Based on my experiences with drivers from our northern neighbor it's been a neck and neck race between those from Ontario and Quebec driving like ########s around semi trucks.
4 dead in 7 vehicle pile up
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by rearview, May 11, 2017.
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"OPP Const. Roop Sandhu said it appears some of the vehicles involved were either stopped or slowing down for traffic ahead of them when the truck driven by the man now charged began a chain-reaction crash.
"It is a very horrific scene," he said.
Tabanao was arrested at the scene and held for bail court at the Ontario Court of Justice in the city of Kingston yesterday."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/kingston-highway-401-fatal-charges-1.4112052Dye Guardian Thanks this. -
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I wondered if traffic was stopped or backed up for some reason but when it wasn't reported early I ###umed that wasn't the case.
I take back my comment about everyone putting themselves in a precarious position. They were in one without choice.
I have to wonder though. When I find myself coming to the end of a line like that the 4 ways come on, I slow early and I leave a huge amount of space ahead of me until enough traffic has built up behind me and watch my mirrors.
An alert, properly positioned 4 wheeler could probably scoot up the shoulder and get out of the way if they saw this developing. Not so easy for a big truck but you could certainly sound the alarm.
There have been enough cases of people running into a line of stopped traffic that everyone should know it is a possibility and that they're a sitting duck near the end of that line.
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Give it time Don, give it time. All things come to an end in time.
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Meanwhile I have to drive these roads. And usually have my wife with me.....
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I pity your wife for having to deal with your driving................
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Anyway, I'm a better driver than I am a passenger. So we save a lot of time if I do the driving. If I have to be the passenger, it can take a bit of time to find my crash helmet, St. Chris medallion, knee pads, chest protector, hard cup, steel toe boots, safety goggles.....Lepton1 Thanks this.
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