West Coast Driver Training & Education Inc. has just reached a major milestone: one year of successful business operation.
Our thanks to all our students and clients who have made our first anniversary in operation possible. We look forward to many more anniversaries in future.
We have recently purchased a Mack Vision day cab tractor for teaching Class 3 Driving Lessons. See our pages on Lesson Prices – Class 3 and Our Policies – Class 3.
Our Mack tractor is equipped with a 13 speed Eaton Fuller manual transmission.
Class 3 includes:
We are currently looking for a high quality used trailer for teaching Class 1. We will start offering Class 1 lessons once we have acquired a suitable trailer.
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Here a short, but informative, video from the Ministry of Transport on dealing with emeergency vehicles in roundabouts / traffic circles:
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The BC Ministry of Transportation has put this video on YouTube featuring a sped up film (the 1960’s equivalent of dash cam video) of a drive from Duncan to Parksville, circa 1966.
Many of the locations are still readily recognizable despite the many changes over the intervening decades.
And for the younger viewers, the background sound is of a movie projector.
We will post more of these videos in future.
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For our readers interested in automotive history, here is a 1940’s promotional film for Dodge trucks:
In June 2017, the following video of a Road Rage incident on a California highway went viral.
Unfortunately in many cases of Road Rage shown online, the aftermath rarely appears. In this particular case, the motorcycle rider was later arrested and charged but the arrest went largely unnoticed.
Here is a video of the California Highway Patrol discussing the subsequent investigation and the charges laid against the motorcycle rider as a result of the incident:
And just FYI, here is video on Road Rage which appeared on ABC News in 2014:
Try not to succumb to Road Rage. It doesn’t end well!
This short video from the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety (IIHS) explains many of the risk factors for newly licensed young drivers and the reasons for the restrictions placed on Class 7 L and Class 7 N licenses by ICBC:
For those wanting Class 7 driving lessons our prices are listed here.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has put out a series of videos about the victims of Distracted Driving.
We have posted some in the past. Here are some more:
Put your phone and other devices away when you are driving!
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Two Texas men have died in Louisiana while apparently trying to replicate a movie stunt: jumping a draw bridge in a car.
Please do not try to follow their example. These things may appear to work in movies but the laws of physics cannot be suspended in the real world! Attempting to do these car maneuvers you may have seen in movies is not going to end well.
Here is the news report from Louisiana:
Here’s a map showing the location of the Black Bayou Bridge,
Here are views of the approach to the Black Bayou Bridge from both sides:
Trying to jump this drawbridge (or any drawbridge) in a car is not going to end well, as these two Texas men have demonstrated.
Don’t follow their example!
Here are some other reports on this story:
