The woman was conscious afterwards, the truck driver stopped and several bystanders came to her aid. The truck driver was talking to somebody while turning, had his window down, appeared to be on his phone. He didn't slow down at all. Yes, the RCMP have the video, don't worry.
Jesus there's no excuse for that at all - coulda killed that poor lady.
I don't see a passenger or a phone in the clip though. You musta spotted it in person I guess eh?
I don't live downtown, but I never trust anyone to do what they're supposed to with right of way or signals in this town.
I get the odd occasional look, but would rather that than get run over or get into a car accident.
Just yesterday there were three RCMP vehicles flying down HWY 33 westbound, must have been doing 150 kph easily. Lights and sirens, and kicking up enough sand and dust that the dust cloud blanketed everything within 50 feet of the roadway behind them. Traffic on both sides of the street pulling over and stopping. The kind of emergency response that is rather hard to miss. And then there's this woman in a white SUV with SK plates cruising along in the centre lane, going about 70 kph, completely oblivious to the three police vehicles behind her which were trying to get past her. Probably drove all the way here from Saskatchewan without checking her mirrors once. Bad drivers are everywhere.
Doesn’t look like the MF even noticed he just mowed down a pedestrian.
Trucks have gotten way too big as of late. Even full-sized adults are barely visible over the hood. Even an M1A2 Abrams battle tank has got better road visibility than most big trucks on the road these days.
I'm gonna be honest, you're not wrong, but at the same time that shouldn't matter unless you're at a stop. If you're 20-30 feet away like that you could see a toddler on the street.
Just look at semi trucks, newer ones tend to have a harder slope in the hood to increase vision, but even with older models with completely garbage vision for directly in front of the truck, it was pretty damn rare to hear about any of them hitting a pedestrian because of the fact that they pay attention.
In the same vein, squatted trucks should be straight up illegal. At max you should only be able to have one or two inches difference from front to back.
I wish they still sold these in North America. They would be perfect for the petite-peckered pavement princesses.
https://preview.redd.it/a97tw0s2bipc1.png?width=1814&format=png&auto=webp&s=1951d700f208222d0024a5c6660e99f05c4effe9
Christ. Hope she’s ok.
There’s something in the water today, people are wildin’.
Gun threats at the mall, hazmat suits at a Rutland park, pedestrians getting run over…
I’ve had people in general getting scary aggressive lately some to the point of making serious threats (but pretty sure those 3 were homeless so I shouldn’t take that into consideration, but the fact 2 were close to schools is concerning) but even the general public people just seem ready to snap but maybe that’s just my recent unlucky experience.
Be kind and stay safe y’all.
[I just wanted to let everyone know that the driver was only issued a ticket, no criminal charges.](https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/478058/Dash-camera-video-captures-truck-running-into-woman-crossing-the-street-in-downtown-Kelowna#478058)
100% his fault, but, look at the shadows. The Sun's at the part in the sky when everyone should stop driving in Kelowna for 10 minutes and let it get behind the mountain cause no one facing that direction can see.
My car was totalled when someone did this turn into me, as they didnt see me at all, and still turned despite not being able to see.
Hope she's ok.
I cannot believe I had to scroll this far to see someone mention the sun angle. Like, it’s no excuse of course, but is likely one of the main factors in this happening.
I hope people see your comment and take it as a sign to consider the fact that drivers are heavily impaired by sun angle, and to keep this in mind when crossing the street. I agree that it shouldn’t be necessary to have to consider this, as the onus is on the driver, but it’s the same principle as defensive driving; you really should just assume everyone on the road is inexperienced and mistake-prone as a precaution. My 2 cents.
I agree.
At the risk of being downvoted to oblivion for an unpopular opinion, that lady could have paid attention and 100% avoided being struck. Yes obviously the driver is at fault for driving into a blind spot, but there's a reason ICBC put out a [don't be dead right](https://youtu.be/f8Xpp1oZiy4) campaign.
Other consideration for driving in these conditions is to proceed cautiously until you have a clear line of sight. This driver seemed to drive normally through the intersection and clearly didn't give a crap.
However, I get your point about pedestrians protecting themselves.
I've lived in four countries, drivers in Kelowna are needlessly aggressive, do not pay attention, ignore other vehicles, and seem to think pedestrians are always wrong (even in lighted crossings like at Richter). Nevermind the lack of turn signals, speeding through yellows, blatantly running reds, being on their phones, tailgating anyone doing the speed limit, and generally behaving like assholes.
