Today, the coverage on this is focusing on the view that if there was a paved shoulder on the road, this would not have happened. Apparently, in Quebec, if a road has traffic of 5000 cars a day, it should have a paved shoulder. It was reported the traffic is 13,000 a day. Officials made a statement saying that they were planning to pave it this year (what took them so long?).

I see so much surveillance in and around Montreal, between police cars and photo radar, it has really stepped in the last few years. I don't know if this has reached out to outside the city. Apparently the photo radar has turned into a real cash cow - if this road in question was so notorious for speeding, photo radar might have been a good answer for that. It has definitely slowed down drivers in the city.