Accidents and driving habits in certain parts of GTA

chimaican wrote: ↑Because dash cams are for when you're not in the intersection.

What can be done? Avoid Brampton.

chimaican wrote: ↑ Because dash cams are for when you're not in the intersection.

What can be done? Avoid Brampton.

angryaudifanatic wrote: ↑ And all of York Region for that matter.

Karma2000 wrote: ↑ Have been going to brampton for some recent project work..taking hwy 50 or sometimes hwy 27.
Everytime I cross hwy 7 , have this sort of anxiety and feeling of being extra careful...even a google search of just "hwy 50" comes with a accident wreck.
Many drivers in rush, trucks changing lanes as if they are 4 wheelers and need to get ahead
Just this morning a young driver hauling a 16 wheeler was noticeably checking phone coming out of a gas station...I made a gesture to keep the phone down and was responded with hands gesture of sort of mind your own business..!
And then you have appeals from victims for hit and run etc..to come forward...looks like the situation is getting worse..

having said that - can't we have GoPro like cameras within all traffic lights/or posts, where they keep last 2-3hrs recording, and that should be enough to track most violations or accidents. Whats the point of many of us getting dash cams, that's just watching out for ourselves.
It's not perfect but what else can be done to deter such drivers and influence better driving habits? A disruption in this space is needed.

engineered wrote: ↑ Sounds like you would like living in China, where ever move in public is watched and scored.

Karma2000 wrote: ↑ just saying that we need some way to deter these kind of drivers..
as someone else posted above its certain kind of foreign works..but that will always be the case. We definitely can't have cops attending roads but with technology there might be better ways to enforce better driving.

UrbanPoet wrote: ↑ I find the best drivers to be near central Toronto... downtown and the surround areas around it.

Like they know what they’re doing. I can attest to this because this is the area i started and still drive in. You just have to be hyper alert of your surroundings because theres a lot of pedestrians, cyclist, confusing signs, construction, tight parking, narrow lanes etc...

You just gotta learn quick and be aware.

tebore wrote: ↑ It was but now Toronto is full of clueless Uber drivers.

Used to be I just my full Spidey senses tingle when I see a cabbie. Now I'm on red alert when ever I see the Uber sticker. So basically I'm on red alert all the time.

I saw them drive down a one way street and get mad at me and the cars behind me for blocking them. I had them pull a Uturn out of no where right in front of on coming traffic , Run a red, always speed thru school zones. Park and stop when and where ever they please

CanadianLurker wrote: ↑ As a pedestrian in TO I always look both ways when crossing between intersections, even when the street is just a one way. Walking with friends/coworkers they’d always bug me about that and my answer back along the lines of “sorry, but I don’t trust cabbies or bicycle couriers to respect one way streets so I always look the wrong way too in order to avoid being hit by one of these errant menaces”. Uber & Lyft + food delivery are now more reasons to be on high alert as a pedestrian!

tebore wrote: ↑ Yes forgot about the bike couriers.
I need to find a gig that doesn't entail so much driving

tebore wrote: ↑ It was but now Toronto is full of clueless Uber drivers.

Used to be I just my full Spidey senses tingle when I see a cabbie. Now I'm on red alert when ever I see the Uber sticker. So basically I'm on red alert all the time.

I saw them drive down a one way street and get mad at me and the cars behind me for blocking them. I had them pull a Uturn out of no where right in front of on coming traffic , Run a red, always speed thru school zones. Park and stop when and where ever they please

PtsuckS wrote: ↑ LOL Uber...Seriously, they do drive like shit. Last week on a three lane major street, this prick cuts me off, UBER sticker on the back window (brown dude driving an Elantra, no passengers). Driving way over the limit, cut another driver ahead as well, just to get a red at the next light...lol.
No need to drive like a prick for FFS. I ended up tailing him into my neighborhood of all things and now know this POS lives in a rooming house at the end of my street...muhahauhaha.

aeba7 wrote: ↑ It's just god awful everywhere now:

the right-uturn-right maneuver to skip a red light
driving down the centre/using turn lanes to skip traffic
stopping in the middle of/blocking intersections
not moving over for emergency vehicles
not following order/rules at a 4-way
blasting through parking lots at 60km/h
total disregard for pedestrians when turning
signalling after you've started merging/signalling for half a second
speeding up to stop people from merging, because having someone in front of you is an assault on your dignity

I don't know if its entitlement, stupidity or a bit of both

aeba7 wrote: ↑ It's just god awful everywhere now:

the right-uturn-right maneuver to skip a red light
driving down the centre/using turn lanes to skip traffic
stopping in the middle of/blocking intersections
not moving over for emergency vehicles
not following order/rules at a 4-way
blasting through parking lots at 60km/h
total disregard for pedestrians when turning
signalling after you've started merging/signalling for half a second
speeding up to stop people from merging, because having someone in front of you is an assault on your dignity

I don't know if its entitlement, stupidity or a bit of both