The evidence keeps on stacking up….when will we ban cell use while driving – PERIOD??
Car voice commands ‘more dangerous’ than cellphone
Read More →Cell phone use while driving has to stop – hand held or hands free
Check out this article about an important new study of the impact of hands free cell use on the brain. Quoting from the article: The part of the brain needed to make safe left-hand turns largely shuts off during a
Read More →RCMP cracking down on distracted driving
“RCMP show tough love in February” is a Castanet story about the RCMP cracking down on distracted driving, citing preliminary statistics from 2012 that “30 per cent of motor vehicle deaths, and 37 per cent of serious injuries involved distracted driving”.
Read More →National Day of Remembrance Remembered
Thank you for attending our commemoration event on November 21, 2012 – Canada’s fifth annual National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims. REMEMBRANCE…Paul Hergott, a Capital News columnist and advocate for safer driving habits, led the National Day of
Read More →Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
Friends, Today is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Upwards of 4,000 die and 100s of thousands are injured EVERY DAY on our planet’s roads. Wednesday, November 21, 2012, is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance for Road
Read More →Hergott dreaming if he thinks the Mrs. will comply
I must admit my shock at Mr. Hergott’s choice of subject matter in his latest column. See excerpt: “Have you ever heard of road head?… I, for one, resolve that if I am ever presented with an offer, I will
Read More →Update: Cyclist runs into SUV
Paul’s August 11, 2011 column Cyclists deserve more respect from motorists criticized a news report depicting that a cyclist was being reckless before hit by an SUV. The motorist has since been determined 100% responsible – as predicted in Hergott’s
Read More →Cyclist Response: Kathleen Slater Editorial
Editorial by Kathleen Slater: Cyclist offers appreciation for Paul Hergott's defence when he criticized news reports for blaming the victim, Kathleen Slater, instead of the irresponsible drivers
Read More →PRESS RELEASE
Friends, In my newspaper column of August 25, 2011, I wrote about the state of wrongful death law in British Columbia and invited friends of Stewart Tuningley, a Westbank Lions Club member killed recently while volunteering his time in an
Read More →Legal Beagle has plenty on his plate in addition to the law
In 2009, Lori Welbourne of Kelowna Capital News wrote an article depicting much of what Paul Hergott does, aside from handling personal injury cases. Check out what she had to say in the link below! Legal Beagle has
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