12-02-2021, 10:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-02-2021, 10:36 PM by danbrotherston.)
(12-02-2021, 10:21 PM)nms Wrote:(12-01-2021, 06:54 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: News on this front.
The sad news, an elderly woman crashed a vehicle into a group of girl scouts killing on child and injuring many more. A horrific collision that should never have happened. It is the nexus of everything wrong with our transportation policy. Someone who maybe shouldn't have been driving, who probably needed to killing vulnerable road users, children in this case on a busy dangerous road. It's just devastating, so many children killed in the past few years.
On the brighter side, Kitchener staff are bringing an admittedly, I believe flawed, but still honest and meaningful Vision Zero policy to council next week. It's exciting to see progress being made on these issues, even if it too little too late for entirely too many people.
Why not wait for the police report before condemning the driver? It is an awful accident, but we don't need to cast aspersions from our keyboards.
The driver ran over a group of girl scouts.
It's pretty clear something has gone terribly wrong and given the reliability of modern vehicles I'm willing to say with confidence it wasn't a mechanical failure. Whether it was aggressive driving, a momentary (like many seconds, the crash covered over 100 meters) lapse in concentration or judgement, or an age related infirmity is not relevant to me, they all come to the same conclusion.
And frankly, I'd scoff at your complaint less if I wasn't already being generous with the word "maybe".
As for "waiting for the police report"...nah...I don't really trust police reports WRT driver behaviour. Given the profile of this collision, the police report is likely to be extensive and reliable. But in general, it's not something I put a lot of trust in.