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road reports ..................................................................257 regulatory ..................................................................234
RoadSafetyBC ..............................................................7, 8 warning ..............................................................237-238
road test vehicles ......................................................10-12 See also dangerous goods; long load; pilot car; narrow
road tests ........................................................................10 road; oversize load; railway crossing; runaway; slow
moving vehicle; weigh scale; wide load
rollers ..............................................................................99
single unit truck ............See pre-trip inspection — Class 3
rollovers ..........................................................................76
slack adjuster .........................................................187-194
roundabouts ..............................................................38-39
slippery road valve ................................................178-179
runaway lane ..................................................................23
slow moving vehicle warning sign .................................29
S smoking and alcohol ............................................121, 124
safety .................................................. See personal safety snow tires .......................................................................21
special activity bus – definition ................................4, 117
safety actuator parking brakes ..............................163-164
special vehicle ..........................................................4, 117
safety equipment ......................................................59-60
See also emergency equipment specific cargo types ..............................................102-107
speed and weight ..........................................................18
safety valve ...................................................................149
s-cam drum brake .................................................145-146 spills — dangerous goods ...........................................253
spring parking brake .............................................157-163
adjustment .........................................................185-187
trailer ..................................................................164-168
school bus
licence requirements ..................................................... 4 emergency release ....................................................179
starting and stopping ................................................16-19
operating............................................................125-127
See also signs steering methods ...........................................................37
stopping ....................................................................16-19
school, playground and crosswalk signs .............See signs
stopping power .........................................................18-19
seatbelts ..........................................See safety equipment
secondary reservoir supply line ....................................................................164
supply reservoir
dual air brake system .........................................151-152
semi-trailers dual air brake system .........................................152-153
licence requirements ..................................................... 3 T
service line .................................................See control line
T.A.C. vehicle
shifting gears ............................................................ 44–47
See Transportation Association of Canada
side loads .....................................................................101 tank loads ....................................See specific cargo types
signals ....................................................................240-241
tarps ...............................................................................99
signs
TaxiHost program .........................................................258
turn control................................................................236
taxis
parking ......................................................................236
licence requirements ..................................................... 4
reserved lane .............................................................236 following distance .......................................................28
object markers ..........................................................238
definition ...................................................................117
construction ..............................................................239
signs ..........................................................................121
lane use .....................................................................235
See also pre-trip-inspection — passenger vehicle
school buses .............................................................126
tiedown .....................................................................93-99
railway .......................................................................240 Tip Line ................................................................See ICBC
school, playground and crosswalk signs ..................235
tires and wheels ........................................................55-57
information and destination .....................................239
total stopping distance ..................................................17

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