That was the traffic jam in Algonquin Park. A tour bus and a car, a dead person and people airlifted out. Just like the 401 at rush hour!
It's probably just me, but I would like to see safer drivers instead of 'safer' cars. I know that every time I go to the Big Smoke that I am very impressed by self entitled drivers who believe that the rules are for everyone else on the road. I still think the big old cars of my youth were safer. The driver knew that he/she had to operate the vehicle instead of expecting its computers and ABS braking system to save one from disaster. Attentiveness was required. Once seatbelts were legislated fewer people died in MVAs. Air bags lead to more survival, but perhaps more long term disability. Hard to get numbers on that.
Tailgating was uncommon; drivers knew they needed time and distance to stop a vehicle made of steel.
Apparently the accident was near Tea Lake, on the really windy part of Hwy 60 just east of the West Gate.
It's probably just me, but I would like to see safer drivers instead of 'safer' cars. I know that every time I go to the Big Smoke that I am very impressed by self entitled drivers who believe that the rules are for everyone else on the road. I still think the big old cars of my youth were safer. The driver knew that he/she had to operate the vehicle instead of expecting its computers and ABS braking system to save one from disaster. Attentiveness was required. Once seatbelts were legislated fewer people died in MVAs. Air bags lead to more survival, but perhaps more long term disability. Hard to get numbers on that.
Tailgating was uncommon; drivers knew they needed time and distance to stop a vehicle made of steel.
Apparently the accident was near Tea Lake, on the really windy part of Hwy 60 just east of the West Gate.
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