Sad

our hearts to her family.

Why is it necessary to publish a picture of this young girl's car?

Disgusting reporting.

rambleon@The wrecked car is hardly as disgusting as her body must now be. I would say that reminding people to drive carefully is a good reason for publishing the photo.

People should really think twice about winter highway travel, it can get real ugly real fast. My condolences.

My condolences as well.

This was a bad one. Got caught behind it last night. My condolences to the young ladies family.

Wow billposer, just as I thought no one could be any more disrespectful to this poor family, you take the cake.

My condolences to anyone who had been hurt by this loss of innocent life.

What a shame to lose such a young life. Prayers and thoughts go out to the friends and family.

And yes that photo may be a bit much. One thing that stands out though is the terrible road conditions shown in the foreground of the photo.

Where is the road maintenance? It looks like a skating rink not a highway. How many lives have to be lost before YRB in the Prince George area is held more accountable for the poor job they do. One is too many. It seems odd that once you get out of the PG area there is a distinctive line where the other district takes over.

Besides it looks like glare ice to me!

I kind of agree with you Dan, The last snow storm I had to go to Williams Lake, The road greatly improved when I reached Dunkley, which happens to be a different maintenance contractor.


Hmmm, I wounder if the Ministry of Transportation and the RCMP can get together and do a report on this.

YRB, yep the road looks like it was poorly plowed and it started to freeze up. A plow truck can travel at 70km/ hr to plow and sand. Hmmm 280km and two lanes, I am not too smart, but in a hour with 8 trucks, I am sure it could have been cleared and sanded. You got to remember not all of the YRB district get snowed under all the time.
Last time I checked the plow trucks have wheels, and you should be able to drive it up and down the road. I am sure that they have radio's so that regional people can ask for help from the head office on plowing.

Maybe YRB just needs to get tossed.

"A plow truck can travel at 70km/hr to plow and sand ...... Hmmm 280km and two lanes ...... but in a hour with 8 trucks, I am sure it could have been cleared and sanded"

That works if the trucks started off at the same time 70 km apart in each direction. That, however, is not the reality. Neither is it a reality that the surface would stay clear for very long if it continues to snow.

Maybe they are not doing as well as they could, I cannot judge that since I rarely drive north an I try to stay off the highways in such weather.

The prime responsibility rests with the driver. Proper vehicle with proper tires and properly experienced driver who can determine what the road conditions are like and what speed is appropriate for the road, driver and vehicle conditions, erring on the side of safety.

Those things that you allow yourself to do while you are driving on a dry, summer condition paved surface, don't do them on roads with conditions that look like the one in the picture.

As far as the picture goes ... it is the reality of life and the reality of life up here. We need to be reminded of that every now and then to stay safe ourselves.

Here is the way the magazines report such accidents in Europe, and this is a mild one. Click on the images to move to the next one.

http://www.stern.de/panorama/tragischer-autounfall-in-menden-ploetzlich-flogen-menschen-durch-die-luft-706666-photoshow-dc6f518102f13cd8.html

I am going to go out on a limb here and place the port moody driver as the probable cause of the accident due to inexperience on icy roads.

How could the Port Moody driver be at fault if the young lady lost control of her car? Is he psychic?

Come on now people. Are we that hyper-sensitive that a picture of a crushed car is offensive? The picture isn't disrespectful in any way and as someone noted, reminds us to drive safely.

Condolences to the family.

Not hyper-sensitive Mr. PG. But if you've lost someone in an accident quiet like this you would find it upsetting too. Plese drive safe everyone. Condelences to the family.

Well folks, not to lay blame here, but I was on that same highway at the same time and I didn't find driving conditions all that bad at all. The highway crews were doing a good job IMO. What caused the accident? Who knows. Really, there are so many factors and unknowns that we aren't aware of that it is impossible to determine exactly what happened.

The lack of winter time highway maintenance
work by YRB is becoming legendary, if you live north of town.
The first serious snowfall this autumn was Sunday October 25th. YRB did not plow the secondary roads. It is my opinion that they checked the weather forecast for the city and found that rain was predicted, so why bother plowing. Trouble is, once you get out of town, the elevation increases, rain often becomes snow, and on lower traffic volume routes, and in shaded areas, the snow does not disappear. We ended up with several miles of frozen ruts until it snowed again.
The most recent snowfall, beginning Sunday November 15th, they did not plow the highway or the secondary roads. Highway 97N was unplowed until sometime during the daylight hours on Monday November 16th. It was worth your life to drive the highway in a small vehicle early Monday morning.
The secondary roads in our area got plowed by a truck last night ( Wednesday ) Of course we have all been driving on the roads anyway, so the snow is now compacted, and the roads are very rough. We will have to wait for the grader to eventually come by to get the compact snow and ice scraped off. This situation occurs every winter, in my experience. We and many others get by just fine, with 4 wheel drive, but the real point to this rant is that the highway conditions are frequently dangerous, and it is only a matter of time before YRB is found liable, or partially responsible for a serious accident.
metalman.

It's winter. DRIVE TO ROAD CONDITIONS!!!!!
SLOW DOWN!!!!! YRB does not have their foot on your gas peddle.

Agree completely metalman.

Highway 16 west was the same way on Monday morning - not a trace of a plow.

There was barely two lanes open from traffic driving on the highway, but that was all.

Once you get to the district line where the Vanderhoof plows started, it was plowed completely and well sanded. It is like that every year, every time it snows. ALWAYS.

Not sure what the deal is, but in these days of lawsuits I think YRB is taking a lot of risks.

And now this young girls family has to deal with the consequences.

If you choose to drive on bad roads, in a tiny car, regardless of who or what caused it, then that's on you. It's called personal responsibility.