While I cannot answer that question I can tell you what our society and its governments have decided cyclists lives are not worth. Cyclists lives are not worth the cost of installing truck side guards on all large trucks. Cyclists lives are not worth the cost of developing and installing
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THE FIFTH COLUMN: What Are Cyclists Lives Worth
While I cannot answer that question I can tell you what our society and its governments have decided cyclists lives are not worth. Cyclists lives are not worth the cost of installing truck side guards on all large trucks. Cyclists lives are not worth the cost of developing and installing
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Keeping safe at the corner of trans* and BDSM
Somewhere at the intersection of trans* and BDSM, this happened: “Three people have been arrested for allegedly keeping a transgender woman as a slave in the Ajax area of Natchitoches Parish. “… NPSO received a report Saturday night from a Robeline assistant town marshal that he had come in contact
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Keeping safe at the corner of trans* and BDSM
Somewhere at the intersection of trans* and BDSM, this happened: “Three people have been arrested for allegedly keeping a transgender woman as a slave in the Ajax area of Natchitoches Parish. “… NPSO received a report Saturday night from a Robeline assistant town marshal that he had come in contact
Continue readingcmkl: Introducing the Idaho stop
Aka Why cyclists should be able to roll through stop signs and ride through red lights. It’s not totally nuts you know. I like the point tht it would put an end the odd dance that occurs when motorist and cyclist are watching each other at intersections, trying to figure
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Dear Translink… Rob did a good job
I know we don’t agree often. We have a love/hate relationship dependent on my mood and whether or not it’s cold and rainy outside. To be fair, you are consistently late and often leave me standing out in the rain. You have just been voted 3rd best public transit in
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Public sector unions legally challenge Harper Conservatives’ Bill C-4
Federal public sector unions are joining forces to legally challenge the Harper Conservatives’ latest assault on Canadian workers’ rights through Bill C-4. The post Public sector unions legally challenge Harper Conservatives’ Bill C-4 appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingLeDaro: A drone in your neighbourhood soon.
Americans are going to issue drone driver licence for safety. That is what NRA says about guns too – that they are safe. Where are we headed? Riley Morgan, 14, flies a home-built drone AfterDARC on Oct. 11. Morgan has been working with drones for half a year. This drone
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Campaign Diary Volume 9: Sidewalks, snow, public transit & Adlai Stevenson
A sidewalk snow removal machine in Ottawa. Below: Better a hole in the shoe than a hole in the head, as the slogan said. Adlai Stevenson in ’52, campaigning in a bow tie! One of the joys of running for public office in St. Albert, win or lose, is the
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Thoughts on Taking The Lane
Updated 2013-11-11
As I am not an expert on cycling safety this post is not intended to be advice on how to safely take the lane but only my thoughts on the subject.
While I am not one of those “vehicular cyclists”, that oppose cycling infrastruc…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Thoughts on Taking The Lane
Updated 2013-11-11 As I am not an expert on cycling safety this post is not intended to be advice on how to safely take the lane but only my thoughts on the subject. While I am not one of those “vehicular cyclists”, that oppose cycling infrastructure because they think that
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Thoughts on Taking The Lane
As I am not an expert on cycling safety this post is not intended to be advice on how to safely take the lane but only my thoughts on the subject. While I am not one of those “vehicular cyclists”, that oppose cycling infrastructure because they think that the best
Continue readingTrashy's World: Banning scooters from streets…
It’s about time that someone pushed this issue up a flagpole! I don’t always agree with Councillor Clark, but the issue of scooters on city streets should at the very least be studied by city staff and recommendations put forward. There is going to be a tragedy one of these
Continue readingLeDaro: Lightening: Hair raising experience
Michael McQuilken, right, was 18 when he and his brother, Sean, 12, climbed California’s Moro Rock in 1975. The photo was used for years to warn about the dangers of pending lightning strikes. “We thought it was something funny.” But now, nearly 38 years later, McQuilken says he recalls that
Continue readingcmkl: Profits, government cost cutting before safety equals disaster incubation
The author of this opinion piece in the Citizen was an expert witness at the inquiry into the deaths caused by contaminated drinking water in Walkerton, Ontario. The incubation of the Lac-Mégantic disaster.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Cameras Capture How Safely Cyclists Cruise
It’s clear that car drivers don’t comprehend cyclists, and often I hear drivers complain that bicyclists aren’t safe and tend to be “dangerous” on the road. It turns out that cyclists are safer than cars, cause way fewer collisions, and are amazingly great at avoiding a collision. To reach this
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: CUPE Day of Mourning reminder of fight for safer work places
By: Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE): April 28 is the International Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job. CUPE will honour these workers who have lost their lives or been injured at work, in special ceremonies across the country. WHO: Paul Moist, national president of the Canadian Union
Continue readingThings Are Good: A Better Truck for Safer Driving
Trucks kill a lot a cyclists and that’s a problem. We’ve looked at ways we can make trucks more efficient, now London Cycling Campaign has found ways to make trucks safer. They have modified the layout of a truck to allow the driver to see more of the road –
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Stop Signs as Yield Signs for Cyclists – Ontario Cycling Strategy and The Idaho Experience
The following, based on a previous blog post, was submitted to the Ontario Cycling Strategy public consultation process. Stop Signs as Yield Signs For Cyclists – The Idaho Experience I am proposing that as part of the Ontario Cycling Strategy the Highway Traffic Act be amended to adopt the policy
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: Canada’s Laws Fuel Migrant Worker Exploitation: Report
by Metcalf Foundation Canada’s reliance on low-wage migrant workers with temporary immigration status is growing but our laws make them vulnerable to abuse, says a new report published by the Metcalf Foundation. Made in Canada: How the Law Constructs…
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