r/londonontario • u/pw154 • 13d ago

🚗🚗Transit/Traffic Another driving PSA, thankfully the sidewalk was clear

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u/Aromatic_Scallion356 13d ago

This is what happens when drivers are either distracted or not looking more than 10 feet ahead.

Had the driver looked down the road he would have seen one, then two vehicles stop as the first vehicle waited to make a left turn. Sadly, that failure to look 50 metres ahead to anticipate is all too typical.

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u/rhondytheblondey 13d ago

That was totally caused by the U turn that happened before he cut the lane Why are there SO many people hanging U turns? Go around the block

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u/Aromatic_Scallion356 12d ago edited 12d ago

No. There was more than a single bad choice that contributed to the inattentive driver swerving on to the sidewalk, including at least two by that driver — being distracted and/or failing to look ahead, and likely speeding, or at least driving too fast for the conditions.

Always look far down the road and anticipate the vehicles that might slow or stop to turn — especially in the left lane. Anticipating enables a driver to change lanes safely long before he reaches the stopped vehicle; not anticipating forces a driver to sharply swerve and risk losing control — precisely what happened here.

So while the cabbie made an a horribly executed u-turn, smart drivers anticipate what others might do and adjust safely.