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Everybody's business!
More cars, buses and trucks are travelling on Canada’s roads than ever
before. As traffic increases, so does the need for sharing the road safely.
All drivers need to:
- Understand how different vehicles operate and why other
drivers take the actions they do.
- Gain the knowledge and skill to behave safely around different types
of vehicles.
- Show patience and courtesy towards all other road users, even those who
demonstrate less understanding and skill.
| In April 2001, Transport Canada and its provincial and territorial
partners launched a road safety plan for Canada entitled, “Road Safety
Vision 2010”. Its goal is to make Canada’s roads the safest
in the world. Among the targets is a 20% reduction in the number of
deaths and serious injuries resulting from crashes involving large trucks
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Sharing the road safely is the responsibility of every
road user.
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Crashes
involving trucks and buses resulted
in 578 fatalities and 15,913 injuries in 2003. Most of these deaths and
injuries didn't occur to the truck and bus drivers. Occupants of the
smaller vehicle accounted for more than 70% of the deaths and 62% of the
injuries.
Transport Canada and its partners in road safety want to help everyone
safely share Canada's roads.
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