Deadly crashes on B.C. highways prompt plea to slow down

[@NoneNone-yt6nv]

Driving for a living, I cannot remember the last time I saw a highway patrol in B C

[@de_stroyed]

You must not drive often then. I constantly see RCMP and Delta police constantly hidden on highways with their radar gun.

[@dene_christie]

its true.. I also drive for a living and see a cop here and there... not enough! i joke all the time to people by saying. whos going to give you a ticket? i havnt seen any cops actually get any dangerous drivers in a very very long time

[@g.w.7893]

That won't solve the problems. These type drivers don't care.

[@seankingwell3692]

usual diverse suspects

[@cheryljacques2758]

@@NoneNone-yt6nv that's cuz the cops are too busy raiding wrong houses for made up bullshit.

[@greggreg2263]

Vancouver has always had crazy drivers but in the last decade it’s gotten out of control. People can’t drive to save their own life.😢

[@cheryljacques2758]

@@greggreg2263 it's not Crazy drivers, it's FOREIGN drivers. Same reason we all are becoming homeless at an alarming rate despite a dual income family making 50 bux an hour! I'm literally done. The only racism going on in Canada now is the tesla driving house owning indians. Take out jobs buy our houses n property n drive around in tax payers fucking teslas at 30 km an hr. Obstruct, run stop signs do whatever ya want. This country is YOURS NOW! IF India is no longer habitable, y'all have maybe ten years here. You'll wreck Canada too. Y'all are gonna be homeless too. Enjoy.

[@cheryljacques2758]

Cuz the last decade has been spent on Trudeau opening the flood gates to secure his term in office. True canadians are now a minority. We're all screwed

[@Balyente]

Wonder what has changed in the last decade *COUGH*

[@livefreeordiehard8898]

Third world immigrants came here and drive like home. I’m from Asia and people drive like crazy back home.

[@WhatTheFlipOfficial]

@@Balyente Goddamn, Trudeau caused this too?

[@3IS2UR]

speeding is an issue to a point but ICBC handing out licenses like nothing is ridiculous, there are many people on the road you can tell that aren't qualify to drive. You can make all the laws and plea all you want, enforcing the law is a problem here also the design and conditions of our roads are horrible

[@seankingwell3692]

usual diverse suspects

[@SamusMaximusSMXD]

With icbc licensing unqualified drivers this is what happens

[@StinkyIndianStudent]

Indian drivers licence ...how do you give a license to a guy that was riding a rickshaw or donkey before they came here

[@seankingwell3692]

usual diverse suspects

[@seankingwell3692]

@@StinkyIndianStudent usual diverse suspects

[@nephilimshammer9567]

Stop allowing people to.buy their licenses

[@vangary100]

Tons on Facebook that sell fake ones but they make unsuspecting think it's registered.

[@rockyl9568]

Young Surrey jacks showing off.

[@AussieBodybuilder]

Diversity with a driver license

[@ryanj156]

@@BATitaniumman being a nationalist doesn’t mean a persons racist

[@andybee3785]

@@BATitaniummanyour probable a shit driver and taught others around you to be a shit driver

[@AlCatSplat]

@@ryanj156 Blaming everything on minorities might make you racist.

[@tedcity5861]

​@@BATitaniummansnowflake with a ......😅

[@notjustanyuser]

Racist

[@IKhanNot]

One word: India

[@tedcity5861]

2nd word. China

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@4freess]

How's that " no fault insurance, " coming along?

[@peterfrederickson6024]

i pay less for more auto insurance today with government insurance than i did with with private insurance 50 yrs ago so i like no fault insurance suits me just fine thank you

[@4freess]

@@peterfrederickson6024 you do realize if you are in a serious accident, there are no lawyer court settlements? If you end up in a wheelchair the max settlement from ICBC is $30 000

[@nephilimshammer9567]

Private is garbage

[@SuCKeRPunCH187]

@@nephilimshammer9567 ask alberta how its going. insurance companies are leaving there.

