Rich_007

BC Drivers 2007 Handbook

1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A confident BC
driver avoids using them.

2. Under no circumstance should you maintain a safe distance
between you and the car in front of you, because the space will be
filled in by somebody else, putting you in an even more dangerous
situation.

3. The faster you drive through a red light, the less of a
chance you have of getting hit.

4. Warning! Never come to a complete stop at a stop sign. No
one expects it and it will result in your being rear-ended.

5. Never get in the way of an older car that needs extensive
bodywork, especially with NB or Ontario plates. With no insurance,
the other operator has nothing to lose.

6. Braking is to be done as hard and late as possible to
ensure that your ABS kicks in, giving a vigorous, foot massage as
the brake pedal violently pulsates. For those of you without ABS,
it's a chance to strengthen your leg muscles.

7. Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right.
It's a good way to prepare other drivers entering the highway.

8. Speed limits are arbitrary figures; given only as a
suggestion and are not enforceable in British Columbia during rush hour,
especially in Vancouver.

9. Just because you're in the left lane and have no room to
speed up or move over doesn't mean that a BC driver flashing his
high beams behind you doesn't think he can go faster in your spot.

10. Always brake and rubberneck when you see an accident or
even someone changing a tire. This is seen as a sign of respect for
the victim.

11. Learn to swerve abruptly without signalling. BC is
the home of high-speed slalom-driving; thanks to the Department of
Public Works, which puts pot-holes in key locations to test drivers'
reflexes and keep them alert.

12. It is tradition in Vancouver to honk your horn at cars in
front of you that do not move three milliseconds after the light
turns green.

13. To avoid injury in the event of a collision or rollover,
it is important to exit your vehicle thru the windshield right away.
Wearing your seat belt will only impede your hi-velocity escape from
danger.

14. Remember that the goal of every Vancouver driver is to get
ahead of the pack by whatever means necessary.

15. In BC, 'flipping the bird' is considered a polite
salute. This gesture should always be returned.

Thank You,
The BC Registrar of Motor Vehicles

Rob_999

Damn right - half of Vancouver don't seem to understand what a green light means!

Rich_007

Red means go. Go as fast as you can. Make that little Nissan hit warp speed. Close eyes and use Jedi mind power to survive.
Come to next intersection. Repeat.

Rich.

Judy in Calgary

Tried to give you karma. No luck.

willmore

You forgot about the drivers in the seniors' capital of canada.

These are the rules they follow.

1. Go as slowly as possible no matter what the speed limit

2. Keep your foot on the brake, even when the light has just turned green, you just never know.....

3. Turn in the opposite direction as your turn indicator is indicating

4. Park any which way in a parking slot, just to inconvenient the other driver

5. Leave your car parked in a no parking zone no matter how busy it is a thrifty's....the other cars can get around you.....

6. Put foot of gas instead of brake when leaving a parking slot and back into a store......

7. When making a right hand turn, make sure that you take the liberty of using the entire road, just to make sure you get around the corner

Any others I may have forgotten.....

Rich_007

Seniors....???

8. Always pack your walker in the trunk of the car.

9. Upon parking, walk around car for 20 minutes trying to figure out where walker was put.

10. Remember where walker was put, spend 20 minutes finding keys to unlock trunk.

11. Spend the next 20 minutes getting from car to store.

12. Cuss at young folk, passers by, trees, dogs.

Rich.

Griff

This new handbook is making me quite nervous at my pending BC road test.

mkmurrays

Thanks for this. bananahammock kindly sent us a copy of 'Road Sense' so we can be all prep'd on the highway code before we arrive...but this is much more useful......