Perceptions and behaviours of cannabis-impaired drivers: 2024 results from CAA’s annual cannabis-impaired driving survey of Ontario and Manitoba drivers
CARSP Webinar Series
Date/Time
Date(s) - December 11, 2024
12:00 pm EST - 1:00 pm EST
Since 2019, CAA has conducted a survey of over 1,500 Ontario licensed drivers with access to a vehicle through DIG Insights to measure perceptions and behaviours around cannabis-impaired driving following federal legalization in 2018. Starting in 2023, Manitoba was added to the survey and included a sample of over 500 Manitoba drivers. This presentation will showcase the 2024 results and highlight the increased trends in substance use among drivers, as well as alarming trends among those who drive after consuming cannabis. In addition, CAA will share insights into why drivers perceive alcohol-impaired driving as more dangerous than cannabis-impaired driving, as well as what led them to drive after consuming cannabis. Finally, the presentation will mention CAA’s past and current impaired driving prevention efforts.
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Speaker
Teresa Di Felice
Teresa is the Assistant Vice-President of Government & Community Relations for the CAA Club Group of companies (CCG). CAA Club Group is Canada’s largest CAA club that includes the not-for-profit membership association and for-profit entities.
Teresa joined CAA in 2005 and leads teams in Ontario and Manitoba. She is responsible for the overall direction and execution of the organization’s advocacy strategies and programs. She also oversees CCG’s corporate charity contributions programs.
Teresa has over 25 years of hands-on experience in government, advocacy, and public affairs. Her breadth of knowledge on infrastructure, transportation, and road safety, has contributed to the development and execution of sound public policy and the advancement of CAA’s key advocacy programs.
Teresa sits on a variety of committees and task forces, and in her personal time she is a volunteer board member with Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving (OSAID), a registered charity offering impaired and distracted road safety, peer-led programs in high schools.