Since this article was published by the Cowichan Valley Citizen and reprinted in many other Black Press newspapers in BC, West Coast Driver Training has received messages of support from all over the province. We thanks all those who have called us to express their support for the position we are taking on the use of dash cameras in our cars.
West Coast Driver Training uses Garmin 56 dash cams (photo: West Coast Driver Training)
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Over the last several months West Coast Driver Training has experienced a number of incidents of dangerous driving by other drivers around our teaching cars during lessons, several incidents of pedestrians running out into the road in front of our cars during lessons and several Road Rage incidents directed towards our clients during lessons.
We experienced another Road rage incident today from another driver who was apparently upset about one of our Class 7 clients doing the legally required 30 kph through a clearly marked 30 kph school zone in Duncan.
School Zone sign (Advisory) with regulatory sign attached for posted 30 km/h speed limit. Note that this sign contains hours the School Zones is in effect, in this case 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on School Days (photo by WestCoastDriverTraining.com)
As in previous Road Road incidents we contacted the RCMP to report the incident and the first question the RCMP asked us was whether we had dash camera video of the incident. Unfortunately we did not.
West Coast Driver Training uses Garmin 56 dash cameras (photo: West Coast Driver Training)
In light of these incidents and for the protection of our clients, Instructors and vehicles, West Coast Driver Training will have operating outward facing dash cameras installed, front and rear, in our training vehicles during all future driving lessons. These cameras record both video and audio.
In order to accommodate these requests West Coast Driver Training will be now offering Class 4 Restricted, Class 5 and Class 7 lessons in Victoria every Saturday. We also welcome new clients from the Greater Victoria area.
For our Victoria clients and our Cowichan Valley clients wanting driving lessons in Victoria, we suggest meeting at the ICBC Driver Licensing office at #1-1150 MacKenzie Avenue or the ICBC Claims Centre at 425 Dunedin Street. These are the ICBC Road Test locations in Greater Victoria.
School District 64 on Salt Spring Island is hiring school bus drivers on a part time casual basis and will provide training for prospective drivers who do not already have a Class 2 Drivers License and an Air Brakes Endorsement.
West Coast Driver Training will be providing the Air Brakes Course and Class 2 training for these new school bus drivers hired by School District 64.
In response to frequent requests from clients, West Coast Driver Training now offers a three hour Malahat lesson which involves driving over the Malahat from Duncan to Victoria, lesson time in downtown Victoria and then returning to Duncan from Victoria via the Malahat.
The cost is for this 3 hour lesson is $220.00 plus GST, currently $231.00.
To arrange a Malahat lesson, you can Contact Us by phone/text at (250)732-8093 by email at mark@WestCoastDriverTraining.com. or through the dialog box at the bottom of this post.
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West Coast Driver Training will be offering an Air Brakes Course in Duncan on:
26-27 June 2021, 9 am to 5 pm, at the H.W. Wallace Cremation and Burial Centre, 5285 Polkey Road, Duncan, B.C. Cost is $175.00 + GST = $183.75 / person. Maximum 10 people due to COVID restrictions.
West Coast Driver Training has recently added a new 2021 Toyota Corolla Hybrid to out training fleet. It has had the corporate decals applied and the Instructor Brake installed on the passenger side and is now available for clients.
West Coast Driver Training has a new YouTube channel and a new 2021 Toyota Corolla Hybrid that will become our latest teaching car.
It seems appropriate to make our new 2021 Toyota Corolla the topic of the first video on the new YouTube channel
Look for more videos about our new 2021 Toyota Corolla Hybrid as it gets its decals and signage, its new passenger side Instructor Brake installed and its Commercial Vehicle Inspection done.
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