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Vancouver Sun (VANCOUVER, B.C.) The B.C. government is shifting traffic violations out of court in a move lawyers fear strips motorists of constitutional rights. The Liberals are implementing amendments passed with no fanfare in 2012 to establish a new process…
Market Wired (OAKVILLE, ONTARIO) A new regulation, taking effect today, to extend the zero alcohol requirement for new and young drivers will help reduce impaired driving and improve road safety, says MADD Canada. Previously, drivers were required to maintain a…
Edmonton Journal (EDMONTON, ALBERTA) An Edmonton businessman who is determined to keep his own children from driving distracted has created a device that he says delays texts, phone calls, social media messages and other alerts until a vehicle is in…
Calgary Herald (CALGARY, ALBERTA) Drivers in Alberta caught texting behind the wheel, or grooming, programming a GPS or talking on a hand-held cellphone, will soon be hit with demerit points and bigger fines after a private member’s bill unanimously passed third…
CBC News (EDMONTON, ALBERTA) Renaye Wade spent two years learning to talk again. This week, the right people finally started listening. Her voice is quiet, her words halting, but her message has been clear and consistent: Alberta needs much tougher distracted…
CTV News (VANCOUVER, B.C.) Drivers who go slowly in the left lanes of highways are such a common nuisance that British Columbia is considering ways to coax them into keeping right. Todd Stone, B.C.’s Minister of Transportation, told CTV Vancouver that he…
Daily Business Buzz (ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND) …In December 2014, at the end of the trial, the city and the department were found guilty of seven counts each of violating Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations by failing to do all…
CBC News (WINNIPEG, MANITOBA) A local company is calling its school bus safety results astounding. For four months, Winnipeg-based Teknisult attached cameras to school buses in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. It found 423 violations of drivers ignoring the flashing red stop signs as…
The Globe and Mail (VANCOUVER, B.C.) Fewer young drivers are being killed in motor-vehicle crashes in B.C., but the number can still be cut further, the chair of a panel on the issue says. “Something must be going right, because…
The Globe and Mail (TORONTO, ONTARIO) When it comes to texting while driving in this country, the numbers don’t add up. A poll conducted by the Canadian Automobile Association found that 90 per cent of Canadians believe texting while driving…
Canada Safety Council (OTTAWA, ONTARIO) In the interests of public safety, the Canada Safety Council calls on Ontario Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca to introduce a zero tolerance policy for speeding. While the ministry is currently considering a reduction in…
Toronto Star (TORONTO, ONTARIO) Queen’s Park is looking at ways to curb speed limits in Ontario cities and towns, including lowering the standard from 50 km/h. In a bid to improve safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists, Transportation Minister Steven…
Global News (HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA) The Nova Scotia government is reminding motorists that it will soon increase fines for drivers who use hand-held electronic devices behind the wheel while also taking demerit points from their licences. Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan…
CBC News (WINNIPEG, MANITOBA) …with Shaw’s story (about how a 19 year old killed two rocket scientists while texting and driving) as a hook, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Matt Richtel asks why we text and drive when we know it kills….
Globe and Mail (TORONTO, ONTARIO) Distracted driving has gained attention recently with increasing concerns about the risks associated with cellphone use and other multitasking behaviours behind the wheel. And drunk driving has been on our radar for decades now. This…
Timmins Press (TIMMINS, ONTARIO) Harsher penalties and fines are on the way for those convicted of using handheld cellphones while driving. The province is looking to push through new legislation that, if passed, that would increase fines and penalties for…
AppliedArtsMagazine.com (EDMONTON, ALBERTA) With winter upon us, DDB Canada Edmonton’s latest project for Coalition for a Safer 63 and 881 is a useful reminder to be safe not only during the season, but throughout the year. The agency worked with data visualization studio FFunction to…
Canada Newswire (OTTAWA, ONTARIO) A new Road Safety Monitor (RSM) poll conducted by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) and sponsored by Beer Canada and the Toyota Canada Foundation reveals that the percentage of respondents who regard drinking and driving as a major road safety concern…
Financial Post (TORONTO, ONTARIO) Transport Canada says there are still 140,782 General Motors vehicles with a potentially deadly defect driving on Canadian roads. Despite “numerous notification efforts,” including a safety advisory from the federal government in October, 38.2% of the…
CBC News (SUDBURY, ONTARIO) A provincial police officer says proving impaired driving cases is increasingly difficult and time-consuming. “There are twelve specific steps we must prove before we can even lay a charge in impaired … and each one must…