[@tedcity5861]

​@@nephilimshammer9567freedom of choice rules.

[@magnoliaflower3310]

I don't know if this is inplace or not. All new drivers from other countries should be tested in order to get a Canadian licence. All drivers should get tested every 5 years until the age of 70. From age 70 onwards, drivers should be tested every 2 years. The test should not be expensive.

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

in Japan, the test is expensive.

[@cheryljacques2758]

@@DwightStJohn-t7y we aren't in JAPAN we are in British Columbia CANADA!

[@Combatpzman]

Wait times for tests is already long, where are we going to get all the extra staff to do these tests, and how much will out rates go up to cover their salaries?

[@drumswest5035]

Ya that would be a logistical nightmare, governments can barely handle doing an initial licensing program as it is!

[@twinchargedmr2]

They have chinese teaching chinese and jeets teaching jeets to drive - that's just the ones that couldn't afford to buy their license lol

[@erwinbernales1723]

Some food delivery drivers working on multiple apps. Believe on me. Most of them are distracted by the apps while driving on high speed.

[@StinkyIndianStudent]

👳‍♂️

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@badb3242]

Don’t blame speed for lack of driving skills.

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@jimdevlin4949]

Everyone that drives in bc and is not visiting should take our road test.

[@Ont785]

It’s never the speed.. It’s the swerving in and out of traffic, and acting like a moron… It doesn’t matter what the speed limit is.

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@yingyang1875]

Everyone so entitled and get so angry so quick

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@yingyang1875]

@seankingwell3692 your mom doesn't think so. In fact, she likes to lick the stench

[@bombaman8327]

Canadians actually drive pretty slow compared to the people in the United States. I just went to Seattle about a month ago. The drivers there drove super fast everywhere. Crazy.

[@allpro7cf257]

Yeah, I think mph also comes to play for people who drive fast in the states. Numbers in mph looks smaller than kph, maybe that affects psychologically.

[@user-pu3cf9pd2m]

Because the speed limits in the Lower Mainland are ridiculously low. As soon as you hop onto the I5 in Washington the speeds are 70mph (112kph) on two lanes going south and two lanes going north. Highway 1 in the Vancouver area is 90kph with 4 lanes going each way, which is why the majority of people drive 120kph which is what the speed limit should be.

[@letsgoskiagain]

The design speed vs posted speed problem. You can’t make people drive 90 of you build a road that looks like you can do 200 on it

[@cheryljacques2758]

The ppl that drive slow in canada AREN'T CANADIAN!

[@cheryljacques2758]

Y'all needa get off the SPEED issue. It isn't speed!

[@cheryljacques2758]

It's not all speeding. It's people that simply DO NOT don't know how to drive and shouldn't be on the road! I had a woman t bone me three weeks ago after she gunned it from a stop sign as I was turning left on a right of way street! People need proper road examinations ffs. Obstruction and stupidity behind the wheel is at an all time high. 🤬 And the no fault drivers law doesn't godamn help! Zero consequences anymore!

[@statusworldchanger595]

This means that any foreigner, is exchanging their international driving, for any provincial license in Canada, & don't know how to drive to slow down, they are the ones @ risk for an collision, NOT ACCIDENT to occur! Exchanging your driving license outside of Canada (BRITISH COLUMBIA/Ontario ) doesn't mean you can be a safe driver!

[@cheryljacques2758]

@@statusworldchanger595 I was trying to avoid racism here, but fk it. Yep, 💯 why. Thx for saying what I didn't till now.

[@statusworldchanger595]

@@cheryljacques2758 mostly indians, & Chinese, are declared unsafe drivers, 100% true

[@DubboU]

@@cheryljacques2758 It's a fact that many foreigners brought over their driving habits from their homeland, that doesn't align with BC traffic laws. What's racial about that?