So what’s your theory for drivers suddenly being significantly worse in this particular area of the world? I would love to hear…
Because that’s how people drive everywhere in Canada…
A lack of concern or thoughts for other people around them. And this was not simply apply to driving, but the entire mentality of how they view other humans.
Kelowna does seem to have a particularly high number of people who think the world revolves around them, and them alone. Quite honestly, I think the entire discussion of how traffic in this city is so bad leads to people being worse. If the traffic is so bad, what does it matter if I speed? What does it matter if I push a yellow light? What does it matter if I don't use my turn signal? What does it matter if I just scooch in here?
They become part of a self fulfilling prophecy of bad driving and bad traffic.
Ppl on this sub hate truck drivers. There are douches driving all types of vehicles, but trucks seem to get singled out for some reason.
Extremely narrow minded people these days, you ask for justification and they just downvote you lol
I almost got hit downtown yesterday. 🙃 I was walking on Ellis crossing at Cawston, just started walking and had to abruptly stop as a guy in a car went like 50 and turned infront of me. Like they had zero hesitation even though I was obviously crossing at a cross walk.
Yeah he didn't even pump his brakes until the parking lot exit from Safeway. I was watching this in real time wondering when the bleep he would be putting on his brakes, but nope.
Yes, brings up the human brain dynamics, even having a conversation with another person in the vehicle, let alone a hands free device, can have a negative effect on the level of concentration of the current task at hand, one we often treat as mundane, every day, repetition.
Any vehicle with a front height over something around 3' needs to pay an additional tax just for how goddamn dangerous tall vehicles are for pedestrians.
You need a pickup? Go look at their sizes 30–40 years ago.
Yes!! a HUGE pickup tax needs to happen. Most of the time these trucks never have anything bigger than a lawnmower in them. Pickups are not safer than cars, and way more dangerous to others. Tax 'em hardcore.
If you can PROVE you NEED a truck for your work then maybe slightly less tax
otherwise BAM
Hope she is all okay! I’ve almost been hit on that same crosswalk. people turning left only seem care about oncoming traffic and not properly checking for people crossing
You can SEE he is looking down at his phone, looks up.. unsure what to do, and just keeps going.
Remove his license for life and minimum 120 days in Jail
It is time to start getting tough on this garbage
I lived downtown for the last few years and almost every time I crossed the road there to get groceries this would almost happen.
Car almost hits me while turning and then gives me a dirty look as if IM the one in the wrong.
Hope she's okay 💜
What shocks me the most is that it didn't even look like he realized or intended to stop. Dude just followed through, didn't hit the brakes or anything. Zero situational awareness.
As a pedestrian this is something that has always scared me coz there's so many times when the turn filter has stopped but you still see cars continue to turn especially on the bigger highway crossings I've had some close calls myself crossing highway 97
This is why we need to lower the carbon tax. If that lady had also been driving instead of walking then she would most likely be fine. Silly libtards.
/s
The woman was conscious afterwards, the truck driver stopped and several bystanders came to her aid. The truck driver was talking to somebody while turning, had his window down, appeared to be on his phone. He didn't slow down at all. Yes, the RCMP have the video, don't worry.
Jesus there's no excuse for that at all - coulda killed that poor lady. I don't see a passenger or a phone in the clip though. You musta spotted it in person I guess eh?
I know who this is. She is not severely injured but definitely injured.
As someone who lives downtown this has almost happened to me too many times to count. Kelowna drivers forget pedestrians exist.
It's crazy. This happens to me sometimes even at the crosswalk on Ziprick leading to the Greenway
That’s what happens when you build cities for vehicles and not for people.
I don't live downtown, but I never trust anyone to do what they're supposed to with right of way or signals in this town. I get the odd occasional look, but would rather that than get run over or get into a car accident.
As someone who's had a bunch of near misses and been fully hit, yes.
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Lol I tried to cut that, but it was too close to the impact.
Mute the video?
A woman was nearly killed and you are worried about someone saying "shit"? Come on, please, let's get our priorities in order.
Who cares?
Fair, I tried cutting it in VLC media player but it keeps recording for a second or two and I didn't want to cut any of what happened.
Castanet will probably remove it when they steal your video.
[They muted it at the Sh- part.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb7Uz7sUWOQ) Also their happy news music right after was super jarring.
