Driving alone in both familiar and unfamiliar circumstances can be an intimidating experience, but drivers can take steps to reduce the stress, starting with basic preparation. Be confident about the route you have chosen. Where do you… Read More…

  Long, hotter summers with little precipitation make it doubly important to review the best way to drive in the rain. Changing the windshield wipers at least twice a year on electric vehicles is a good idea. Most professional drivers… Read More…

          The modern urban “village” format is a means of having main-street traffic uninterrupted by natural through-traffic streets. Lower Cook Street Village, in Victoria, is the best example of this safety-minded street grid. Intersecting streets are… Read More…

    Common sense seems all too uncommon in our traffic system. There are situations that should be easily understood, but appear to be a mystery to people using various means of transportation. Pedestrians are the most vulnerable of all… Read More…

        Some of the best drivers on our roads demonstrate many consistent behaviours. Assessments of both individual and corporate clients yield many of the same safe driving habits. Here are some of them. Lane choice, on the… Read More…

    It’s that time of year again. Students are returning to regularly scheduled classes, much to the delight of many parents. The collective sigh of parental relief can be sensed in most every neighbourhood. Traffic signs in the shape… Read More…

      Traffic engineers do very good work. They are expert at moving all types of traffic from one place to another, if unencumbered by outside forces. A left turn onto a one-way street, at a solid red traffic… Read More…

    Qualifying to rent a vehicle in Britain has been a hassle for many people from Canada. The problem stems from the manual-shift designation request from British authorities. Readers of this column have been waiting for an answer to… Read More…

      Last week’s column, “Victoria’s war on the car,” yielded a significant response from readers. Fritz reminded me of the Ontario practice of traffic light altering. On his trip into work in Toronto in the early evening, he… Read More…

    Once upon a time in a land close by, there was a war on the car. This seemingly co-ordinated plot involved a stalemate of the traffic-light system on a provincial highway: From the government seat of power all… Read More…