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[Love the rock]

I’m sorry but with so many drivers out there with horrific driving habits please bring back photo radar and red light cameras. 

[Victoria Watcher]

Only two streets in Victoria now allow 50 km/h — parts of Blanshard and Douglas

 

City council unanimously adopted a bylaw on Thursday reducing the speed limit for nearly every street in the city to 40 km/h or lower.

https://www.timescol...ouglas-10932779

[Barrister]

Suspect that this will have little impact. 

[Mike K.]

Quite often the streets are so clogged that you can’t travel 50km/h, anyway.

[LJ]

It'll just be the kids on the scooters going over the limit.

[Barrister]

Exactly what is the point of making all traffic crawl?

[Victoria Watcher]

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a vehicle Tuesday evening in Esquimalt.

 

A witness said the driver was turning left from Head Street onto Esquimalt Road around 7:50 p.m. when she hit the man, who looked to be in his 70s. The witness told the Times Colonist the man appeared to be in the crosswalk when he was struck.

 

The busy intersection is controlled by traffic lights.

 

B.C. Emergency Health Services said it received a call at 7:51 p.m. about the incident. Paramedics treated a patient who was taken to hospital in critical condition.

 

 

https://www.timescol...uimalt-11013284

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 30 July 2025 - 12:37 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Shawnigan Lake RCMP are investigating after a child was killed in a crash north of Shawnigan Lake on Monday evening.

 

Mounties say the 12-year-old victim was rollerblading with their family around 8:30 p.m. in the 4100 block of Hillbank Road when a northbound Honda Civic lost control and struck them, and then a telephone pole.

 

The two occupants of the car, the driver and passenger, are both 17 years old and suffered minor injuries in the crash. They were both taken to hospital for further treatment.

 

“While we do not suspect that alcohol was involved, it has been determined that speed played an important factor in this tragic incident”, said Cpl. Alex Bérubé, spokesperson for the BC RCMP in a release Tuesday. 

 

 

https://cheknews.ca/...n-lake-1274728/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 26 August 2025 - 10:51 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Car driven off ledge, falls into grocery store parking lot

The driver, a woman who appeared to be in her 20s or 30s, was conscious and surrounded by a group of concerned bystanders.


https://www.timescol...ng-lot-11146588



Jeepers.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 30 August 2025 - 07:45 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Car driven off ledge, falls into grocery store parking lot

The driver, a woman who appeared to be in her 20s or 30s, was conscious and surrounded by a group of concerned bystanders.


https://www.timescol...ng-lot-11146588



Jeepers.

 

 

 

[LJ]

"concerned bystanders?" They were probably all gathered around to find out who could possibly be this stupid.

[delacroixandora]

I cannot believe how f*#&ed this city is

[Mike K.]

[Victoria Watcher]

Great post! Care to elaborate?

[pontcanna]

Traffic Safety Unit Issues Tickets after Pear St. Collision

October 10, 2025

 

On Sept 28, 2025, at approximately 10 a.m., a dark-colour Honda sedan collided with two individuals as it exited Shelbourne Plaza onto Pear St. The two individuals suffered significant but not life-threatening injuries. The vehicle failed to remain at the scene and was last seen driving west on Pear St.

 

Following a review of available video of the incident, officers in our Traffic Safety Unit identified both the vehicle and the driver. On October 9, 2025, the driver was issued two tickets under the Motor Vehicle Act: one for driving without due care and attention and one for failing to remain at the scene of an accident.

 

Each ticket carries a financial penalty of $368, and the driver is subject to penalty points against their licence.

 

File #25-18439

 

Jason Hallman | Communications Advisor

 

[Mike K.]

That’s it? Just tickets? Were there other circumstances involved here?

[delacroixandora]

Great post! Care to elaborate?

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