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Hwy 99 has a reputation for murder? Are you sure you're not thinking of Hwy 16 between Prince Rupert and Prince George, the so-called Highway of Tears?

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Oops, my bad, you're right. Even at the time i figured it was further out not so close to Vancouver.

And yeah, the squamish highway in that area is relatively murder free. It was pretty deadly for accidents prior to being redone though.

I guess disregard my nonsense about the murder highway.

Sorry.

They don't call it the "sea to skid" highway for nothing.

Maybe he meant "reputation for ridiculously bad drivers going crazy fast"?

To be fair, there's only a few highways in BC and if you're going in one general direction, It's all one big road that kind of connects. We've got few very long roads that stretch out north and east from the coast, that work their way around the communities of BC.

BC's highways and roads remind me of tree roots all leading from Vancouver or the border.

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