The incident at Soudan and Forman Aves. which saw a woman lose it with a stop-sign cheater has prompted Mayor Tory to call for a redesign of streets and sidewalks. He told CTV: “This is a perfect example of a place where we need to redesign the streets so as to properly move the sidewalks out and otherwise try to manage the traffic going through what is a residential neighbourhood. I think it is just another lesson of how much work we have to do in order to make the City more pedestrian friendly.” The mayor also said that while there is no evidence that the vehicle involved was speeding, it is clear that “adequate attention” was not being paid by the driver.
In fact, there’s no question the driver blew through a stop sign without the slightest effort to come to a complete halt as the Highway Traffic Act requires. Ward 11 Councillor Mike Layton tweeted that the raging behaviour of the mother was something any parent would probably feel. “If I was put in her place, I don’t know what I’d do, but it wouldn’t be done quietly. What I do know, driver should have stopped, second driver should not have proceeded and any of the drivers should have gotten out to make sure the parent and child were okay,” he wrote. The incident occurred in Ward 15, held by Jaye Robinson. The video has more than 26,000 views at midday Friday and 145 comments. The mom does not fare well with those commenting. Video with language caution.
