Customers can buy an Accord for as little as $25,090 for the LX sedan, to $38,290 for the EX-L V6 coupe (before options). There are two 2.4-litre inline-4 cylinder engines to choose from, that produce 177- and 190-horsepower respectively, as well as a 3.5-litre i-VTEC V6 engine. The V6 produces a generous 268-horsepower, which is the most ever for an Accord.

Estimated fuel economy ratings for the 4-cylinder engines is 9.4 L/100 km. city and 6.4 L/100 km. highway (manual transmission). The V6 has an estimated rating of 11.0 L/100 km. and 6.7 L/100 km., city and highway, respectively.

The eighth generation Accord features several new technologies as well as new design philosophies, such as it’s ‘premium quality with a spacious design’ idea, which is intended to provide equal seating comfort for front and rear passengers.

The EX-L Coupe with V6 engine features larger 18” aluminum alloy wheels, chrome door handles, front fog lights, dual exhaust finishers and rear lip spoiler.

Every 2008 Accord includes driver’s and front passenger’s dual-chamber side airbags with a passenger-side Occupant Position Detection System, side curtain airbags, and dual-stage, dual-threshold driver’s and front passenger’s airbags. Other standard safety features include Vehicle Stability Assist and four-wheel-disc anti-lock brake system with brake assist and electronic brake distribution.

			Transmission
Model	Trim	Engine	Manual	Automatic
Accord Sedan	LX	177-hp 4-cylinder	$25,090	$26,290
	EX	190-hp 4-cylinder	$27,490	$28,690
	EX-L	190-hp 4-cylinder	$29,890	$31,090
	EX-L Navi	190-hp 4-cylinder	$32,690	$33,890
	EX V6	268-hp V6	N/A	$31,690
	EX-L V6	268-hp V6	N/A	$34,990
	EX-L V6 Navi	268-hp V6	N/A	$37,790
Accord Coupe	EX	190-hp 4-cylinder	$27,990	$29,190
	EX-L	190-hp 4-cylinder	$30,390	$31,590
	EX-L Navi	190-hp 4-cylinder	$33,190	$34,390
	EX-L V6	268-hp V6	$35,490	$35,490
	EX-L V6 Navi	268-hp V6	$38,290	$38,290

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Police Towings Spark Row in Modified Car Scene

07:00 PM

2007-09-20 13:02:32

A series of police operations in downtown Montreal have sparked outrage in the modified (tuning) car scene.

Over the last few months police have towed many vehicles after having stopped them at locations downtown, most of them MontrealRacing.com members. According to witnesses the police will set up at a particular location (often near the west end of downtown) and wait for vehicles that appear to be modified to drive by. Once they have been stopped an officer inspects the car for the most common illegal modifications such as aftermarket mufflers, window tints that are too dark and colored head lamps or side lamps.

If the vehicle is deemed to have violated any of the modification guidelines published by the SAAQ (click here to view the document), the officer seizes the vehicle on the spot and sends it to the impound lot at the owner’s expense. Costs related to get a vehicle out of the pound are $40 per day plus the cost of towing which is around $100 to the pound. You then need to pay several more hundred to be towed from the pound to a SAAQ certified garage for inspection because they will not allow you to drive it off the lot.

Vehicle owners that have had their cars towed as a result of these incidents are claiming that their vehicles conform to the SAAQ guidelines and that the police are abusing their powers.

One of these people is Chris McIntosh who drives a 2000 Jetta VR6.

“It’s getting ridiculous now. They cracked down a few years ago when there were no real laws for modified cars. Enough people got angry that the SAAQ published this guideline for modified car owners. I think a lot of people are fine with respecting that but now it seems that the cops are not respecting it. Since when can you tow a car for being too low? The SAAQ says that a cop can send you to inspection, not tow you. They are not mechanics. That is why we have SAAQ certified garages for this sort of thing.”

McIntosh was forced to pay $160 to get his car out of the pound, another $300 for the towing and received $437 in fines for an illegal exhaust and wheels that were too large for the car according to what the ticket said. Two other vehicles – a Honda Civic SIR and a Volkswagen Golf were also towed at the same time as McIntosh in an incident that took place on Crescent Street on July 21.

Junior, another MontrealRacing.com member, had his Chevy Blazer seized and towed September 8 on Rene Levesque at the corner of Fort just as he was about to enter the access ramp to highway 720. The Blazer has only a lowered suspension but he did not receive a ticket indicating an infraction.

