Road Safety Videos – West Coast Driver Training & Education

1960 Video On Hydroplaning

Mark Anderson — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 01:49:04 +0000

I came across this 1960 video on hydroplaning (a.k.a aquaplaning). The video nearly 60 years old but it still covers the major issues drivers need to know about hydroplaning.

Here is a 1963 NASA video on hydroplaning in aircraft:

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A Video On Young Drivers’ Risk Factors From The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety

Mark Anderson — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 17:31:05 +0000

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:

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Video: Some Good Tips For New Truck Drivers

Mark Anderson — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:11:34 +0000

Smart Trucking is a YouTube channel we like. It is run by an experienced owner operator who has always some useful things to say.

Here is a Smart Trucking video on “Sure Fire Ways For Truckers To Avoid Stupid Accidents”:

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Video: 5 Things Truck Drivers Should Never Do – 4 Of Which Apply To All Drivers

Mark Anderson — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:15:10 +0000

Smart Trucking is a YouTube channel I like and subscribe to. It is run by a Canadian truck driver named Dave, who regularly posts new videos to his Smart Trucking YouTube channel.

Here is a video Dave posted on Smart Trucking in May 2018 on Five Things Truck Drivers Should Never Do. Four of these five “Things” apply to all drivers. If you’re not a truck driver you will never encounter Number 3: Don’t Let Your Reefer Fuel Run Out.

For my Class 7 students, pay particular attention to what Dave says about Texting And Driving (3:20-3:30), Don’t Drive Too Fast For Conditions (6:40-6:50) and Don’t Drive When You Are Tired (6:50-8:10).

Just FYI, when Dave is talking about an “E.L.D.” in the Don’t Drive When You Are Tired segment, he is referring to an Electronic Logging Device, which measures the amount of time a truck drivers spends driving, resting etc.

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Highways England Space Invaders Campaign Against Tailgating

Mark Anderson — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 02:26:33 +0000

Here are some videos from a 2018 Highways England campaign against Following Too Close (Tailgating). It’s called Space Invaders:

The current Highway England campaign seems to have been taken from an original 1982 Space Invader campaign:

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