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Highway Drive By... How safe Do you feel??

So yesterday we had a shooting on the subway....and this morning ON THE HIGHWAY. here is a blub from 680 new:

How safe do you feel?

First, Toronto witnessed a daylight subway station shooting at Osgoode station where a 19-year-old was shot.

Public officials are appealing for calm and say incidents like the subway shooting are extremely rare and that the system is safe.

Then less than 12 hours later Thursday night, a stray bullet from gun fire on the 401 hits the car of an innocent driver.

The shots rang out around 10 p.m. they were fired from a black suv travelling westbound near Dixon.

Two cars were hit, one was the intended target, the other was not.

A Honda Civic has had its back window shattered, its occupants took off on foot and called police.

No one was seriously injured.

Toronto Police are trying to find out just what lead to the incident.



What do you guys think? Are we in danger?? (besides other idiot drivers on the road lol)

this is not the first time something like this has happened in TO nor will it be the last.. i think the fact that such incidents have occurred in such a short span of time, i.e. Keele-Eglinton shooting, Osgoode Subway shooting, and this drive by will simply phase the public psyche at least for the short while.. a la Jane Creba Boxing Day incident

one could argue that most of these incidents are probably between known individuals if not those who share a similar idea for conflict "resolution" but the fact that they occur in such public places is will obviously be disconcerting to some..

quote:

Drive-by victims not talking January 23, 2009 Jesse McLean, Henry Stancu Staff reporters The occupants of the car that was targeted in a drive-by shooting on Hwy. 401 last night aren't co-operating with investigators, police said this morning. Four people were in the Honda Civic heading westbound near Martingrove Rd. when a silver SUV pulled up beside it and fired multiple shots, shattering the window. "It's not clear what led to it yet," said Const. Wendy Drummond. "Unfortunately, the people who were in the car haven't been very co-operative, so the investigation is moving very slowly." After being hit, the car veered into the south guardrail where it came to a stop before the occupants got out, ran across the roadway, over the north guardrail, and vaulted a mesh fence. They ran for help to Fitness 365, a gym on Ronson Dr., which runs parallel to the highway. There, they called police. Two of the car's four occupants suffered cuts to the face from flying glass in the shooting. One was taken to Humber River Regional Hospital (Church site) and the other was treated by an ambulance crew at the scene. Both men's injuries were considered minor. A stray bullet struck the mirror of another vehicle. Although none of the occupants were injured, Drummond said the situation could have easily turned out more tragic. "We could have had a traffic fatality. We could have had a homicide. The fact that someone would do this on a busy road shows total disregard for other people," she said. "People are putting innocent people's lives at risk." Toronto police and the OPP locked down the gym, not allowing anyone in or out, until they were able to question the victims and get information from any witnesses at the gym. Investigators closed part of the westbound lanes for several hours, bringing the late-night traffic to a standstill. Drummond said investigators will be reviewing the Ministry of Transport cameras along the highway to gather more information about the SUV.

source:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/576024

Personally...

I'm more afraid of a tire falling off a big-rig infront of me, or someone throwing a rock/brick off a road while i'm going under a bridge then being shot at while driving...

That is very low on my list of driving concerns...