There was a fatal car accident at Beddington Trail and Deerfoot Trail this afternoon at about 3PM. Yeah. Just at the start of the afternoon rush. And this was on northbound Deerfoot. Anyone familiar with Calgary will know how bad that is. And the road has been closed since then.
First, let me say, FUCK! That really backed things up. Not only was Deerfoot useless, but all the traffic that normally goes nowhere on Deerfoot had to find an alternative route to go nowhere on. That pretty much put paid to any northbound route anywhere in the proximity of Deerfoot where proximity is defined as "has a connection to through one or more additional roads". That meant Edmonton Trail which is usually pretty clear was jammed to the rafters. It’s not often you see it take 30 minutes to go from 32 Ave to McKnight Boulevard. That’s a whopping average speed of two (that’s right, two) miles per hour.
I think I speak for every commuter in Calgary when I say the following: would the fucking idiots that cause most of these accidents on the roads please quickly remove themselves from our misery?
And for the rest of us: drive safely and carefully. Pay attention. Be patient. Traffic would move better if people were just patient and followed the rules. That means no blocking intersections, changing lanes without signalling or looking, obeying speed limites, and so on.
I know I’m preaching to the apathetic here but it has to be said.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled mostly familiy friendly ramblings.