I was unaware of this (probably because I am so immersed in school work) But today, or march 21st for those of you who are reading this later; CBC reported a car driving off the B.C Ferries….with a female body recovered in it.

It would be interesting to measure and see in the last 20 year the likelihoods or number of cases a car has purposefully or accidently driven off a B.C ferry and see what the rate is- because to hear this is absolutely ridiculous. B.C Ferries is supposed to be one of our provinces big tourist gimmicks the “look how west coast we are” hype. This really puts a damper on this notion in my opinion. We could probably compare ferry boat accident in correlation to motor boat accidents or even car crashes? what is the probability of having a ferry boat accident or something “out of odds” happen on a large boat. I’m sure we haven’t forgotten the cruise that accidently caught fire and stranded its passengers… and now this!! The article doesn’t say much, expect the car sped through the car deck and out the other side of the chain link fence. It seems like there is some sort of accident or potential suicide (apparently) on a ferry boat every year now. I still remember in 2011 having my show be interrupted when  a BC ferry collided into the Horseshoe Bay Terminal…Ship accidents I understand, but what is the likelihood of a individual speeding through the deck to plunge to the sea on the opposite side…must be randomness.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/03/21/bc-ferries-gabriola-crash.html