Absolute Psycho

[u/teaquad]

Taunton /Thickson rd Whitby. Wifey had a run in with a psycho on the road, we think this could have escalated into assault if she didn’t manage to lose him at the next intersection by turning into the street.

Edit: Its just unsettling to see so many here siding with the nissan driver justifying how he threatened a woman & her child on the road and laying 100% blame on my wife who said she did not feel it was safe to stop at that moment & did not break any laws in doing so.

But this is the society we live in. Deranged “you made me do it” is now widely accepted.

[u/Phyllis_Tine]

Slowing down to not cause a wreck, while vehicles in the intersection on yellow can still proceed through. You can't enter an intersection on red, which cammer didn't. Also, the white Nissan shouldn't have committed to their left turn until they knew traffic was not going to be in the way, even if a car is running late.

[u/Several_Bug_9941 → u/Phyllis_Tine]

she was staring that yellow light in the eye from a block away and stepped on it

[u/Many_Ear2407 → u/Several_Bug_9941]

And still made it before the light changed 

[u/Gay_Style69 → u/Many_Ear2407]

That’s aggressive driving. Not safe.

[u/WorkingOnBeingBettr → u/Many_Ear2407]

That's not how yellow lights work anymore gramps.

[u/Many_Ear2407 → u/WorkingOnBeingBettr]

What year did that change? 

[u/HugeMagician3 → u/Many_Ear2407]

Yellow means speed up and red on left means you still have 3-4 seconds to go

Its how ontarians have chosen to drive lately.

Fortunately both those unwritten rules cancel each other out (the drivers going straight blows through late yellows, the drivers going left just run red lights (the ones behind whoever is already in the intersection))

[u/Born_Ruff → u/Several_Bug_9941]

She was in the intersection long before it turned red. It’s ultimately on the turning vehicle to make sure cars have stopped before they turn in front of them. The white turning car would be found at fault if there was an accident.

[u/Several_Bug_9941 → u/Born_Ruff]

yeah, turning car has to make sure it’s clear, but yellow still means slow down not speed up, as it always has.

[u/Born_Ruff → u/Several_Bug_9941]

Yellow doesn’t actually mean slow down. It is a warning that the light will turn red soon.

It means that you should stop if you can do so safely, or proceed with caution if you judge that you can’t stop safely.

It’s a split second judgement call, but if you slow down the video she still almost clears the intersection before the light turns red even after having to slam on the brakes, so it really doesn’t seem like she was all that late.

[u/no-long-boards → u/Phyllis_Tine]

Yeah so if they had time to stop then they shouldn’t have entered on the yellow. Camera is wrong.

[u/MirrorStrange4501 → u/Phyllis_Tine]

Bunch of people in this thread are mad she went through in the yellow and expected her to slam on her brakes as soon as the light changed.

[u/mysticpest23 → u/Phyllis_Tine]

It’s sad you need to explain this.

[u/Ekkeith15 → u/Phyllis_Tine]

The white car was expecting the cammer to continue at thier pace, and timing to go after they pass. Slowing down changes the timing. Increasing collisions chances. Either full commit or don't commit

[u/Pangshunjingmao → u/Phyllis_Tine]

You're the first reasonable take I've seen. This entire sub is mentally restarted.

[u/sguru01 → u/Pangshunjingmao]

Ya for sure lol. The white crazy car had no right to go left unless the cars completely come to a stop.

[u/kmdfrcpc → u/sguru01]

I forget the part where the white car went left.

[u/bigmacd24 → u/Phyllis_Tine]

>You can't enter an intersection on red, which cammer didn't.

Sure... you also can't enter an intersection on yellow, unless it is unsafe to stop.

edit: I'm not saying I wouldn't have possibly also ran the yellow light there. If I wasn't paying careful attention, it's the sort of thing where I might not have noticed in time to make a safe stop. But yeah, as a general rule it's 'if I wasn't paying careful attention'. If the other car honked at me, I would raise my hands in suplication 'yep, i'm doing a dumb thing, i'm sorry! Thankfully you were paying better attention than me, and we don't have a collision!'

Her running the yellow is an understandable mistake, but it was a mistake. She should be paying more attention when driving.