Photo by Vince Fedoroff
WORSE FOR WEAR – The Subaru above tangled with a lampost in this single-vehicle collision on the Lobird Road at about noon Wednesday. Lamposts took a beating that day, with at last three of them being struck by vehicles. The collision below, seen at about at 2:45 p.m., occurred on Hamilton Boulevard near the Lobird Road roundabout.
Wednesday’s spring snowfall apparently provided major challenges to Whitehorse drivers, as the RCMP report having to attend eight collisions.
Wednesday’s spring snowfall apparently provided major challenges to Whitehorse drivers, as the RCMP report having to attend eight collisions.
Some caused major commuting hour traffic jams.
Police spokesperson Coralee Reid presented a rundown of events on Thursday afternoon.
The first accident took place at 7:56 a.m. Wednesday. It involved two vehicles that collided along Two Mile Hill, with minor injuries reported.
The next incident occurred at 8:17 a.m., in the form of a two-vehicle collision on Mountainview Drive. No major injuries were reported.
Another accident occurred at the Porter Creek Super A, at 8:25 a.m. It involved two vehicles and a downed light pole. There were no major injuries.
Later, at 9:43 a.m., a vehicle hit curb/sign near F. H. Collins Secondary School.
At 12:55 p.m., two vehicles collided near Fir Street and 12th Avenue, without significant injuries.
A driver lost control and hit the ditch on the Alaska Highway near Ibex Valley at 2:23 p.m.
Around the same time, at 2:24 p.m., a vehicle hit a light post and went into the ditch near Hamilton Boulevard and the Lobird trailer park.
There was one other collision late Wednesday evening, but Reid did not have details on it.
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Comments (14)
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NeilAlexGeddy on Apr 11, 2019 at 7:03 pm
I see a lot of blame being passed to new Canadians or southerners but here is my take on the matter. I think veteran Yukoner's sometimes forget how to drive in wet snow conditions. We are generally spoiled with relatively good driving conditions in the winter and with relatively dry roads. I've been in the Yukon for 25 years and compared to winter roads in Atlantic Canada, we have it pretty easy. Don't blame the imports.
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My Opinion on Apr 8, 2019 at 10:13 pm
Really bad drivers here these days. When we were young we deliberately slid around every corner and learned to drive, not just steer.
Now our little snowflakes have no hope of actually learning to drive with all the accident avoidance, traction control, anti skid, ABS. Good Lord just learn to DRIVE.
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Ya Think! on Apr 8, 2019 at 5:24 pm
Clay C, when you can’t present a valid argument to support your point of view just fall back on throwing out out some one liners ending in phobia or ism. That is a sure fire way to prove to everyone how obviously correct you are right? Also the next time you are 12 cars back of someone crawling along at 20 kmh holding the entire road up for absolutely no reason try checking out who’s driving the crawler vehicle if you get a chance, you’ll probably get a eye opener.
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My Opinion on Apr 8, 2019 at 1:09 pm
OMG !!!! It is Climate change again. What shall we do? What shall we do?
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Clay Cliff on Apr 8, 2019 at 11:16 am
@ Ya Think!
Ya think we can't see though your thinly veiled xenophobia?
Do you know the ethnicity of the drivers in the noted accidents?
Do no 'old stock' Canadians have car accidents?
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Josey Wales on Apr 6, 2019 at 2:48 pm
Engineered Imports aside...I suggest stupid played a far bigger role than the snow did.
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Ya Think! on Apr 6, 2019 at 1:32 pm
Unfortunately you can’t just get off the plane from the Philippines, Africa, or Chinese cities and handle driving in Yukon snow. And no it’s not something that is taught, it takes years of experience for people from the tropics who barely squeak past their driving test here after attempting it multiple times during summer driving season to accumulate the knowledge to A-drive safely in poor conditions and B- not crawl along so slowly in poor conditions that they create a hazard to other drivers.
People from here or Canada in general have experienced ice and snow and these conditions their entire lives and saw first hand how to handle it long before ever getting behind the wheel. However the newbies from tropical areas have no clue and it’s obvious when you see them trying to navigate in snow. It's the same reason I wouldn’t try to go to Manila, Beijing or Bogotá and try to navigate the free for all that happens in the streets in those places.
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Drive-on drive-up friends of the black swan on Apr 6, 2019 at 9:28 am
Disappointing to see 66 thumbs up about excluding new and poor winter-driving individuals from society and the land. Why don't you all set up a free winter road clinic if you're such an amazing people and drivers? Share a little of your expertise and time verus your fingers.
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Mr M on Apr 6, 2019 at 8:40 am
Driving to fast for road conditions. It's still winter in the Yukon. Slow down.
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robharrison on Apr 6, 2019 at 8:33 am
The snow is different and now has sulfides in it...look into geoengineering and ice nuculation process for the true answers
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Ya Sure on Apr 6, 2019 at 3:41 am
So if they have never seen snow, where exactly are these new Yukoners from?
From an accumulation stand point, many provinces get more snow than the Yukon.
How about drive error, speed, following to close, no snow tires and an inability to access conditions and adjust accordingly?
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Going too fast! on Apr 5, 2019 at 4:58 pm
Slippery as heck but vehicles still going 60-80 km...or more ... along Hamilton - even if you drive a big truck, you're not immune to sliding. Drive for the conditions, for heaven's sake.
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Charlie's Aunt on Apr 5, 2019 at 4:31 pm
Let's consider that those who thought 'Spring had Sprung' rushed to put their summer wheel/tires on. Most of us expect a snow dump in March; it didn't happen this year - until.. . All season tires don't always cut it.
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Ya Think? on Apr 5, 2019 at 4:20 pm
Maybe the ‘major challenges to Whitehorse drivers’ can be attributed to the fact that Whitehorse used to be populated by northerners who had a clue about how to drive in winter. Half the people here now had never seen snow before let alone driven in it until they stepped off the airplane.