Because
of the oddball effect, one of these 10-second video clips seems
shorter than the others.
CLIP
> 10 seconds from 01:00 to 01:10
CLIP
> 10 seconds from 11:12 to 11:22
CLIP
> 10 seconds from 00:15 to 00:25
CLIP
> 10 seconds from 01:11 to 01:21
Unit 102
The
2040 exercise at the bottom of this page will be easy for some,
difficult for others, and impossible for the man in this video.
CLIP
> 15 seconds from 00:08 to 00:23
Unit 103
Some
police forces use high resolution cameras with low light capabilities
and ultra-long range lenses to catch distracted drivers from more
than 1 km away. These cameras can be operated by remote control.
CLIP
> 10 seconds from 0:01 to 0:11
Unit 104
According
to Transport Canada, distracted driving contributed to an estimated
25% of serious injury collisions in 2021.
People,
organizations, and countries base some of their most important decisions
on statistics and organized data; however, there are ways this information
can mislead and manipulate.
CLIP
> 2 min 44
sec from 0:06 to 2:50
CLIP
> 1 min 33 sec from 0:06 to 1:39
Unit 105
R. v. Morris
(1994): A driver charged with speeding was in the left lane when
a speeding vehicle approached from behind. She used the "Defense
of Necessity" to justify why she exceeded the speed limit to
pass the vehicles on her right so she could change lanes and get
out of the way of the vehicle behind her.
To use the
"Defense of Necessity", you must prove three things:
1) There
was an imminent peril or danger.
2) There
was no reasonable legal alternative to the illegal course of action
you took.
3) The harm
(if any) you inflicted was proportional to the harm you avoided.
Unit 106
R. v. Sangha
(2020): The driver was seen holding a cell phone in his hand on
his thigh after picking it up from the floor after a sudden stop.
The driver said he had to pick it up due to safety concerns; however,
the "Defence of Necessity" does not apply in this case.
R. v. Jahani
(2017): Police saw Jahani holding his phone while stopped at a red
light. Jahani explained he was plugging in the phone to charge it.
The court
upheld Jahani’s conviction and said charging a phone is ‘using’
one of its functions because even momentarily engaging with a device’s
functions while driving can be considered ‘use’ under
Section 214.2(1) of the BC Motor Vehicle Act.
Unit 107
If
you are rear-ended while turning left at a place that is not an
intersection, you are partially liable for the crash.
BC
Motor Vehicle Act Section 166: Do not turn left at a place that
is not an intersection (a private driveway or a lane that's less
than 5 m wide) unless you can turn safely without impeding
traffic.
Unit 108
Some
cities have bylaws requiring pedestrians to move, whenever practicable,
on the right half of crosswalks.
CLIP
> 25 seconds from 01:13 to 01:38
Unit 109
R.
v. Skull (2013): Judge ruled that the crown doesn't need to prove
that a hand-held cell phone is capable of transmitting or receiving.
Grzelak
v. BC (2019): The driver had earbuds in his ears and a dead phone
in the dashboard's cubbyhole; therefore, the driver was holding
part of an electronic device (the earbuds) in a position (in his
ears) in which it could be used and it's irrelevant that the battery
was dead.
Unit 110
A fundamental
legal principle in most of the world is expressed as follows in
Section 19 of the Criminal Code of Canada: "Ignorance
of the law by a person who commits an offence is not an excuse for
committing that offence."
