The word "accident", and it’s connotation of unaccountable inevitability, is getting in the way of taking important steps to fix an ongoing, and growing, road safety disaster.
Society has been learning about how the use of certain words and phrases, loaded with baggage, might perpetuate systemic harms. My pet irritation is with the use of the word "accident" when referring to road traffic incidents.
The problem with waivers comes when the language of waivers goes further, requiring your agreement not to pursue your legal rights if someone else’s negligence causes you injury.
A healthy sense of vulnerability can make our roads safer. An unhealthy level of anxiety can adversely impact a victim’s life, and can ironically make our roads more dangerous. It’s commonly known as “Driving Anxiety.”
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Despite the government's own research that there's no difference between hands-free and hand-held device use, it must have been seen to be too politically dangerous to force British Columbia voters to leave their phones completely alone when behind the wheel.
Don’t let ICBC tell you, or anyone you care about, that your injuries “should have resolved by now” had it not been for your pre-existing vulnerabilities, and that they are not responsible for the ongoing aftermath of their insured’s negligence.
Rather than blaming cyclists and pedestrians for failing to take more care for their own safety, we need to be considering what more we can do to take more care for their safety.
If you were the innocent victim of another driver’s negligence, ICBC will have to reimburse every dollar of reasonably incurred expense as part of your claim even if you leave them alone on the dance floor and don’t provide them with a single doctor’s note.
Does your ICBC policy give you an iron clad guarantee of insurance protection? No. There are ways you can forfeit that protection, leaving you to face the same crippling financial consequences as if your vehicle had not been insured at all.
Insurance works like the lottery. Not purchasing insurance is like not buying a lottery ticket.
We need to hear the loud and clear message that keeping our brains on the task at hand is the key. That we must avoid behaviours that actively distract our brains. And that we must actively work to keep the focus where it belongs.
