Yesterday morning, what do we hear them talking about on 660News? The police think people are adjusting to the winter driving conditions because they were expecting a spike in accidents over the weekend. It didn't happen and things were quiet on the weekend so people suddenly have adjusted? Laughable. Monday there were what, over 200 accidents? I guess it never occured to the police that the reason there were no accidents on the weekend was because no one got in their cars and there was no traffic.
Someone alluded to the speed being a factor and without a doubt, it is, but there are other issues, too. Yesterday, coming home from work, I nearly slid into a van travelling in front of me. I'd never seen anything like this before. The lady driving it (a courtesy van for Honda West) was approaching the intersection of southbound 85th St and Bow Trail SW. North-south traffic there have no stop light or stop sign. You have the right away no matter what you are doing. For some stupid reason (woman driver?) she decides to come to a complete stop and let the person turn left who is sitting at a stop sign. I started to brake probably 20 feet or more behind her, going maybe 20-25km/h when I started to brake. Thinking she was going to turn, and seeing no brake lights because they were covered in snow, I thought I had time but I hit black ice and lost it. Slid the entire distance, stopping maybe a foot or two short of rear-ending her. It's not just speed, it's dummies who plain and simple, don't know how to obey the rules of the road, regardless of condition. That could have been a bad situation on ideal roads.
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