Driving

TORONTO — Blasting the heat with a remote sensor before you even get into your vehicle on a brisk winter morning is a welcome convenience. So are the comforts of lane assistance, voice command, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

Most bad driving is caused by three things: distraction, impatience, and laziness. Developing good driving practices and making them a habit eliminates most of these problems.

Smartphone mapping systems, or SatNav found in any new vehicle these days, is truly a miracle of the digital era — until it isn’t.

It’s no surprise that since cannabis laws have been relaxed in Canada, there’s more drug impairment on our roads.

There’s some more work to do when it comes to kids and bicycle safety

Population increases are putting more and more cars on the roads and increasing driver frustration.

According to surveys, nearly one-quarter of drivers have witnessed either a collision or a near miss involving a child in or near a school zone. Given the amount of traffic passing through some of our school zones, that’s a worry.

UBC researchers have proposed a gradual introduction of self-driving vehicles on city streets.

If the B.C. Wildfire Service is saying “Don’t go there,” then don’t go there. No vacation, or even that great short cut route, is worth your life or the lives of your passengers.

Decals are a pain in the rear, though they created another small piece of vehicle owner accountability