Tag: road safety

Get Home Safe

May 4, 2023
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Few people, when getting into their car to drive to work, wonder whether the trip might not go as planned; we get into the car and we go. But the recent once-in-a-millenium flooding in South Florida made it clear that even short drives can suddenly go awry. In the recent flooding, some drivers ran out…

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Silent ‘Life and Death’ Risk Lurking in Electric Cars

February 17, 2023
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Crossing the street in an age of electric vehicles has added risk. The new transport technology is clean, powerful and quiet – so quiet pedestrians may not hear it at low speeds. And that is what concerns Blind Citizens Australia president Fiona Woods, who says the near-silent vehicles will put all pedestrians at risk but…

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156,000 Ontario Drivers Recently Drove High on Edibles, CAA Estimates

December 2, 2022
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An estimated 156,000 drivers in Ontario have admitted to having recently driven high on a cannabis edible, according to a survey conducted by the Canadian Automobile Association of South Central Ontario (CAA SCO). The survey said there over the past few years there has been a 10 percent increase in the number of cannabis-impaired drivers who…

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South Australian Ad Campaign Asks Elderly Drivers to Consider Staying off the Road

February 27, 2022
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A new advertising campaign is underway in South Australia to encourage elderly road users to question whether they are still fit to drive after statistics have shown they are over-represented in serious injuries and lives lost on the state’s roads. The mass media campaign, developed by the South Australian Police (SAPOL) Media Road Safety Unit,…

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