Do you remember growing up in a time when seat belts were optional in the backseat, you’d throw yourself down a snow-covered mountain with gleeful abandon (and no helmet) and climbing into the back of a pickup truck seemed like a sensible way of transporting the kids to soccer practice? These things were all the norm not so long ago, while today, thanks to education, awareness and an unfortunate number of people injured or killed along the way, we accept the need to wear seat belts, wear helmets and so on.

Over the past month and a half there’s been a lot of very interesting comments from the BC community, including some that think prevention is a waste of time. Bad stuff will happen to you whether you’re careful or not. To those people, I ask you to read this great article that looks back at how far we’ve come. If we don’t continue to make these gradual, but very necessary, adjustments to our way of thinking, then we’re not evolving as a society. Fortunately, thanks to many dedicated and brave people over years, it’s quite clear to me that we’ve come a long way, baby… and with your support, we’ll keep on goin’…
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