Of course the kids should have had better reflectors and helmets on. However, late at night in a small community roads aren't well trafficked. These were teenagers who had probably done this a hundred times before, and if you're driving to conditions, a collision will be much easier to prevent happening.

"No reasonable prospect of conviction" doesn't mean she wasn't at fault. Basic rules of the road indicate that she was at fault, any policeman or insurance company will say that although there may not have been a reasonable prospect of conviction, as they say, any collision where the motorist hits from behind, that…

Expectations have nothing to do with it. If it's dark out, you reduce speed. It's that goddamn simple.

I went to look at Google Maps, and I've lived in a community similar to this. If she's suing them for "failure to maintain the road" it's likely either gravel or poor road conditions. If it's in the Alcona community (which is where they lived) it could easily be a much lesser used road, as the Highway 21 (which is…

I've heard a few stories saying it's a number of places in BC, and I've seen quite a few places staffed by mostly Temporary Foreign Workers in Alberta.

WHAT. THE. HELL?

I'd like to mention that in Canada, McDonald's is under investigation for abuse of the Temporary Foreign Workers program, where they've not even been hiring Canadians to do the work, but rather foreigners to whom they can pay sub-minimum wages.

1) That is a wonderful photo.

Absolutely not. She's terrible for this suit. I really dislike pedestrians and cyclists, and I live in an area smothered with bike lanes. I'm also right by a hospital, which means that pedestrians cross wherever they feel like it.

10 km/h over the speed limit is enough for a speeding ticket. She was speeding. Just because you've had some close calls with cyclists who are being dickbags (which happens often) doesn't mean she's not a fucking awful driver who was driving carelessly.

The short version is that the Queen is still the ruler of Canada due to how we attained independence and our continued enjoyment of the privileges of the British Commonwealth. The long version is that the Queen is a figurehead and the true ruling power in Canada is the Prime Minister (especially with Stephen Harper…

Sorry, when someone says "They did not apply their brakes properly" when she hit them FROM BEHIND I don't believe this fiction. Additionally, the speeds involved indicate what is likely a rural road with no street lighting, which unless there is oncoming traffic you should have your high beams on. Roads like those…

Sorry, I live in a neighbourhood where cyclists are rife and horrible and don't obey the rules of the road AT ALL. I have still never hit one because I'm travelling at a decent speed and I am always watching and being careful.

Canada is the first and best nation of hockey, vile imitator.

Yeah, the outbreak here in Edmonton is awful. They've been blaring warnings on the news about going to see the doctor.

Because The Daily Show and other similar shows are on the Comedy Network here and not Comedy Central.

Blocked in Canada... nice American privelege :P

I wear undies to work, although as a man the seam of my jeans chafes my testes something bad. Aside from that, I don't like to wear them at home because comfort.

Is it really any surprise that he's misogynistic and awful?

My biggest problem with this whole set-up is the "we'll message the women for you!"