Man Killed Avoiding RIDE Spotcheck

[Kilgore Trout]

A driver, believed to be in his twenties, was getting off the westbound QEW exit ramp at Hurontario and found a RIDE spotcheck sitting in front of him ; so, he decided to avoid it by blowing through the thing and leading police on a brief chase.

He was killed 60 seconds later when he lost control of his car and slammed into a concrete utility pole at Dundas and Hurontario.
The cops called off the chase maybe 20 seconds before he was killed.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/23/car-slams-into-pole-in-mississauga

 

[fuji]

Thankfully, he hit a pole, and not another car.

(Those utility poles are remarkably well made!)

 

[Kilgore Trout]

He must have been going pretty fast to split the car in half.
Guess a Honda Civic can't handle speed as well as a Porsche 911.

 

[Boss Nass]

Another drunk off the road permanently.

 

[danmand]

(Those utility poles are remarkably well made!)

Unrelated to the OP, one can argue that these utility poles are way too solid. Cars are bound to occasionally run into them, and it would make sense to make them breakable such that peole are less likely to be killed if a pole runs into them.

 

[pablice]

Unrelated to the OP, one can argue that these utility poles are way too solid. Cars are bound to occasionally run into them, and it would make sense to make them breakable such that peole are less likely to be killed if a pole runs into them.

They do make breakaway poles at roads with higher posted speeds and depending on distance located from edge of pavement. It's based on warrant. This is why we have posted and design speeds and fortunately they do not design poles for ppl will not obey posted speeds. These speed limits are there for a reason + depend on many conditions. Police enforcement and ride checks are untimely there protect us despite how many of you think it's a cash grab. It's a shame ppl don't get this. If they dummy proofed all the roads like they do to the playgrounds there would be little money for hospitals, schools and greasing our brave politician pockets.

 

[Sniper Jr.]

Another drunk off the road permanently.

+1.

I'd say the RIDE program did its job in this case.

 

[hamermill]

Unrelated to the OP, one can argue that these utility poles are way too solid. Cars are bound to occasionally run into them, and it would make sense to make them breakable such that peole are less likely to be killed if a pole runs into them.

Good idea - this way a pole can snap in half and kill some closeby pedestrians; maybe a child or two or better yet a mother and baby in a stroller...

 

[TeasePlease]

He must have been going pretty fast to split the car in half.
Guess a Honda Civic can't handle speed as well as a Porsche 911.

Neither can a Lamborghini Aventador, it seems

 

[NorthernBear]

Since this is TERB I am waiting to see all those closed-minded guys trying to blame this on the police. We already know that they already hate the idea of the RIDE program because it takes away their right to drink and drive.

 

[shakenbake]

Unrelated to the OP, one can argue that these utility poles are way too solid. Cars are bound to occasionally run into them, and it would make sense to make them breakable such that peole are less likely to be killed if a pole runs into them.

Right. And then wires fall to the ground and electrocute passers-by.

Utility poles are supposed to be designed, engineered and certified to minimise damage and hazards that would present themselves in the event of any such catastrophic failure.

 

[shakenbake]

Neither can a Lamborghini Aventador, it seems

Like an egg-shell. Most cars wouldn't sustain a tee-bone collision, I would imagine, except for a tank.

 

[TeasePlease]

Since this is TERB I am waiting to see all those closed-minded guys trying to blame this on the police. We already know that they already hate the idea of the RIDE program because it takes away their right to drink and drive.

Naw, my first thought was "dumbass"


if you want dumb anti-cops, check out gunnutz

 

[Babypowder]

Another RIDE Fail.

 

[fuji]

Since this is TERB I am waiting to see all those closed-minded guys trying to blame this on the police. We already know that they already hate the idea of the RIDE program because it takes away their right to drink and drive.

Police did the right thing here. They called off the chase when they saw it was dangerous. Unfortunately the driver was apparently too drunk to notice no one was chasing him.

 

[gcostanza]

Another RIDE Fail.

How so?

 

[Aardvark154]

He must have been going like a bat out of Hell when the car looks like this and the engine ended up 30 meters down the road! Further, this was just before 6:30 a.m.!

 

[lazysausage]

Like an egg-shell. Most cars wouldn't sustain a tee-bone collision, I would imagine, except for a tank.

Cars are designed like that so the driver/passenger can survive. When the force crumbles it reduces to force of the impact through compression. Whats worth more? a life or a car

 

[shakenbake]

Cars are designed like that so the driver/passenger can survive. When the force crumbles it reduces to force of the impact through compression. Whats worth more? a life or a car

Agreed, 100%. But, the strength can be more in one direction than in another, even in the best designed cars.

 

[abv]

Reported on 680 news today the driver was 16 years old.