Most recently Katay, the organizer of one of the largest car shows in Quebec - Car Fever, got his Subaru STI seized at the corner of Peel and St-Catherine on Sept 19. Katay’s STI is modified with wheels and a lowered suspension however it appears to conform to the SAAQ guidelines from the photos we’ve taken of it.

In every incident it is a police officer by the name of Bégin who is present and conducting the inspection. McIntosh says, M. Begin is knowledgeable on the subject but also very vindictive, meaning that the matter is not open for debate. If he doesn’t like your vehicle it will be towed.

According to the Code de la Sécurité Routière, an officer has a right to stop any vehicle for inspection if there is reason to believe the vehicle might be in violation of the law. What is unclear is on what grounds a vehicle can be towed. Our legal experts here on MontrealRacing.com were unable to come up with an explanation as to why so many vehicles are being towed. There is no dispute that an officer can have a car towed under exceptional circumstances such as drunk driving but now it appears that M. Bégin and his superiors are applying this to modified vehicles in violation of the CSR. Until now the general consensus was that if a vehicle has an illegal modification the driver would be ticketed and/or sent to inspection so that a qualified mechanic could determine if the vehicle is safe for the road.

Ironically, many car enthusiasts applaud the police for cracking down on annoying loud exhausts, silly colored lights and other tacky & annoying modifications. Unfortunately even tasteful and safe aftermarket parts are becoming the target. If this is the case, modified vehicle owners should take great care to either make sure their vehicle conforms to the letter of the law and if not then to stay away from the downtown area for the time being.

Update 9/21/2007: In an effort to help the community and to find out what exactly the nature of M. Begin’s operation is, we contacted the MUC Police and requested an interview with him and his superiors. Our inquiry was returned within hours and friendly officer at the department of media relations for the MUC Police told us that the request was being passed on to the Directeur de la Sécurité Routière and that we’d be contacted by him in the near future.

We received a call back shortly afterwards by M. André Côté who is the Police Officer responsible for all issues relating to modified vehicles in Montreal. You may have seen him at one of the local car shows driving the Police modified Honda Civic SIR. M. Côté is the best possible person we could be working with. He is very knowledgeable and understanding of the tuning industry. We will be attempting to set up a meeting between us and M. Bégin next week. The goal of this meeting will be to verify their legal interpretation of the towing incidents under the CSR and to find out exactly what the scope of the whole operation is.

If an understanding cannot be reached where towing isn’t the best possible course of action then the next goal of the meeting would be to find out exactly what renders a vehicle in violation of the law and to pass this information on to the community so that everyone can make sure their vehicle is legal.

Please stay tuned for the next update which will be on Monday Sept 24th.

Update 9/24/2007: We spoke to M. Côté this morning and are still trying to schedule a meeting with M. Bégin but have not been able to get in contact with him yet. We should get an answer by the end of the week.

Update 10/01/2007: Unfortunately we still do not have any news to report. It seems that the parties involved are not too keen on the idea of a meeting however we are going to persist until we get some answers.

Update 10/09/2007: The meeting is now scheduled for Wednesday Oct 10th at 10am. Some people were on vacation which was the reason for the delay. Expect a full report of the meeting to be posted late Wednesday or early Thursday morning only.

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Nous voulons des voitures coupé-sport

07:00 PM

2007-04-01 12:59:04

You wonder sometimes about car manufacturers. Occasionally vehicles are released that just make one stop and say “what are they thinking?” Cars like the Cadillac Cimmaron and Pontiac Aztec are perfect examples of total failure at the corporate level. Sometimes the car companies do not make actual blunders but still leave you wondering what’s going on behind the scenes. Sports car enthusiasts often seem to get the short end of the stick and are left shaking their heads.

For years BMW had a virtual monopoly on the luxury sport coupe segment with the 3-series. Their coupes are well made, sporty and just plain good looking. Then in 2004, Nissan shocked the industry with the release of the beautiful Nissan 350Z and Infiniti G35 coupe. The duo stole the heart of just about every car enthusiast I know. Often I’ve heard people say that (supercars aside) the G35 coupe is the most beautiful car on the road today. I have to say I’d be hard pressed to disagree with that statement. Nissan hit the nail on the head and gave us enthusiasts exactly what we wanted: unbelievable value in a modestly-priced luxury sports car. BMW had little reason to be worried though as their clients stand by the BMW brand like no other but for those who didn’t have their heart set yet, the new duo provided a nice alternative.