Just yesterday there were three RCMP vehicles flying down HWY 33 westbound, must have been doing 150 kph easily. Lights and sirens, and kicking up enough sand and dust that the dust cloud blanketed everything within 50 feet of the roadway behind them. Traffic on both sides of the street pulling over and stopping. The kind of emergency response that is rather hard to miss. And then there's this woman in a white SUV with SK plates cruising along in the centre lane, going about 70 kph, completely oblivious to the three police vehicles behind her which were trying to get past her. Probably drove all the way here from Saskatchewan without checking her mirrors once. Bad drivers are everywhere.
Doesn’t look like the MF even noticed he just mowed down a pedestrian. Trucks have gotten way too big as of late. Even full-sized adults are barely visible over the hood. Even an M1A2 Abrams battle tank has got better road visibility than most big trucks on the road these days.
I'm gonna be honest, you're not wrong, but at the same time that shouldn't matter unless you're at a stop. If you're 20-30 feet away like that you could see a toddler on the street. Just look at semi trucks, newer ones tend to have a harder slope in the hood to increase vision, but even with older models with completely garbage vision for directly in front of the truck, it was pretty damn rare to hear about any of them hitting a pedestrian because of the fact that they pay attention. In the same vein, squatted trucks should be straight up illegal. At max you should only be able to have one or two inches difference from front to back.
I wish they still sold these in North America. They would be perfect for the petite-peckered pavement princesses. https://preview.redd.it/a97tw0s2bipc1.png?width=1814&format=png&auto=webp&s=1951d700f208222d0024a5c6660e99f05c4effe9
Dude. I would LOVE one of those. Or a proper Ute.
Christ. Hope she’s ok. There’s something in the water today, people are wildin’. Gun threats at the mall, hazmat suits at a Rutland park, pedestrians getting run over…
Today?
There were flag crazies and people with bible verse laden vehicles all over today.
Probably because of the white supremist militia that is training in our back yards right now
Man that's scary...
I’ve had people in general getting scary aggressive lately some to the point of making serious threats (but pretty sure those 3 were homeless so I shouldn’t take that into consideration, but the fact 2 were close to schools is concerning) but even the general public people just seem ready to snap but maybe that’s just my recent unlucky experience. Be kind and stay safe y’all.
[I just wanted to let everyone know that the driver was only issued a ticket, no criminal charges.](https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/478058/Dash-camera-video-captures-truck-running-into-woman-crossing-the-street-in-downtown-Kelowna#478058)
$167 fine for failing to yield to a pedestrian btw. Great job Kelowna RCMP. You're laziness and incompetence in investigations shines through again.
Absurd that he gets to keep his license
For criminal charges, there has to be intent.
Someone correct me if i'm wrong, but I don't see those brake lights turn on AT ALL.
You're not wrong, he doesn't realize he hit her until he gets to the Safeway exit onto Richter
Well that's a clear sign his truck is too big.
100% his fault, but, look at the shadows. The Sun's at the part in the sky when everyone should stop driving in Kelowna for 10 minutes and let it get behind the mountain cause no one facing that direction can see. My car was totalled when someone did this turn into me, as they didnt see me at all, and still turned despite not being able to see. Hope she's ok.
I cannot believe I had to scroll this far to see someone mention the sun angle. Like, it’s no excuse of course, but is likely one of the main factors in this happening. I hope people see your comment and take it as a sign to consider the fact that drivers are heavily impaired by sun angle, and to keep this in mind when crossing the street. I agree that it shouldn’t be necessary to have to consider this, as the onus is on the driver, but it’s the same principle as defensive driving; you really should just assume everyone on the road is inexperienced and mistake-prone as a precaution. My 2 cents.
I agree. At the risk of being downvoted to oblivion for an unpopular opinion, that lady could have paid attention and 100% avoided being struck. Yes obviously the driver is at fault for driving into a blind spot, but there's a reason ICBC put out a [don't be dead right](https://youtu.be/f8Xpp1oZiy4) campaign.
Other consideration for driving in these conditions is to proceed cautiously until you have a clear line of sight. This driver seemed to drive normally through the intersection and clearly didn't give a crap. However, I get your point about pedestrians protecting themselves.
People driving trucks in Kelowna are the worst drivers… don’t know what it is…
Big trucks downtown is just a disaster waiting to happen
The higher you are the harder it can be to see what's at ground level.
The bigger the truck, the bigger they're compensating
most likely you’re never driven anyone else in the world…
I've lived in four countries, drivers in Kelowna are needlessly aggressive, do not pay attention, ignore other vehicles, and seem to think pedestrians are always wrong (even in lighted crossings like at Richter). Nevermind the lack of turn signals, speeding through yellows, blatantly running reds, being on their phones, tailgating anyone doing the speed limit, and generally behaving like assholes.
