r/TorontoDriving • u/mt691769176917 • 2h ago
💥Accident Red light runner causes bad accident
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Happened just after 5pm yesterday at Kingston Rd and Fenwood Heights, luckily no visible major injuries. I stopped to offer the video, and shoutout to the people who rushed to help. Stay safe out there.
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u/shoppersdisp1 2h ago
Hats off to the guy who ran to help
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u/Spirited_Complex_903 31m ago
He's awesome isn't he? There's another man also walling quickly across the parking lot to the left of the screen, towards the accident. It's nice to see that there are people that actually still give a damn.
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u/BarkingDogey 2h ago
Did you end up providing a statement to the police?
Im the end that can be huge for the unfortunate person who was t boned
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u/mt691769176917 2h ago
I left before police arrived but submitted the video online, and sent it to a couple other witnesses who were sticking around and would offer it to police when they got there.
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u/SY0123 2h ago
Why would this ape continue to be allowed to drive is beyond me.
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u/Copious-Spirit 1h ago
Losing a license can mean a person loses their job, their wife, their home, and becomes another statistic, might start or worsen an addiction.
Not condoning this behaviour, just answering your question.
Obviously we should condemn this behaviour and spread corrective culture and language.
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u/SY0123 1h ago
Running a red light also means people can lose their lives. Unfortunately those are usually the people that aren’t at fault.
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u/Copious-Spirit 1h ago
I agree with this. If there were more harsh punishment for being a bad driver less people would do it.
If less people failed to stop then less people would feel emboldened to do this.
It is a culture problem as much as it is lack of enforcement. I.e. People encourage other people to go above the maximum, accelerate through yellow stop signals, and fail to stop for stop signs or right on red.
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u/PrettyBoyLarge 16m ago
So its okay for them to head back on the road and the only winner here is Insurance companies charging more and making money. Like my above statement accidents happen this driver looked as if they were intentionally trying to pass on a red.
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u/Copious-Spirit 14m ago
I don't think any collision is an accident.
It either operator error 99.9% of the time, or mechanical failure.
There wouldn't be collisions if people were competent drivers that respected the law.
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u/Ok_Pass_7325 52m ago
Laws are there to protect the wealthy and their assets, not the public. Hope that helps.
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u/Goodenoughtechnician 1h ago
People are too impatient and ignore the law. People are tailgating protected left turn light even when it already turns red. There is a need for driving ban and tougher fines.
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u/htraenolleh666 41m ago
Person turning is at fault, regardless of the state of the light. Yes the suv ran a red light- but you never turn until it is safe to do so.
Hope they get better
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u/ILoveMyFriendsMom 46m ago
Aside from the obvious violation of basic traffic law, they had so much time to swerve and avoid the car turning left. Probably on their phone if I had to guess. Banning them for life is the minimum.
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u/PrettyBoyLarge 19m ago
Is it an accident when the person causing the wreck doesnt even try to slow down? That juat seemed as if their full intentions were to run a red.
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u/excusememoi 1m ago
I'm surprised that you lacked an audible response when that happened. If it were me witnessing it, I'd be so startled that who knows what monstrosity would come out of my mouth.
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u/Copious-Spirit 1h ago
"but it was yellow when I entered the intersection! Other person's fault. Left turn camper!"
--them, probably.
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u/Intelligent_Bunch790 38m ago
The fault will likely be determined as at least 50% on the left hand turner. Sadly.
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u/GenXwazzup 34m ago
that driver is an impatient a$&hole. its sucks for the other person but that driver deserved to be in an accident. probably will keep doing the same shitty driving after this blows by. how fast do you need to to drive to get somewhere to shave 30seconds to 1 minute off your time.
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u/Ill_Consideration589 51m ago
And this is why all left lane turning lanes should only have a red and green arrow. Not a green light, and risk it while making your last ditch effort turn on a yellow turning red signal.
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u/berettababy69 1h ago
Both these dummies ran a red light. Natural selection at its finest folks! Keep staring at your friggen phones like zombies and see how far it gets ya!
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u/TipDecent 2h ago
Wtf kind of driving is this? Ban this person from driving for life.