The 350Z and G35 coupe reinvigorated Nissan to a certain level of status it hadn’t known since the original Z. I’d have expected a few of the other manufacturers to follow suit but sadly those expectations have not been met. There have been many rumours of a Lexus IS coupe and even some fancy photoshops but where the heck is it? Acura has no plans to bring back the CL luxury coupe that it discontinued in 2003. Mercedes has the C230 Sport coupe but I’d have a hard time classifying it as a sports car. The message conveyed to the auto industry should have been that we want more vehicles like the 350Z and G35 coupe. Why aren’t they listening??

Why did a vehicle like the Acura CL fail when obviously there was a huge demand for this class of car? In my opinion, a sport coupe should be smaller and sleeker. The CL reminded me of a 2nd generation TL minus the rear doors coupled with a bubbly rear end. If I’m buying a coupe, practically isn’t the first thing on my mind. Curiously though the Accord coupe does fairly well and it seems as big and bulky as the CL was. Perhaps the market for entry level coupes differs somewhat form luxury sport coupes but Honda could benefit from following Nissan’s lead in this segment. Since you shouldn’t mess with success, keeping the Accord coupe around its probably wise but the more gutsy move of bringing back the Prelude and CL with newer sleeker designs to compete with the 350Z and G35 would be quite popular among enthusiasts.

As I mentioned before, we are still waiting for an IS coupe to make an appearance. The current IS is sexy enough that it would probably be considered by many would-be coupe buyers except for the fact that Lexus seems to have a love for automatic transmissions. The only model available with a manual transmission is the IS250 RWD. That means that if you want AWD you’re out of luck. If you want an engine that can actually give other cars in the segment a run for their money you are also out of luck. Thank you Lexus for overlooking the enthusiast crowd, most of whom driving an automatic or “tiptronic” vehicle just doesn’t cut it. If BMW can offer a manual AWD vehicle then Lexus can as well. Until then, scratch them off the list of real performance contenders.

GM’s Cadillac CTS-V is also a potential competitor here. Available in 2.8L and 3.6L V6s or the 6L V8 (CTS-V), it offers a descent choice of engines and unlike the Lexus a manual transmission is available on all models. Unfortunately for enthusiasts though, the CTS-V (the one we really want) starts at $71,000. That is roughly $20,000 more than a BMW 335! GM needs to do a little better on that price but other than the CTS is an option to consider.

For now it seems the Germans still have the edge in luxury performance. Hopefully in a few years we’ll start to see a real push from other manufacturers to compete in this prestigious segment.

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Hybrid Cars

07:00 PM

2007-03-01 12:59:03

It has been almost twenty years since the Environment has been as important in the minds of North Americans as it is today. For many months now we’ve seen consistent and numerous news headlines regarding global warming. I think this is a good thing as it seems the planet is finally taking the subject seriously. I consider myself an environmentally conscious person and I always make the extra effort to recycle and conserve energy as much as possible. I just attended “Less Talk, More Action” the climate change conference that was held in downtown Montreal with speakers including Al Gore and David Suzuki and I fully support what they are trying to accomplish.

We hear of automakers are releasing more and more Hybrid models to accommodate the increasing demand to go green. I called a local Toyota dealership the other day and asked them how long the waiting list is for a Prius Hybrid. To my surprise the salesman told me about a week. I then called Honda to find out how long it would take to get a Civic Hybrid. Again, to my surprise, the wait was no more than two weeks.

So if these are all good things then why am I consistently frustrated after reading articles on Hybrid cars? While it may seem like the time of the Hybrid car is here I’m afraid I’m going to have to take exception to that argument.

I’m presently shopping for a late model vehicle as a second car and I’d absolutely love to get a Hybrid. I need something primarily get to car shows with the MontrealRacing.com kiosk stuffed in the back. A wagon or SUV would get the job done so what options do I have? I’m sorry to say not very many. At the time of this writing, a search on Hebdo found one Lexus RX400h for $53,000 and several Toyota Highlander Hybrids ranging from $35,000 to $55,000. Not exactly the best selection, especially since I was never crazy about the Highlander so let’s alter the search criteria. In fact, let’s get rid of the criteria altogether and assume I want to buy a new vehicle and I don’t care how much it costs. What can I get?

