driving
What Grinds Our Gears: Traffic tailgaters
August 2, 2024By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor I can’t think of anyone who’s a fan of being tailgated. It’s not just the passive aggression that bugs me — small following distances are dangerous and horribly inefficient. It’s common sense that following too close to the car in front of you lowers your stopping distance. You’re less likely to stop in time in an emergency if you’re tailgating a slower driver. But what you may not realize is that you’re also LITERALLY CAUSING TRAFFIC JAMS. Have you ever been sitting in a traffic jam for no apparent reason, wondering if some slowpoke at…
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Reckless and loud driver offers his tragic backstory
August 7, 2021By: Jacob Mattie, Peak Associate While crossing the street near SFU Surrey campus, a few of The Peak staff narrowly avoided being run over by a car. It was so loud that it gave enough warning to get out of…
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What grinds our gears: People recording videos of their daily drive
March 17, 2019Written by: Yasmin Khalili, SFU Student I enjoy watching Instagram stories from time to time, especially to start the day. Your morning cup of joe aesthetically placed beside the newspaper you never read? Almost cute. Birds’-eye view from your waist…
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Advocacy groups contest Canada’s new impaired driving laws
January 14, 2019Canada’s new and stricter impaired driving laws have been in effect since December 18 and have since received opposition for unfairly targeting visible minorities. The bill raises maximum penalties for impaired driving offences, disallows drivers from being at or over…
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ICBC is unfairly milking young drivers with their high insurance rates
September 24, 2018Written by: Melissa Campos, Multimedia Assistant With living expenses at an all-time high, it’s always frustrating to see necessities increase in price. The most recent candidate for this is car insurance: the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) announced last…
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Watch Dogs 2 is a much improved sequel
November 26, 2016By: Vincent Justin Mitra, Peak Associate Watch Dogs 2 is the sequel to the 2014 open world hacking game by Ubisoft Montreal. It is larger and more developed than the original, and puts players in the role of Marcus Holloway,…
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