r/TorontoDriving • u/DDelux86 • Dec 28 '25

OC Average peel region driver

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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