“Lack of funding doomed photo radar”?

There’s been a spate of fossils coming out of the woodwork lately, extolling the virtues of Photo Radar. Witness former Ontario Premier Bob Rae, incapable of admitting a mistake, tweeting on February 23rd (twenty years after he lost an election in part due to...
Distracted Driving – An Inconvenient Truth

Distracted Driving – An Inconvenient Truth

By Derek Lewers I am an avid news junkie with a keen interest in analyzing and applying critical thinking to news, especially when it comes to government policies. I often find statistics manipulated to suit the narrative of the day. The issue of distracted driving /...
It’s Time to Fix Alberta’s Speed Limits.

It’s Time to Fix Alberta’s Speed Limits.

While the rest of North America, and most recently British Columbia, recognize the benefits of speed limits which reflect both the reasonable actions of the reasonable majority of the driving public and the safety improvements in modern day automobiles; Alberta...
It’s time to wrangle left-lane bandits

It’s time to wrangle left-lane bandits

This was authored by Ian Tootill and originally published by The Vancouver Sun on June 23rd 2014. On July 2, 2014 Minister of Transportation Todd Stone announced the results of the BC Rural Highway Speed Review which included concerns by survey participants regarding...