A little more attention and commitment towards road safety can save many lives in Canada.

We are a nation of nations and cultures. One in every five Canadians is born outside of the country, this means we have people with many different types of backgrounds and life experiences.

When people move to a new country or a place they struggle with many things, for example, they go through cultural shock. Just like that, it takes time to be familiarized with the infrastructure, the rules of the roads, and the climate.

As an example, in the past few years, a new trend has been witnessed on Canadian highways, people stop in the shoulders of the major highways to take photos of themselves or the scenery. This act can lead to deadly consequences. But, this is just one example, there are many more.

Now, in order to make our highways and even byways safer, there is a lot more work that is needed. We can not only relay on the law enforcement. There needs to be more education.

Empowering Newcomers through Road Safety Education

When we educate people, we empower them. When we educate newcomers about road safety and road infrastructure and its rules, we are working towards saving lives. This education is needed for people from all walks of life but at the moment we are focused on newcomers.

We need to run workshops about road safety. We need truck driving companies to run programs that educate general public about their work and how to drive around trucks. We need government to produce educational material about traffic laws. We need to use social media for the road safety purposes.

If some of these ideas come to life, we can make our roads much safer.