By Staff
February 6th, 2017
BURLINGTON, ON
Live – from the QEW.
Visuals taken from the cameras along the QEW.
At 6:00 pm this evening this is what it looked like.
A two-vehicle accident on the QEW earlier this afternoon shut down all the westbound lanes – traffic was funneled to the Guelph Line exit.
A collision between a cube van and a Toyota passenger resulted in the female driver of Toyota, being trapped. The OPP said it took some time for the woman to be extricated.
All the secondary arteries were bumper to bumper with people trying to get home. Observed on New Street westbound, single line of cars creeping along while bicycle lane remained free and clear around 7pm. Have not seen a bicycle on there for months! It occurred to me how utterly polite and law-abiding these motorists were. It would have been easy to say, “Ah, to hell with it”, and used the bike lane to ease up the flow of traffic. Instead, everyone stayed in their lane, listening to news updates and thinking about supper, no doubt.
February 6 at 7:25pm
Highways on these parts are a joke Every time this happens all of Burlington is trapped with no where to go with people getting off the qew Ridiculous every time