Saturday, August 1, 2020


Parking Distances, B.C. municipalutie


No parking in front or within the following distances in the following municipalities (measured from the widest point of a driveway).


* Vancouver?
1.5m from public or private driveway/lane

* Burnaby?
10ft (3m) from the near side of the driveway or lane (when driving on the right hand side of the road, distance when parking BEFORE the driveway, or lane/alley),
and 5ft (1.5m) from the far side of the driveway or lane (when driving on the right hand side of the road, distance when parking AFTER the driveway, or lane/alley)

* Richmond?
1.5m from public or private driveway/lane

* City of North Vancouver?
3m from driveway or lane

* District of North Vancouver?
3m from a lane; 2m from a driveway

* New Westminster?
1.5 from a driveway (including alleys)

* Surrey?
1.5m from a driveway, or lane way entrance

* Delta?
2m from public or private driveway

* Coquitlam?
2m from a driveway; 3m from an alley

* Port Coquitlam?
1m from any non-commercial private or public driveway;
5m from any multifamily dwelling, commercial, industrial, or institutional driveway or lane

* Port Moody?
1.5m from a lane; no specific distance distance from a (private) driveway, ticketed only, if OBSTRUCTING an entry or exit to/from a (private) driveway

* Langley?
2m from any alley or driveway

* White Rock?
1m from a public or private driveway

* Maple Ridge?
3m from public or private driveway

* Abbotsford?
1.5m from public or private driveway



INFO updated 2018.JUN.08.
$15 for the first person to make us aware of an update needed.
We don't have the time to be constantly following all municipalities in their actions as we are primarily a driving school, and not an internet portal with various data to look-up. This page (meaning this topic of distances) contains a result of our own research and collecting information, that included reading the by-laws available on the municipalities websites, and if unsure, contacting the municipalities by phone. We were trying to make all this info easy accessible as we are residents of the Lower Mainland, driving in the Lower Mainland / Greater Vancouver, so everything related to driving is interesting to us, not just our own small backyard. We will be on top of the new information as much as possible, however, we know that changes could happen very quickly in the municipalities, yet the official news may not get to us in time for some reason. We realize it is a possibility, and we don't have a person hired especially to keep an eye and an ear open to this 24/7. Thanks. 



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The following info is from the ICBC driving manual Learn to drive smart.

Parking tips and rules

Park where it’s safe and legal. Signs, curb markings and common sense will tell you if you are allowed to park. You should park where you are not blocking traffic and where others can clearly see you. If you park where you shouldn’t, you could be a hazard to others, you could be fined or your vehicle could be towed. It’s illegal to park: 

• on a sidewalk or boulevard 

• across the entrance to any driveway, back lane or intersection 

• within five metres of a fire hydrant (measured from the point at the curb beside the hydrant) 

• within six metres of a crosswalk or intersection 

• within six metres of a stop sign or traffic light 

• within 15 metres of the nearest rail of a railway crossing 

• in a bicycle lane 

• on a bridge or in a highway tunnel 

• where your vehicle obstructs the visibility of a traffic sign 

• where a traffic sign prohibits parking, or where the curb is painted yellow or red 

• in a space for people with disabilities unless you display a disabled person parking permit in your windshield and your vehicle is carrying a person with a disability. 



Park parallel to and within 30 centimetres (one foot) of the curb. 



If you’re parked on a hill, turn the wheels to keep your vehicle from rolling into traffic. Turn the wheels: 

• to the right when uphill without a curb or downhill with or without a curb 

• to the left when uphill with a curb. Set the parking brake and leave the vehicle in gear: 

• leave an automatic transmission in “park” gear 

• with a standard transmission, place the vehicle in “reverse” if facing downhill, and “first” gear if facing uphill or if on a level surface.

Friday, July 31, 2020

"Pay attention. Train." A public service ad.


(PSA released on July 18th 2020)










                                
               (video & photo art by creators of Topas.ca)

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

"Is it a good time?" A public service ad.



U-turns 









From ICBC Drive Smart book.

U-turns are illegal:

  • if they interfere with other traffic
  • on a curve
  • on or near the crest of a hill, where you cannot be seen by other traffic within 150 meters
  • where a sign prohibits U-turns
  • at an intersection where there is a traffic light
  • in a business district, except at an intersection where there is no traffic light
  • where a municipal by-law prohibits making a U-turn
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Vancouver, B.C.

City of Vancouver, Street & Traffic Bylaw 2849.

Section 38. LIMITATIONS ON "U" OR REVERSE TURNING.

(1) No driver of any vehicle shall turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction:

(a) On any through street.

(b) Within an intersection at any corner of which a "Stop" sign has been placed, or where a traffic-control signal has been installed.

(c) At any other intersection unless such movement can be made in safety, without backing, and without interfering with other traffic.

(d) On any street between intersecting streets.

(e) At any lane intersection.

(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the driver of any bus at a terminus of any route, or at any other location approved by the Council, but such driver in making any "U" turn shall first ascertain whether such movement can be made in safety.


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 * Picture: Surrey (BC), u-turns sometimes permitted on the advance green left turn arrow.