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Don’t forget to get their contact information in case the police or your insurer needs to follow up. If possible, gather the following:
Your report helps the police apprehend the guilty party. Give them all the information you’ve gathered, as well as the names and numbers of any witnesses.
Yes, once the report has been filed and processed, you can get a copy of your collision report online through Service Ontario. They can be ordered online 20 days after the collision report was filed. To gain access to the report you will be required to supply your driver’s license number, collision report number, and MTO collision reference number. $12 fee applies.
Order a collision report online here.
There are more than 30 collision reporting centres dispersed across the province of Ontario.
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NOTE – Not all cities have an accident reporting centre. If you are involved in an accident in a towns or rural area in Ontario that does NOT have a reporting centre, call the local police department.
Get a full list of Ontario collision reporting centres here.
If you want to file a not-at-fault insurance claim, note that most insurance companies require that any hit-and-run damage be reported to the police within 24 hours for the claim to be considered a hit-and-run.
Not only is it unsafe, but you might miss getting eyewitness accounts. Instead, call the police and provide any identifying information to them.
The official accident report will help police look for the missing driver and will be useful when you file your accident claim.
A hit-and-run accident claim is paid out under the collision coverage of your auto insurance policy. You may be able to avoid this cost if you have a $0 deductible coverage included on your policy. Note that hit-and-run accidents are typically the only accident in which you are not at fault for which you will be required to pay your collision deductible.
However, if the driver who hit your car can be identified, the loss may be paid out under the Direct compensation property damage coverage of your policy which is normally not subject to a deductible. For this reason, it’s always best to speak to any potential witnesses.
A “hit and run” is when a person involved in an accident leaves without identifying itself. What to do if you are the victim of a hit and run?
You will be compensated if you purchased collision coverage (“All Perils” or “Collision or Upset” under Section B of your policy). Your insurer will indemnify you within 60 days following receipt of your request and the supporting documents. For a speedy claims settlement, make sure you have all the relevant documents handy.
The insurer will deduct the amount of the policy deductible from the compensation. A number of insurers offer no deductible coverage for hit and runs. Check it out!
Yvan Baker’s bill includes fines for cellphone use while crossing roadways.
A new study reporting the impact of cellphone distraction on pedestrians has revived Yvan Baker’s advocacy efforts on the behalf of his so-called “Zombie Bill.”
The Phones Down, Heads Up Act — which effectively died in the Ontario Legislature when its one-term Liberal MPP author lost his bid for re-election in Etobicoke Centre on June 7 — aimed to ban pedestrians from using cellphones and other mobile devices when crossing roadways.
Had it successfully passed, Baker’s Bill 11 would have seen the enactment of incremental fines against distracted walkers: $50 for the first offence, $75 for the second, $125 for the third and beyond — penalties he said might have acted as a deterrent against the “increasingly dangerous” practice of texting and walking.
Read the article, here: https://www.toronto.com/news-story/8818387-former-mpp-advocates-for-phones-down-law-to-combat-distracted-walking/
The Vision Zero Road Safety Plan is a comprehensive five year (2017-2021) action plan focused on reducing traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries on Toronto’s streets. With over 50 safety measures across our six emphasis areas, the Plan prioritizes the safety of our most vulnerable road users, through a range of initiatives.
The Vision Zero Road Safety Plan is a bold pledge to improve safety across our city using a data-driven and targeted approach, focusing on the locations where improvements are most needed. The Plan addresses safety for the most vulnerable users of our transportation system—pedestrians, school children, older adults and cyclists. Based on factors that contribute to serious injury and fatality crashes, the plan will also focus on aggressive and distracted driving, and safety for motorcyclists.
The City is committed to Vision Zero and accepts its fundamental message: fatalities and serious injuries on our roads are preventable, and we must strive to reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries to ZERO.
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A day after Canada’s first confirmed case of respiratory illness linked to vaping, health leaders call on the government to immediately implement several regulations. Nigel Newlove has the story.
Watch the news story, here: https://www.680news.com/video/2019/09/19/health-organiztions-call-for-vaping-regulations/?fbclid=IwAR0QfXwzt-Oawfz7Nqw09gzJehw5pTY-X5EKmXBbOHtX4hJMWoVBonMadD8
Health authorities in London, Ontario have identified vaping as the primary cause for one teen’s severe respiratory illness. Richard Southern with the potential health risks of the smoking alternative, and the action the province may take.
Watch the video, here: https://www.680news.com/video/2019/09/18/officials-announce-whats-believed-to-be-canadas-first-vaping-related-illness/?fbclid=IwAR1xhh_5tHxNVR_6majT19cbTtXB6YDaM3oewHGgE16ui_zO_aYXA_xwAKk
View traffic related collisions data involving Pedestrians. These events include any serious or fatal collision where a Pedestrian is involved.
Definition: A pedestrian is a person not occupying a bicycle or motor vehicle and can be doing any of the following:
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CBC News · Posted: Jun 26, 2019 10:00 AM ET | Last Updated: June 26
A female pedestrian was killed Wednesday morning in a collision downtown, according to Toronto police.
Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Queen Street East and Victoria Street around 9 a.m.
Police say they found a woman unconscious and not breathing.
Read more, here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pedestrian-struck-victoria-queen-1.5190441?fbclid=IwAR3GdoYbr7LCZzIw01Fd30ULiPDSbWXwZpqdF2o7iP8RndZxMHAxokwFcVg
There’s been a surge of pedestrian accidents on Toronto Streets, including fatal accidents.
