Traffic Safety Act

• Car crashes into south Edmonton bank, pins man sitting at desk inside

  A car slammed into the window of a bank in south Edmonton on Wednesday morning, injuring an employee and causing extensive damage.

  Traffic

  Sep 6, 2023
  
• Train and semi-truck collide in Viking, Alta.; truck driver charged

  A truck driver has been charged under the Traffic Safety Act after the vehicle was hit by a train on Highway 14 in Viking, Alta., Thursday. 

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2023
  
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• Alberta fire chiefs ask province why ‘slow down, move over’ road rules were changed

  Fire chiefs across Alberta are disappointed with the changes made to roadside safety rules and want to see the data that led the government to alter the original Bill 5.

  Politics

  Aug 10, 2023
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• Alberta’s ‘move over’ traffic legislation expands to all roadside workers but not all lanes

  Drivers will have to slow down when passing all roadside workers, but only if they're in the closest lane of traffic, not all lanes of traffic, which was the original plan.

  Politics

  Aug 8, 2023
• Driver charged after excavator stuck under Whitemud overpass on Anthony Henday

  The 22-year-old man who was behind the wheel of a semi hauling an excavator when it hit the Whitemud overpass on the east part of Anthony Henday Drive on June 16 has been charged.

  Traffic

  Jul 19, 2023
• Calgary city council wants Alberta government to regulate personal e-scooters

  According to a motion passed by Calgary city council on Tuesday, there are no provisions around privately-owned e-scooters in Alberta's Traffic Safety Act.

  Consumer

  May 9, 2023
• Alberta tow trucks can keep using flashing blue lights for another 5 years

  The province is allowing snowplows, tow trucks and highway maintenance and other roadside operators to continue using flashing blue and amber lights for the next five years.

  Traffic

  Apr 18, 2023
• Alberta Transportation delays new rules on slowing to 60 km/h around roadside vehicles

  Alberta Transportation has put the brakes on changes that were set to begin March 1, that would have seen more lanes of traffic slow to 60 km/h when passing emergency vehicles.

  Traffic

  Mar 1, 2023
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• Driver found guilty of careless driving in collision where young pedestrian died

  On Apr. 13, 2020, Charles was hit by an SUV while walking through a crosswalk at The Crossings shopping area with his father and brother.

  Crime

  Oct 12, 2022
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• RCMP issue distracted driving warning after Alberta man wracks up 13th offence

  In a Tuesday news release, RCMP said a 40-year-old man from Alberta was given his 13th distracted driving conviction at the Airdrie Provincial Traffic Court.

  Crime

  Sep 27, 2022