r/vancouver • u/GenShibe Your local transit enthusiast • 1d ago

Local News Multi-vehicle crash including double-decker bus closes Highway 99 in Delta - BC

https://globalnews.ca/news/12106164/multi-vehicle-crash-double-decker-bus-highway-99-delta/
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u/SnailsInYourAnus 1d ago

That truck driver should lose his license. Did he even look? Wild. Hope bus driver is ok.

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u/ledorky 1d ago

To me it looked like there was a prior accident and the truck swerved to avoid it. I guess we will find out soon.

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u/iatekane 1d ago edited 23h ago

The proper response for the truck is to not try and swerve but to brake straight and keep his truck from going into opposing traffic, plowing into the wrecked cars is preferable to hitting oncoming traffic.

Typical with the internet people commenting have no idea what they’re talking about. Semi trailer drivers are taught during their training not to swerve in situations like these for a multitude of reasons as swerving is the far more dangerous option.

The outcome here with no fatalities was pure luck and he absolutely made the wrong move throwing his truck into oncoming traffic.

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u/slimspida 1d ago

Yeah, it’s hard to see exactly what happened in front of the truck considering the video length and the position of the camera car, but swerving probably saved lives. He cut hard and didn’t roll right through the red car that spun out ahead of him.

The cables also did their job.

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u/piedamon 1d ago

Yeah, I’ve zoomed in and watched that beginning like 10 times now: the semi and the bus driver are fucking heroes honestly, plus a good chunk of luck.

If the semi didn’t swerve, he would have hit TWO vehicles at full speed head on. He swerves and just barely clips them instead. Ideally he would’ve stayed in the grassy median so the oncoming traffic was really lucky. Everyone was

The bus driver breaks and swerves gently and, while they do hit, it’s at an auspiciously slower velocity thanks to their braking

This was so close to being far worse wow

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u/Typical-Blackberry-3 1d ago

You try to decide who to hit and possibly kill in the 10 milliseconds they had to make that decision. No one died, so that is good.

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u/bakedbrownie0 Fraser Heights 23h ago

You think a semi hauling a 53’ container going 80 km/h is going to be able to “brake straight and keep his truck from going into opposing traffic”?

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u/Specialist-Day-8116 1d ago

At that speed that truck would’ve definitely killed or severely injured the occupants of the vehicles. The swerve maneuver, though increasing the number of vehicles involved, actually saved lives.

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u/Beevas69 1d ago

If he brakes straight, he will absolutely annihilate anything in front of him. Those cables absorbed so much energy. This was easily the best outcome in this scenario...by complete fluke.