What does the law say about your duty to animals on the road?
How heartless would you have to be, not to avoid driving over a duck waddling across a road?
Read More →It’s yours, not the ice’s fault!
Brand new winter tires are installed, I have anti-lock brakes, I pay taxes for road maintenance services and never exceed the posted speed limit. Who is at fault if I hit a patch of ice and slide into another vehicle?
Read More →Face some consequences!
“The driver who rear-ended my car should have to arrange child care for my kids when I have to go for my treatments, and should have to sit in the waiting room with me”. A friend of mine is feeling
Read More →Sidewalks are stop signs
I love playing devil’s advocate. Challenging perceptions is fun for me. With road safety issues I get the bonus of doing my small bit to make our roads safer. I recently challenged perceptions about rights of way between drivers and
Read More →Accidents happen? Not on the roads, they don’t
Each of us has been, or very likely will be, touched personally by a crash: a family member or close friend killed; ourselves or someone close to us suffering life altering injuries; learning of tragedy suffered by someone we don’t
Read More →Increased fines – an impotent, political move
As of June 1st, a first offence will cost you $543.00. It’s the provincial government’s latest road safety initiative. They’re jacking up the financial consequences of being caught using an electronic device behind the wheel. Will it make a difference?
Read More →Icy truth about crashes: Bad drivers, not winter road conditions, are to blame
“Icy roads cause two fatal accidents”; “Icy roads cause head-on crash”; “Icy roads cause crashes”; “Slick road conditions cause multiple accidents”. We see headlines like these over and over again during our Canadian winters. Each time I see one, I
Read More →Attentive driving takes work
I back out of my driveway every morning at about 5:15 a.m. Traffic on that quiet street at that time of the morning is rare. This morning, as my back bumper is meeting the curb, a little red car comes
Read More →Accountability – Driver’s must have
“…I wonder how many drivers that injure someone in an accident follow up to understand how the injury may have effected that person. I’m left with an impression that ICBC keeps the person responsible out of that part of the
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