Road safety deserves all the attention it receives, as we saw with the latest spell of tragedies on Quebec roads.

Reducing the number of road accidents is above all a matter of education, of altering behaviour. Avoiding future tragedies will only come from endogenous solutions, from the striking of an unwritten covenant among all road users, especially young ones.

Young drivers, as we all know, are disproportionately represented among the parties to a road accident.  I don't think [...]

On the night of October 9 to 10 earlier this year, four young people aged 18 to 22 years old perished on Drummondville roads.  Initial findings suggest that speed, and perhaps alcohol, were factors in the tragic accident.  Over the last few years, a number of measures were adopted to reduce speed and bring down the number of serious accidents on our roads – measures to build awareness, mobilize local actors and control dangerous behaviour.  The creation of the Quebec table on road safety, [...]