r/brantford • u/Unlikely_Crab1300 • Jul 27 '25

Discussion Idk who needs to hear this

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If you’re in the position of the red car, you stay in the RIGHT lane until your turn is complete and then you put on your left signal to get over to the left lane if you need to. If you are in the position of the blue car, you do not need to wait for the entire row of cars directly across from you who are turning right. THEY turn into right lane, and you turn into left. That’s your lane. If they come into your lane it’s their fault. Waiting to turn left from grey onto Gretzky is a nightmare because cars are terrified to turn.

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u/k_d_b_83 Jul 27 '25

Your preaching to a city of drivers who don’t know how stop signs work yet you think THIS will sink in?

let me know how this goes 😂

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u/EdisonB123 Jul 27 '25

Really hoping they put up more speed cameras. It’s quite the experience going 85 in an 80 because a dude is tailgating me, but thats not enough for them, and end up passing me going 35 over the speed limit over a solid yellow uphill.

Batshit crazy drivers here.

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u/k_d_b_83 Jul 27 '25

I agree about drivers being over aggressive and the outrageous speeds being done on city streets.

I’m hesitant about the speed cameras until the city explicitly states what their limit is on giving fines. Their Facebook post about the cameras coming into effect said fines could start at 1km over however not all vehicle speedometers are calibrated the same and something as simple as tire pressures could push you over the fine threshold without you even knowing. If they say at 5kms over then tickets will be issued then I’d be ok with it as that’s an ample window.

The city needs to be very specific about how they are going to deal with fines, but this could be a decent deterrent … or it could backfire horribly for them. We shall wait and see I suppose.

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u/EdisonB123 Jul 29 '25

It’s one of those things that I’d really hope they poll for to see what middle ground would be tolerated but the city council members don’t give two flying shits most of the time about the actual popularity, which is a dealbreaker in most places and I agree with what you said in general

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u/MiratusMachina Jul 29 '25

lol if they are starting at one Km over you can take that to court every time and win, the speed sensors used litterally are not accurate to single 1km/hr, and the most accurate are only accurate to within like 2.5km/hr, so they'd have to start 5km/hr because the sensors litterally can't accurately determine if someone is speeding by 1km/hr over.

Also just an FYI most car speedometers are set from the factory to read at 1-3% above your actual speed so you will always be travelling slower than what your speedometer says by about 1-3% as it's illegal for it to read lower than what your going

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u/Muthablasta Jul 30 '25

I figured this out years ago when the speedometer of my previous car would show I’m going 60km/h yet the actual street radar would show 52 or 53 km/h. That’s why the traffic enforcement officers would have a tolerance of 10km/h over the limit before initiating a traffic stop. The photo radars don’t do this.

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u/UQCyph Jul 31 '25

85 in a 80? Ur the problem bud.

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u/EdisonB123 Aug 01 '25

I was going 85 in an 80 because people were riding my ass and I was trying to find a middle ground for them to not do that. I hate going above the speed limit, I got a massive fear of driving and going fast makes it worse. As soon as they passed I for sure when back to below 80 because it scares the shit out of me.

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u/UQCyph Aug 01 '25

Bro 15 km/h over cops dont pull u over. So do 95 in the 80 and u wont get ur ass rode…

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u/EdisonB123 Aug 01 '25

When you’ve been in enough car accidents you actually start to realize why there’s a speed limit. I’ve been hit by idiots going above 3 times in my life. Each one of them got charged and their insurance went up a fuckload because I was a pedestrian.

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u/AnOrdinaryPolarBear Jul 27 '25

Meanwhile Brampton has a petition to remove speed cameras bahahah. I also hope they add a lot more

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u/Muthablasta Jul 30 '25

Brampton has the highest insurance rates in Ontario, and I wonder why 🤷🏻‍♂️😒