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Distracted Driving

Readers Slam The Phone On This Idea

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 03.13.2013 | Canada Alberta
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It was only a contemplation but suggestions that Alberta drivers may have their cellphones taken away by police as punishment for distracted driving h...

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WATCH: B.C. Pedestrian Goes Flying

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.13.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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A shocking video, released by Abbotsford police as part of a road safety warning, shows a distracted driver who sends a pedestrian flying 50 feet in t...

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Not Even Hands-Free Protects Us From Distracted Drivers

CBC | Posted 04.30.2013 | Canada Living
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The part of the brain needed to make safe left-hand turns largely shuts off during a cellphone conversation — even if the phone is a hands-free devi...

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LOOK: Stop Looking At Your Crotch, Says The Government

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 02.21.2013 | Canada Alberta
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What if you stepped up to a urinal and the puck inside spoke and said, "I know what you're doing down there?" That exact thing is happening all ove...

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Distracted Driving Crackdown

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.13.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - Nearly one in three deaths on B.C. roads is linked to distracted driving and Mounties hope to cut the carnage by targeting violators throu...

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Driver Distracted By iPod Hits Senior

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 01.11.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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A driver who was distracted by changing music on her iPod has been charged in an accident that left a 70-year-old pedestrian with serious injuries in ...

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Should Distracted Drivers Lose Points, Too?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.19.2013 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - Alberta's police chiefs are pressing the province to hand out demerits for distracted driving tickets.Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht says...

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What Rob Ford's Signature Tells us About The Toronto Mayor

Annette Poizner | Posted 10.23.2012 | Canada Politics
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In the wake of reports that Toronto's mayor has been distracted at the wheel, only one question remains: why won't Rob Ford use a driver? One look at his signature provides the only answer that hasn't been put forward, an answer provided not by his aides who are rebuffed when they offer to take the wheel, and not by puzzled journalists who conjecture about the issue.

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Texting Motorcyclist 'Ridiculous': Cops

CP | Posted 08.16.2012 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - Alberta's distracted driving legislation has nabbed a two-wheeled texter. Edmonton police say they've charged a motorcyclist with numero...

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Eating Chicken While Steering Car With Knees.. Washed Down with A Fine

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 07.09.2012 | Canada
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OTTAWA - Don't eat when you drive — at least not from a china bowl.A 58-year-old Ottawa man is facing a $490 fine after a provincial police officer ...

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