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42 — Friday, May 2, 1997 — Nerth Shore News

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of yellow lines. White lines
are used as lane edge mark-
ings and they generally keep
us in place as we motor down
the road. Solid and broken
lines of either colour are used
to govern our ability to over-

am take (generalized as “pass”)

other vehicles.

The point is, there is
nothing wrong with turning
across a solid yellow line or
two. There is, however,
something wrong (some-
times) with what section 168
of the mighty Motor Vehicle
Act refers to as “turning left
other. than in an intersec-
tion,” which is what directly
applied to fill.

“A driver of a vehicle shall
not turn the vehicle...” reads
the Act, “...unless... (s)he has
ascertained that the move-
ment can be made in safety,
having regard to the nature,
condition and use of the
highway (MVA-speak for
“road”) and the traffic which
actually is at the time or
might reasonably be expected
to be on the (roadway).”

‘Cae As if that wasn’t enough,

Section 158 lawfully suspends
any and all
sotid/broken/combination

SPEED IS
EILLINIGs US.

north shore aews

2 AUTO
ean sireets live up to name

line crossing laws by reiterat-
ing that if one crosses in
order to leave or enter a road
ane must da so “with safery
and without unreasonably
affecting the travel of another
vehicle.”

ic.” She ascertained
thar diere were no vehicles
approgching her from
behind. Effectively half of the
approaching traffic courte-
ously gave her the right of
way —- remember the waving
fellow that had no where to
go anywa

And Jill nat only reasun-
ably expected Ms. B to be on
the road, she saw her and
stopped for her. JilPs only
flaw was meeting up with Ms.
B who apparently thought a
corner of a bumper in her
lane was “unreasonable.~

Ms. B's ability to reason is
also covered in the Act.
Section 149(b) mentions that
a person should not drive
“without reasonable consid-
eration for other persons
using the (road).”

Tt should be noted that
Ms. B began complaining
about “feeling woozy” after
the low speed cash (whoops,

I mean crash) and that her

Road

Sense

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“neck was feeling a little
sore.” Good grief. Jill feels
fine. Well, frustrated but
uninjured.

To add insult to uninjury,
Jill's ICBC adjuster has
pegged Jill 100% ar fault. Jill
might reluctanily take half of
the blame (her bumper was
in Ms. B s lane, after all) but,

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much, can‘t she?
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