22 pedestrian deaths, no charges
The Gazette says 22 pedestrians have died in traffic so far this year, two elderly victims having died since their news broke. But not a single charge has been laid against any of the drivers.
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Jack 17:37 on 2019-12-11 Permalink
Wow editor must have been on vacation. Very rarely will that perspective make a newspaper filled with SUV ads. Thanks Allison Haines.
qatzelok 18:20 on 2019-12-11 Permalink
The more pedestrians that vehicles kill, the more vehicles people will buy. It’s win-win for car companies and the many wealthy regimes they sponsor.
Tim S. 09:38 on 2019-12-12 Permalink
A rare follow-up article that explains what happens after journalists write “the police are investigating” and then lose interest. Good for her.
dwgs 10:51 on 2019-12-12 Permalink
Ok qatz, even for you that’s a pretty strange association to make.
Joey 10:54 on 2019-12-12 Permalink
Almost four years now since Concepción Cortacans was killed crossing Parc avenue. I’m surprised/disappointed that Projet Mtl has not done anything to reduce speed on that stretch, which is effectively a highway when not too congested. Traffic calming has value not just on Luc Ferrandez’s block!
jeather 15:46 on 2019-12-12 Permalink
I actually agree with q. here. If you see that lots of people are killed being hit by SUVs, you’re going to be less interested in being a pedestrian inasmuch as you can choose not to be one, and if you get a car, you’re going to want to be in a nice safe (for the driver) SUV instead of something that is safer for pedestrians.
Tim S. 16:09 on 2019-12-12 Permalink
Jeather: exactly. My preference is that we regulate the things (require special driving licenses, extra fees, outright bans, actually enforce existing laws, whatever) but if nothing’s done by the time I need to buy a new vehicle (hopefully a few years out) then yeah, I’d look at buying something that doesn’t make me prey, basically. This is absolutely the opposite of what Q (and I) want, but it’s the logical outcome. I guess I have to think hard in the meantime about how to push for those changes instead of just writing internet comments…
Chris 10:44 on 2019-12-13 Permalink
dwgs another example of how qatzelok is correct: children used to walk/bike to school, now they rarely do. Why? When asked, parents answer: safety from cars. So instead parents *drive* their kids to school in yet more cars. A classic feedback loop.
dwgs 11:35 on 2019-12-13 Permalink
Chris, can you cite sources for that statement?
Blork 12:35 on 2019-12-13 Permalink
@dwgs, I can’t cite sources now, but I did some research into the phenomenon of parents driving their kids to school a dozen or so years ago (U.S. context) and there was data to back it up. However, it wasn’t fear of cars, it was fear of kidnapping, bullying, and other hazards that the parents didn’t want to expose their kids to. The irony (as I pointed out in the article I wrote) is that the risk of children being hurt or dying while riding in a car by far exceeded the risk of kidnapping.