 lanes, so the right lane can turn right. I do this purely out… …