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Nothing much to say that hasn't already been said.
My Cole's Notes Summary of this thread:
-Younger and Bleeding-Heart demographic thinks the deaths are a tragedy and that Lion's Gate bridge is unsafe.
-Older and Cynical demographic thinks the driver is solely to blame for the accident.
I have to agree with the older and more cynical demographic. I crossed the LGB for 15 years, 2-4 times daily. I know it as intimately as anyone can know it. In my younger years I have done stupid stuff on it. I know what you can and can't get away with. Every single accident that occurs on this bridge is down to driver error in some regard. Either due to inexperience, or very poor judgement. There was one accident where a tree fell on a car, and that's the only case where it was really unavoidable. This bridge is narrower than most, but if you are careful, it is perfectly safe. If you disagree, you need to maybe take some advanced collision avoidance courses to improve your driving skills - which, by the way, is what I teach for a living.
FYI to everyone - we overuse the word tragedy. Google the true meaning of it. If one of these two kids had just survived a bout of cancer only to die in a car crash - THAT would be a tragedy. I don't think that was the case. My condolences to everyone who was affected by the accident. I would hate for other people to have to suffer in any way because of something dumb that I did in a car.
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