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[North Shore]

^ Some fukn idiot will attempt to pass anyway, just to get to the next red light faster!

[Mike K.]

And if the road wasn't actually safe for passing, then what?

 

You still peek before you go to make sure it's safe, but it cuts down on angst. You just chill behind the truck until he flashes his lights.

[LJ]

Mexico has a much simpler solution. If the road is safe for passing, truckers use their emergency flashers to let you know the coast is clear.

Brilliant. I don't understand why we can't adopt that here and the world over.

We had a similar system here long ago. If you were following a truck he would turn his left turn signal on if it was OK to pass. Worked real well, but alas, the "professional" truck driver seems to be an extinct breed here.

[sebberry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uqpy8_FVRM 

[todd]

^ 

[sebberry]

Meanwhile, lurking in the shadows (and illegally parked) in Saanich... 

 

[HB]

I just passed by an accident scene

 

Wilkinson at Roy Road.

 

 

New crosswalk in a dark area

 

Well marked though

 

 

Red 2 door Honda Prelude windshield caved in with a big hole in it on driver side.

Pedestrian gone to hospital no word on condition other than still alive during ambulance trip

 

Road is closed waiting for traffic analyst

[Rob Randall]

Two young guys going 100 kph down a quiet residential street crashed into my neighbour's house. They almost went through the window of the basement suite where a pregnant woman was sleeping. Amazingly, no injuries.

[Mike K.]

Geez, that's nuts.

[Rob Randall]

Yeah, look in the second picture how far back the car bounced after hitting the house and that the house's electrical and gas lines were just centimetres away. The young men were very shamefaced and admitted to being stupid. I think the most that can be done is a ticket for driving without due care and six points.

This part of Saanich was designed without sidewalks so pedestrians walk on the curved roads which are a natural speed calmer. They almost hit a woman walking her dog. The driver admitted doing 80 but a police expert said by the length of the skid marks it was 100.

[VicHockeyFan]

Yeah, look in the second picture how far back the car bounced after hitting the house and that the house's electrical and gas lines were just centimetres away. The young men were very shamefaced and admitted to being stupid. I think the most that can be done is a ticket for driving without due care and six points.

 

Centimetres away?  How many?  If it's over 20 you should say decimetres away.

[James Bay walker]

Even emergency vehicles are only allowed to go up to 50% over the speed limit I think.  If there weren't such limits imposed, there could be some ridiculous high speed (& very high risk) chases happening with regularity.

 

It also seems caselaw starts falling on the speeder's side when the police ignore that kind of guideline.  http://www.carlaw.ca...ency-vehicles/ 

 

she did not have enough time to perceive and react to the police vehicle behind her

 

jbw

[sebberry]

Rob Randall, on 14 Oct 2015 - 11:36 PM, said:

Two young guys going 100 kph down a quiet residential street crashed into my neighbour's house. They almost went through the window of the basement suite where a pregnant woman was sleeping. Amazingly, no injuries.

 

 

Which road was this on? 

 

They need to lower the speed limit

[todd]

Two young guys going 100 kph down a quiet residential street crashed into my neighbour's house. They almost went through the window of the basement suite where a pregnant woman was sleeping. Amazingly, no injuries.

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Is that a video camera I see in the last photo? Was it recording?

[Rob Randall]

Centimetres away?  How many?  If it's over 20 you should say decimetres away.

 

Okay, a decimetre from the electrical and 2.5 decimetres from the gas lines.

 

Here is the driver's POV from when the brakes were applied:

 

https://www.google.c...!7i13312!8i6656

 

He continued in a dead-straight line to the corner of the blue house. I simply can't comprehend going down that twisty road at night at highway speed. Even 50 kph is risky.

[North Shore]

As a former young man - with a few more years of experience now - I can say with a fair amount of confidence that young men aren't known for always making wise decisions when it comes to operating machinery that can go fast...

[sebberry]

I don't know... I never stuffed my car into the side of a house.  Or into anything for that matter.

[VicHockeyFan]

The worst I did was take out some rocks installed at the edges of my neighbours driveway strategically placed to harm U-turners in his driveway that cut into his grass. Got my undercarriage pretty good.

Oh then by mistake I backed into his dogwood tree. By that was sort of a mechanical error, longer story.

[LJ]

James Bay walker, on 15 Oct 2015 - 10:12 AM, said:

Even emergency vehicles are only allowed to go up to 50% over the speed limit I think.  If there weren't such limits imposed, there could be some ridiculous high speed (& very high risk) chases happening with regularity.

 

It also seems caselaw starts falling on the speeder's side when the police ignore that kind of guideline.  http://www.carlaw.ca...ency-vehicles/ 

 

jbw

I would love to see that high speed chase on Craigflower as the cop goes careening down the street at 45kph.

[North Shore]

I don't know... I never stuffed my car into the side of a house.  Or into anything for that matter.

See, that's why you are a 'super moderator' - a steady head on your shoulders! ;-)