By: Thomas J. DeMarco, MD [2]
As a car-free family physician who has been campaigning against overdependence on personal motor transportation for over 30 years, I welcomed Dr Schwandt’s editorial in the June issue of the BCMJ [2024;66:146]. I have long been dumbfounded by Canadian politicians’ passivity regarding the profoundly negative medical and environmental impacts of car culture. Not only do we need robust measures to make driving slower, less convenient, and more expensive, but we must also legislate limitations on the width and height of motor vehicles.
—Thomas DeMarco, MD
Whistler
This letter was submitted in response to “Driving toward injury-free roadways.” [11]
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