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Experienced Rider Training Symposium - Canada, May 2011
2011-05-11
Canada Safety Council
The Fdration Internationale de Motocyclisme has invited the Canada Safety Council to host the Experienced Rider Training Symposium this year. This is the first time in its history that the Symposium w...
National Road Safety Week - Make driving safely your number one priority!
2011-05-11
Canada Safety Council
National Road Safety Week kicks off the 2011 safe summer driving season. Make sure to always take precautions while you are out and about. Keep your eyes on the road and on other road users. Be vigila...
National Road Safety Week: Put the Odds on Your Side
2014-05-08
Canada Safety Council
This National Road Safety Week, May 13 - 19, 2014, the Canada Safety Council is aiming to raise awareness that vulnerable road users make up a disproportionate amount of traffic collisions and deaths,...
Pay attention, it's a circus out there! National Road Safety Week: May 21 - 27, 2010
2010-05-11
Canada Safety Council
During National Road Safety Week the Canada Safety Council wants you to take precautions while you are out and about. Keep your eyes on the road and on other road users. Be vigilant and stay aware of ...
Semaine nationale de la securite sur la route : Mettez toutes les chances de votre
2014-05-08
Canada Safety Council
à l'occasion de la Semaine nationale de la sécurité sur la route, qui se déroulera cette année du 13 au 19 mai, le Conseil canadien de la sécurité cherche à sensibiliser la population au fait q...
Who has your back on the road this winter?
2011-11-25
Canada Safety Council
December 1st to 7th is the 56th National Safe Driving Week and the Canada Safety Council encourages all Canadian drivers to take added precautions on the road throughout the winter months. Being prepa...

Sources Select Resources

The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of "jaywalking"
Stromberg, Joseph
Article
2015
Vox
Stromberg provides a historical overview of how jaywalking was pushed to become a crime by automotive companies in order to normalize the reign of automobiles over pedestrians in the streets.
Only 100 cyclists...
Diemer, Ulli
Article
2017
Radical Digressions
A news article reports that a woman riding her bicycle was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver in Halton, a regional municipality west of Toronto. But, hey, no big deal.
The Secret History of Jaywalking: The Disturbing Reason It Was Outlawed - And Why We Should Lift the Ban
Mangla, Ravi
Article
2015
Alternet
Mangla narrates the origins of jaywalking and the reason why it was made illegal.


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