{"id":4949,"date":"2025-11-05T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/?p=7412945"},"modified":"2025-11-05T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:00:00","slug":"in-photos-drivers-having-bad-days-in-okanagan-kamloops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/4949\/in-photos-drivers-having-bad-days-in-okanagan-kamloops\/","title":{"rendered":"iN PHOTOS: Drivers having bad days in Okanagan, Kamloops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With so many drivers on the roads and byways in and around the Okanagan and Kamloops and there isn\u2019t a shortage of surprising things to see while commuting, and here a few spotted this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Often truckers make a wrong move and end up spilling loads on the road or tipping their trucks into ditches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/driving-fails-12.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"|\" class=\"wp-image-7412960\" title=\"|\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A driver parks on the sidewalk in downtown Kelowna in October. SUBMITTED\/Alyssa Gregory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes drivers make bad parking choices that entertain or frustrate onlookers, and once in awhile drivers manage to high centre their rides on curbs and rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As long as no one is hurt, most scenarios can be chalked up to a bad day for drivers or those making bad decisions that make fellow commuters look twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/driving-fails-14.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"|\" class=\"wp-image-7412970\" title=\"|\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This semi truck fell into a ditch in Clearwater in fall. SUBMITTED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/driving-fails-13.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"|\" class=\"wp-image-7412994\" title=\"|\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drivers near Kamloops maneuver around gravel from a spilled semi truck load. SUBMITTED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/driving-fails-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"|\" class=\"wp-image-7412997\" title=\"|\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This driver in Kamloops parked in a strange place. SUBMITTED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/driving-fails-8.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"|\" class=\"wp-image-7412998\" title=\"|\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A truck rolled over a bank in Vernon in October. SUBMITTED\/ Skilled Truckers Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/driving-fails-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"|\" class=\"wp-image-7413001\" title=\"|\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A semi truck in Vernon lost a front tire in a tight section downtown. SUBMITTED\/Skilled Truckers Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never a dull moment for drivers on roads and highways in the BC Interior. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":478,"featured_media":4950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"guid":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1285,492,493],"tags":[],"region":[206,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-4949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/4949\/in-photos-drivers-having-bad-days-in-okanagan-kamloops\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"iN PHOTOS: Drivers having bad days in Okanagan, Kamloops","url":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/4949\/in-photos-drivers-having-bad-days-in-okanagan-kamloops\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/4949\/in-photos-drivers-having-bad-days-in-okanagan-kamloops\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-571528697_3804658842998679_768766778726554945_n.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-571528697_3804658842998679_768766778726554945_n.jpg"},"articleSection":"Featured","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Shannon Ainslie"}],"creator":["Shannon Ainslie"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"iNwheels","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2025-11-05T12:00:00Z","datePublished":"2025-11-05T12:00:00Z","dateModified":"2025-11-05T12:00:00Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"iN PHOTOS: Drivers having bad days in Okanagan, Kamloops\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/infonews.ca\\\/inwheels\\\/news\\\/4949\\\/in-photos-drivers-having-bad-days-in-okanagan-kamloops\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/infonews.ca\\\/inwheels\\\/news\\\/4949\\\/in-photos-drivers-having-bad-days-in-okanagan-kamloops\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/infonews.ca\\\/inwheels\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/inwheels-571528697_3804658842998679_768766778726554945_n.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/infonews.ca\\\/inwheels\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/inwheels-571528697_3804658842998679_768766778726554945_n.jpg\"},\"articleSection\":\"Featured\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Shannon Ainslie\"}],\"creator\":[\"Shannon Ainslie\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"iNwheels\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2025-11-05T12:00:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-05T12:00:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-05T12:00:00Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/infonews.ca\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-571528697_3804658842998679_768766778726554945_n.jpg","post_modified":"2025-11-05T04:00:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:00:00","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/478"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4949"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=4949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}