road safety

Editorial: It’s time for Canada to increase highway speed limits

B.C. is going to let drivers go 120 km/h on some highways. The rest of Canada needs to get up to speed.

Cars vs. people

From 2014: How a few simple changes to our roads and our vehicles could bring traffic fatalities down­—to zero

Why there is no such thing as a safe teen driver

… and what parents must do before they hand over the keys

Going off-road

Going off-road: Should elderly drivers be subject to special testing?

Seniors protest a move to standardized tests that could take away their licences

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Texting while walking really is very dangerous, says new study

Texting while walking across a busy intersection is a bad idea and this fact, that we probably already knew but ignored, has been confirmed by a study published in the journal Injury Prevention.

Do the health benefits of cycling outweigh the safety risks?

A recent spate of cycling accidents in Montreal and Winnipeg begs the question

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This week: Good news, bad news

Barack Obama and Stephen Harper agree to discuss border security, while Silvio Berlusconi’s political career hangs by a thread

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Moscow’s painted ponies

Zebra stripes for a police traffic safety campaign

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Cellphone bans aren’t making the roads any safer

There’s plenty of proof that these laws won’t reduce collisions or improve driver attention