Road incidents multiply in the snow
There have been lots of incidents on the roads inside and outside town throughout the snowstorm.
I was downtown this evening and saw a startling thing. I’d just got off the 24 bus near McGill. Sherbrooke Street was full of pedestrians and traffic despite the storm. As the bus moved slowly away, a young woman ran up behind it, lay down on the road, grabbed the bus bumper with one hand and held up a selfie stick with the other. I watched as the bus moved off into traffic, pulling her along behind it. And since there are no reports of deaths in traffic on Sherbrooke Street, I guess she survived the prank. Anyone seen the video?
walkerp 23:14 on 2020-02-07 Permalink
Never with a bus, nor on busy streets, but bumper skiing was a not uncommon practice among kids where I grew up.
denpanosekai 00:48 on 2020-02-08 Permalink
what the actual fuck.
in other crazy surprising news — my bus was right on time this morning. Absolute madness.
j2 01:19 on 2020-02-08 Permalink
Skitching used to be super common, at least in Ottawa in the late 70s and 80s, but it was on your feet ya and it wasn’t for the views.
Francesco 02:31 on 2020-02-08 Permalink
Stitching behind school buses in the West Island was almost a means of transport in itself when I was a kid!
Francesco 02:31 on 2020-02-08 Permalink
Autocorrected from “skitching”!
raymond lutz 08:27 on 2020-02-08 Permalink
Nous on appelait ça faire du “ski bottine”. Seuls les plus téméraires (inconscients?) de la classe ne faisait…
dwgs 09:52 on 2020-02-08 Permalink
Bumper hitching where I’m from.
JaneyB 10:50 on 2020-02-08 Permalink
Bumper shining on the Prairies.
Kate 11:17 on 2020-02-08 Permalink
Growing up as I did in the city – for part of my childhood I actually lived on the Decarie service road – doing this kind of stunt was unknown to me. I still think it was insane to try it on Sherbrooke Street at rush hour, even given the snowstorm.
Ian 12:07 on 2020-02-08 Permalink
We used to do that on our bikes or skateboards with trucks & buses when we were kids & teenagers but didn’t have a name for it. I still see young people doing it here now and then, but mostly bike couriers.
Actual lying down on the road and uploading it to TikTok (presumably) is kind of next-level though…
Kevin 18:09 on 2020-02-08 Permalink
I’ll stick to motorcycling instead of doing stupid shit like that
Hamza 20:52 on 2020-02-08 Permalink
Here’s a video I’m sure is related/the same person:
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/02/08/video-une-personne-fait-du-car-surfing-couchee-sur-la-chaussee-derriere-un-autobus-de-la-stm
There are def jokes to be made here but this is really something awful and selfish. If something had happened, it would’ve affected a hell of a lot of ppl in the midst of a situation that is already really demanding on city and emergency services.
Kate 10:15 on 2020-02-09 Permalink
It was darker outside when I saw her, past 5 p.m., so even chancier. I link above to CTV’s report as well.
dwgs 10:30 on 2020-02-09 Permalink
Kate, I may have been on that bus. I got on the 24 at the Roddick Gates a few minutes before 5. The driver stopped just before de la Montagne and he and a passerby walked to the back of the bus and did something for a couple of minutes and then off we went. I was reading beforehand and just figured it was something to do with snow buildup or the like.