by XPolice | Dec 5, 2019 | National, News
Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) and Canada Safety Council (CSC) have teamed up for a new social media-led campaign timed to coincide with Distracted Driving Week, which runs until Dec. 7. The campaign focuses on two key distracted driving behaviours:...
by XPolice | Dec 4, 2019 | Halton Region, News
Driver could lose his licence for a month A 33-year-old man is facing littering and distracted driving charges as well as a 30-day driver’s licence suspension after an incident with a Halton Regional Police officer at an Oakville intersection. The incident...
by XPolice | Dec 3, 2019 | Burlington & Area, News
A 57-year-old man is facing his 10th charge of distracted driving after being pulled over for driving with a cellphone to his ear Monday morning. The man was stopped on the Fort Erie-bound QEW outside Hamilton shortly before 10 a.m. Const. Kevin Westhead, who made the...
by XPolice | Nov 23, 2019 | News
On National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims (Wednesday), a retired Ontario Provincial Police officer Mark Andrews says he’s witnessed too many avoidable fatal car crashes due to distracted driving. “I’ve spent way too many hours standing in the middle...
by XPolice | Nov 15, 2019 | News, Toronto & Area
WATCH ABOVE: When Vision Zero launched in 2017, it was supposed to eliminate road fatalities by 2021. Falling short of its targets, Toronto city council is set to launch a revamped version. But as Matthew Bingley reports, its critics say it doesn’t go far...