Information related to unsafe driving practices.
We’ve all seen them. The driver who treats a red light like a suggestion or the one who thinks the passing lane is their personal living room. But in my years of patrol, I didn’t just see these drivers as "annoyances"—I saw them as potential collisions.
Well, most crashes are preventable, even mechanical failure to some degree.
This rainy morning, as I was descending down a 10% grade coming up on an intersection, I observed two cars: grey Pontiac G5 being followed at about 3 feet distance by a large black Dodge Ram 1500.
Both vehicles were in the middle lane of a 3 lane street, where traffic 'typically' travels around 60km/h.
This interesting looking vehicle was checked at the Parksville weigh scale. As evidenced by the tops of the rear tires almost scrubbing against the top of the wheel wells, it was considerably overweight.
"This powerful video being used as part of a new campaign at high schools in the United Kingdom to raise awareness of the dangers of texting while driving. With the help of actors and special effects, the video graphically shows the crash and aftermath of what could happen when a driver is distracted."
Question: One thing worse than what you described last week is when there is a road obstruction and people seem to think they have the right to cross the centre line into oncoming traffic. Maybe you could address the legal side of that. My understanding is that oncoming traffic has the right of way.
I'm almost always pleased to see another driver exercise courtesy on our highways because it cancels out some of the selfishness that I see every day. I say almost because I saw a misguided act of kindness today that left me shaking my head. One driver made room so that the other driver could make an illegal lane change from a side road through surrounding standing traffic.
The officer was mistaken your worship, I was talking on my wallet, not my cell phone! Bhavjit Thandi attempted to set up an innovative defence to a charge of using an electronic device while driving by making a second pass through the check with his wallet held up to his ear. He was stopped again and recorded the interaction with another constable.
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This 34 minute documentary on the perils of texting and driving was created by Werner Herzog, an award winning writer, director and producer. According to the documentary description, Xavier, Chandler, Debbie, and Reggie all know the horrors of texting & driving firsthand.
I like to talk about road safety with people I meet because it often ends up producing a good topic for these articles. Yesterday I stopped to speak with the road maintenance contractor operating the mower clearing the shoulder of the roads in my neighbourhood. He was quick to offer three observations, heed the signs, keep your distance and wait behind when there is oncoming traffic.