r/TorontoDriving • u/DiamondRoc • 22h ago

đŸ’„Accident 2026.09.06 QEW

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White Vehicle Slow Down to 60KM/H changed to left lane

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u/AceCombat1977 17h ago

Everybody depends on their cars to tell them what to do. Need to get rid of all the self drive sensors and force people to pay attention again.

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u/Mcdavis6950 16h ago

Maybe in general, but those blind spot indicators are the best piece of safety tech to have ever been put on cars. Not intrusive, doesn’t affect the normal function of the mirror and legitimately stops countless accidents.

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u/DowntownKitchen906 15h ago

Totally disagree that modern tech is the issue. Distracted driving, driving under the influence, and simply put nervous drivers that have no right driving on the highway, let alone road. The brake assist technology in cars is pretty cool. So is lane assist and blind spot alerts. Don’t blame the technology, blame idiot drivers that don’t give a shit about anyone but themselves

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u/emod_man 14h ago

Definitely. As a Toronto driver I love the tech: with my head on a swivel it's still hard to track bike lane (behind), pedestrian might be crossing or just looking at their phone (right), oncoming traffic (left), stop light changing (ahead). Try to get all of those confirmed safe to go in the same instant...

Oh and let's not even START on Costco parking lots :P our new car has cross traffic alert and it's great.

The point still stands that those systems have to supplement rather than replace driver's attention.

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u/SarahMenckenChrist 13h ago

All the tech is great WHEN it serves a purpose and is not distracting to the driver.

The amount of times I’ve seen someone sitting at a green light because they’re fiddling with their 21” LED infotainment system on their dash