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Q&A - Flashing Yellow Pedestrian Crossing Lights
… is the section in the Motor Vehicle Act that sets out the rules for flashing yellow lights: Flashing lights … only with caution, but must yield the right of way to pedestrians lawfully in the intersection or an adjacent … waiting, you are likely to be marked for not yielding on a road test. Finally, there is always an onus on the …
DriveSmartBC - 2024/02/08 - 11:07 - 10 comments
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How to Use a Crosswalk
… to top it off it's now raining. Parked vehicles which makes pedestrians almost invisible to passing vehicles as they … limited to "use of a crosswalk" or on how to cross the road ? As motorists some of us are "high and mighty" because we "know the rules" it's those darn pedestrians that don't know what they …
DriveSmartBC - 2023/12/23 - 14:16 - 26 comments
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Q&A - Cycle Lane Confusion in Kelowna
… grants a municipality the authority to create additional rules as long as it does not contradict the MVA. The … This is not correct and causes conflict where cyclists and pedestrians share space. It also appears that this … paint to help people recognize the "conflict zones" where road users need to be a bit more careful with regards to …
DriveSmartBC - 2024/01/15 - 08:26 - 16 comments
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Left Turns Into the Correct Lane
… issue of predictability - being predictable allows other road users to avoid you. Log in to post … right in BC unless there are extenuating circumstances, the rules for left turn positioning, and where a driver is … driver facing the green arrow to yield the right of way to pedestrians and vehicles lawfully in the crosswalk or …
DriveSmartBC - 2024/01/15 - 10:50 - 41 comments
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Limited Speed Motorcycles on the Highway Shoulder
… there was not even a shoulder on one side of Hammond Bay Road, and at the speed cars, gravel trucks, buses, etc., … white line, as a) I was taught that I need to follow the rules and responsibilities of vehicles, and they are not … stop at stop sighs and lights, and work with drivers and pedestrians, as opposed to against them. Who is supposed to …
DriveSmartBC - 2024/01/16 - 20:49 - 16 comments
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Left Lane Blockers
… maximum speed that a vehicle is to travel at, taking the road conditions into account. If they are doing the speed … you're going sooner (hopefully) than if you obeyed the rules. Me, I'm a driver who does his best to drive with … designed to allow traffic to move faster, safely. No pedestrians, no traffic lights, no bicycles, no farm …
DriveSmartBC - 2023/11/14 - 17:29 - 36 comments
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Round and Round the Roundabout
… what to do. Or those who barge right in as if they own the road. But then, perhaps they can't think beyond the … of roundabouts and circles, connected by roadways. Pedestrians aren't even accommodated in this scenario, but … work very well, for all road users - if they follow the rules. Yield means yield, eh? Log in to …
DriveSmartBC - 2023/12/03 - 20:41 - 16 comments
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POSITION PAPER - Modernizing the BC Motor Vehicle Act
… commute by bicycle. Classifying anything as "vulnerable road users" is asinine. There is very little correlation between bicyclists, pedestrians and motorcyclists, except for the higher … movement of goods and people. Sure driving by the rules is much safer than not, but safety is not the primary …
DriveSmartBC - 2023/11/14 - 17:37 - 8 comments
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Q&A - Cyclist Failed to Yield
… cyclist that does not exercise caution or follow the rules of the road. Cyclists have no idea of their speed, passing cars … of drivers? I can imagine this intersection, with, say, 5 pedestrians waiting to cross. The right turn might be …
DriveSmartBC - 2023/11/14 - 17:45 - 19 comments
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Q&A - Do I Have to Obey the Sign?
… there because drivers wanting to turn left onto a busy road were either doing so unsafely, or, while waiting for … commonly accessible property is governed by regular driving rules if you ignore those lines and arrows, but that might … most parking lots are not optimized for safety, putting pedestrians too often in conflict with drivers due to poor …
DriveSmartBC - 2024/03/16 - 20:57 - 10 comments