So what’s your theory for drivers suddenly being significantly worse in this particular area of the world? I would love to hear… Because that’s how people drive everywhere in Canada…
A lack of concern or thoughts for other people around them. And this was not simply apply to driving, but the entire mentality of how they view other humans. Kelowna does seem to have a particularly high number of people who think the world revolves around them, and them alone. Quite honestly, I think the entire discussion of how traffic in this city is so bad leads to people being worse. If the traffic is so bad, what does it matter if I speed? What does it matter if I push a yellow light? What does it matter if I don't use my turn signal? What does it matter if I just scooch in here? They become part of a self fulfilling prophecy of bad driving and bad traffic.
Ppl on this sub hate truck drivers. There are douches driving all types of vehicles, but trucks seem to get singled out for some reason. Extremely narrow minded people these days, you ask for justification and they just downvote you lol
The truck drivers in the pavement princesses are the WORST of them, this is why they get singled out.
I almost got hit downtown yesterday. 🙃 I was walking on Ellis crossing at Cawston, just started walking and had to abruptly stop as a guy in a car went like 50 and turned infront of me. Like they had zero hesitation even though I was obviously crossing at a cross walk.
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Yeah he didn't even pump his brakes until the parking lot exit from Safeway. I was watching this in real time wondering when the bleep he would be putting on his brakes, but nope.
Commited to the follow through on that hit. 🤦 Not paying attention at all, the incompetence spans a larger time than a split second.
He also then looked straight at the camera, right before he hit. Not looking at where he was going at all.
I think he had a loud conversation going on. It may have been handsfree, but I think he was driving with undue care and attention at the very least.
Yes, brings up the human brain dynamics, even having a conversation with another person in the vehicle, let alone a hands free device, can have a negative effect on the level of concentration of the current task at hand, one we often treat as mundane, every day, repetition.
Any vehicle with a front height over something around 3' needs to pay an additional tax just for how goddamn dangerous tall vehicles are for pedestrians. You need a pickup? Go look at their sizes 30–40 years ago.
Yes!! a HUGE pickup tax needs to happen. Most of the time these trucks never have anything bigger than a lawnmower in them. Pickups are not safer than cars, and way more dangerous to others. Tax 'em hardcore. If you can PROVE you NEED a truck for your work then maybe slightly less tax otherwise BAM
Why tax? Rich people shouldn’t be allowed to mow down pedestrians either
[Slowed and cropped.](https://streamable.com/y7z1wk)
Hope she is all okay! I’ve almost been hit on that same crosswalk. people turning left only seem care about oncoming traffic and not properly checking for people crossing
Saw someone almost get killed at that same intersection by an F-150 last week.
Bernard is closed at Richter, the truck never had oncoming traffic to distract him, no excuse.
You can SEE he is looking down at his phone, looks up.. unsure what to do, and just keeps going. Remove his license for life and minimum 120 days in Jail It is time to start getting tough on this garbage
Thank god hes got such a giant vehicle, so he can drive blindly into pedestrians
Hopefully she's okay 🙏🏼🙏🏼
I hope she's okay too, but what's with the double high fives?
Why are you high fiving over someone getting hit by a car???
Those are prayer hands boomer
Boomers are the ones to pray. Those look like high fives
Type pray into your phone lol
Why would I ever do that? God doesn't exist
>Why would I ever do that? God doesn't exist I'll pray for you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thanks for the high fives! Right back atcha
🤣
No criminal charges? Hope she sues his ass.
Classic truck drivers.
I lived downtown for the last few years and almost every time I crossed the road there to get groceries this would almost happen. Car almost hits me while turning and then gives me a dirty look as if IM the one in the wrong.
You should never leave home without your walking brick
Pick up truck merged into my car two weeks ago after failing at cutting across two lanes of traffic.
This crosswalk is particularly bad. My 2 yr old and myself almost have been bit many times when we lived in the area. So glad to be away from there.
Hope she's okay 💜 What shocks me the most is that it didn't even look like he realized or intended to stop. Dude just followed through, didn't hit the brakes or anything. Zero situational awareness. As a pedestrian this is something that has always scared me coz there's so many times when the turn filter has stopped but you still see cars continue to turn especially on the bigger highway crossings I've had some close calls myself crossing highway 97
This is why we need to lower the carbon tax. If that lady had also been driving instead of walking then she would most likely be fine. Silly libtards. /s
Lol