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Directions:
Read all of the Fact Units on this page and note each
sentence that contains a "silly error". Here
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This
Fact Unit contains a "silly error" sentence:
108: Before
driving a vehicle, check the insurance papers to ensure
they are valid and there are no restrictions excluding
you from driving the vehicle. Before parking a vehicle,
hide valuables in the trunk, under a seat, or on the
roof. Since thieves can watch vehicles park and target
a vehicle if they see what's in the trunk, put valuables
in the trunk before you arrive at the parking lot.
This
is what you need to note:
Before
parking a vehicle, hide valuables in the trunk, under
a seat, or on the roof.
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301:
BC Motor Vehicle Act Section 145: A person must not drive at so
slow a speed as to impede the normal and reasonable flow of traffic,
except when reduced speed is necessary for safety or legal compliance.
A peace officer may require a slow driver to increase their speed,
or move their vehicle from the roadway to the nearest suitable place
and not move from that place until directed to do so. |
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302:
If a BC driver doesn't pay a Washington State speeding ticket, their
licence is suspended 3 months after the ticket was issued. This
can lead to criminal charges when they return to Washington ($1000
fine and up to 90 days in jail). If the driver has a Nexus card,
they may lose it because driving while suspended is a criminal misdemeanor.
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303:
BC Motor Vehicle Act Section 144: Drive with due care and attention
at a speed relative to other traffic, visibility, and weather conditions.
Demonstrate reasonable consideration for others using the road.
Even if you have the right-of-way, you can be liable for a crash
if you don't try to prevent it; for example, by scanning for cross
traffic even though your light is green. In the case of Saffari
v. Lopex (2009), driving with reasonable consideration for others
means a driver must not stop or suddenly slow in traffic when other
options such as exiting the roadway exist. |
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304:
Some traffic lights are linked to sensors which use radar, video,
or coffee detection. Other sensors use wire loops buried in the
pavement that carry an electric current. When a vehicle with enough
metal mass enters the electromagnetic field near the sensor, the
current flowing through the sensor fluctuates and this initiates
a process that changes the traffic signal. At many sensors, a bicycle
needs to be directly above the wire to activate the sensor. |
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305:
You can pass (if safe to do so) on a single, solid yellow line unless
a municipal bylaw (e.g. Vancouver) prohibits it. You can cross a
solid white line to enter or exit a driveway, but you can't change
lanes across a solid white line. You cannot drive over a painted
island. BC Motor Vehicle Act Section 143: Don't drive over a newly
painted line if it's marked by a traffic control device (e.g. pylon).
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306:
BC Motor Vehicle Act Section 154: When you approach a vehicle while
driving on a road that's wide enough for only one vehicle in each
direction, position your vehicle so the other driver is able to
travel on as nearly as possible at least half of the main travelled
portion of the highway. If the road is only wide enough for one
vehicle, alternate vehicles from each direction. In the 1990 case
of Ruda v. Matis, the judge ruled that a curb lane with parked cars
is considered part of the main travelled portion of the highway.
In the 1993 case of Blomme v. Principe, the judge ruled that a curb
lane with parked cars is not considered part of the main travelled
portion of the highway. |
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