{"id":4637,"date":"2016-02-16T18:30:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T23:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=4637"},"modified":"2016-02-26T17:23:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T22:23:37","slug":"winter-driving-must-become-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/winter-driving-must-become-safer\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter driving must become safer<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4655\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2199578689_2d66d4ddf8_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4655\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4655\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2199578689_2d66d4ddf8_z-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo credit: Pat Hawks)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2199578689_2d66d4ddf8_z-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2199578689_2d66d4ddf8_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pathawks\/2199578689\/in\/photolist-4mnq7v-5XeTDA-4mnpGa-7rFRuU-4mnpwi-5XaD9c-5M3Cho-hnNzC-5XaGSB-5XaFAg-5XaCRk-ieFp61-ieEZyc-5XeMPC-4nfhsw-5XeXk7-AHTpUF-o1GtpK-4dLzez-5XaF3M-BjHsAv-r6RGky-BhpAq7-6Dq4HK-8EfKpo-5SBP51-y2YaK-ze3qZ-5SBNHJ-9iyCB2-92Yiqt-5VvZiR-4vYZqi-941S1P-7kk3G7-7oaEeR-rhP7Y-8uZGSd-ajnQpz-5XeLCU-AnivET-5Vw23i-5XeURL-5M9Wp4-5XaGkv-5XaCdT-5XeLVh-5XayeD-5XeUi7-5XaDQc\">Pat Hawks<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An editorial from the Canadian Medical Association Journal calls for improving winter road maintenance and safety to decrease the number of deaths due to winter driving in Canada. The authors recommend:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improving road maintenance standards, and tailoring maintenance to local conditions.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government oversight of road service companies to ensure adherence to regulations. <\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legislation requiring winter tires in specific provinces, a Quebec currently has.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seasonal speed limits, and appropriate enforcement.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authors also recommend increasing public education about safe winter driving.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmaj.ca\/content\/early\/2016\/02\/16\/cmaj.160100\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in the\u00a0<em>CMAJ\u00a0<\/em>on <strong>February 16<\/strong><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_453723367\"><span class=\"aQJ\"><strong>, 2015<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Diane Kelsall,\u00a0Deputy Editor, Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; An editorial from the Canadian Medical Association Journal calls for improving winter road maintenance and safety to decrease the number of deaths due to winter driving in Canada. The authors recommend: Improving road maintenance standards, and tailoring maintenance to local conditions. Government oversight of road service companies to ensure adherence to regulations. 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