One thing I have to question:
Driving Ahead First at a Two-Way Stop
Here’s the scenario: you come to a two-way stop sign, intending to turn left, but you have to wait until cross traffic clears. In the meantime, someone gets to the stop sign opposite you, and will be going straight through. When traffic clears, you take off first – you got there first, right? Wrong! The vehicle going straight has the right-of-way, even if that driver arrived after you. If you’re confused by this, picture it as a red light, not a stop sign. When the light turns green, you wait for oncoming cars before you turn left. Same thing applies here.
I always thought the order of arrival is what matters. Right of way only applies when the two cars arrive at roughly the same time. Will have to look at the ICBC handbook.
Another bad habit is that I see some people driving an automatic with their hand on the gear stick in D. Like WTF? You are not shifting. I drive a stick and even then, I try not to rest my hand on the knob because it's safer with 2 hands on the steering wheel and resting your hand on the gear stick on a stick can wear the selector fork out.
Edit: looked at the ICBC handbook and the article is technically correct. However, when you make these turns, you usually have to creep forward to see better, which makes you in the intersection, and that makes it so that the other driver must yield.
If two vehicles are stopped at a two-way stop and one of the drivers wants to turn left, this driver must yield the right-of-way to the other vehicle. The only exception is if the left-turning vehicle is already in the intersection and has started to make the turn. In this case, the other vehicle must yield.
