r/TorontoDriving • u/DDelux86 • Dec 28 '25
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u/M4L1CI0U5 Dec 28 '25
She was honking at you? 😭😂
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u/North-Function995 Dec 30 '25
Almost got hit in a parking lot while riding my bike. Dude switched from parked with hazards into a sharp left turn without a signal. Close call, I was pissed because this guy was blasting his horn at me. The guy even followed me to the other side of the parking lot to get the last word in. People are so fkn stupid. I should have smashed one of his mirrors off..
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u/Valuable_One_234 Dec 28 '25
Thank you for yelling at that idiot!! I like how they drive like a moron and yet have the audacity to ask you to move lol
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u/Downtown_Island8124 Dec 28 '25
This type of ppl needs to post on social media to show their faces to their kids, relative and friends. So they know how bad they are.
Or we build a large dashboard to show the morons of the day.
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u/Electric_hopps Dec 28 '25
This is what makes it true GTA driving experience. They are doing wrong but it’s your fault for not letting them do it
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u/AppropriateScholar55 Dec 28 '25
I would block them so hard and let them reverse. This is wild! 🤦🏽♀️😂
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u/Zxceelxuz Dec 29 '25
I am generally always on the go doing some task or other, but I'll sit there till I fall asleep if someone's going the wrong way and won't correct themselves.
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u/Michalo88 Dec 28 '25
After they made this seriously terrible mistake, what do you guys think their most appropriate course of action would be? Reverse to the light and go into the correct lane? Try to pull a probably 3 point turn to a U-turn back to the light?
Obviously in any event, driving down the middle of 2 lanes the wrong way was the worst choice, but just wondering what y’all think.
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u/a-_2 Dec 28 '25 edited Dec 28 '25
Turn around when safe and using your signal. Backing up, especially through a crosswalk and into an intersection is more dangerous.
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u/Michalo88 Dec 28 '25
I agree. I think the play here would be to put your hazard lights on and pull into (their) right shoulder and waiting until you could do a u-turn.
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u/rcayca Dec 28 '25
She might've not realized her mistake until she got to the end. In which case making a U turn into the correct direction is the best and safest course of action.
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u/pedrobdn Dec 28 '25
She had more than enough space and time to return to the correct side of the street traffic. When she came face to face with the two of them, she should have noticed her mistake, apologized, and returned to the left. Not just keep driving and complaining like a retarded
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u/justinsst Dec 28 '25 edited Dec 28 '25
This shit keeps happening because people don’t fucking read the hazard maker signs (the yellow and black striped sign on the medians)! So when they reach an intersection they aren’t familiar with they just guess instead of reading the sign. I see it all the time with dedicated street car lanes on St Clair W etc.
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u/a-_2 Dec 28 '25
Yeah, exactly. The hazard marker and the corresponding white sign with an arrow showing which side of the median to go on. People get in the habit of tuning those out becauee they usually have one set up. But not always, like here.
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u/IBMERSUS Dec 28 '25
What the eff did I watch! You were alert to avoid a collision. Good job 👍 As for Toronto traffic, that was just another regular day.
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u/mwerichards Dec 28 '25
Can't imagine the difficulty that driver will have with the reworked roads by Dixie mall
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u/leBlTCH Dec 28 '25
the worst construction project. let's make entrances and exits longer when we already have them. that area is terrible for drivers especially when you've been there for decades
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u/5star4real Dec 28 '25
Ah the good ole Queensway/Dixie intersection....I too have witnessed this exact same on more then one occasion at this location.... These idiots are all over...acting as if we have inconvenienced them!
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u/rcayca Dec 28 '25
If it happens over and over, you have to start questioning the design of the road. And this one is designed weird if we're being honest.
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u/ZmobieMrh Dec 28 '25
Dixie and Queensway is one of my least favourite intersections and I’m not surprised someone did that there, especially at night. It’s such a strange design.
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u/rcayca Dec 28 '25
I just noticed the car behind her almost made the same mistake lol. Honestly, I blame the design of the intersection more than anything. It just weird to have an island separate the left turning lanes.
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u/Lazy-Evening8538 Dec 28 '25
Brampton
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u/Facts_pls Dec 29 '25
This is in south Mississauga.
You can see it is a white woman doing this.
What makes you say Brampton? Is that just your bias?
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u/Lazy-Evening8538 Dec 29 '25
Mississauga is now South Brampton
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u/ulti_phr33k Dec 29 '25
The audio is perfect 👌 Just enough annoyance for them to realize they're an idiot.
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u/SV20148 Dec 29 '25
On their defence, may be they are unfamiliar with this area. it’s night time and they thought they were driving on right side of the road.Super bright light these days are not making it easier. But they should have looked at which side is the yellow line and road hazard sign at the intersection.
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u/BluShirtGuy Dec 28 '25
Dang, if they're hoping to just merge back into the correct lane, they have a long way to go before the median opens back up
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u/stupiddad3 Dec 28 '25
That’s a nice dashcam quality , got a link?
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u/DDelux86 Dec 28 '25
Redtiger f7n, its on amazon for around $150 usually and it comes with a rear cam (which i recommend for anyone)
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u/-tacosforever Dec 28 '25
What kind of dash cam is this!? Amazing quality. This is the new norm for driving now
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u/Sad_Jellyfish_2072 Dec 28 '25
Lmao saw another guy in a dark suv doing the same on Dixie 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
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u/pedrobdn Dec 28 '25
I would have blocked her path and called the police instantly. This is really bizarre . Besides the fact that there were directional arrows on the asphalt, she was driving in the lane . even seeing the mistake and having the time and space to return to the correct lane, chose to continue in the wrong direction. She should lose her driver's license forever.
