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<\/a><\/p>\nDistracted driving is becoming more and more dangerous these days. \u00a0The more we have to distract us, the more dangerous the road gets. \u00a0It is easy to become bored with a day-to-day routine because we have so much technology to stimulate us every minute of every day. Remember that we cannot let ourselves become distracted while driving.<\/p>\n
More and more we are seeing laws to prohibit these distractions and help us stay focused on the road. \u00a0You are probably familiar with these laws in your own hometown. \u00a0Will you be moving or traveling any time soon? \u00a0Look up the distracted laws in the provinces or states that you will be visiting to ensure you are following all laws on the road. \u00a0Below is an infographic on Canadian distracted driving laws to help for your travels to Canada.<\/p>\n
Provinces with Laws Prohibiting Distracted Driving<\/h3>\n
Most of Canada has prohibited all handheld devices and other distractions while driving. \u00a0In 2015 and beginning of 2016 even more provinces have added laws prohibiting distracted driving. \u00a0As of right now Nunavut is the only province without any distracted driving laws! \u00a0Some provinces have more laws than others, banning not only hand-held devices for texting and phone calls, but also anything that causes distractions and all carry demerit points and fines. \u00a0Click on the province for laws specific to the one you will be\u00a0moving to or visiting. British Columbia<\/a>, Alberta<\/a>, Saskatchewan<\/a>, Manitoba<\/a>, Ontario<\/a>, Quebec<\/a>, Nova Scotia<\/a>, Prince Edward Island<\/a>, Newfoundland<\/a>, New Brunswick<\/a>, Yukon<\/a>, Northwest Territories<\/a><\/p>\n Drivers with a graduated license have more consequences or more strict laws in some provinces. \u00a0Below outlines the provinces with extra laws put in place to protect novice drivers. \u00a0Many times these laws prohibit the use of hand-held and hands-free devices so the novice drivers can be completely focused on driving safely.<\/p>\n Canada is concerned as to what actions effect driving so there is also a list of actions that constitute distracted driving. \u00a0These include calls, texts, personal grooming and many more.<\/p>\n We all want to follow the laws and ensure we do not receive fines or demerit points, but more importantly remember to drive safely. \u00a0Distracted driving puts you and others at risk for injury, damage to your car and even death. \u00a0If you would also like to learn more about distracted driving laws in the US, please\u00a0read Distracted Driving State Laws Infographic.<\/a><\/p>\n What do you do to make sure you have no distractions while driving? \u00a0Tell us in the comments!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Updated March 25, 2016 Distracted driving is becoming more and more dangerous these days. \u00a0The more we have to distract us, the more dangerous the road gets. \u00a0It is easy to become bored with a day-to-day routine because we have so much technology to stimulate us every minute of every day. Remember that we cannot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":27931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547,546],"tags":[1729,1240,523,1718,1366,1721,1720,1668,1731,554,1253,1719,180,2179,1730],"class_list":["post-27824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-distracted-driving-driving-safety","category-driving-safety","tag-calgary","tag-canada","tag-distracted-driving","tag-driving-in-canada","tag-edmonton","tag-handheld-devices","tag-laws","tag-montreal","tag-ottawa","tag-texting","tag-toronto","tag-traffic-laws","tag-traveling","tag-vancouver","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50936,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27824\/revisions\/50936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\nDistracted Driving with a Graduated License:<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nTypes of Distractions in Canada:<\/h3>\n
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