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CBC News Insurance investigators raided the home office last month of a Richmond, B.C., driving instructor suspected of hacking the province’s notoriously backlogged wait list for road […]

A dashcam can offer an ‘unbiased witness’ in traffic-accident disputes. In a video taken through the windshield of Dung Le’s 15-year-old Toyota Echo, an oncoming car […]

Have you ever thought of how much impact smoking has on your finances? Health Canada’s cost calculator finds that smoking half a pack a day can […]

What goes up, must come down… right? What about car insurance rates…“Lies, damned lies, and statistics” is a quote attributed to various famous folk, but the […]

One of the critical concepts I learned as a collision investigator this that fully loaded heavy trucks have 50 to 60% of the braking capability of […]

Twenty years of traffic law enforcement experience has (mis)shaped what I find entertaining, so every Thursday I find myself reading the beefs in the Nanaimo News […]

Our current system of trying to change driver behaviour largely consists of traffic tickets, vehicle impoundment and driver’s licence suspensions. They all rely on traffic policing […]

This is a short trip down memory lane with a retired traffic cop: me. I’ve just recently completed a round trip from Vancouver Island to the […]

TORONTO, June 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — While 72 per cent of Canadians had some form of travel or medical insurance for recent travels, most leave […]

Article by David M. Rogers Rogers Partners LLP A few years ago, I listened to two friends have a long discussion about the relevance of automated vehicles. […]

Should I Signal? Paul from CompetentDrivingBC often shares his insights here on DriveSmartBC. I like his explanation of whether to signal or not and decided to […]

Compliance Markings… I am thinking about upgrading the sealed beams on a vintage car to LED headlights. The LED headlights I’m considering are marked “DOT SAE” […]