07-19-2022, 03:19 PM
(07-19-2022, 03:11 PM)dtkvictim Wrote:(07-19-2022, 09:55 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: This is the first professional driver to hit an LRV right?
I can't tell if that's good or bad...certainly you'd expect it to happen less frequently, but do professional drivers make up >1% of the drivers in the city?
"Professional". At least from the Toronto news I read, cement trucks and dump trucks seem to make up a disproportionate number of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities and injuries. Maybe it's just a reporting bias (I don't know the statistics), but even if there were causing accidents in line with population it would still be pretty damning of the licensing requirements and the profession.
When cycling, I have always found construction vehicles like dump trucks and trucks pulling trailers to be the most unsafe to be around. Even tractor trailer drivers generally seem to drive safer.