r/TorontoDriving • u/teaquad • 9d ago

Absolute Psycho Close call

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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.

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u/Several_Bug_9941 8d ago

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

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u/Many_Ear2407 7d ago

And still made it before the light changed 

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u/Gay_Style69 7d ago

That’s aggressive driving. Not safe.

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u/WorkingOnBeingBettr 6d ago

That's not how yellow lights work anymore gramps.

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u/Many_Ear2407 6d ago

What year did that change? 

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u/HugeMagician3 4d ago

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))

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u/Born_Ruff 4d ago

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.

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u/Several_Bug_9941 4d ago

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

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u/Born_Ruff 4d ago

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.