Topic spans: 1955 - 2004
The Drive To Survive: Reducing Road Deaths in Canada
With nearly 20 million cars and trucks on our roads, automobiles have become a fact of life for Canadians. But our reliance on them comes at a cost. Over the past 50 years nearly 200,000 Canadians have died in traffic accidents — more than were killed in both world wars combined. In addition, despite vastly improved safety measures automobile accidents continue to be a major cause of death of younger Canadians. CBC Archives takes a look at the long, slow road to improved traffic safety.
16 television clips
9 radio clips
Asleep at the wheel
Broadcast Date: Nov. 13, 2002
Are drowsy drivers as dangerous to our roads as drunken drivers once were?Asleep at the wheel
Medium: Radio
Program: Sounds Like Canada
Broadcast Date: Nov. 13, 2002
Guest(s): Adam Moscovitch
Host: Shelagh Rogers
Duration: 6:37
Last updated:
July 21, 2005
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Radio
10:07
Before the building of the Trans-Canada, drivers took their lives in their hands on British Columbia's Cariboo Road.
Radio
8:16
For 23 days, three CBC Radio staffers drive across Canada on the unfinished Trans-Canada Highway in a 1960 Chevrolet. Today: northern Newfoundland.
Asleep at the wheel.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: July 21, 2005.
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