Courtesy Honk: Blind advocates call for standardized pedestrian warning sounds on EVs
Toronto, Ontario — Despite all the talk they tend to generate throughout the auto industry, the modern electric vehicle is nearly dead silent when traveling the roads—a characteristic that is leaving many blind and partially-sighted pedestrians feeling more vulnerable than ever. First reported by the CBC, a proposal put forth by Transport Canada in April […]
Dire Data: OPP report collision fatalities on track for highest rate in ten years
Windsor, Ontario — Ontario is on course for a record-breaking year—not a record anyone wants to see broken, mind you, as the Ontario Provincial Police reported that the province is on the way to surpass road fatality rates unseen in a decade. The last time Ontario recorded at least 100 collision deaths by the second […]
Let it Thaw: Québec driver injured, windshield smashed by flying ice
Québec City, Québec — The rise of the temperature gauge tends to put people in a good mood. The brooks begin babbling again and the sun beams rays to melt swaths of snow–but that doesn’t mean drivers should let go of their winter driving habits quite yet. Last week, a 55-year-old driver from Québec suffered […]
Flood Fees: Princeton, B.C. public works faces $650,000 in claims with ICBC
Princeton, British Columbia — The Town of Princeton is still reeling from claims associated with last November’s flood events. The town’s public works lost a total of 16 trucks and pieces of heavy-duty equipment, resulting in approximately $650,000 in claims to ICBC. The deductibles on the vehicles and equipment are standard amounts, according to the […]
Can You Believe This?! January 7, 2022
Toronto, Ontario — This week, witness a tumultuous love affair between a crane and a bridge overpass; see what happens when you rear-end a cop car; experience idiots on ice and much, much more—all in Collision Repair‘s Can You Believe This?!
Do You Smell That: Garbage truck engulfed in flames captured by Google Street View
Vancouver, British Columbia — If you’re using it properly, Google Street View can deliver hours of fun. After all, Google’s map car drives all over the world daily—they’re bound to capture some wacky situations. That’s exactly what happened in West Vancouver back in April when a Google Street View vehicle captured an ignited garbage truck […]
Celeb Co-Pilots: Waze’s ‘Year in Rear View’ reveals Canadian drivers’ deepest desires
Toronto, Ontario — If Canadian drivers can agree on one thing, apparently it’s that carpooling to the mall with Adele would be pretty cool. This is just one of many enlightening insights gleaned from Waze’s “Year in Rear View” survey which asked drivers to respond with their reasons for driving this year, how they interact […]
What an Axe: Vancouver Island RCMP arrest man for hacking at cars with an axe
Vancouver, British Columbia — If British Columbians didn’t have enough on their plates over the past few weeks, Comox Valley RCMP finally managed to track down an axe-wielding Nova Scotian who has been mistaking Vancouver Island traffic for trees recently. In late October, police received reports of a man driving a Nova Scotia-registered Honda Civic […]
Like a Glove: Dump truck wedged vertically under Ottawa overpass on Wednesday
Ottawa, Ontario — A dump truck driver did a pretty big oopsy on Highway 417 near Ottawa on Wednesday, somehow getting themselves wedged vertically under an overpass and baffling bypassers in the process. Ottawa’s OPP detachment was called to the scene near the Vanier Parkway on Wednesday morning to discover a dump truck in a […]
Double Parked: Ontario Hwy. 407 blocked by emergency plane landing
Markham, Ontario — Nothing gets commuters steamed faster than some joker holding things up in the left lane—but when that joker just up and parks their plane in the fast lane? Forget about it. A small propeller plane taking off from Buttonville Airport in Markham, Ont. on Wednesday was forced to make an emergency landing […]
