Insurance Bureau of Canada, www.ibc.ca,  is the trade association for home, car and business insurance companies. The Insurance Bureau has recently launched public education campaign to remind drivers to keep their eyes on the road and avoid distractions while driving, such as “cellphones, PDAs, text messaging, eating and setting up the DVD player for the kids in the back seat.” 

Beginning drivers are advised to share ICBC’s booklet, Tuning Up for Drivers with their supervising driver. The hope is that the supervising driver will read it for coaching tips and improve their own driving skills while helping another person.

On May 5, 2006, Supreme Court of Canada answered the question of whether hosts to social events are responsible for the people who are injured in an accident caused by guests, who leave the party drunk. The answer is no.

Road Safety Vision 2010 aims to significantly reduce thenumber of motorists killed or seriously injured on Canada’s roads in the 2008 – 2010 period. To achieve this goal the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators [CCMTA] has identified areas of continuing major road safety problems and developed sub-targets for these areas. 

Despite the dramatic change in attitude towards drinking and driving, impaired driving remains a problem area. MADD Canada’s current statistics indicate that:

The goal of Road Safety Vision 2010 is to make Canada’s roads the safest in the world. The plan is to: