OPP Report Into Zameer-Northrup Tragedy
A 55-page report was released today by the OPP with respect the collision on July 2, 2021 whereby Toronto Police Constable Jeffery Northup was killed. The OPP have concluded that the previous investigations and the opinions expressed by the trial judge in this case were in error. We are reviewing this report and will have more to say once we have digested its content.
Lack of Transparency of In-Vehicle Surveillance Programs
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is drafting new legislation that will require the monitoring of drivers with cameras that evaluate the drivers ability to safely control their vehicle. Infrared sensors will track eye movement, pupil dilation, glances and head nods indicative of drowsiness. These sensors will be combined with Artificial Intelligence to prevent vehicle “ignition” if impairment is determined. This law will reportedly come into effect with 2027 model vehicles.
The new technology will add a few hundred dollars to the cost of a new vehicle while it is expected to save between 9,000 and 10,000 lives annually.
It is known that impaired driving is a major safety concern. Technology that can drastically reduce impaired driving is a valuable safety benefit. However, too often, governments and their agencies are shortsighted in understanding the repercussions of such legislation. They only see the benefit that is conveyed to them while not seeing the broader picture of how the public might react to the legislation. This technology will allow the collection of very detailed personal information while there has been no explanation as to how that information will be safe-guarded from unauthorized collection and use. It is a common problem that governments and their representatives do not understand the meaning of transparency, or they know it, but are unwilling to abide by it.
Public backlash is not unheard of. Recently the Ontario government of Doug Ford made it illegal for municipalities to use speed cameras to monitor speeding drivers. This was largely successful because municipalities in Ontario were secretive about how the programs were used. Ford was able to suggest that the cameras were a “cash grab” and were not being used to improve road safety. The cash grab was likely because the threshold for designating speeding was set too low and there were many drivers who were being fined for travelling minimally above the posted speed. However that specific threshold was never publicly disclosed, neither by Ford nor by the municipalities. So a valuable tool that could have saved many lives in Ontario was scraped because there was insufficient transparency over how the tool was being used. This is how the same circumstance could befall the monitoring of drivers for impairment. Failure to involve the public and failure to be transparent with the public is a recipe for failure of any secretive government program.
Continued Non-Reporting of Facts From Collision In South-West London Ontario
Gorski Consulting has previously reported ( October 11 and November 23, 2025) on the strange reporting of a fatal collision that occurred on November 3, 2020 at the intersection of Southdale Road and White Oak Road in London, Ontario. Those articles are still available to be reviewed on this Gorski Consulting website. In the latest developments, the person charged by London Police, Bahaa Ali, was reportedly found guilty of dangerous driving causing death. It had been reported that Ali tried to convince the court that he was not the driver of the Mercedes that struck a Hyundai Sonata and killed a passenger in the Sonata, Joan Clubb. The judge did not believe the bazaar explanation. Ali’s sentencing is reportedly set for April 24, 2026.
For those following the Gorski Consulting articles, we have tried to explain that the physical evidence visible in the collision photos did not support the conclusion that Ali was travelling at 129 km/h at the time of the impact. Also we have tried to explain that, although the collision was of a substantial severity, one should not expect that the passenger of the Sonata should have died, particularly when she was initially reported (by CTV News London) to be alert and communicating with paramedics but that “…things would take a turn for the worse and Clubb would die in hospital“. None of these issues were reported to the public except through the Gorski Consulting articles and very few persons review those articles compared to the vast audience attracted by official news media.
When important matters like these are not publicly disclosed it is not just a trivial matter. Public understanding and opinion is shaped by what is reported and what is not reported. As has been apparent in the wider field of life, the public’s manipulation through misinformation and fake news is a growing problem. Without falling into a state of paranoia we need to be critical of what we are told to believe, think about the purpose of the message and what the messenger may be attempting to manipulate. With the advent of postings on the internet’s social media the navigational beacons that have kept professional, investigative journalism within a somewhat reasonable range of truth have been replaced by social media “influencers”. Anyone can now post anything about anything. And if that posting is capable of capturing a large group of impressionable persons truth does not matter. You cannot be fired for misrepresenting the truth if you are not a professional journalist. That is a dangerous recipe.
