Impaired Driving & Agressive Driving
Impaired Driving and Aggressive Driving
Alcohol is a contributing factor in close to 50% of all driver fatalities on Canadian roads. Driving while under the influence of alcohol is the single largest criminal cause of death in Canada. Drinkers who drive not only risk their own lives but the lives of others on the roads and around them. All this can be avoided by one simple rule: If you drink, don't drive! If people drive responsibly they will reduce the chances of conflicts on the road and help make our roads safer.
Impaired driving can result in various types of consequences, license suspension, jail time or fines. Fines for a first offence are $1000 and 12 month suspension, but if someone is killed or hurt because of your actions, the consequences will be far worse. What is impaired driving you may ask? Impaired driving is driving under the influence of drugs, alcohol and fatigue. These influences can affect how you drive. For example, drunk drivers have lack of judgment, blurry eyes and slow reaction times while also not being able to focus on the road as they normally would. They are many ways to prevent impaired driving such as; don’t drink and drive and don’t let friends do it either, if you drink call a cab or ask a friend that didn’t drink to drive you home.
If you find yourself in an unpleasant situation involving abusive or aggressive gestures or languages from other drivers, don’t get angry and repeat what they are doing because you might be one who gets caught doing it and end up being the one paying the fines. Aggressive Driving is speeding, meaning the driver is exceeding the speed limit or is driving too fast for the road conditions; excessive lane changing, changing lanes without reasonable cause; improper passing, failing to signal intent, using emergency lanes or shoulders to pass or even cutting into another car’s path; tailgating, driving near the back of the car at too close of a range. It’s anything where someone is driving any type of
Alcohol is a contributing factor in close to 50% of all driver fatalities on Canadian roads. Driving while under the influence of alcohol is the single largest criminal cause of death in Canada. Drinkers who drive not only risk their own lives but the lives of others on the roads and around them. All this can be avoided by one simple rule: If you drink, don't drive! If people drive responsibly they will reduce the chances of conflicts on the road and help make our roads safer.
Impaired driving can result in various types of consequences, license suspension, jail time or fines. Fines for a first offence are $1000 and 12 month suspension, but if someone is killed or hurt because of your actions, the consequences will be far worse. What is impaired driving you may ask? Impaired driving is driving under the influence of drugs, alcohol and fatigue. These influences can affect how you drive. For example, drunk drivers have lack of judgment, blurry eyes and slow reaction times while also not being able to focus on the road as they normally would. They are many ways to prevent impaired driving such as; don’t drink and drive and don’t let friends do it either, if you drink call a cab or ask a friend that didn’t drink to drive you home.
If you find yourself in an unpleasant situation involving abusive or aggressive gestures or languages from other drivers, don’t get angry and repeat what they are doing because you might be one who gets caught doing it and end up being the one paying the fines. Aggressive Driving is speeding, meaning the driver is exceeding the speed limit or is driving too fast for the road conditions; excessive lane changing, changing lanes without reasonable cause; improper passing, failing to signal intent, using emergency lanes or shoulders to pass or even cutting into another car’s path; tailgating, driving near the back of the car at too close of a range. It’s anything where someone is driving any type of