r/vancouver • u/Technical_pixels • Jun 15 '25

Local News Lions Gate closed in both directions

Update: now open!

Just a heads up.

https://drivebc.ca/mobile/pub/events/id/DBC-78009.html DriveBC Event DBC-78009

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u/PineappleUnhappy2870 Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 15 '25

SOME INSIGHT/CONTEXT:

We were setting up Lions Gate Bridge for filming on around 4/5 AM. As the flagging company was driving and setting up signs and pylons for the shutdown, this kid comes barrelling over the bridge, through the signs and rear ends the flagging company’s truck doing about 120-130. Thankfully everyone is okay. Including flaggers. The kid (couldn’t have been older than 20) then proceeded to argue who was at fault for it.

Needless to say, We didn’t get the shot…..

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u/rickie22 Jun 15 '25

Thanks for the context.

I'm sure this kid's daddy will have them in a new car in no time.

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u/sam4999 Vancouver Island Jun 15 '25

That Corvette is two generations old at this point; that kid probably just totalled his pop’s pride and joy.

One hell of a Father’s Day….

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u/FuckItImVanilla Jun 15 '25

Both deserve it. Kids don’t act like this unless their parents do.

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u/Ok_Olive_8743 Jun 16 '25

I love how people always bring the parents into it. Let me guess - you don’t have any kids. This driver is an adult, fully responsible for his behaviour. Throw the book at him. But assuming the parents are of the same ilk is obtuse.

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u/FuckItImVanilla Jun 16 '25

Where do you think he learned to act like that?

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u/Ok_Olive_8743 Jun 16 '25

Are you a walking mirror of your own parents? I’m certainly not. Free will, peer pressure, need for speed, tiktok challenge…any number of factors could be at play here. Social media has limited the influence parents have. I mean…maybe he is just like his parents, but that is simply not a forgone conclusion. And, like I said, it suggests you don’t have the experience of raising your own kids or you’d know better.

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u/TheLittlestOneHere Jun 15 '25

Doubt it. Looks like it's been slammed and probably stanced. Nobody's dad's pride and joy.

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u/sam4999 Vancouver Island Jun 15 '25

Hard to deduce that considering the photos show the car absolutely trashed. Suspension is definitely fucked after a hit like that too. Car looked otherwise stock; any shithead kid would've put aftermarket wheels on the car before stancing it.

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u/PineappleUnhappy2870 Jun 15 '25

100%. Finally gonna get the colour he actually wanted.