Tag: distracted driving
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Is the Problem Excessive Speed or Distracted Driving?
In the relatively short time that my family has lived in Coquitlam there have been serious motor vehicle collisions at the corner of Como Lake Ave and Gatensbury that have resulted in cars or trucks landing in the front yard of homes on each of the four corners of the intersection. The most recent collision…
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Enforcement of Distracted Driving Laws
Earlier this week I had lunch at Raw Cuts, my favourite little sandwich shop on the Burnaby-New West border. While sitting in the shop and enjoying my lunch I watched the RCMP on the Burnaby side of 10th Ave pulling in drivers who dared to look at their mobile devices while they sat stopped at the…
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Is Distracted Driving a Distraction?
Everything you hear on the radio, the TV and the print media is about how distracted driving is the leading cause of vehicle accidents, injuries and motor vehicle related death. There are police officers stationed at many intersections around Metro Vancouver looking for people who have the temerity to be holding a phone or other…