Female firefighters learn
5 weeks of boiling water
Dog found shivering on hwy
All BC News
Marches across the country
Olympic harassment suit
No cash in parents' retrial
More Canada News
Native links to rock music
Trump salutes remains
Trump to talk shutdown
More World News
Help us, plead GM workers
Tesla cuts more jobs
Wheat exports to China soar
Rockets unlikely weekend
Rockets upset top dogs
Warriors bitten by Vipers
Victoria shrugs off rumours
Chrissy and John's 'blowout'
Celine's touching tribute
Behind the Wheel
Do this when pulled over
It is possible that a careful driver could pass their entire driving career without being pulled over by the police. It's a situation that is not covered in...
School traffic problems
The Parent Advisory Council for Hans Helgesen Elementary School near Victoria wanted to solve pedestrian safety issues on Rocky Point Road. The council was...
Ideas from the Twitterverse
For this column I turned to the loyal followers of @DriveSmartBC on Twitter, asking what they felt was important to review. Within a very short time, I had...
Stuck-in-traffic thoughts
Have you ever given any thought to how efficiently traffic lights control the flow of vehicles? I found out last Friday at 5:30 p.m. as I travelled the 7.6...
Ticking the boxes is costly
Commercial vehicle maintenance is carefully regulated in our province. Power units are subject to inspections at a designated inspection facility every six...
Fear of police retaliation
Last week, we looked at the story of a cyclist who was told by a constable that it was too dangerous to ride a bike on the road and he should find another...
Taking cyclists seriously
I found this tweet from a cyclist on southern Vancouver Island yesterday: A #RCMP told me today it was too dangerous to ride a bike on the roads and I should...
Do you have vision zero?
ICBC's current corporate slogan is Building Trust, Driving Confidence. Pair that with last week's announcement of a $582 million loss for the first six...
Check your owner's manual
One of the loneliest books in the world might just be your vehicle's owner's manual. Consigned to the glove box, many never see the light of day until...
"N" Drivers Forever!
Does a novice driver have to take the test to become a fully licensed class 5 driver? While there is a limited time that a novice must remain in the Graduated...
Guard your penalty points
"I'll pay the fine, I just don't want the points." This is not an uncommon desire expressed by drivers prior to a traffic court hearing when...
A must-not-stop philosophy
I had an interesting conversation with @itsjim84 on Twitter this morning about the case law article I posted this week on driving over painted traffic islands....
Why did he just stand there?
When the drivers stop to give a pedestrian in a crosswalk the right of way, unless there is a compelling reason not to, the pedestrian should take it and...
It's winter tire time again
I remember when I was a teenager working in my father's service station. On the day of the first snowfall, our customers would be lined up in the driveway...
Something to be thankful for
Traffic enforcement is a solitary effort for police outside of the province's municipalities. I've often wondered just how close I have come to...
Resistance to roundabouts
Change is good, that is unless the town wants to upgrade a busy T intersection with a roundabout rather than installing traffic lights. This is the situation in...
Pet peeves ahead!
Everyone has a pet peeve related to driving, right? I know what mine are, but I was curious about what others might say if I asked, so I did. My faithful weekly...
Distracting statistics
Distracted driving statistics - what to believe I received an interesting fact sheet from the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) last week. It looks at...
Driving at night in the rain
I am generally not a person who likes the rain, but as I sit with my coffee in hand looking out the window this morning. I'm happy to see it. No doubt, so...
School-zone lessons
Seven years ago, I wrote about a safe trip to school, commenting on my experience that a significant part of the safety problem was caused by teachers and...