How about a BMW? No. Volkswagen? No. Mazda? Nothing. Chrysler? Same. Nissan must have a hybrid. Nope. In fact, the only automakers offering Hybrid vehicles in their showrooms at the moment are Honda (Civic, Accord), Toyota/Lexus (Prius, Camry, Highlander, GS450h, Rx400h) and Ford (Escape).

What about GM with the Saturn Vue Green Line and those Hybrid pickups? These vehicles managed to get hybrid classification but I cannot in good conscience call them hybrids. They are more like half-hybrids or hybrid wannabes. Their electric motors cannot drive the car like in a real hybrid. They only serve to shut off the motor when you are not pressing on the gas. The emissions are only reduced because less gas is consumed. How much less gas? The Silverado 4WD gets 14.3/11.3 L/100km. The non hybrid gets 17.0/13.1 L/100km. Yes, you read it correctly, a whopping savings of 2.7L/100km for city driving. That is truly pathetic when compared to the competition.

North America’s first Hybrid, the Honda Insight, was introduced way back in 1999 (production stopped last year.) In all fairness to GM I should point out that the Insight is also a half-hybrid but its 1L motor gets the best fuel economy out of any hybrid even today. I would have thought that other manufacturers would have been able to keep a similar pace but that has not been the case. GM attributes the delay to pursuing hydrogen technology first because it thought hybrids would only be a stepping stone toward the zero-emission hydrogen vehicles. Mercedes and VW are bringing more fuel efficient diesel powered cars to our shores as their answer to the green craze. The whole process is painstakingly slow. I don’t want to seem like a conspiracy nut or anything but I do suspect meddling from the oil industry. As long as there is gas to be refined I don’t think we will be seeing any viable alternatives that truly become mainstream. Hopefully I will be proved wrong.

With a selection of only eight Hybrid models being sold at thousands more than their non hybrid counterparts, it feels like we are being penalized for wanting to go green. When hybrids are being sold cheaper than regular cars and the pre-owned market has an ample supply of them, then I might say there is no reason not to own one and frown upon someone who opted for a gasoline model instead. Blame the manufacturers for dragging their feet on fuel efficiency.

On a side note, you may have read reports on former US Vice President Al Gore’s energy consumption at his Tennessee mansion. Gore’s home consumes more energy in a month then the average American household does in a year. The report was conveniently made public the day after Gore received an Oscar for his global warming documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”. Obviously the right wing neoconservatives do not like Gore’s recent surge in popularity. One can logically assume that the bigger the household, the more energy it will likely consume. Do they expect Gore (who came 527 votes away from being the leader of the free world) to move to a $150,000 condo? I sure don’t. Gore offsets his consumption by donating to a company which uses the money to invest in alternative energy anyways.

Gore’s carbon footprint is irrelevant to me. The benefits of his efforts of convincing the world of the impending doom far outweigh any cuts to his own carbon footprint might yield. In the end, the necessary changes to save the environment can only come from big business, not the individual consumer. This doesn’t mean being environmentally conscious is useless. Using your influence as a green consumer is what will force the economy in the right direction but it does mean that no matter how much we try to be individually, the problem won’t go away until our economy is based on non polluting industries.

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How to begin modifying your vehicle

07:00 PM

2007-01-01 12:48:02

I often get emails from newcomers to the car scene who wish to start modifying their car. They ask very basic questions such as “How do I modify my car?” and “Is there a school or something I can go to for the tuning world?” To a person who has been modifying their car for years these questions might seem a bit silly but I’m sure many of us have wanted to start a new hobby and asked equally silly questions.

Before I say anything else I’d like to voice my dissatisfaction of the word “tuning”. Unfortunately this word has become mainstream to describe the aftermarket industry (probably due to the lack of viable alternatives.) The word stems from tuning an engine which means tweaking it to extract the best possible performance. Somehow it has been morphed to encompass non engine modifications such as tinted windows, fancy headlights and stickers but that is incorrect and it will always be incorrect. If you want to make yourself sound really inexperienced in the modified car scene then by all means use the word tuning. Otherwise, try to find alternatives such as “aftermarket” or “modified”. The other word that should never be used under any circumstance is “P-Flow” (unless of course you actually have a real Neuspeed P-Flow). P-Flow is the name Neuspeed gave to its line of performance air intake systems. Unless you paid the bucks for Neuspeed’s system you have an air intake and not a P-Flow.

