Ontario Distracted Driving
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Duck-lip selfies to eating steak: Halton officer recounts weirdest distracted driving incidentsConst. Marc Taraso, an 11-year officer with Halton Regional Police and a dedicated traffic officer in Oakville since January, takes residents on patrol with him through posts on his Twitter account on a regular basis.TrafficMay 20, 2019
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Bob Layton: Do you text while driving?Bob Layton asks, will higher penalties mean fewer distracted driving deaths?CommentaryJan 4, 2019
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Should Alberta adopt similar distracted driving legislation as Ontario?Alberta drivers are voicing their desire for the province to implement stricter distracted driving penalties, similar to those passed in Ontario.NewsJan 2, 2019
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Licence suspensions, increased fines: New penalties in 2019 if convicted of distracted driving“For the past four years on OPP-patrolled roads, inattentive driving [while using] electronic devices has been the leading cause of the majority of fatalities in Ontario.”TrafficJun 14, 2018
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341 traffic fatalities on OPP patrolled roads in 2017: policeThe number one cause of death was aggressive driving and speeding, up 35 per cent from the previous year, which led to 75 fatalities.CrimeJan 2, 2018
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