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@danger1240]

Maybe stop these chinese/east Indian driving schools from just handing out licenses like candy to people who can't speak English or read road signs

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@user-pu3cf9pd2m]

I don't think it has to do with speed, it has to do with how many bad drivers we have on the road. What factors into this is how easy our road tests. The N and class 5 exam should also have an exam portion where the driver is asked questions on how to handle situations, kind of like the L test. Also, we have so many immigrants that they're bringing the driving culture from their country and not adapting to the rules of the road here. This also is something nobody ever talks about.

[@DubboU]

Insurance agent here. I can assure you what you said is what we talk about all the time, it's just that nobody is listening. But why would the gov do anything to their biggest cash cow?

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@jeepstuff4004]

Nothing to do with speed. It’s poor drivers. Distracted driving. New immigrants not having the proper skills to drive.

[@morgangentle1515]

Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly

[@sqr2024]

What’s the speed limit?

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@azhyhama9649]

Why nobody talking about heat affecting inappropriate tires?

[@cheryljacques2758]

@@azhyhama9649 no one's talking about tires for the same reason they aren't talking about foreigners that more than likely caused these accidents! Don't Beleive me? Well, I can pretty much guarantee that the accidents in question here were involving FOREIGN drivers. Matter of fact, ima look! 😂 😂 😂

[@cheryljacques2758]

@@azhyhama9649 heat cannot affect your tires when you're doing walking speed ffs. Bet you're one of those doing 20 in an 80 zone n wondering why everyone's raging n speeding around you. Omfg. Get off the road.

[@cheryljacques2758]

@@azhyhama9649 probably due to the fact that none of these accidents were caused my exploding tires .... Jesus, REALLY???? 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@cheryljacques2758]

By****

[@azhyhama9649]

@cheryljacques2758 sounds like the heat has taken few good cells out of you my friend. Make sure to stay hydrated. The asphalt surface gets much hotter than the reported weather temp, and cheap or winter tire compounds deform, making it stop at a greater distance while reducing tire handling. I didn't talk about tires exploding. Also, most foreign drivers (which proportionally aren't significant) have to do theirs licenses again at ICBC. Maybe check in with ICBC if you have concerns 😁

[@toolshed7652]

Speed can definitely be a factor, but lets not forget to mention how terrible some of the drivers are here. It's appalling. I see it everyday. Not too mention the ridiculousness of some of the road constructions, and the inadequacy of the roads themselves. It's absolutely shameful for a major city.

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@Wildstar40]

All these vehicles with all these safety options and yet again the error is driver failure to operate the vehicle correctly. The "It will never happen to me" attitude only lasts until it does happen to you. Luck always runs out so smarten up.

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@pabloXL]

Look at this road, it's incredibly simple. straight with one left turn lane. This isnt a speed problem, it's a "not knowing how to drive" problem

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@RoboJules]

I noticed the issue of excessive speed is much worse outside of Vancouver in places with wide stroads that facilitate that kind of speed. Tighten up lanes and engineer your roadway for the speed you want drivers going.

[@atodaso1668]

No, just make driving tests and standards higher.

[@buddyhaulin55]

I wouldn’t really blame it on speed, it’s mostly people’s stupid ignorant decisions to not leave proper following and breaking distances causing a shit of accidents on highways. Speeding up trying to block people out from merging, being impatient and turning when it’s not safe to do so etc etc. People need to drive more cautious and defensive instead of always being in attack mode. The objective of driving is to get to your destination safely, that means you and everyone around you. Be aware of your surroundings and think ahead.

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@g.w.7893]

DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@lindo110]

nationalities?

[@chadbinnie7641]

two issues , the last 5 years the roads have become like a kindergarten class with no teacher and two the amount of international students driving with zero knowledge

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@jackpontiac52]

I drive a 1950 Plymouth in Edmonton and area with Armstrong Steering, manual brakes, and 3 on the tree with Overdrive with no problems. Modern cars are EASY to drive, so there is No Excuse for any of this.

