“We are still determining the sequence of events, however information right now has led us to determine that this was not a deliberate act,” Const. Kevin Nebrija told reporters near the scene.
That’s the problem, isn’t it? Drivers not deliberately trying to kill people with their vehicles, yet it happens over and over and over and over again.
it’s basically because of badly designed infrastructure. Something like 40 cars per year drive into a building in the Greater Toronto Area. This was bound to happen when you put a daycare next to a 4 lane stroad. Why would you even do that, not only is it unsafe it is super bad for the health of those children. And if you look at the building on google maps you basically see zero protections against car crashes, no bollards or concrete planters and the playground is on the side of the road instead of on the other side of the building. No the safe side is for the parking lot. Truly designed by morons. Even if someone is safe driver, if they get sideswiped they could careen straight towards the playground.
If it’s not a building, it’s a bus stop shelter, or a light/power pole, or a group of pedestrians, or cyclists, or e-scooter riders…
We can only design infrastructure to be safe up to a certain extent, but we really need to be getting people out of cars.
Car-dependent cities and public safety are in conflict with each other, so local and provincial governments really need to decide which is the priority. You really can’t have both.
The daycare being built isn’t the problem.
The stroad is. It should be thinned and have guardian rails, trees, and a protected bike path instead.
I mean the stroad didn’t just pop up after they built a daycare on a nice safe street
That’s fucked up. One of the kids died, 18 months old. What the fuck
The building was clearly not wearing high visibility clothing.
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What a tragedy. Just to keep filling big oil’s pockets.
Pure tragedy. A man in his 70’s has to live with some scarring truth.
Every old person struggles with when it’s time to give up driving. Let this be a reminder to err on the side of caution.
People 70-80 are involved in fatal collisions at a fraction of the rate of drivers 16-20.
If only we lived in countries that allowed people to age gracefully and with support. Car dependency is awful in so many ways, and while I’m not denying culpability, many of our old people are driving long past when they should because the alternatives are basiclly homebound and bleak.
And yet they are still safer than the 16-20 cohort, who outnumber them several-fold. We’re ALL forced to risk our lives every time we bike or walk near motorists.
Guy was in his 70s, in a region of GTA famous for high insurance claims. Very likely he hit the gas on his Canyonero instead of the brake and the GTA loves to buy overweight, overpowered trucks.
