Came on to RS fully expecting a 2 page thread on this:
UPDATE: Two young women dead after head-on crash on Sea to Sky Highway | Globalnews.ca
First off, devastating accident, my sympathies are with the families who were affected by this tragedy.
At the same time people have to recognize that the actions of these 4 girls, obliterated the plans and weekend for an enormous amount of people. I was up in Whistler today, and I was stuck for the day because I had no idea what was going to happen with the highway (Not that I am going to start complaining about having to spend an extra day in whistler), but for those who got stuck in this mess, or had their weekend getaway squashed by this accident it can be a pretty shitty deal.
I came back late and waited just before Lions Bay for about an hour until the road opened. The number of people who were stuck in that lineup was astronomical, and I can't even begin to fathom the number of people who just said fuck it and scrapped their plans and went home. These people most likely forfeited hotel costs. Sorry but if that had happened to me I would still have been a pretty bitter individual.
What really kills me beyond this though, is how this is going to lead to even more "speed kills" BS in the media. Speed doesn't kill, what kills is poorly trained drivers, driving poorly maintained cars, all while distracted by their cell phone or friends.
I drove up the S2S on Friday morning, I was moving at a good speed for the road (yes, it was slightly above the 80km/h speed limit). I got passed by a few vehicles; however, the two noteworthy cars i got passed by were, a dodge neon, with a rear bumper almost falling off, and a toyota tercel. That dodge neon must have been going atleast 140 when he passed me.
The other interesting vehicle I encountered was a GFS dual axle cube van which was hauling along just past squamish where the speed limit is 90km/h. Once again I was moving at a speed above the speed limit, funny thing paced the truck for a bit, and he was moving through all the corners and bends at above 110km/h. At one point he got fed up with me going 110km/h in front of him and he started to passed me.
If these vehicles are capable of travelling that road at 110km/h when the conditions are less than ideal (as they were, the road was wet in sections and the temperatures were pretty low). Then I see no reason that the S2S is still 80km/h. The speed limit is absolutely ridiculous.
I am especially eager to see the details of the accident that happened this morning. They should have no problem telling us what happened since they closed the HWY for over 10 hours to figure it out.