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  1. YOU CANT TOUCH THAT.................................................14 people over 8 years , gov claims 80 a year.....not the same..

    January 30, 2018

     

     
    January 30, 2018 4:36 pm
    Updated: January 30, 2018 11:12 pm

    B.C. lawyer says number of driving fatalities due to electronic devices is ‘exaggerated’

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    Are governments, ICBC and even the police exaggerating the dangers of distracted driving? A Richmond company says its freedom-of-information request has revealed far fewer deaths due to drivers using cellphones than officials claim. Ted Chernecki reports

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    A Richmond lawyer says ICBC and the province are greatly exaggerating the number of deaths caused by using an electronic device behind the wheel.

    According to Paul Doroshenko, BC Coroners stats show that 14 people died from using an electronic device while driving between 2008 and 2016. This after ICBC said last year that 80 people a year were dying from distracted driving.

     

    “They lump in people who are staring at their radio, or just drift off not thinking, maybe people who fall asleep, with people with cellphone violations,” said Doroshenko.

    “Clearly, cellphone violations aren’t the threat they are made out to be.”

    READ MORE: B.C. to impose big penalties for distracted driving

    Doroshenko said he’s not suggesting that using a device while driving isn’t dangerous, but the problem is that those people aren’t the ones being stopped.

    “They justify these enforcement actions where they hand out tickets like crazy to people who look at their cellphone at an intersection when they hear it beep and they’re worried about their kid at school or something — those people get a ticket.”

     

    He said giving tickets to people who are just sitting at a light won’t help make roads safer, noting the fines exceed the risk.

    In a written response to Doroshenko’s numbers, Joanna Linsangan with ICBC said the focus on smartphone safety is because they are the most common driver distraction.

     

     
     
     
     
     
     
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    2. chon derry

      chon derry

      if icbc can exaggerate cell phone figures I'm sure they do the same with this 'billion dollar ' figure that just got thrown out there

    3. Sean Monahan

      Sean Monahan

      @chon derry if I’m not mistaken things like smoking or excessive fiddling with the radio can yield a distracted driving ticket. I believe just about anything but eyes on the road and hands at 10/2 o’clock could technically get you a ticket, you’ll just rarely (if ever) see a cop that heavy-handed. 

    4. apollo

      apollo

      This is %100 true. My friend was at a red light... scrolling through a 1 hour podcast safely and he got dinged for $500 bucks... 

      Yet a speeding ticket can often cost less... 

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      He said giving tickets to people who are just sitting at a light won’t help make roads safer, noting the fines exceed the risk.

      In a written response to Doroshenko’s numbers, Joanna Linsangan with ICBC said the focus on smartphone safety is because they are the most common driver distraction.

      If they really want to punish, they should be punishing speeding more. 

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