Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
While driving with family and children in the car and while heading to the golf course to meet a friend a car runs a red light and does not even look to the left before turning. The man does not even brake. In this situation it would have been very damaging to him and hia vehicle if we did not hit the brakes and were not paying attention. @burnabyrcmp
Concerned that this driver does not follow the rules of the road and is either going to hit a pedestrian one day and or cause an accident that ends in lethality. @burnabyrcmp
BC licence plate NC288P
Middle age male driver may need driving lessons and a ticket.
Red Light Law
129 (1)Subject to subsection (2), when a red light alone is exhibited at an intersection by a traffic control signal, the driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection and facing the red light must cause it to stop before entering the marked crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there is no marked crosswalk, before entering the intersection, and subject to the provisions of subsection (3), must not cause the vehicle to proceed until a traffic control signal instructs the driver that the driver is permitted to do so.
(2)The driver of a bus approaching an intersection and facing a red light and a prescribed white rectangular indicator may cause the bus to proceed through the intersection.
(3)Despite subsection (1), and except when a right turn permitted by this subsection is prohibited by a sign at an intersection, the driver of a vehicle facing the red light, and which in obedience to it is stopped as closely as practicable to a marked crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there is no marked crosswalk, as closely as practicable to the intersection, may cause the vehicle to make a right turn, but the driver must yield the right of way to all pedestrians and vehicles lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at the intersection.
(4)When a red light alone is exhibited at an intersection by a traffic control signal,
(a)a pedestrian facing the red light must not enter the roadway unless instructed that the pedestrian may do so by a pedestrian traffic control signal,
(b)except when a left turn permitted by this paragraph is prohibited by a sign at the intersection, the driver of a vehicle facing the red light at the intersection of not more than 2 highways, and which in obedience to it is stopped as closely as practicable to a marked crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there is no marked crosswalk, as closely as practicable to the intersection, may cause the vehicle to make a left turn into a highway on which traffic is restricted to the direction in which the driver causes the vehicle to turn, but the driver must yield the right of way to all pedestrians and vehicles lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at the intersection, and
(c)a pedestrian proceeding across the roadway and facing the red light exhibited after the pedestrian entered the roadway
(i)must proceed to the sidewalk as quickly as possible, and
(ii)has the right of way for that purpose over all vehicles.
(5)When a red light is exhibited at a place other than an intersection by a traffic control signal,
(a)the driver of a vehicle approaching the signal must cause it to stop before entering the nearest marked crosswalk in the vicinity of the signal, or if there is no marked crosswalk, before reaching the signal, and
(b)a pedestrian may proceed across the roadway.
Reference:
bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96318_05#section129
While driving with family and children in the car and while heading to the golf course to meet a friend a car runs a red light and does not even look to the left before turning. The man does not even brake. In this situation it would have been very damaging to him and hia vehicle if we did not hit the brakes and were not paying attention. @burnabyrcmp
Concerned that this driver does not follow the rules of the road and is either going to hit a pedestrian one day and or cause an accident that ends in lethality. @burnabyrcmp
BC licence plate NC288P
Middle age male driver may need driving lessons and a ticket.
Red Light Law
129 (1)Subject to subsection (2), when a red light alone is exhibited at an intersection by a traffic control signal, the driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection and facing the red light must cause it to stop before entering the marked crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there is no marked crosswalk, before entering the intersection, and subject to the provisions of subsection (3), must not cause the vehicle to proceed until a traffic control signal instructs the driver that the driver is permitted to do so.
(2)The driver of a bus approaching an intersection and facing a red light and a prescribed white rectangular indicator may cause the bus to proceed through the intersection.
(3)Despite subsection (1), and except when a right turn permitted by this subsection is prohibited by a sign at an intersection, the driver of a vehicle facing the red light, and which in obedience to it is stopped as closely as practicable to a marked crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there is no marked crosswalk, as closely as practicable to the intersection, may cause the vehicle to make a right turn, but the driver must yield the right of way to all pedestrians and vehicles lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at the intersection.
(4)When a red light alone is exhibited at an intersection by a traffic control signal,
(a)a pedestrian facing the red light must not enter the roadway unless instructed that the pedestrian may do so by a pedestrian traffic control signal,
(b)except when a left turn permitted by this paragraph is prohibited by a sign at the intersection, the driver of a vehicle facing the red light at the intersection of not more than 2 highways, and which in obedience to it is stopped as closely as practicable to a marked crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there is no marked crosswalk, as closely as practicable to the intersection, may cause the vehicle to make a left turn into a highway on which traffic is restricted to the direction in which the driver causes the vehicle to turn, but the driver must yield the right of way to all pedestrians and vehicles lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at the intersection, and
(c)a pedestrian proceeding across the roadway and facing the red light exhibited after the pedestrian entered the roadway
(i)must proceed to the sidewalk as quickly as possible, and
(ii)has the right of way for that purpose over all vehicles.
(5)When a red light is exhibited at a place other than an intersection by a traffic control signal,
(a)the driver of a vehicle approaching the signal must cause it to stop before entering the nearest marked crosswalk in the vicinity of the signal, or if there is no marked crosswalk, before reaching the signal, and
(b)a pedestrian may proceed across the roadway.
Reference:
bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96318_05#section129
