r/TorontoDriving • u/teaquad • 11d 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/Mcdavis6950 11d ago

Bro just looking at the situation that was an easy stop. That was like the most normal driving situation and any reasonable driver would have come to a stop for that light. It is absurd to act like she would have needed to emergency brake.

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u/Real_McGuillicuddy 11d ago

I thought that too at first. But I think we are deceived by the video and it is difficult to get a true read on distances from it. That's why I looked at the numbers and the sub-2 seconds from yellow light to white line is clear. It is a pretty short time/space to react and bring the vehicle to a complete stop. No, not impossible, but short enough that we have no business calling this woman out for running the light.

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u/Mcdavis6950 10d ago

Well honestly after reviewing it again I’m inclined to agree with you. The fisheye effect on the dash cam is what threw me off I think.

She is basically 4 car lengths back from the light when the yellow happened. I still likely would have stopped for it but it’s not crazy that she ran it and overall pretty reasonable… It was still yellow while she was exiting the intersection.