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@SilverSidedSquirrel]

no, PAY ATTENTION, we dont need to go any slower. People need Driving Lessons, and English lessons.

[@JacksonWilliams-lp2un]

We have drivers with attitude problems 👳🏻‍♂️❗️

[@billychi6961]

I have lived near UBCO for five years. I have never seen a DUI checkpoint. I have seen IRS on the highway at 6AM handing out tickets for doing 10kph over. I have personally seen drunk people get in the car and drive, accidents where someone had to be impaired and my family member who is RCMP GD from out of town intervene in a situation where a mans GF was yelling at him not to drink and drive. This is right outside my door. The police don't care about safety they care about easy revenue for the government

[@seankingwell3692]

the pigs work for the farmer on the phunny pharm

[@jacobuszwanenburg1629]

Maybe have decent roads ! Maybe it should be harder to get a license To begin with. Speed is NOT the problem. Inexperienced drivers cause the wrecks. Speed does not cause wrecks.

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@rickreed9525]

My career driving commercial truck and trailer its terrible with how people drive carelessness. No enforcement at all on hwys and roadways. Worst is people have no idea what the passing lane means.

[@marilynnandbobseifert3986]

We want photo radar and vehicle safety checks reinstated!

[@ScreamingReelsTV]

Gee... Cannabis has been legal now for how long, and we are seeing an increase in deadly crashes. I wonder if there is a correlation there?

[@subiesnacks8446]

Sure, keep telling yourself these things. Don't mention the people coming here from countries who have never seen a car before in their lives, then throwing them in a tesla. We'll gloss over that part.

[@seankingwell3692]

@@subiesnacks8446 diversity is strong in its stench

[@mariozamprogno1654]

The lasso clip shows an idiot in a Dodge pick up making an illegal U-turn. You just can’t fix stupid.

[@krazyinthekootenay712]

IT is driver failure tooo many new Canadians

[@AM-my3jk]

Speeds should be higher. Our hwy’s speed limits are too low.

[@thomashong2938]

BC has the highest speed limits in Canada.

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@vangary100]

Yes, they will start asking us to pay back those rebate's.

[@jimmy41607]

more like have a tougher road test and cancel all the international driver license transfer from 3rd world country

[@pontiac_montana]

You'll have platoons of cars in all lanes going 20-30 even 40 over the posted. It's like everybody is trying to race each other to the next red light here! Speed enforcement is a sad joke in the lower mainland.

[@mountfairweather]

It's all Surrey drivers

[@StinkyIndianStudent]

👳‍♂️

[@StimpacksRequired]

So I'm not crazy. All last week I felt like every day was some Mad Max shit. Both morning and afternoon trips home from work were insane with assholes.

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@twinchargedmr2]

Instead of making immigrants conform to our standards decades ago, Canaduh lowererd its standards and with that all drivers are affected negatively - thanks diversity!

[@bobsoft]

Driving school lessons before getting a license should be mandatory, as well as a road test every license renewal. I cant believe how many people do not know the rules of the road. No turn signals, confused at four way stops, do not know how to merge....etc, Why do we not have motor vehicle like they used to have in 70's There are so many vehicles that are not road worthy.

[@Barvey26]

Upgrade our freaking highways. We’re not a province of a couple million people anymore. There’s 6 million of us with highways from the 1950s

[@grabasandwich]

Ask and plea all you want. As long as there's a gas pedal that a human can push however they please, nothing's going to change.

[@rockyjohnson9243]

Need to install more photo radar and enforce it.

[@GMoneyMacFresh]

You'd think they would make driving easier with how much money people buy their licenses for....

[@georgedesjardins6080]

Given the traffic, crazy drivers, homeless, drugs, garbage and Crime I have avoided Vancouver for years. Reminds me of the b grade movie city scenes with some self proclaimed Social Disease Party at the helm.

