Truck Pile-Up on Coquihalla (again):

It is a variable speed limit up to 120 km/h. It is showing 80-90 km/h right now.

DriveBC BC Variable Speed Signs​

Of course the idiots will still be doing 120.

 

Vernon, BC has a magnetic hill too. Up in the BX region.

 

Ya that was it at the :08 mark. "Coming in hot, coming in hot ! "
Holy #### that looks terrifying.

 

There seems to be more and more stupid on the roads in BC these days. I love visting BC. You should see the rat race to get ahead of me every time I visit there. Little do they know I had blue license plates way back when. I know how to drive around a curve without slowing to a crawl lol.

 

This could be the crash that finally makes something happen to change the game on the Coq. A maximun 80 km truck speed downhill from the snowshed to Hope, all seasons, 24 hrs a day, 365 days per year. With enforcement by CVSE and RCMP, no excuses tolerated, ever.
A horrible crash in Kamloops in 1989 with multiple fatalities that resulted in a permanent 80 km truck speed limit on the Kamloops hill on highway1 downhill is a reminder laws can make a difference before another disaster..

 

That particular solution will be difficult but is clearly part of the problem. In the interim, re-classifying transport driving as a skilled trade in Canada under federal immigration regulations is a good start. And making sure all drivers and companies are covered under a collective bargaining agreement and represented by a real union (not CLAC-type rat union) is another big goal. This last is one that individual drivers can actually get started, all it takes is one phone call to a local to get the ball rolling...Nobody is going to bail drivers out if they won't try to help themselves first..

 

I heard stories about that. Truck had brake fade and crashed into a building or something at the bottom?