Please take care not to be a clued out when behind the wheel. Please do your best to be continually mindful of the important task at hand, keeping your brain free from other unintentional (daydreaming) or intentional (cell phone discussion)
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Reader comments compelled me to write a follow-up to my column about the idiocy of our distracted driving laws. There were a lot. And I wouldn’t want to leave my fan base hanging! Actually, the comments were overwhelmingly negative, but
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The ignored the results of their own research that other governments presumably had not done their due diligence to canvass. They followed in the footsteps of other governments and banned only hand-held cell phone use while driving.
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Do we care about children safety in British Columbia? The good folks in P.E.I. are actively talking about and wrestling with the problem, and they’re 10 steps ahead of us with penalties!
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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.
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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.
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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
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My previous three columns might suggest otherwise, but cell phones are not the boogieman. One of my “fans” posted an online comment accusing me of being “…on a one man crusade to eradicate use…cell phone”. I would have taken that as
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If you are texting or engaged in a cell phone discussion with someone you know is driving, should you share legal accountability if there is a crash? In a recent news story, an insurance and legal expert pointed to a
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I agree with the concern that a lack of a financial “win” to correspond with the legal victory might impact on the public’s inclination to challenge laws on the basis of their constitutionality. We must be ever vigilant about ensuring
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