Zazzoo 🇨🇦Feb 25

Sure seems to be a lot of people smashing into buildings with their cars lately. Last month there was that guy who drove into a TD Bank at Billings Bridge. Luckily nobody was hurt in that one.

Today's was much worse with the driver hitting pedestrians and crashing into the mission on Cobourg - 1 person dead and others injured.

The heck is going on? The weather has been snowy and slippery, but I can't see that being an excuse.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-vehicle-building-crash-rideau-cobourg-9.7105141

#Ottawa

1 dead, 4 injured after SUV crashes into Rideau Street drop-in | CBC News

One person was killed and four others injured when a vehicle crashed into a drop-in centre at the corner of Rideau and Cobourg streets in downtown Ottawa on Wednesday morning.

CBC
Show threadThe Book of KelsFeb 26

@zazzoo

There was a study a couple of years ago that found cars hitting buildings was quite a lot more than people think, and that a lot of jurisdictions don't keep track of them because they don't take place on the road, and are therefore not part of traffic data.

For some reason, in Canada Shopper's Drug Mart seems particularly prone to getting hit.

Show threadThe Book of KelsFeb 26

@zazzoo

Even Fake London's feeling it.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/cars-crash-into-london-buildings-5-times-a-month-on-average-new-numbers-show-9.7031476

Cars crash into London buildings 5 times a month on average, new numbers show | CBC News

Numbers from London, Ont., police show 47 vehicles crashed into buildings in both the years 2023 and 2024, and 50 by October 2025.

CBC
Show threadZazzoo 🇨🇦

@Nezchan Damn that one caused a lot of damage.

A driver was facing charges for impaired driving, impaired driving exceeding blood drug concentration and taking a motor vehicle without consent, police told CBC News.

There's the weed factor, possibly. I have nothing against cannabis being legal and sold, but there seem to be an awful lot of people who consume and drive rather than treating it like alcohol.

Feb 26 at 7:46pmWeb
Show threadThe Book of KelsFeb 26

@zazzoo

I'll be honest, I doubt weed is a big factor in all of this. It's been going on for a long time in all kinds of places, even before weed got legalized. I don't know if there's a correlation between legalization and an uptick at all.

The ongoing problem I think has more to do with poorly designed roads that encourage driving fast, ever more powerful (and poorly handling) vehicles, size of vehicles meaning separation from road conditions, and easy distractions via phones.

Show threadZazzoo 🇨🇦Feb 26
@Nezchan True, it's all just sheer assumption on my part. I'm just triggered by the number of times I've smelled weed emanating from a car in front of me.