Toronto Police Statistics, Traffic: http://data.torontopolice.on.ca/pages/traffic
By Faiz Siddiqui, The Washington Post Published 3:04 pm PDT, Wednesday, May 1, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO – The family of a man killed in a fiery wreck last year while driving his Tesla along U.S. Route 101 in California is suing the electric vehicle maker, alleging wrongful death and negligence stemming from failures and false promises regarding the Autopilot driver-assistance system.
Walter Huang, a 38-year-old Apple engineer, was driving his Tesla Model X SUV in Mountain View, California, on Autopilot mode in March 2018 when it sped up to 71 mph and crashed into a safety barrier, killing Huang and leaving behind a heap of charred wreckage.
In a statement early Wednesday, the family alleges that Autopilot was at fault. Tesla has been gradually increasing the sophistication of the driver-assistance system – and has promised “full self-driving” capabilities for its vehicles by the end of the year – but some critics say the Autopilot software gives drivers a false sense of security.
“Mrs. Huang lost her husband, and two children lost their father because Tesla is beta testing its Autopilot software on live drivers,” Mark Fong, a partner at Minami Tamaki LLP, one of the firms representing the family, said in a statement. “The Huang family wants to help prevent this tragedy from happening to other drivers using Tesla vehicles or any semi-autonomous vehicles.”
Autopilot is an advanced driver-assistance system with features such as traffic-aware cruise control and lane keeping assistance that are meant to keep the car at speed, maintain a safe distance from traffic and follow road markings. But the family alleged Tesla’s marketing of Autopilot left Huang with an inflated impression of the technology’s capabilities.
The case, which is one of several lawsuits Tesla has faced related to its Autopilot system in recent years, could have broader consequences for the company as it tries to convince more consumers to purchase its vehicles. Alleged Autopilot problems may also result in higher regulatory hurdles for the company as it attempts to roll out a fleet of self-driving taxis, something chief executive Elon Musk has said Tesla plans to introduce in coming years.
Attorneys said they would push for information on the full extent of Autopilot-related crashes and injuries as part of the discovery process.
In a call with reporters Wednesday, Fong — joined by Huang’s widow, Sevonne Huang — said the engineer had purchased the Tesla as a birthday gift after saving up. But soon after his purchase, he complained to family members about the alleged Autopilot flaws, Fong said. He also brought the car into a dealer, who initially failed to replicate the issue and told him to keep driving, Fong added.
Tesla previously said that it searched its service records and couldn’t find that Huang complained about the performance of Autopilot. Instead, the company said he complained about a navigation problem, which is unrelated to Autopilot performance. The company introduced a feature known as “Navigate on Autopilot” in October 2018, well after the crash.
Huang “believed the 2017 Tesla Model X vehicle was safer than a human-operated vehicle,” the complaint filed in court said. The suit accuses Tesla of defective product design, intentional and negligent misrepresentation and false advertising, among other allegations.
“The navigation system of Huang’s Tesla misread the lane lines on the roadway, failed to detect the concrete median, and failed to brake the car, but instead accelerated the car into the median,” the statement from attorneys said Wednesday.
“That system is not safe, is not something that should be released to the public and certainly should not be advertised as an Autopilot system,” Fong added during the call with reporters.
The family is also suing the state of California, alleging the state’s department of transportation, Caltrans, failed to replace a crash attenuator guard after a Toyota Prius 11 crashed days earlier, a component that would have better absorbed the impact of the high-speed collision. Tesla attributed the severe damage, which it described as unprecedented for the Model X, to the lack of an attenuator guard.
A Tesla spokeswoman declined to comment on the lawsuit. Caltrans said it does not comment on pending litigation.
The National Transportation Safety Board in June issued a preliminary report on the crash, concluding that the car was in Autopilot mode and Huang’s hands were detected on the wheel three times, for 34 seconds total, in the minute before the crash. Huang’s hands were not detected in the last six seconds. Autopilot issues intermittent warning cues to ensure drivers are paying attention, and the last such alert came more than 15 minutes before the crash, said NTSB.
The suit further alleged that while Tesla advertised the Model X as “state-of-the-art,” Huang’s lacked an automatic emergency braking system that could have prevented a crash into the highway barrier, despite that technology already being deployed on vehicles from other automakers, such as Chrysler, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi and Subaru.
The family argues Tesla and Caltrans are liable in Huang’s death and are seeking medical and hospital, funeral and burial expenses and other compensation in California Superior court.
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. With warmer weather, it’s time to remind everyone to be on the alert and to share the road with motorcyclists.
Riders who have been cooped up all winter are excited to be out on the road again, but that shouldn’t stop them from using caution.
Both motorcyclists and motorists need to be aware of their surroundings. Checking blind spots, mirrors and using turn signals are necessary when changing lanes and when passing.
Distracted driving has been on the rise, too. Distractions during driving could mean the difference between seeing a motorcyclist or not when preparing to change lanes. Don’t let one text change anyone’s life forever!
Riders need to take precautions as well. Take a defensive driving course, wear protective gear and keep your bike in its best working condition. Also, be aware of any road hazards and dangerous weather conditions.
Most of all, enjoy your ride and make it home again!
For more information visit www.nhtsa.gov/safety/motorcycles.