How often do you review traffic rules?
 

This is probably more relevant to newer drivers, but anyone is welcome to chime in. Wondering how often people actively review the rules of the road and keep themselves up to date?
My guess is that people are interested in reviewing less often (or not at all) as they become more experienced. Agree? Disagree? Or got any good stories about a time when you were up the creek without knowing something?

For those who do review, is there a particular resource, website or app that you've found to be helpful?


Thanks

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What would be nice is if you got some little pamphlet when you renew your license that tells you all the rules that have changed since the last time you renewed. The government seems to do a terrible job of informing people of any changes when they first come out, so it'd be nice to see everything that's new in one place.

only parking bylaws so to find ways to circumvent them :awwyeah:

I am Chinese and should review it every year, I read it to my wife every night before she goes to bed.

Honestly I learn about a lot of stuff just coming on RS, people ask questions and others answer them, or sometimes someone asks a question and I take it upon myself to read more up on it.

I reviewed the rules when I made a bet with a buddy about traffic circles.... so, I guess that's once every 14 years.

Great, thanks for the honest opinions! Here's a follow-up:

Knowing that the number of vehicle collisions in BC has skyrocketed from 260,000 annually to over 300,000/year in the last few years - what do you think are the biggest contributing factors, and what changes do you think are needed, if any?

less roads (bike lanes etc) and more cars (more people)

Seriously though, every time there's some little change to the laws, it's all over the news, and people lose their shit all over social media over how unfair/unconstitutional/retarded the change is. Government doesn't have to do a fucking thing, just let nature runs its course.

why need to folllow the rules when you dont need to

Most people don't even know what's a flashing red-light 4 way stop procedure is.

New rules? Fuhgettaboutit.

What would be nice if they stopped handing out license and also not accepting international licences on par with Canadian one.

Just to be clear I'm not talking about a race/country in particular. I seen it first hand where people know absolutely nothing about how to drive a car here used international license or obtain a bc one via there country license.

And not only that some people cannot even read signs in english, if that doesn't scare ya I don't know what can. FeelsBadMan

A 15% increase over multiple years is not "skyrocketing" - it is increasing proportionally to the population.

Mark

in a word... Richmond.. :lawl::lawl:

jokes aside... I don't know the context of what the "a few years" means in this sense. I do notice that there is just... a lot more traffic now and our roads really hasn't changed much to account for the extra volume. And it will only seem logical that this results in more accidents.

Another factor is that a lot drivers thinks better cars with the newer techs makes them better drivers... which... well... we all know how that goes...

To hit the point home... I have 2 vivid personal area that I know very well...

1. Central Blvd in front of metrotown - I mean come on... it was a 4 lane (2 lane each way) road since Eaton's was there... and after a cluster fuck with the roads closures/updates in the last few years... it stays at 4 lanes. Now I understand they can't widen the road due to physical restraints... but the traffic has gotten bad enough that I start to go to Metrotown VIA Kingsway though my house naturally lends itself to imperial/49th ave.

2. No 3 road in Richmond - We all saw the original 4 lane, changed to 6 lane with 2 dedicated center lanes for buses only.. back to 4 lane with a skytrain... I mean... do I need to pull up a chart saying how much more cars are in Richmond compared to... 5/10 years ago? I just avoid no. 3 all together now and only drives on there if I have to...

just my 0.02

Great feedback and insights - people have pointed out problems with infrastructure not keeping up with population growth and traffic congestion, and specific examples of problem areas like metrotown/Richmond.

Differences in peoples' understanding of what flashing red means was also mentioned. People from other provinces like Ontario always ask me what flashing greens mean, because they haven't encountered those outside BC. I've seen people confused by white verticals too - the bus beside them moves, so they start going too.

As Vantrip mentioned, people coming in from other provinces or countries can simply convert their license in many cases. The laws and signs can be quite different where they're from.

Road infrastructure takes time to change, but maybe the out of town drivers can be addressed. How would you fix this? Stricter processes? Easier access to education and finding out what's different or what they don't know - would they even bother?

1) Either unifying all traffic rules in every province, or have everyone learn the rules of all provinces on the written test.
2) Do not accept international licence without a written test.
3) Requires a written retest every time a licence needs renewal.

i think you have enough info for that essay you need to do over the holidays.

I am no Elon Musk, but I do believe our country should start thinking to make our roads and highway network smarter rather than keep on educating ignorant drivers. Cars will have autopilot features for sure in the next decades, if these cars can pick up road information instead of rely on GPS or LTE or sensors. You see newer Tesla can read speed sign, Audi can pick up traffic light signal ahead, Mercedes can follow the cars in front of you and brake when needed. Your car will become a private taxi that will drive you to the destination. Just like my dad never switches on the turn signal when making a turn, this kind of driving manner can never, let's new technologies correct it.

Remember this is Canada, we don't have cell service everywhere, we can get lots of snow and very cold winters. A lot of this stuff will take a lot longer to make functional here, unless you're fine only being able to travel in the GVRD during the summer.