ICBC Safety Tip: It’s Grad Season… So Keep Your Eyes on the Road!
Now that it’s grad season, ICBC road safety speakers will be talking to B.C. high school students with a very important message: crashes are the number one preventable cause of death for youth in B.C....
View ArticleICBC Safety Tip: Failing to Yield is a Failure
Failing to yield may seem harmless, but it’s one of the top high-risk driving behaviours that leads to crashes. Every day there are many situations where you need to yield to another vehicle,...
View ArticleICBC Safety Tip: Eyes On the Road This May Long Weekend!
If you’re taking a road trip this May long weekend, be realistic about travel times as highways will be busier. Plan rest stops every 1.5 to 2 hours to avoid becoming fatigued while driving and check...
View ArticleICBC Safety Tip: Bike to Work Week in British Columbia
This week is Bike to Work Week in B.C. and more and more people are taking up cycling as a commuting option. It’s important for cyclists to pay attention to vehicles turning at intersections. As a...
View ArticleICBC Safety Tip: Giving Your Teen the Tools to Drive
As driving conditions improve, many teens hit the road for the first time in the month of June. The type of car your teen learns to drive on can make a big difference – make it a manageable size, with...
View ArticleICBC Safety Tip: Start Shoulder Checking!
The early summer weather means more cyclists on the road so, as a driver, shoulder checking is very important – especially when making right-hand turns at intersections, before pulling away from a...
View ArticleICBC Safety Tip: Summer Brings School Zone Challenges
As schools begin their summer break, there will be more children around roads. Road safety is not always top of mind for kids so make sure you pay extra attention, especially around playgrounds where...
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Drives-U-Crazy: Stop Signs Mean STOP… Now!
Stop signs mean stop now, not eventually. There’s little that’s more scary when you are moving briskly along a major city arterial route than to be confronted suddenly by a car rolling at a clip over a...
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Safety Tip: Don’t Allow Your Child to be an Unrestrained Projectile
At a speed of just 40 km/h, a child that weighs only 30 kgs will suddenly weigh the equivalents of a tonne (1,000 kgs) in a collision… Car smashes are the leading cause of accidental death among...
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B.C. Speed Limits: Life in the Fast Lane Gets Faster
Simple math and rudimentary physics teaches us that the harder people hit, the harder they fall… B.C. drivers are getting used to a faster life in the fast lane very quickly. News of the hike of 10...
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Drives-U-Crazy: It’s Red… It’s Red… IT’S RED!
Red light running is endemic and extremely dangerous. It never ceases to amaze how many people blast through on not just a red but a late red when they have to know cross traffic is heading across....
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Drives-U-Crazy: Put Down the Phone, and Take the Wheel!
Witnessed in Kelowna: Helmetless teenager riding his bike the wrong way in a bike lane, not holding the handlebars because he needed hands to hold the cell phone he was using at the time and give me...
View ArticleDrives-U-Crazy: Smart Driving in a Smart Car
Watched curiously, as the driver of a smart car smartly crossed a major road from a side street controlled by a stop sign. He carefully claimed one lane at a time after closely approaching cars passed....
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Drives-U-Crazy: Brake Earlier, Dummy
There’s one thing scarier than a driver travelled across a stop line at speed and braking at the last second. It’s a driver who does the same thing and doesn’t even glance at cars approaching on the...
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Staying Safe Means Stowing Your Cellphone
“My biggest fear is that someone I love will be in a horrific, life-changing, potentially fatal car accident.” Lauren Kramer, Driveway by Lauren Kramer ********** My kids have my permission to yell at...
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Lighting Your Way Off Road
With the nights getting longer and the dark grey days ahead, anybody venturing out to do a little four wheeling will tell you good off-road lighting is a must. Make sure you only operate them...
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Drives-U-Crazy: ‘Tis the Season For 4-Wheel Driving
Tis the season for seeing four-wheel drive vehicles in the ditch and I saw my first on the Coquihalla just the other day. So many SUV owners seem to think they should go twice as fast as anybody else...
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Driving Tips: Hello Winter, My Old Friend
“Actions by cars and trucks will alert you more quickly to problems and give you a split second extra time to react safely.” The rain and windstorms have started and it won’t be long before the...
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Safety Tech: Keep Your Hands Off the Steering Wheel
“The goal of Super Cruise technology is to increase the comfort of an attentive driver on freeways, both in bumper-to-bumper traffic and on long road trips…” “Take me home Super Cruise” could be a...
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Drives-U-Crazy: What’s An Intersection?
Intersections are where roads cross. Obvious? Well, it seems many drivers don’t know that, because they frequently block intersections where major roads meet with minor neighbourhood streets in...
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