In my mind, the penalty for running into the back end of another driver on the highway while texting should be more than a couple of thousand dollars and a 90-day suspension of a driver`s license. But it`s a start I suppose.
Since the Province of Alberta still has yet to enact their cell-phone while driving legislation, this judge hit the 20 year-old in question as hard as he could.
To the government powers that be, demerits are the answer in addition to fines and license suspensions. Demerits cause insurance rates to rise for bad drivers. Make careless drivers who text while they drive pay attention to the road by making them pay attention to the long-term consequences of putting other drivers at risk. You will never get people to change until you make the consequences dire.
You build Cultures of Safety by educating, legislating and shifting perceptions and attitudes. When you make the penalites severe enough, people make different decisions.
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