News - Driver Safety

Manitobans are reminded that stricter penalties for distracted driving come into force November 1, 2018.

Over the last 10 years (2008-2017), not a single pedestrian under the age of 18 has been killed in a motor vehicle collision on Halloween, according to Manitoba Public Insurance data.

As a leader in road safety, Manitoba Public Insurance is committed to educating teen drivers and helping them stay safe. National Teen Driver Safety Week is a good time for all teen drivers in the province to evaluate their driving behaviours and work on reducing teen driver involvement in collisions.

Manitoba Public Insurance has announced that since its introduction four years ago, more than 100,000 low-interest loans have been processed under the province’s Low-Interest Winter Tire Program.

Manitobans need to be less accepting towards road fatalities and more committed to driving motor vehicle-related deaths down to zero, says Manitoba Public Insurance.

Large tractors – combines – cultivators. Chances are that motorists traveling in rural Manitoba this time of the year will encounter agricultural machinery as producers are hard at work taking crops off their fields.

On average, more than 800 collisions are reported on public roadways over the four-day September long weekend, according to Manitoba Public Insurance data.

Road safety has been dramatically enhanced on many Manitoba gravel roads, thanks to a highly successful, on-going RCMP enforcement campaign funded in part by Manitoba Public Insurance.

With harvest underway across much of the province, Manitoba Agriculture is reminding farmers, farm families, employees and motorists to keep safety as a top priority during this extremely busy period, recognizing there are many tasks to be completed when the weather co-operates.

Manitoba Public Insurance encourages all drivers to use extra caution on Manitoba roadways to ensure a safe August holiday long weekend.