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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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