[@DracoSilverscar]

Speeding isn't the root cause. It's just a symptom of the greater issue. Drivers who don't pay attention and drive to the environment. You can do 200 mph on a straight stretch of highway perfectly fine as long as you leave enough distance to the car ahead, and most importantly PAY ATTENTION to what's going on around you. It's just overconfident inattentive morons who should never have gotten a license to begin with, in their giant steel boxes, convinced they're perfectly safe because of airbags and seatbelts and all this new tech they're constantly being told about to make them safer!

[@bw6078]

The crazy premiere in Ontario is working to increase highway speed. Absolutely insane. We learned speed is a strong factor in traffic deaths a long time ago.

[@PonkyKong]

Germany has proved that wrong. It's a skill and maintenence issue. Cars have no problem going fast on highways. That stretch of road isn't intended for high speeds. And there is no plan to increase the speed limit. Fools speed. Can't stop a fool.

[@letsgoskiagain]

Yes we can stop even fools. We need to design our roars for the posted speed. When it says 60 but looks like 100 people drive 100. If it’s too wide, too straight, no trees - so basically looks like a highway like in this case people drive on it like on highways. But we put those streets in the neighborhoods with intersections and then wonder why people speed there. Places that implement traffic calming see lower rates of crashes, that’s a fact

[@user-pu3cf9pd2m]

Speed is a factor in death when it comes to a collision. However, if you have competent drivers on the road then the speed limit of the highway being raised to 110kph (I think that's what it's going to be raised to) then speed shouldn't be an issue. There's too many people on the road that don't know how to drive or how to react in certain situations.

[@Windsofchange2023]

Wow insane…. A 10km per hour speed limit increase it’s the end of the world… we have the slowest speeds in the world and the most stupid drivers.

[@bw6078]

@@Windsofchange2023 Quite possibly yes, and you still think increasing the speed is ok?

[@bombaman8327]

😂 At least the driver who crashed his/her car into the tree didn't kill anybody. Good for him/her.

[@saiyuki124]

True

[@cheryljacques2758]

@@bombaman8327 yah that's awesome hey? But when they claim this shit on their insurance guess whose rates go up???? All of ours! 👍

[@StinkyIndianStudent]

Blame immigrants and indians for high insurance rates

[@joeschlepp]

no seatbelt! trees and logging trucks are the scourge of BC drivers. remember speed doesn't kill it's the sudden stop at the end that gets you.

[@sams6098]

No matter what messaging or campaigns we put out fast drivers will always drive fast and unfortunately the only way they will get the message is the hard way. Truckers on the other hand are notoriously impatient and drive too fast on the highways... They should be barred from driving in the fast lane with exception to emergencies. Period

[@kitakun33]

If you had a police force that took care of the roads, you wouldn't see this as often. Or you know, have car classes in school, or like stop handing our driving licenses out like candy. Or less traffic so people don't drive so fast to get where they by having more jobs at that work at home... better semi... the list goes on. But hey, cops saying, "Please slow down," will fix things.

[@cthis4786]

Don't understand why they're speeding, Canadian car insurance is expensive

[@cheryljacques2758]

@@cthis4786 Canadian car insurance is expensive because of foreign "canadians" incessantly getting into accidents cuz they CANNOT DRIVE

[@bobthekobb]

They will not.

[@beardedboon]

Trisha takinowa out here People are stupid Speed doesnt kill suddenly becoming stationary kills

[@atodaso1668]

Yeah has nothing to do with all the people that dont even have a Canadian license.

[@seankingwell3692]

diversity is strong in its stench

[@zanedgallipeau9119]

it might help if there was actually a highway patrol that patrols the highway!!! very non existant in the interior of B.C!!!

[@bob-e6t1o]

stop texting and driving people are idiots on the highways

[@jessebooth2371]

We don’t need to slow down. Vancouver drivers need to get better at driving. They suckkkkkk. How they even get on the road makes me believe it’s a government issue.

