Traffic safety head 'cringes' when he hears about fatal collisions

Working for 28 years in law enforcement, Gerry Shimko has seen that the trauma caused by collisions extends far further than the physical injuries of the patient.
As executive director of the City of Edmonton Office of Traffic Safety, Shimko has been the head of the city’s Vision Zero efforts – a plan to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries.
“No words can really put it into perspective and it tends to be something that stays with people for the rest of their lives,