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Test intersection IQ

THE INSURANCE Corporation
and local police have teamed up
to offer the following quiz as part
of their annual ‘‘Fools Rush In”
campaign.

If you’d like a chance at win-
ning the draw for one of 20
“Fools Rush In’? ceramic coffee
mugs, send your name, address
and phone number to Intersection
1Q, North Shore News, 1139
Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver,
V7M 2H4,

If you score nine or 10 in the
following, no one can fool you

about intersection safety. Seven or-

eight, you rushed your education
a bit.

Under seven? Remember that:

fools and their money are soon
parted by traffic tickets.

1, Can you receive a ticket for
entering an intersection on a green
light? (Yes/No) .-

2. At city speed (50 km/h), .a

f safe following distance-is 28
. Metres. Other drivers sometimes:

squeeze their car in between yours

and the one in front. On busy

Streets you may find yourself fol-
lowing more :closely than

desirable.. What can you do to.
help avoid a collision? :

(a) Reduce your speed.

(o)Avoid distracting yourself
with conversation, radio con-
trols, cigarette lights, etc.

(c) While driving through con-"
gested areas, take your foot.

off tthe: accelerator and: put it
‘over.the brake. -
(d) All of the above.

3. You have been pulled over by’. .
' @ police |‘ officer’ for - going"...
through a red light. You ‘ex-*) |

plain that you -were unable. to

see tae light because the large ©

truck in front of: you was
blocking your line of vision.

The police officer will proba-  .

bly:

(2) Accept. your explanation and. |

send you on your way.

(b) tssue you a ticket for runn- .

ing the red light or charge you

with the’ more. serious charge _

és careless driving.
4.-7. You are on 2 six-lane road

(three lanes in each direction),
making a left turn at’ an in-'

tersection. As you turn, you
are struck by an oncoming

vehicle. Who, if anyone, geis a.

ticket? That depends. .

In the following scenarios
(questions 4 to 7), select your
answer from the options
below:

{a) You.

(b) Both drivers.

(c) The other driver.

(d). Neither driver.

4. The light turned yellow and
two lanes stopped, so you
turned and got hit by the car
in the third lane. =~

5. Oncoming traffic was backed
up through the intersection. A
large truck was in the middle
lane. You couldn’! see around
the truck, but the driver waved
you through.

6. You could see all three lanes

and ali approaching cars were
far enough away for you to
safely complete your turn. You
were almost through your turn
when a pedestrian ran across
the side street and you had to
stop. The car in the curb lane
struck you.

7. You saw the car in the curb

lane that kit you. You thought .

you could turn safely, but the
driver of the other car was
Speeding.

8. You are travelling at 50
km/h. When you are about
five car lengths (25 metres)
from an intersection a car

suddenly turns left in front of
you. Can you stop in time?
(Yes/No)

9. At which of the following in-
tersections should you always
yield: the right-of-way to the |
driver on the right?

(a) A T-junction with no stop
signs or lights _

(b) A -centrolled intersection
where the traffic lights are not
working. -

(c) A courtesy corner.

(d) All of the above.

10. About .a third of ‘all. in--
tersection collisions are “Tear-

enders."’ You have just ‘rear-
“ended another. vehicle at an in-
tersection. In which of. the fol-
Jowing: situations : would - you
probabiy zo! receive a ticket? ©.”

(@) The driver. in - front: of, yo
unexpectedly slammed on_his~
or her brakes.” for: ‘a--yello'

-() Even though. the’ driver in:

front of you had.the. right. of .
: way on’ a green light; he. stop
ped’ suddenly. to avoid. an .on-
- coming left-turning vehicle... -
(c}) The vehicle in” the lane’

_ beside yours quickly turned in-..

to your lane directly in front.-

* -of you and stopped suddenly:.

(d) You are the last vehicle in a:
multiple chain-reaction type: of
rear-end crash. ;

that was _filveady lawfull
the - intersection wh

“ ‘light turned green:

2. (d). © : :
3.@)." Being: unable: to see a:
‘trafric light because’ it’.
obscured by a large: truck or
sunlight: glare.is not.a zeason-

m able excuse. You should follow.

large vehicles at a distance and
. drive at'a speed that will allow
you to see all traffic signs’ and

‘> lights, :
“4, a). ‘The driver: of: the:

turning vehicle must  yield:-to
each lane he’or she crosses. In
this question, |. you .were-either
unsure or, you assumed _ that
. the third lane was Clear, 0} that”
the oncoming ° * vehicle
stop. - ve

5..(a). ‘As in question 4, ”

- 6..(b).. You turned: in. front of

call three janes * with. enough
time to safely complete. the
turn. The oncoming driver:

- when. they ‘first saw you -in
their lane, could have stopped
safely. but they assumed” you ©
would be gone. by. the’ time
they crossed your path.: : Your
unexpected stop left them no:
time to stop.

7. (c). Another driver's incor-
rect action (e.g., speeding
through a yellow light) does
not relieve you of the Tespon-.
sibility to yield.

8. No. It. takes 27 metres to
Stop at 50 km/h.

9. (d). Section 175 of the Motor
Vehicle .1ct deals with ‘‘un-
controitcd intersections.”? {a),
{b) and (c) would all be con-
sidered uncontrolled intersec-
tions. In each situation, you
would have to yield to the-
vehicle on the right.

10. (c). in all but (c) you had to
have been following too close-
ly,

Note: The above answers are.
based upon a police officer’s
assessment of whom to ticket.
Your insured's decision as to
whe is at fault in a motor
vehicle crash may be a very
different decision. .

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