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[sdwright.vic]

I didn't imply that you couldn't take a dim view. I took a dim view of the old gal.

I am just saying something made that person not stay at the scene.

[DustMagnet]

I didn't imply that you couldn't take a dim view. I took a dim view of the old gal.

I am just saying something made that person not stay at the scene.

 

 

Maybe they were afraid they would get in trouble for their actions?  It's a reasonable concern.

[sdwright.vic]

You seem to want to keep making this about me wanting to make an excuse for this person. I can't, they are the only ones that can. They are they ones that have to live with their choice.

Unfortunately, until they are caught we will not know what led them to make that choice. What their mental state is our was.

So as much as crucifying on this forum us popular, lets leave that to the courts.

[Bob Fugger]

Maybe they were afraid they would get in trouble for their actions?  It's a reasonable concern.

 

It may be a concern, but in the context of living in a society, it is anything but reasonable.

[DustMagnet]

You seem to want to keep making this about me wanting to make an excuse for this person. I can't, they are the only ones that can. They are they ones that have to live with their choice.

Unfortunately, until they are caught we will not know what led them to make that choice. What their mental state is our was.

So as much as crucifying on this forum us popular, lets leave that to the courts.

I'm happy to leave the mental state speculation and the anecdotes out of it.

 

I've actually tried more than once to steer this back to my original focus, which was about road design to mitigate these types of accidents.

 

So... speed humps?

[Mystic-Pizza]

Someone hit a little girl and then took off. That is a Crime, they know what they did, they are a fugitive from the law 

 

Their is no excuse to flee the scene of an accident when you have hit someone.  Their is no sympathy or empathy for that person because they chose to flee.

 

If they had stayed on the scene and taken responsibility for the incident then that would have changed everything. But because they decided to leave they are now a criminal.

[Bingo]

The penalty for leaving the scene of an accident that you know you contributed to, should be no less than for drunk driving or distracted driving.

[sdwright.vic]

So... speed humps?

Agreed especially in high children residential areas.

[Mystic-Pizza]

Another truck hit the Bridge on Hereward Rd. today in Esquimalt.

 

I think that's the 4th or 5th time in 4 years. 

[Redd42]

11 8 bridge 

 

https://en.wikipedia...1_foot_8_Bridge

[Bingo]

A pedestrian is in hospital with undisclosed injuries after being hit by a BC transit bus downtown this morning

The incident happened about 8:30am on southbound Douglas at Pandora.

http://www.iheartrad...t-bus-1.8610718

[Linear Thinker]

Great to go back in time with Street View to see all the changes in signage.

 

11 8 bridge 

 

https://en.wikipedia...1_foot_8_Bridge

[Mike K.]

Just after midnight along Chemainus Road at Saltair Road in Cowichan a vehicle flipped ejecting one individual and trapping another. I don’t have additional details.

[sebberry]

So from Dec 1 to Dec 24, VicPD caught 42 drunk or drug impaired drivers.  

 

I'm the sort of person who firmly believes that if you're the type of driver to not care about scuffing up your car, you probably shouldn't be licensed.  

[Mike K.]

I encountered my first road block of the season last night. I was surprised there have been so few, actually.

[G-Man]

I haven't been through a road block in Victoria in like four or five years.

[FogPub]

^It's strange - some years I seem to hit one* every time I go out, and other years I don't see any.  Random chance, I suppose.

 

* - or two; three's my record for one night.

[Mike K.]

VicPD is hosting a media-invite roadblock tonight. Media will call in at 9PM to learn of the road block location.

[Mike K.]

That brutal corner between Leigh Road and Westshore Parkway along the TCH is the scene of a head-on crash. The highway is currently closed in both directions.

[Mike K.]

There are reports now that traffic is getting through eastbound/southbound.