DTES Hastings speed limit to be lowered to 30kph
 

City to reduce speed limit on accident-prone Hastings

Sigh, slowing one of the city's busiest roads to a crawl.

forget the brakes, i'll hit the gas. They'll move...im pretty damn sure they will when they know im not stopping....hell I've done it to others...and DTES is no diffrent.

I know for a fact I wont get hurt when im sitting inside a 4000lb coupe....and they're a mere 150lbs.

Isn't that going to give them more incentive to jaywalk.. because the cars are moving slower..

I think we should see this community issue from the perspective of the heroin fiends and their mothers


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It's interesting that the police have opposed the reduction of speed in that section. I'm really annoyed by this; several of my coworkers also oppose it (we head through that little piece of road every day to get to work), mostly because if we reduce the speed, there will be just as many injuries and fatalities, because people will be less afraid of the consequences of just suddenly walking across. Honestly, what we need to reduce pedestrian collisions is to put bars between the sidewalk and the street. Sure it seems like kind of an ass-y move, but if you want to reduce the number of pedestrian impacts...that'll do it.

drive slower to allow the pooks j-walk..pfffffffffft

Damn now they gonna surround our cars and hang on to them like the zombies they are.

I'd prefer keep the speed limit the same, and make flamethrowers legal there
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more like 75lbs

wtf, this is not gonna work. I think ppl will get aggravated and just gun it, only to have an accident seconds later.

What ever happened to survival of the fittest? If you don't want to be stupid and die, DON'T JAYWALK. -_- Freaking zombies drones...

they should implement a program where you can get a license and once you purchase this license, you're allowed to run over as many junkies as you want. Sorta like fishing licenses or hunting licenses, but for junkies.

Can we just fence off the sidewalks at the curb where all the druggers jay-walk?

Many universities do this so students only cross at the crosswalk. I don't see how it can be acceptable for our academic elite, while an asshat move for junkies - its a good move for both.

lowering the speed limit is about as useful as a bike lane

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that sounds like a pretty decent idea. at least you only have to watch out at intersections. but if you're getting chased/harassed by junkies you can only run up/down the street. seems like there'd be no escape for you lol

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/...fa02aa6534.jpg


btw, fencing off the side walk wont work because all the steel and conduit will be jack by the junkies on the same night they put up

Speed ISN'T the issue here.

It's the drugged up jaywalkers that cross as if they're invincible that cause all the accidents.

i think it only makes sense that speed limit be lowered hell they should probably make an overpass for them to walk over; although the problem with that is they probably wouldn't use it

i pass through there everyday and normally have no real issue since traffic is slow as hell during the Rush Hour but outside of that i can see how it can be a risky situation especially with the knowledge that so many people have been hit

That is so fucked up, the majority of pedestrian-vehicle fatalities are from low speed collisions due to pedestrian error. Speed has nothing to do with it.

This is just another reason why Gregor and his Vision lead city council need to be voted out. Besides the horrible planning and lack of consultation regarding the bike lanes and handcuffing the VPD by not giving them enough of a budget, they are also wanting to remove the Georgia viaducts and now reducing speed limit to 30km/h on that section of road :facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

How about they just put up a fence along the side walks so people are unable to jaywalk. It's not our fucken fault that all of these crackers j-walk left right and center running after talking butterfly's.

Don't forget, these are the same iddiots that spent $100K to some DTES party to do their research on how to prevent the high number of fatalities along this stretch of road. And then this party pans it off to a 3rd party for the price of $65K and pockets the remaining $35K.

City of vancouver takes the advice of study conducted by Vancouver Network of Drug users over the POLICE, give me a fucking break.

They want to remove the viaduct? When did this happen?

A Developer thinks they can make millions of dollars if they develop the area (without the viaducts) and they're petitioning the city to think about it and the city says they'll research the idea over the next year or so but people have being very loud about not liking the idea already (me included) so the city may not even bother thinking about it anymore



do you know how much fencing actually costs? a shit load

it makes more sense to lower the speed limits just for that little stretch of road


you guys complaining sound like girls that just want to bitch about everything

^ I was thinking of more of a cage style ;)

the government decided to close the cage remember? they sent all those mentally unstable people out of the asylum and into the streets of the dtes

i doubt they're going to open it back up now especially since most of the population of the dtes has been pushed out to the suburbs