REVscene Automotive Forum - Young child hit and killed while crossing Vancouver downtown street

Truth be told in my experience just going on a bike ride to stanley park today I nearly ran over 3 different people that were absolutely oblivious to where they were going 2 of them on foot 1 on bike. We are talking close enuff that I could had to tuck my arms in to avoid hitting them. They all had one thing in common, they were women. One playing was playing with her sunglasses while crossing the street right into the bike lane, she looked like she was at some wedding reception. Second one was hugging someone in the pedestrian lane and after the hug she spun 180 and walked right into the bike lane, and her vapid response? "oh I almost got hit by a bike" Third one was on a bike i called "on your left" as i passed her I guess that startled her so she decided to hit the brakes and the guy behind her slammed into her. It's bad enough they wear high heels but shouldn't they especially look where they are going since they are already on poor footing?

On a side note it seemed like the hotter they are the more oblivious to the rules of the road like somehow they dont apply to them. Is this true anyone else notice this?

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Originally Posted by sh0n (Post 6567589)

Hey folks - just thought I'd give my assement of the situation.

I personally live the area and was able to witness the after affects of the incident. I saw the police spokeswomen giving the general interview and could tell from her tone that it wasn't good. The overall mode at the scene was pretty mellow they were covering the accident scenes with drapes and had the firetruck crew to come and clean it up.

Personally I feel very bad for everyone involved - the little child, mother, emergency crew, police, all the eye witnesses and maybe even the driver. No one wanted such a thing to happen but it did and lets just say it really does have affects on people's lives.

A few of my rants given the situation.

- Given the situation, I mean we had over 4-5 years of construction and this is one of the few major accidents. It;s almost a blessing in a bad way that more accidents didn't happen.
- The whole Keefer and Abbott area is a gong show. I personally live in that area for the last year and most of the sidewalk would be always blocked off cause they are continously doing shit at the Espana development. Its just tragic that an accident like this had to happen near the completion of the building. Personally I think that the development company should be somewhat liable - they could have put more signs up or done something to slow down traffic and detour people from walking on the side of the streets which may or may not had a cause to the traffic.
- People in Vancouver should take extra caution when crossing the road. It almost feels like there is an ingrained behavior that pedestrians always have the right of way. Its not true - cause last I checked even if you have the right of way, you won't outlast getting hit/smashed by a car. Just remember to double/triple check when crossing the street cause you can never be too sure.

In this case with all the news reports, we really don't know what happened. But so far the indications looked like the flatbed truck driver was trying to make a wide turn and hit/clipped the baby carriage and the women.

The police actually confiscated the secured video surveillance from all the buildings around that corner. Maybe then we would know what truly happened.

But in the end RIP to the little girl, the mother, family and friends and all that is affected.