A single vehicle “accident” north of Vernon on Friday night highlights the risks of drowsy driving. It was approximately 10:30 p.m. An RCMP officer monitoring traffic speed watched it happen. A Toyota pick-up truck failed…
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It is mid-afternoon on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. The roads are dry. A 56 year old man is riding his motorcycle eastbound on Highway 97 in Kelowna. His wife is his passenger. Highway 97 traffic…
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In my column two weeks ago I expressed my frustration about the “blip” of attention given to a fatal crash. On Friday afternoon, February 17, 2012, at approximately 2:30 p.m., a 62 year old pedestrian…
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I am so frustrated that I could scream. It’s late. The kids are in bed. My wife is reading a book. I’ll restrain myself. Kelowna has had another car crash fatality. Last week Thursday, a…
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I took another step this morning in a campaign I have initiated to prevent car crashes. I am cautiously optimistic that the campaign, “One crash is too many”, will have a positive impact on driver…
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I had a front row seat to witness the ugly side of insurance this past weekend. No, this isn’t another of my many rants about insurance companies. This time it’s insurance itself that is the…
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I’m gonna have to throw myself a party because the column marks my fifth anniversary as a weekly columnist with the Capital News. (Shoot me an email if want the date and time.) It has…
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The National Traffic Safety Board in the United States issued a press release on December 13, 2011, calling for an outright ban on the use of portable electronic devices by drivers. Not just a ban…
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It being so close to Christmas, my wife encouraged me to write a lighthearted column. One of her ideas was to plagiarize Francis Church’s September 21, 1897 editorial response to Virginia O’Hanlon, passionately asserting that…
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After four years without an increase, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) is applying to raise the rates each of us will pay for automobile insurance. According to ICBC, the rate increase will result…
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