Category: Road Sage

Driveway blocking, driveway encroachment, the hinderance of residential driveway ingress and egress – call it what you like – is one of the most common driving transgressions. That means there are a lot of unhappy people out there. It happens so frequently on my street in…

Canadians love to honk their horns. In recovery-speak we are horn-dependent. We are a nation of honkers. We stand on guard to honk. It makes sense, given there are so many Canadian geese flying around honking. Honking is not restricted to urban environments. You…

It’s fall and the leaves are changing colour. Trees are aflame with red, orange, gold and brown. Sunshine lights up the Canadian countryside into a dazzling display while the cities look dressed up for autumn. So why are the cars so boring? Meanwhile, cars…

Meet 23-year-old Philadelphia resident Dimple Patel. On Sept. 3, the pre-med student was charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI, homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, DUI and a slew of other offenses in connection with the deaths of two men on the I-95 in…

Prior to GPS, I would get lost because when my wife, reading the TripTik we ordered from CAA, would tell me to “turn left on Beaver Street and then keep right on South Center Street” I would not believe her and just keep going….

While it’s a small sample – 745 Ontarians and 235 Albertans – its findings are intriguing. The survey defines road rage as “honking, flashing lights, obscene gesturing, tailgating, slamming brakes, colliding into another vehicle intentionally, rolling down the window to yell at or cutting…

One day, however, if all goes well and you are very, very fortunate, there comes a different kind of drop-off, one often made by automobile. There will be no pick-up, at least for a while. By this time, the children are no longer little….

I am in favour of toll roads. So are Americans. Their argument for toll roads is that they keep taxes down and sustain infrastructure. Maybe that’s why Canadians are so opposed. A country whose national identity is based on “not” being American must take…

Cyclists. Drivers. Pedestrians. They have a strained relationship. Read any news story and you’ll hear how poorly they get along. It’s war. This is a strange phenomenon, given that all three fit in the category “people.” But that’s what labels do. They split us….

Social media howled at the latest instalment of Autopilot outrage. It showed the driver of a Tesla, in what appeared to be a state of deep slumber, motoring along the Queen Elizabeth Way in southern Ontario while the vehicle used Autopilot to navigate. Of course,…