Not that that’s out of the way we can discuss a little bit about how to start modifying your vehicle. People modify their rides to make them perform better, look better or simply to differentiate them from other vehicles. Because this is done according to a person’s taste people may argue there is no right or wrong. I’m going to put my foot down and squash that argument right now. There is definitely a right and a wrong if you want to command any sort of respect from anyone who knows anything in the aftermarket industry.

This is not to say any of the methods I mentioned above are wrong. Some people care the most about looks, others modify only for performance and some it’s a bit of both. There can be a lot of hating between the groups that hang out at the track trying to shave that extra .1 sec of the ¼ mile and the groups that just want a good looking car to cruise down the strip with. Whatever your flavor, try to be respectful that everyone has their own taste and like to do different things with their cars.

I have put together a few pointers on how to get started no matter what your goal is. You’ll thank me later on if you follow these tips. Let’s say you just bought a new car and its bone stock. Where do you start?

Suspension is what you want to modify first on your car. Without question it should come before any other esthetic and engine modifications. From a performance standpoint, going fast without improved handling is silly and dangerous. From a looks standpoint, having a car done up with a body kit, wheels, paintjob and spoiler that sites at stock height is simply ridiculous. Lowering the car a few inches may not give you that “wow” look from your friends right away but other modified car owners will always notice a lowered car and more importantly, they will notice its being done properly.

If your goal is performance, or better yet, to build a sleeper then you’ll probably want to start working on the motor. A sleeper is a vehicle that looks stock but is much faster than stock. It can be very amusing to see a Civic CX that looks like it was driven to the track by your grandmother blow the doors off a Corvette or some other fast car. Keep in mind however that the faster you make your car, the more important it is to have good brakes. For the safety of your self and others, make the necessary investment.

If your goal is looks, then the next thing after suspension should be wheels. Have you ever seen a car with the exterior all done up to the max, slammed to the ground with stock mages and hubcaps? It looks terrible so don’t do it. Be careful, however, because if you’ve lowered your car you have less clearance for larger wheels & tires. There is no real list of what fits and what doesn’t because there is simply too much variation in sizes. What you need to do is ask on an internet discussion forum what will fit. If this site can’t get you the answer, there are web sites for every single car make and model out there where you can ask real owners what they have and what fit.

After these two first steps are complete, you are ready to proceed in whichever area you please. Everyone has different tastes in what looks good and what doesn’t and if you like your car that is what matters most. However that being said, its very easy for newcomers to make their car look funny by modifying anything and everything just for the sake of having changed something. Stay away from this mentality because your car can end up looking tacky (or “riced” out) very quickly. If this concerns you then try to stay away from modifications like altezza taillights, re-badging your car to something it isn’t and neon lights, all of which are commonly ridiculed by enthusiasts.

One thing you’ll learn quickly is that modifying a car is very costly. It can get even more costly when you need to replace parts three or four times because you keep buying the cheap brand. Do yourself a favor and buy quality parts. OEM (original equipment manufacturer) parts that come from the automakers themselves are generally the best quality because they spent big amounts on R&D so buy them when you can. An OEM skirt kit will fit your vehicle perfectly compared to a less expensive fiberglass one that will need to be modified and cut even though it was made for your car. The only downside is that there usually isn’t a huge selection of OEM aftermarket parts and chances are other people have bought them too.

These are some very basic things to get you started modifying your car. Before any purchase you should always research as much as you can on what you are buying. With so much info at your fingertips it’s easy to learn quickly get into the scene in a responsible, respected and safe way.

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Sloppy Driving has become a way of life

07:00 PM

2006-12-01 12:39:03

It’s possible you may be reading this article and discovering this issue for the first time. It’s also entirely possible that you are as frustrated as many people are and pray that something can be done about it. What problem are we talking about? The never ending saga of people who don’t obey the simple rules of the road.

Sloppy driving is most evident and most annoying on the highways. The worst part about it is that a majority of people are utterly clueless when they get behind the wheel of an automobile. It would be logical to assume that we are witnessing the result of a generation of baby boomers who were able to obtain driver’s licenses after passing a simple written test that contained questions such as what the meaning of a red traffic light is. On the other hand, I know many young people who drive equally as sloppy so this is definitely a problem that touches all age groups.

What can be done about sloppy driving? Not a heck of a lot apart from sending every citizen with a driver’s license back to school and having police be much more vigilant in handing out tickets for the smaller infractions. Europeans take driving much more seriously than North Americans. It’s much more difficult to obtain a driving permit over there and rightly so. Driving a car is a big responsibility and unless a person can demonstrate a real understanding of how to operate a vehicle safely and with confidence, they should not be behind the wheel. Here is a list of some sloppy driving habits that you can witness every single on the road.

Driving in the passing lane. Probably the most irritating form of sloppy driving is a person who drives in the left (passing) lane on the highway and who’s speed is less than or equal to vehicles in the center lane. On three lane highways, new drivers are taught in school that the right lane is for slow moving traffic, the center lane is for normal circulation and the left lane is for passing. In Europe, drivers are taught to use the right-most available lane for circulation which is a more efficient way of traffic circulation. If Europeans need to pass, they use the center lane and if the center lane is full, only then would they use the left lane. At all times, the driver should be looking for an opportunity to switch lanes to the right in an effort not to hold up faster moving traffic.

In North America, such discipline is non existent. Many drivers find the earliest opportunity to shift to the left lane and stay there. Faster traffic is then held up behind a single slow moving vehicle which leads to tailgating (highly illegal and dangerous), high-beaming (illegal) or passing on the right (also illegal) and might be accompanied by an obscene gesture (illegal). It has become so bad that sometimes, the left and center lanes will be jammed with cars and the right lane completely void of traffic. The worst part about it is that the driver who was blocking the passing lane is unaware of the trouble and danger they cause and will probably complain to a friend later on that day about how crazy people drive on the autoroutes.

Not using your turn signal. Nothing says “I’m an arrogant driver” then not signaling your intention to turn or change lanes. In addition to the portrayal of arrogance, the practice is also dangerous and illegal. A turn signal needs to be used without fail at all times without exception even if you are the only car in the vicinity. Drivers often forget that pedestrians, cyclists and other non vehicular traffic also share the road. Not signaling your intention could have dire consequences for a cyclist who assumed you were not turning because you didn’t signal and proceeded to cross into the intersection only to find out too late that you were just a sloppy driver.

Merging & yielding. This one might be a bit more serious than the previous two and falls under the category of incompetent, rather than sloppy driving. A driver who is incapable of merging into traffic poses a huge risk to everyone around them. How many times have you been behind a vehicle attempting to merge onto the highway when suddenly they panic and hit the brake, causing you to do the same. The two of you could then be stuck in a position where you must join traffic traveling 100km/h while accelerating from a crawl. How many times have you had to wait behind a vehicle attempting to merge when a merge isn’t even necessary because they have their own lane available and are not aware of their surroundings?

Merging is not that difficult. All it takes is a little practice and some confidence in your driving ability to be able to merge with little effort. The most important thing you need to remember to do is accelerate to the speed of the traffic you are attempting to merge into. If you are going too slow, your window of opportunity is much smaller. In addition you will force vehicles to your rear to slow down to avert rear-ending you once you get on.

If you are traveling the correct speed (with your turn signal on of course), all that is required is a single quick glance over your left shoulder to check the position of the vehicles that are approaching. You should be able to determine quite quickly the speed and intention of the vehicles on the highway and place your car between them. You may not think so but other drivers are aware of your intention to merge and will let you in, provided you are going the correct speed. What you shouldn’t be doing under any circumstance is hunching your entire body forward over the steering wheel in an attempt to try and look through your side mirror. Adjusting your side mirrors outwards to cover your blind spots instead of the side of your vehicle is a much more efficient use of them.

Obey markings on the road. There are lines painted on the road for a reason. Often it seems like drivers are either oblivious or just don’t care. They shoot across double solid lines in tunnels or come to a stop with half their vehicle in front of the stop line at an intersection blocking pedestrian traffic. Make an effort to obey these markings.

If there was a real push by police to ticket drivers for some of these smaller infractions, we might see a dramatic improvement in traffic flow on the roads. Until that happens, we can all do our best to drive respectfully and courteously. It’s in all of our best interests.

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