PART 3 (14 Units): Each time you find an unknown fact that seems useful, tap any surface except your screen.   Unit 301 The Motor Vehicle Act applies (and you need a driver's licence, safe vehicle, and insurance) when you are driving on a highway. BC Motor Vehicle Act Section 1: A highway includes every road, street, right-of-way, and lane that's designed for, intended for, or used by the public for the passage of vehicles. It also includes private places and passageways to which the public, for the purpose of parking or servicing vehicles, has access to or is invited.     Unit 302 R. v. Dagelman (2018): A driver who is stopped at a stop sign with the vehicle in "P" and a cell phone in their hand is "driving on a highway".     Unit 303 ICBC v. Routley (1995): A police officer was injured when his car was struck by an uninsured motorist who was driving on an abandoned railway right-of-way. Since the time when the tracks and ties had been removed, the general public (horseback riders, skiers, hikers, cyclists) had used the right-of-way; therefore, it was a highway.     Unit 304 R. v. Wong (1997): A BC ferry is a highway. Gray v. Ellis (2006): A shopping mall's parking lot is a highway.     Unit 305 Nadeau v. Okanagan Youth Association (2013): A private field used for parking during a special event is a highway during the special event. Pierre v. Miller (2010): A forest service road, even if used by the public, isn't a highway as it's considered an industrial road.     Unit 306 McDowell v. Barry (1985) A T-junction of two highways is an intersection. When a driver parks in such an intersection, obstructs vision, and presents a danger to other road users, the driver may be held liable for injury suffered by others.     Unit 307 If you want to head left on the next cross street without the risk of making a left turn at that cross street, you can drive straight through the intersection and make 3 right turns or loop right through a corner parking lot.     Unit 308 If you are driving on a quiet street when you reach a stop sign at a busy cross street, and you want to get to the other side of the busy street without the risk of driving straight across the busy street, you can turn right on the busy street, drive a block, and turn left at the next intersection.     Unit 309 BC Motor Vehicle Act Section 145: A person must not drive at so slow a speed as to impede the normal and reasonable flow of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safety or legal compliance. A peace officer may require a slow driver to increase their speed, or move their vehicle from the roadway to the nearest suitable place and not move from that place until directed to do so.     Unit 310 If a BC driver doesn't pay a Washington State speeding ticket, their licence is suspended 3 months after the ticket was issued. This can lead to criminal charges when they return to Washington ($1000 fine and up to 90 days in jail). If the driver has a Nexus card, they may lose it because driving while suspended is a criminal misdemeanor.     Unit 311 Some traffic lights are linked to sensors which use radar or video detection. Other sensors use wire loops buried in the pavement that carry an electric current. When a vehicle with enough metal mass enters the electromagnetic field near the sensor, the current flowing through the sensor fluctuates and this initiates a process that changes the traffic signal. A cyclist needs to be directly above the wire to activate the sensor.     Unit 312 BC Motor Vehicle Act Section 154: When you approach a vehicle while driving on an unlined road that's wide enough for only one vehicle in each direction, position your vehicle so the other driver is able to travel on (as nearly as possible) at least half of the main travelled portion of the highway. If the road is only wide enough for one vehicle, alternate vehicles from each direction. Ruda v. Matis (1990) Judge ruled that a curb lane with parked cars is considered part of the main travelled portion of the highway. Blomme v. Principe (1993) Judge ruled that a curb lane with parked cars is not considered part of the main travelled portion of the highway.     Unit 313 You can pass (if safe to do so) on a single, solid yellow line unless a municipal bylaw (e.g. Vancouver) prohibits it. You can cross a solid white line to enter or exit a driveway, but you can't change lanes across a solid white line.     Unit 314 You cannot drive over a raised island or a painted one. BC Motor Vehicle Act Section 143: Don't drive over a newly painted line if it's marked by a traffic control device (e.g. pylon).