Prayers to all involved hockey bus crash

[seldomseen]

Perhaps a simpler explanation is that the truck driver was blinded by the sun. Try driving west at this time of the year at around 5:30pm under clear skies. That sun shines directly in your face from a low angle and is blinding. Maybe the driver stopped, was still a bit sunblinded or sunspotted, never saw the bus and proceeded to cross the intersection. I know, should have waited, but maybe in a hurry...

I live close to that intersection and did consider the sun in his eyes so yesterday afternoon I looked down the hi-way west at 5 pm and the sun is still quite high and off the south so I don't think it would have any bearing on what happened.

[bobofthenorth]

I've got a 1A license in my wallet. Its been there for close to 20 years now. I EXPECT to be held to a higher standard than someone with a Class 5. I get some added privileges because of the license - I can drive things that my Class 5 buddies can't but it comes with responsibility and in the event of an accident I expect to be held to a higher standard. Everyone can make a mistake but when a 1A driver makes a mistake the possibility of a seriously negative outcome goes way up so its fair that the 1A drivers gets held to a different standard. That's why all the noise about time of day, local knowledge of the road, tiredness, dispatch, whatever is completely irrelevant. If that truck driver had a 1A license he should expect to be held to a higher standard. If he was just holding onto the steering wheel then he could have been replaced by a bungie strap.

[seldomseen]

I've got a 1A license in my wallet. Its been there for close to 20 years now. I EXPECT to be held to a higher standard than someone with a Class 5. I get some added privileges because of the license - I can drive things that my Class 5 buddies can't but it comes with responsibility and in the event of an accident I expect to be held to a higher standard. Everyone can make a mistake but when a 1A driver makes a mistake the possibility of a seriously negative outcome goes way up so its fair that the 1A drivers gets held to a different standard. That's why all the noise about time of day, local knowledge of the road, tiredness, dispatch, whatever is completely irrelevant. If that truck driver had a 1A license he should expect to be held to a higher standard. If he was just holding onto the steering wheel then he could have been replaced by a bungie strap.

Exactly!!!

[wd9]

Careful there judge and jury. Karma has a way of humbling the shit out of you.

[Partners]

Wonder why no mention of truck drivers name?

[Partners]

Vigial on tsn and other channels at 7...
Heard even JT is coming.

[bobofthenorth]

Heard even JT is coming.

Maybe he'll wear his Indian wedding costume. Or goalie pads.

[Klause]

Vigial on tsn and other channels at 7...
Heard even JT is coming.

You should see the gong show in town already.

Nobody here - not the families, not the relatives, or the team members need all the optics right now... They need time to heal. Time to grieve.

[farmaholic]

Maybe he'll wear his Indian wedding costume. Or goalie pads.

There's a low brow joke in there, using a goalie mask, I refuse to use.
The reason for the vigil is far too serious and sensitive to belittle Trudeau over.

[blackpowder]

I see WD9 still exists.