DRIVING TIPS
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?
A vast majority of crash survivors will find themselves suddenly looking for other means of transportation as they recover. Countless survivors may no longer feel comfortable behind the wheel and many are not physically able to drive anymore. How Does Uber Work?...
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...
Let’s Talk Distracted Driving – The Cause of My Crash
How many times have you been driving next to a car only to look over and see them staring down into their lap? I cannot begin to tell you how many times I continue to see it and find myself asking, “Why”? By now, we have all heard about the dangers of driving...
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...
We Are Thinking of You This Holiday Season
We are thinking of you this Holiday Season and we want you to know that you are not alone. I know our stories differ - they all start at different places, different cities and even different countries. Although our stories all start with a motor vehicle...
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...
Travelling Outside of Ontario and What You Should Know
Ontario residents may be ready for some well-deserved vacation time that may take them around the United States and the rest of Canada. One thought many citizens travelling outside of Ontario may not like to think about is getting into an accident while away from...
Faced with Zero Visibility As a Motorist
Yesterday, several motorists faced zero visibility as winter weather wreaked havoc on a major highway stranding numerous drivers caused by a multi-vehicle collision. As any crash survivor, I instantly thought of each motorist who had been faced with “zero...
Driving Anxiety is Real
Driving anxiety is real and getting back on the road is hard. It can be a real struggle for many car collision survivors and you are not alone. For many survivors, already isolated from friends, family and work colleagues during recovery, it is doubly hard to reclaim...
Summer Car Crash Check List
Are you ready for summer with gorgeous, sunny days behind the wheel? Who can blame you. After months of frigid white knuckle commutes, everyone is ready for the sun. But are you really ready for those sunshine roads? Most Canadians would be shocked to discover that...
Tips For Driving in Freezing Rain
Freezing rain is perhaps the most deceiving and destructive of all winter precipitation. Here are 10 important tips to remember when driving in icy conditions. If you don't have to drive, stay home! Ice and driving don't mix, and in freezing rain conditions the roads...
GPS Navigation & Safety
It seems like yesterday that GPS equipment was expensive and hard to use. Now global positioning systems come on almost every smart phone out there and is almost to the point of being scary. Many young drivers have come to rely upon GPS as their primary method of...
Light Sensitivity & Driving At Night
When you have light sensitivity, driving at night can be a serious challenge. Headlights from oncoming traffic, flashing brake lights or turn signals and light/dark contrast are often reported as triggers. They can leave you struggling to keep your eyes on the...
Has Your Dog Been in a Collision?
Has your dog been in a collision? Whether your dog is accompanying you on a cross-country road trip, or you are simply chauffeuring him to a vet appointment, keep in mind that the ever-present risk of a collision effects both canine and human passengers. Here are...
Tips for Driving in the Winter
Driving in the winter can be challenging and terrifying as winter driving will test even the most attentive and skilled driver especially if you are a survivor of a motor vehicle crash. Heavy snowfall can reduce visibility and slippery road conditions can certainly...