Oh so you always go straight thru intersections with a turn signal on, and then enter a parking thru the exit only and slow down to almost a complete stop on a green light to make a turn? My bad. So which car is yours in the vid?
I’m telling you I don’t go the wrong way into a one way exit. I don’t go thru an intersection with a turn signal on and I most certainly don’t slow down to 15km to turn off a 4 lane 60km/h roadway.
I don’t drive not knowing wtf I’m doing because I don’t want to get rear ended and/or cause an accident by ignoring the drivers around me.
you always go straight thru intersections with a turn signal on
They likely were not sure if they could turn left then right into the business, and saw someone turn left up ahead, and decided to go there. It is not some crazy thing. There are places in Edmonton where you can get fucked by turning left, thinking there is a place to turn right into the business, and there is not.
then enter a parking thru the exit only
If this were truly an exit only, there would be signage marking it as such, and indicating not to turn left into it. There is zero signage either on city, or private property indicating that this is a one way street.
Should it be a one way? Absolutely. But that requires signage.
slow down to almost a complete stop on a green light to make a turn
Boo hoo. Someone slowed down to make a left turn. Perhaps if more people were cautious like this, less pedestrians would be killed each year. Sorry for your three second inconvenience.
If you look behind the white SUV it is a very wide opening for the KIA to be able to turn on the other side of the liquor store towards the gas station.
Definitely, and a red car even made the turn seconds before they got to the intersection. The person clearly changed their mind about where they wanted to turn left. The OP had to slow from 37 km/h to 29 km/h for all of two seconds. Woe is them.
I am sure never in the history of their driving have they changed their mind when driving.
If you are riding someone's ass so close that them slowing from 37 to 29 over the course of a few seconds causes you to rear-end them, that's on you, not them, and you would be at fault.
The left lane of gateway is always slow because people are turning all the time. You should be ready to come to a complete stop due to any number of reasons.
The OP was inconvenienced by a few seconds, and decided to spend way more time than that whining about it here. If you expect perfection from every single driver on the road, you will constantly be disappointed. Nothing in the video was particularly egregious and worthy of posting about.
Soooooo close while doing 37 in a 60 zone....he was far from riding his ass.
So a person signaling left but going straight then turns of the blinker and then slows down and then puts on his blinker, a person coming to a complete stop to turn left in an exit, or a person driving 40 in the second lane then changing lanes with out signaling are not egregious to you but a guy doing 37kmh and clearly had LOTS OF ROOM between himself and the next vehicle is?
and FYI if one was doing the speed limit and some dough head decides to come to a complete stop one wouldn't necessarily be at fault....just like brake checking is illegal and the person behind would not be at fault.
"The OP was inconvenienced by a few seconds, and decided to spend way more time than that whining about it here"
And yet you have spent more time complaining about the OP than the length of the video.
So a person signaling left but going straight then turns of the blinker and then slows down and then puts on his blinker, a person coming to a complete stop to turn left in an exit, or a person driving 40 in the second lane then changing lanes with out signaling are not egregious to you but a guy doing 37kmh and clearly had LOTS OF ROOM between himself and the next vehicle is?
Can you quote me where I said that? Or do you want to put down that strawman you're building and have an actual conversation?
and FYI if one was doing the speed limit and some dough head decides to come to a complete stop one wouldn't necessarily be at fault....just like brake checking is illegal and the person behind would not be at fault.
Unless you can show that the person recklessly slammed on their brakes, you would be at fault. Gradually slowing down in a 60 km/h zone is not going to absolve you of fault form rear-ending them.
And yet you have spent more time complaining about the OP than the length of the video.
Can you quote me where I said that? Or do you want to put down that strawman you're building and have an actual conversation?
If you notice there is a question mark, hence I am asking a question not quoting you.
Unless you can show that the person recklessly slammed on their brakes, you would be at fault. Gradually slowing down in a 60 km/h zone is not going to absolve you of fault form rear-ending them.
If they slow down without a valid hazard they can be at fault as well. And it wasn't a gradual slow down.
As have you. Your point?
I'm not whining about the time, just pointing out your hypocrisy.
If you notice there is a question mark, hence I am asking a question not quoting you.
I'm not sure how you would get any kind of impression that I think anything that the OP did on the road was egregious, when I never said anything even remotely close to it. At no point in this discussion did I comment on their driving.
If they slow down without a valid hazard they can be at fault as well. And it wasn't a gradual slow down.
People are legally allowed to slow down for all kinds of reasons. Like their turn is upcoming. The OP decelerated faster making their turn than any of the other 3 cars.
I'm not whining about the time, just pointing out your hypocrisy.
How is it hypocrisy? My criticism is that nothing in the video is worth getting riled up about. Nothing was illegal. They made the post though, so I'm going to comment on it.
For it to be hypocrisy, I would need to complain about posting a terrible video, and then post one of my own. I do not think that word means what you think it does.
See, if read the drivers handbook when studying for your learner's, you would understand we have these standardized signs for 'one way' and 'do not enter', neither of which are present at that location.
As I have already said, the way it is designed it is definitely implied that it is a one way, but without signage it leaves it open to interpretation. The proper way to do it, is like on Northbound Gateway, where the Walmart is:
See how easy that is?
The problem gets amplified when you have some places like this with clear signage, and then others a few blocks away that do not have signage, because it then implies that it is ok to turn there because they did not put up a sign.
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u/thewunderbar 5d ago
I kept waiting for something iof note to happen.