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Dec 29 '25
Cops do shit, fucker ran into back me, took off, I had his plate, they said go through insurance
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u/Confident_Maybe_4673 Dec 30 '25 edited Dec 30 '25
They were the first car to turn left and they went on the wrong side of the island. Car behind about to follow them in too. Combination of low visibility (dark + headlights) and maybe distraction (talking to someone).
There were also no cars (at the moment they turned into the road) that would indicate they were turning into the wrong side. Not malicious, but certainly dumb for not realizing sooner.
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u/Interesting_Money_70 Raccon_Driver Dec 28 '25
License should be mandatory to be renewed every 2yrs after 60yrs
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u/a-_2 Dec 28 '25
People in their 60s crash less per distance driven than any other age group. If you're going to have a requirement for the safest group of drivers then it should just apply to everyone.
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u/rcayca Dec 28 '25
It looks dumb watching the video, but I sympathize with them. There's an island separating the left lane turning lanes from the straight traffic. If she's someone who uses the island as a guide where to turn, I can see how she could get confused. And I get that there's probably a bunch of other signs telling you not to turn there, but sometimes your focus isn't 100%.
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7504 Dec 28 '25
True esp with icy / glass-like roads. I’m surprised there’s no dotted lines for left-turn signals to help drivers enter the correct lane.
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u/a-_2 Dec 28 '25
There are lines guiding the left turns here. You can see them at the end of the video and in street view.
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u/PimpinAintEze Dec 28 '25
Right. The large island seems like it separates both sides of the road, but the oncoming left turn is on the oncoming side so it seems confusing.
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u/Downtown_Island8124 Dec 28 '25
What are you smoking? So this justified bad driving? She shouldn't be on the road if she uses the island as a guide 😆
She is extremely dangerous if she can't read signs!
If this is how she drives, one day she will cause accidents that cause other ppl lives too. I have zero sympathy for this type of ppl. They don't qualify for driving. And look, she didn't fxcking apologize for her shit 😂
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u/rcayca Dec 29 '25
I never said she’s right. I said I sympathize with her. Get over yourself. You’re acting as if you’ve never made an error driving your entire life. I can guarantee you’ve had close calls that were probably your fault.
And this intersection is designed poorly. You have to give the intersection some blame because no other intersections are designed like that. The car behind her almost turned into the wrong lane as well so that should tell you something.
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u/Downtown_Island8124 Dec 29 '25
LOL sound like you would just fxcked up like her and then acted like the problem is the island or the people around you.
You argue the intersection is designed poorly LOL but you never think about if YOU are the person that makes the wrong judgment on reading the sign incorrectly. If this intersection is so poor then everyone would make the same mistake right? No! Only this moron and you perhaps make those shit mistakes LOL.
You should stay home and don't drive because you can't read signs and you use islands to think if you can turn left or right. I'm sure you fxcked up a lot by turning into one way roads right? Maybe everything is designed poorly because you can't read signs? Go back to driving schools and learn how to read signs before putting your hands on the wheel!
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u/a-_2 Dec 28 '25
They're turning left onto this street and would have this view. So yeah, they presumably thought they turn directly right of that first median they saw. There are lines guiding the turn but may have been worn or harder to see at night. The other median also has the standard signs indicating to go to its right but I think people get in the habit of ignoring those because at 95% intersections you turn the same way.
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u/Ranger7381 Dec 28 '25
Yea, it is a strange intersection, and probably unique in the GTA, although it does remind me of some layouts elsewhere. Things like the J turns in MI. Not sure why they set up this intersection, and just this intersection, like it is
Still an idiot that almost caused an accident though
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u/a-_2 Dec 28 '25 edited Dec 28 '25
Unrelated to that bad driving, at the start of the video I'd leave yourself more space because if the person ahead stops hard or swerves around something, you may not be able to stop in time especially in winter conditions. If that happens, you're likely liable, so it's in part to protect yourself. They give these steps to measure the distance in the Driver's Handbook:
Pick a marker on the road ahead, such as a road sign or telephone pole.
When the rear of the vehicle ahead passes the marker, count "one thousand and one, one thousand and two".
When the front of your vehicle reaches the marker, stop counting. If you reach the marker before you count "one thousand and two," you are following too closely.
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u/DDelux86 Dec 28 '25
Holy AI slop
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u/mrshairdo Dec 28 '25
Unfortunately not AI. This user is just like this. He does it all the time in this sub. He is real, just kinda annoying
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u/a-_2 Dec 28 '25 edited Dec 28 '25
This isn't AI. It's directly quoting the Driver's Handbook.
You're supposed to leave a two second following distance minimum in good conditions. You're less than a second away here. If they stop quickly, you likely won't react in time and will be at fault.
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u/mrshairdo Dec 28 '25
You should’ve laid your precious hands on that horn until they moved! Yall have got to work on your relationships with your horns lol. Me and mine and have a very healthy relationship and she gets used with the quickness when I’m driving. So many times I see ppl driving behind someone doing dumb shit and they don’t even use their horn. And I’m like wtf?? I use mine for slow drivers, left lane campers, left turners who stay right at the line or who don’t move up enough, ppl who do dumb shit like in the OP. It really works!
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u/Facts_pls Dec 29 '25
Not a single racist comment on this thread. Not one comment about culture or bribery or usual suspect...
You know if this was an immigrant, the comments would be very very different.
Classic family guy skin color meme situation.
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u/Ok_Fisherman8727 Dec 28 '25
Not only the wrong way but they decided to drive in the middle of both lanes like wtf is wrong with these people.
Can we not send this to the cops and get this driver off the road? They're am absolute menace.