What do you think about this road rage incident?


A driver of a pickup forced another truck off the road in Langley, B.C., Thursday and then roared back through the scene, killing a man from the other vehicle, police allege. RCMP Cpl. Brenda Marshall said homicide investigators are now looking for the driver of a white Ford F-250 that allegedly hit the young man and the driver of silver Honda that stopped at the scene after the truck was run off the road. The incident began when a Chevrolet Silverado tried to pass the Ford on a rural stretch of 16th Avenue near 264 Street around 2 a.m. PT, Marshall said. Eventually the Chevrolet Silverado was forced off the road by the Ford F-250, Marshall told CBC News. Police allege sometime later, the driver of the Ford pickup returned and drove straight at the three young men. Two were able to get out of the way, but the third was struck and killed. Full Story What do you think about what happened? Have you been a victim of road rage?

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Should B.C. seize impaired drivers’ cars?
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With property crime rates soaring in Vancouver, police have been forced to create a new class of criminals lawbreakers that cops have dubbed “super chronic offenders.” For the past two years, the Vancouver Police Department has been trying to take a bite out of property crime by targeting the city’s worst chronic offenders. In the rest of Canada, when someone commits five or more crimes in a calendar year, they’re classified as a “chronic” offender by police. Full Story Do you think the “super chronic” designation will help police? Are tougher sentences the best way to treat “super chronic offenders?”

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