Reduce the risks of harm
Awareness of a danger empowers you to make choices to eliminate, or at least significantly reduce, risk of harm. Consider an obscured cliff edge on a hiking trail. If a warning sign makes you aware…
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Awareness of a danger empowers you to make choices to eliminate, or at least significantly reduce, risk of harm. Consider an obscured cliff edge on a hiking trail. If a warning sign makes you aware…
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How is it any different from talking to a passenger? Predictable as a ticking clock, I face that question every time I share the science that hands free and hand held cell phone are identically…
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Seventy-one year old Randi Kramer made headlines last week after being ticketed for distracted driving. The unlawful conduct? Her plugged in cell phone was sitting in a cup holder in the center console of her…
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School zone speed restrictions are back. But they shouldn’t be necessary. And they fail to communicate an important safety message. They shouldn’t be necessary because other laws require us to slow to a safe speed…
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Two readers added to the list of safe driving behaviours I had offered last week. These are behaviours, like looking at mirror blind spots behind your vehicle before reversing, that you can get away without…
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Most of the time we can get away following traffic signs and signals and what we see out of our windshield and mirrors. The more we get away with it, the less value we see…
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I believe that something good can come from the deepest of tragedies. Prepare your heart if you choose to read further. Though, the greater the shock to your heart, the more likely it will trigger…
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This week I discuss legal implications of injuries caused by e-scooter use. Studies I shared last week indicate that serious injuries are sustained in approximately one of every 5,000 e-scooter uses. And about one in…
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My wife, watching two young girls scoot around the dolphin fountain in Kelowna, texts me: “Column topic – those e-scooters look dangerous as hell. Going faster than a bike – no helmet and way more…
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Is the return of photo radar really a pot bellied government plan to fleece drivers? Will it do anything for road safety? I say we have a chance to make a dramatic difference, but not…
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