In the last couple decades, the number of crashes on our roads has gone up drastically whilst the number of fatalities each year has fallen. You could argue that the increases in collisions are directly related to an increase in the number of vehicles on our roads, which to a point is true. The number […]
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Motion Induced Blindness
September 26th, 2012 
admin Motion Induced Blindness (MIB) is not likely a term you’re familiar with but it is something you’ve experienced, whether you realize it or not. It’s also known as Troxler’s Fading discovered in 1804. It’s the affect whereby objects that are stationary, in relation to your eyes, simply vanish from your peripheral sight when near things […]
Toronto Mayor a Distracted Driver?
August 20th, 2012 admin Well if you look at the picture, it certainly looks like it now doesn’t it? Well…not according to the Ontario Highway Traffic Act (HTA) because the ‘Distracted Driving’ laws (HTA Reg. 366/09) only apply to electronic devices. This picture was snapped while Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto was driving on a highway at about 70km/hr…while […]