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There is a tendency on the news that only good people die. Inevitably, they will find someone to interview that finds how the world is a worse place without this near saint of a person, good to the core and all that. Happens every news cast, every day. NO one ever gets on the news and says, "he was an average person-he was funny, and nice, but he parked in handicapped spaces to be a dick". This isn't the fault of the news, its people writing revisionist history.
So in a thread on this subject, its going to be quite disheartening to hear that while he was a great friend to you, he may only be an average addition to society.
Tough love time, and for those that knew the deceased, feel free to stop reading. It wasn't the bridge's fault. It wasn't the conditions. It was the driver. So in terms of this entire thread, just remember that you may want to drive 80/90/100+ on the bridge, but it isn't wasn't and never will be designed to do that. You make the decision to hit the gas, then you put yourself, your passengers and the public at risk. It is up to the driver to analyze the conditions that are presented and drive to those conditions. It's wet...slow down. This bridge is the shits..slow down. It's busy...so slow down. It's not the city, or the provinces fault that there isn't a bridge there that allows the general public to do 100+...hey! it would be nice, but don't blame them.
The nanny state can never child proof the entire world.
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