DRIVING TIPS
Surviving a motor vehicle crash changes you. It’s not just the physical recovery, though that alone can be grueling. It’s the emotional weight, the mental toll, and the shift in perspective that stays with you long after the crash scene is cleared. For many, the trauma doesn’t end at impact. And for families who lose loved ones in fatal crashes, the road to healing is long, uncertain, and deeply personal. That’s why we believe that road safety and emotional support must go hand in hand.
By sharing vital information, offering resources, and fostering community engagement, we strive to raise awareness about the importance of safe driving, and supporting individuals impacted by road trauma.
Winter Driving Tip: Why You Should Always Keep the Gas Topped Up
Winter weather is hitting many parts of the United States with unusually low temperatures and snow, creating road conditions that drivers are not always prepared for. Unlike Canada, where freezing temperatures and heavy snow are common and people plan accordingly,...
Driving Safely as We Age: Knowing When to Hang Up the Keys
For many older adults, driving is more than just transportation. It is independence, freedom, and control over daily life. But as we age, natural changes in vision, reaction time, memory, and physical ability can increase risks on the road. With the right strategies,...
Winter Road Closures: Stay Off Closed Roads and Stay in Your Vehicle
Winter storms can quickly turn safe roads into hazardous ones. Heavy snow can cover lanes in minutes, freezing rain creates sheets of ice, and strong winds cause drifting snow and whiteout conditions. When visibility drops or traction is lost, even slow speeds can...
Essential Tips for Winter Behind the Wheel
Driving in the winter can be challenging and even terrifying especially for anyone who has survived a motor vehicle crash. Heavy snowfall reduces visibility, roads become slippery, and even the most attentive drivers can feel tested. The key to staying safe is...
Fall Into Road Safety With These Key Driving Tips
As summer fades and the leaves begin to turn, fall brings cooler temperatures, beautiful scenery and new challenges for drivers. Autumn brings its own unique set of road hazards, from slippery leaves to earlier nightfall. From wet leaves to early sunsets, autumn...
Surviving a Horrific Crash: Why Every Choice Behind the Wheel Matters
Surviving a horrific motor vehicle crash—those words are heavy. Surviving means you lived through something that easily could have ended your life. Horrific means it was the kind of moment that rips through your memory like sirens in the dark—something you never...
Back to School Road Safety and Post-Crash Recovery
Back to School Road Safety Tips: Keeping Everyone Safe This Season As summer starts to wind down and the school year starts to kick off, families everywhere will be adjusting to new routines, packed schedules, and the increased traffic that comes with drop-offs,...
Getting Back in the Driver’s Seat After Being Injured in a Motor Vehicle Crash
Being involved in a motor vehicle crash can be a life-changing experience — physically, mentally, and emotionally. While healing your body is one part of the recovery journey, regaining the confidence to get back behind the wheel can be an entirely different...
Two Sides of the Same Road: Safety and Support After a Crash
Road safety is crucial. As a survivor of a horrific motor vehicle crash, I’ve experienced firsthand the emotional trauma, physical pain, feelings of loss, financial struggles, insurance denials, constant medical appointments and the life-changing impact a...
Preventing Crashes, Protecting Yourself and Managing Recovery
As a crash survivor, I’ve learned firsthand how crucial road safety is. One moment can change everything, and being cautious behind the wheel can make all the difference. Preventing crashes, protecting yourself, and knowing how to recover if you are injured can make...
An Open Letter to Every Driver on the Road
Dear Fellow Driver, As we navigate our daily lives, most of us spend countless hours behind the wheel, making our way from one place to another. Whether it's to drive to work, school, the grocery store, or a weekend getaway, we all share the same roads, the same...
Stay Safe in a Snowstorm: What to Do if You Are Involved in a Crash
If you are ever involved in a motor vehicle crash during a snowstorm, knowing what to do can be the difference between staying safe and putting yourself at further risk. Recently, a young man was seriously hurt when he was struck by a pickup truck and pinned into a...
Pledge To Drive Safely and Make a Difference
At the Crash Support Network, we are committed and dedicated to supporting individuals who have been affected by motor vehicle crashes. We personally understand the devastating impact that these incidents can have on victims and their families. That’s why we...
How Speeding Leads to Avoidable Accidents
The Need for Speed: How Speeding Leads to Avoidable Accidents In the hustle and bustle of our fast-paced lives, we often find ourselves rushing from one place to another. Whether it's commuting to work, running errands, or embarking on a road trip, the temptation to...
What Happens if Your Uber Gets Into a Crash?
In the event that your Uber driver gets into a collision while transporting you to your destination, their coverage extends to you as well.
Driving in the Real World – Traffic Safety Advocate Making a Difference
Driving in the Real World: What the Motorist Handbooks Don’t Tell You People often ask me how I became a traffic safety advocate, and it’s an unlikely story. I’ve adored cars since I was a child, when I dreamed of becoming an automotive designer. Like many...
Driver Rehabilitation Can Be Beneficial After a Crash
Driver Rehabilitation can be beneficial to many drivers with medical conditions especially if you are recovering from serious injuries sustained in a car accident. There may be psychological as well as physical barriers to recovery, and how a person copes or deals...
Travelling While Recovering
Travelling while recovering from a motor vehicle crash can be difficult but it is possible. For those of us who are recovering from a collision, we are aware of the conflicting emotions when planning a trip or vacation. Your family wants to escape, the kids are...
There is No Excuse to Drive Impaired
There is no excuse to drive impaired and I am hoping by writing this blog, it will shed some light on how impaired drivers are a serious risk to everyone on our roads. As we are out driving, we always encounter reckless drivers. Most rant and rave when a driver cuts...
Passengers Can Help Avoid A Collision
Passengers can help avoid a motor vehicle crash as safe driving does not always stop with the driver. Arriving safely is always the goal for everyone in a vehicle. Any diversion of your attention away from the safe operation of your vehicle, like chatting with...
What Are Staged Collisions?
Staged Collisions are when a con artist deliberately causes a collision in such a way to make you look at fault and without any evidence to prove your side of the story. Yes, it's true that staged collisions are happening and as a survivor of a horrific motor vehicle...
Crash Not Accident
Did you catch the news this morning? Chances are you got a link to a story about a traffic accident. It was awful. It was tragic. It was devastating. But it was an accident. It just happened. No one is to blame. Right? Wrong. We know better. Planes don't just...
Are Drivers Running STOP Signs in Your Community?
Have you seen drivers running STOP signs? When STOP Signs are misplaced they can create a dangerous situation. As we embrace summer in Southern Ontario where I reside, people are getting out of their homes to exercise and I have recognized a significant increase of...
When You Are Involved in a Multi-Car Collision
A Multi-Car Collision can happen at any time throughout the year but especially in the winter as it can be extremely hazardous and unfortunately most highways have already experienced numerous pile-ups this season. Pile-ups typically occur in low-visibility...