The lack of reporting of important issues surrounding collisions in Ontario is nothing new. It has been going on since motor vehicles were introduced on public roads and likely existed before that when collisions involved horses and buggies and trains in the 1800s. However, as our society has evolved, our ability to understand how collisions occur and the methods and equipment we use to reconstruct those collisions have become much more sophisticated. We are now able to say, with much more scientific certainty, that these events occurred in a certain way, and were caused by certain factors. And when this analysis is done in an unbiased way it can be helpful in resolving many collision questions. Regrettably Ontario’s courtrooms, and the reports about how they function, have not kept up with these collision reconstruction advancements.
Cause of School Bus Fire Must Not Be Hidden
Minimal information was reported as to how and why a school bus caught fire on Innis Lake Road in Caledon East, north of Toronto, Ontario, on March 12, 2026. It was reported that 44 high school students and the bus driver were able to escape without injury. An article posted by CTV News in Barrie stated “Officials confirm the fire is not considered suspicious and appears to have been mechanical in nature” but that can mean many things.
“Not considered suspicous?”, what does that mean? Is it not relevant because someone believes the bus was not set on fire on purpose? Is that why officials recommend that we “move on, nothing to see here”? Does it matter whether the bus was set on fire on purpose or accidentally? Would either cause the potential of multiple deaths? Clearly there is a reason why we ought to know how and why the bus caught fire. Did the fire originate from a hot exhaust system? Did it originate from a wiring problem? Specifics are needed.
Nothing has been said about which bus operator owned the bus or who manufactured the bus. We can examine some the general characteristics of the bus in the above photo and we can come to some general conclusions.
The bus does not appear to be of an older vintage. As buses get older they begin to show warning signs that become displayed on the dash. Some of these warnings occur because certain sensors become aged and less functional. So something like a wheel sensor warning indicating a traction control issue may be of minimal concern. On older buses the engines do not work like they used to and we often see a “hot exhaust” warning and this may be a continual display on the bus without a simple remedy. But this is not a common problem on newer buses.
Diesel buses need Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) to keep the engine from getting clogged up and when this fluid is not topped up we can get overheating of the engine and exhaust. So it would be important to determine what was the status of the DEF before this bus caught fire.
In 2025 Gorski Consulting posted articles on July 28 and September 16, regarding electric school buses manufactured by Lion Electric Company of Quebec. Those buses were taken off the road after a Lion bus caught fire in Montreal in early September, 2025. So it would be helpful to determine whether the bus fire at Caledon was a Lion bus. However, no one has provided that important information.
Although there are several types of buses driven on roads in southern Ontario, a large number come from just a few manufacturers. Below is a photo taken of the rear of a Lion bus and if we compare its features to the photo of the burning bus at the beginning of this article it does not resemble a Lion bus.
The next photo below shows the rear end of an International bus and it too does not appear to match the features of the burning bus.
In the next photo we see the rear of a Thomas built bus and its features seem to be similar to those of the burning bus.
Thomas buses are built in North Carolina.
All persons involved in school bus transportation ought to be viewing this school bus fire with concern. As mentioned on this Gorski Consulting website so often, secrecy is of no help to anyone expect to those who have a vested interest in hiding something for which they should be accountable. All persons should be voicing their right to know how and why this bus caught fire.
BMW, Stellantis And Mercedes Benz Reducing Autonomous Vehicles to Level 2
Tesla is reportedly continuing with its ambitions to create fully autonomous vehicles, while other manufacturers have reversed course. While manufacturers such as BMW, Stellantis and Mercedes Benz had plans to create Level 3 autonomous vehicles, those plans have reportedly changed.
As reported last month by Brad Anderson of Carscoops, this reversal seems to be due to the costs involved. Level 3 systems would cost about $7,000 while a Level 2 system would only be about $1,700.
The when the BMW 7-Series arrives in 2027 it will reportedly contain many advanced features such as hands-free highway driving, automatic lane changes and advanced onboard navigation features.
While these systems advance, governments in the U.S. are becoming more concerned about personal information being collected and sold, such as geolocation and telemetrics data. Some companies are making it difficult for vehicle owners to opt out of certain features that gather their personal information. Government intervention these activities is likely to increase. In Canada there has been no discussion about government interventions up to this time.
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