06-08-2016, 09:40 AM
From the CBC: Girl, 10, hit by vehicle near construction site in Kitchener
From the article:
"It happened just before 4 p.m on Old Zeller Drive, near Fairway Road in Kitchener.
The driver was passing a construction vehicle at the time. The girl was crossing the street to avoid construction and ran into the path of the vehicle."
I don't know this area too well, so I have no idea about what speeds vehicles take here. But Zeller is strictly residential with a school not too far away. Good news that the girl will recover, which suggests that the motorist's speed was probably not excessive.
A little while ago in another thread, there were comments about "hostile" signs on lawns on Lancaster asking motorists not to exceed the speed limit on their residential. Well, here's a good illustration of their concern: a child ran into a path of a vehicle because her sightline was blocked, and a motorist striking her with a car because his visibility was blocked. If the motorist was doing 50, the girl would have stood a better-than-even chance of being killed. At more reasonable speeds for a residential area, she stands a good chance of surviving. I hope she has no lasting effects from being hit.
This is why the concern, and the signs.
From the article:
"It happened just before 4 p.m on Old Zeller Drive, near Fairway Road in Kitchener.
The driver was passing a construction vehicle at the time. The girl was crossing the street to avoid construction and ran into the path of the vehicle."
I don't know this area too well, so I have no idea about what speeds vehicles take here. But Zeller is strictly residential with a school not too far away. Good news that the girl will recover, which suggests that the motorist's speed was probably not excessive.
A little while ago in another thread, there were comments about "hostile" signs on lawns on Lancaster asking motorists not to exceed the speed limit on their residential. Well, here's a good illustration of their concern: a child ran into a path of a vehicle because her sightline was blocked, and a motorist striking her with a car because his visibility was blocked. If the motorist was doing 50, the girl would have stood a better-than-even chance of being killed. At more reasonable speeds for a residential area, she stands a good chance of surviving. I hope she has no lasting effects from being hit.
This is why the concern, and the signs.