04-25-2019, 08:51 PM
When I first learned that she had died, I assumed that the motorist must have been driving well in excess of the speed limit- 60, 70 kilometres. But it's possible that he was traveling slower than that. It seems extremely unlikely that he was driving the posted speed limit, which is 40km/h.
It's an understatement to say that it's easy to drive at 70km/h on Weber. But it's a great case to bring up- Central Street has a boulevard and even street trees. On Weber, where traffic often does travel at 70 or 80km/h, the sidewalk directly abuts the street in many places. If a car leaves the road and a human being is in the way, there's little chance for that human being.
This could have been a medical emergency but, like you say jamincan, likely not. It happens all the time, unfortunately. Usually, no one happens to be in the way. Sometimes they will be. Just last Friday afternoon, an SUV crashed into a hydro pole on Weber Street North in Waterloo. No one notices since no one was killed, that time.
It's an understatement to say that it's easy to drive at 70km/h on Weber. But it's a great case to bring up- Central Street has a boulevard and even street trees. On Weber, where traffic often does travel at 70 or 80km/h, the sidewalk directly abuts the street in many places. If a car leaves the road and a human being is in the way, there's little chance for that human being.
This could have been a medical emergency but, like you say jamincan, likely not. It happens all the time, unfortunately. Usually, no one happens to be in the way. Sometimes they will be. Just last Friday afternoon, an SUV crashed into a hydro pole on Weber Street North in Waterloo. No one notices since no one was killed, that time.