Granville Street Bridge - Page 21

whatnext · #**401** Posted **Sep 22, 2026, 3:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Actually he's head on with the dashcam video driver and then swings into the middle lane. Then for some reason continues to swerve left until he hits the cars in the right hand lane (headed south).

Crazy. Lucky this accident wasn't way worse with that kind of driving.

madog222 · #**402** Posted **Sep 22, 2026, 4:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

He's at the crest but he passes the car in the far left lane and then he veers into the white cars in the right hand lane next to the bike lane. The bus was in the middle lane about 5-6 car length behind the first car.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdjaQF5mweK/

From the front video it seems like there's no cars going south except for one closer to the Fir/West 4th exit.

If cones aren't viable maybe they can stick those rumble strip type bumps in the centre lane?

Rear view camera view.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddl6SseG9-R/?stkn=ejBmcnFnd3V3NDA2

RedArbutus · #**403** Posted **Sep 22, 2026, 7:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

Rear view camera view.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddl6SseG9-R/?stkn=ejBmcnFnd3V3NDA2

Whaaaat the actual —

MIPS · #**404** Posted **Sep 22, 2026, 7:59 PM**

I refuse to believe anyone is that stupid.

Commercial drivers in BC have a longstanding reputation for being ungovernable trash but there's no way anyone can be that stupid.

whatnext · #**405** Posted **Sep 22, 2026, 8:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by MIPS

I refuse to believe anyone is that stupid.

Commercial drivers in BC have a longstanding reputation for being ungovernable trash but there's no way anyone can be that stupid.

So your choices are: medical episode, high on crack or new to Canada.

Tysonbrown · #**406** Posted **Sep 22, 2026, 9:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by MIPS

I refuse to believe anyone is that stupid.

Commercial drivers in BC have a longstanding reputation for being ungovernable trash but there's no way anyone can be that stupid.

Boy, it's gonna — to be you if that fellow had a medical reason for the crash.

MIPS · #**407** Posted **Sep 22, 2026, 9:17 PM**

I'll spin the wheel for that one.

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Originally Posted by Tysonbrown

Boy, it's gonna — to be you if that fellow had a medical reason for the crash.

I'll take those odds.

aberdeen5698 · #**408** Posted **Sep 23, 2026, 1:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddl6SseG9-R/?stkn=ejBmcnFnd3V3NDA2

That's just awful.

What surprises me is that the car that got hit didn't seem to take any evasive action at all. I'm absolutely not blaming him, but I'd like to think that if I had been in that situation I would have yanked the steering wheel to the left and perhaps managed to avoid the worst of it. What I'm missing is how much time he had before the start of the video to see what was coming at him.

But then the guy behind him would have taken the brunt of it. There's no winning in that situation.

jollyburger · #**409** Posted **Sep 23, 2026, 2:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by aberdeen5698

That's just awful.

What surprises me is that the car that got hit didn't seem to take any evasive action at all. I'm absolutely not blaming him, but I'd like to think that if I had been in that situation I would have yanked the steering wheel to the left and perhaps managed to avoid the worst of it. What I'm missing is how much time he had before the start of the video to see what was coming at him.

But then the guy behind him would have taken the brunt of it. There's no winning in that situation.

The dashcam car was probably blocking their view of the tow truck until it passed him and then you see a huge trucking flying at you for 2-3 seconds. I mean there's lots of drivers that would freeze in that situation.

whatnext · #**410** Posted **Sep 23, 2026, 5:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

The dashcam car was probably blocking their view of the tow truck until it passed him and then you see a huge trucking flying at you for 2-3 seconds. I mean there's lots of drivers that would freeze in that situation.

Yep, you'd have a moment of shock and panic, a second to try and figure out where to go and then Bam!

I really hope the media follows up on this story.

aberdeen5698 · #**411** Posted **Sep 23, 2026, 10:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Yep, you'd have a moment of shock and panic, a second to try and figure out where to go and then Bam!

I've read that a typical reaction time to hit the brakes in an unexpected situation is 1.5 seconds. A few weeks back I had a left turning oncoming car pull out suddenly from the blind spot created by the car going in my direction who was stopped and also waiting to turn left. I hit the brakes and swerved right - it was too late to stop but luckily I was going a bit under the speed limit and that gave the guy turning left enough time to stop so that my swerve allowed me to clear him.

Out of curiosity I measured my reaction time based on my dashcam footage from the time that the car became visible until the time that the hood started to dive down due to the braking. Surprise - it was pretty much exactly 1.5 seconds.

From the timestamps on the Granville Bridge collision videos (I'm assuming that the forward and backward facing dashcam footage is from the same car) it looks to me like he had 3 seconds between the time that the truck crossed over into the second lane where he would be clearly visible (the timestamp just clicks over to 17:02:05) and the collision (17:02:08). It's not a lot of time, but it could have turned a head-on collision into more of a glancing blow.

Again, I'm not blaming the victim, just trying to emphasize how important it is to pay attention out there, people!