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Started by VicHockeyFan , Oct 27 2009 08:19 PM

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#1981 HB

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Posted 23 February 2014 - 08:22 AM

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Posted 23 February 2014 - 08:23 AM

Unless they were racing.


#1983 Mike K.

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Posted 23 February 2014 - 08:36 AM

In VHF's post above he says two vehicles were involved.

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Posted 23 February 2014 - 08:52 AM

Another crash into a pole. How many is that so far this year?


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Posted 23 February 2014 - 09:10 AM

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#1986 Mike K.

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Posted 23 February 2014 - 09:24 AM

Yeah those things happen fast and show no mercy. Every tailgater, texter, and otherwise overly confident "N" driver clearly has never experienced a car crash. Once you go through that experience you gain an incredible amount of respect for the road ...and physics.

Now about that crash, how do we know it was a collision with a pole? Has this been reported somewhere?

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Posted 23 February 2014 - 10:05 AM

Eyewitnesses to the aftermath tell us a pole was definitely struck.
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Posted 23 February 2014 - 10:06 AM

Some Facebook posters claim to have knowledge of alcohol being a factor.
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#1989 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 23 February 2014 - 10:12 AM

Oh hold on the TC just woke up:

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#1990 Mike K.

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Posted 23 February 2014 - 10:21 AM

130km/h down Blanshard. Insane.

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Posted 23 February 2014 - 10:26 AM

^about on par for that Range Rover I got on my dash cam a while back. 

 

20 year old woman in the passenger seat died.

24 year old male driver taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries. 

 

Isn't it sad how alcohol deaths are so often not the drunk driver?


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Posted 23 February 2014 - 10:43 AM

Isn't it sad how alcohol deaths are so often not the drunk driver?

 

I thought it was because drunk drivers do not tense up before or during impact...


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Posted 11 March 2014 - 07:05 PM

Reminder:

 

GVSD61 and Saanich SD63 schools are on Spring Break from March 10-21.  School zone speed limits are not in effect during this time.

Sooke SD62 schools are on their Spring Break from March 17-21.  School zone speed limits ARE in effect during this time.

 

It's up to you to figure out what district you're driving through. 


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Posted 11 March 2014 - 09:02 PM

What about private school? ;)


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Posted 11 March 2014 - 10:09 PM

I think school zone speed limits are only posted for public schools, not private.


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Posted 12 March 2014 - 02:47 AM

I'm pretty certain that posted school zones are at Glenlyon Norfolk (at least the Beach Drive campus) and SMUS junior school.


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Posted 12 March 2014 - 05:32 AM

I'm pretty certain that posted school zones are at Glenlyon Norfolk (at least the Beach Drive campus) and SMUS junior school.

 

 

YES.    http://goo.gl/maps/7GYED


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Posted 12 March 2014 - 09:24 AM

Ah!  There you go.  I wasn't entirely sure.

 

From Steve Wallace:

 


Private-school students are not protected by school zones when the public statutory school holiday occurs, despite the private schools being in full session. The police are unable to issue speeding tickets in school zones where private school students are in session while public schools are on a statutory spring break holiday. Do school districts that opt for a two week spring break expect the police to issue tickets to drivers when it is a statutory school day with no students or teachers present? Of course not, but it would be legal for police to do so. Thankfully, constables have better judgment than to issue such violation citations.

 

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Posted 15 March 2014 - 12:15 PM

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Posted 15 March 2014 - 12:41 PM

Did you witness it or the aftermath?  What might have happened?


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