[@user-vr2tx4tt6b]

So many people drive like idiots now more than ever. I see it everyday. All of you people know who you are - you're on borrowed time.

[@splaw120]

DEI kills

[@Justin-di6cp]

It aint speed...its skill...experience. A skilled and experienced driver doesn't do that dumb shit

[@wc4109]

That 1st accident looks bad… and I don’t see any speed signs along that stretch of road… Cities should put up more speed signs along long road stretches between lights…

[@atodaso1668]

Why? do signs stop accidents? Because many studies show the opposite.

[@cheryljacques2758]

We're the DRIVERS CANADIAN ??? Or Asian or indo Canadian????? If we are speeding it's to get around all the obstructive foreigners! SERIOUSLY!! WERE THEY CANADIANS OR IMMIGRANTS? CLARIFY!!!!! I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER

[@livefreeordiehard8898]

Another 1 million third world drivers will fix this. More diversity will make roads safer.

[@Windsofchange2023]

Also old entitled guys that brake check instead of moving out of the lane,

[@atodaso1668]

Women too. I worked with a guy and he said his mom always drives in the passing or fast lane because it has less bumps...

[@cheryljacques2758]

@@atodaso1668 I drive in the passing / fast lane ALL THE TIME. why? Cuz y'all are SLOOOOOW.....

[@atodaso1668]

@@cheryljacques2758 No she drives the exact speed limit and causes chaos and dangerous situations

[@atodaso1668]

@@cheryljacques2758 No she drives the exact speed limit and causes chaos and dangerous situations

[@kevinpellerin6715]

BC has bad city design and drivers run stop signs and crosswalks in their path to buy the latest electric vehicle. Because this technology is better?

[@2BXD]

Skill issue tbh

[@DunDun-e43]

Excellent job to say have pathetic speed traps to ticket an excuse they set up. Obviously didn’t work at all. Much better to research signs and design that compel driver to slow down. Or a carefull post. And stop designing road that go 120 and put up a 60 sign dah. Smh.

[@blueabattoir]

Stupid comment.

[@blueabattoir]

Cry baby

[@cheryljacques2758]

Where I'm at its all brown And trust me, they have a universal speed of 40 k. At best. Lol

[@Ihatetrudeau]

Immigrants with bought driver’s licenses

[@internalcombustion641]

Its speeding, entitlement, impatience, ignorance, slow the F down speed signs say MAXIMUM 60,70,80,90 etc not MINIMUM.

[@exile4ever]

Yea people mistaken maximum for minimum.

[@tedcity5861]

​@@exile4everit's always been that way.

[@cadethofgravel5100]

Natural selection i have put more k on then you could dream. New technology needs to be implemented into strategy and ability. I can give you a car but you need tolearn how to drive. Maybe stick with the rickshaw until you have completed a base level of education in the first world

[@AussieBodybuilder]

0:45 Canada is full of weirdos

[@exigm]

Maybe a few screws loose but he showed empathy and seemed pretty chill. You seem high strung.

[@AussieBodybuilder]

@@exigm thx u doctor

[@Hoser16]

damn climate change.

[@galenkehler]

If only police had some way of measuring drivers speed and issuing some kind of penalty if they exceed a set speed "limit" designed by road engineers... alas there is no way they can take the time off hassling the homeless

[@tm1089]

This is what happens when canadas population goes up a millon a year and 10, 000 people imigrating to B.C . Every month....to many people on our roads and they cant drive

[@Rocks.geology]

Refugees advertising Christianity spying on people 😅

[@blueabattoir]

???

[@trollfeeder]

please don't drink and use the internet at the same time.

[@anthonymarce2457]

Family license is making a come back or…….??

[@toddsmith6681]

What’s the demographic of the drivers, they never report that, I wonder how many of the drivers are not original Canadians.

[@roberts0505]

"Speeding" I bet most accidents start from someone who can't drive and drives slow. Then the people behind start passing and shit happens. Ignorant drivers all over the place