Car-cam bad drivers thread

[rage2]

Originally posted by G
@27 seconds...Never understood why people need to swing what left to make a right turn.

Originally posted by cet
^ I see people doing that on left turns too. Swing out to the right, almost into the adjacent lane, to then turn left. Baffles me every time.

I do it all the time.

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by rage2




I do it all the time.

Yeah me too

Where McKnight turns into John Laurie (and vice versa), the corners before Kensington heading eastbound on Memorial, even Crowchild onto eastbound Memorial are a couple of my favourites. Forget about "almost into the adjacent lane". I'll go right into the lane if nobody's around just to make the turn haha

[revelations]

Originally posted by BerserkerCatSplat
Nah, that just happened to be my normal route to get to my office building at the time. That's not saying I wouldn't have followed him anyway, it was super obvious what was going on.

If you had that on camera, I would have sent it to the CPS. Thats almost as bad as them racing for donuts in Douglasdale a few years ago.

Going Code 3 for break is not cool.

[R154]

How are car enthusiasts not going to know about the racing line.

Every. Single. Opportunity.

[rage2]

I even walk on sidewalks, hallways on the racing line.

[R154]

Originally posted by rage2
I even walk on sidewalks, hallways on the racing line.

I draft people before passing. It subconscious.

Once a chick called me out for walking up on her and quickly cutting left, then rubbing the wall.

We both arrived at the same place but I was in 1st position.

I explained the racing mentality. She just shook her head, "gotta have a hobby I guess." nah, it's a lifestyle.

I just think some people are born with a sense of how to get somewhere quick.

[spikerS]

Originally posted by R154



I just think some people are born with a sense of how to get somewhere quick.

It's all about carrying as much momentum as possible

and yeah, i draft people in the mall all the time and pull the super abrupt pass.

[lilmira]

Just watch out for the dirty air.

[BokCh0y]

The "lines" depend on which vehicle I am driving :

[muse017]

Originally posted by rage2

I mentioned that in another thread. I'm in situations on Crowchild often where I'm the bottleneck in the left lane already doing 100. I'll speed up quickly, make the pass sooner, and GTFO of the way to deescalate any potential road rage.

At the end of the day, the core of the problem is too low of a speed limit on Crowchild. That or cops need to enforce it 24/7 to get people to actually drive at 80 because nobody does it today, even in rush hour. It's arguably more dangerous to actually drive at the speed limit because there's huge speed differentials between the speed limit driver and every other car on the road.

And for fucks sake don't use photo radar as an enforcement tool. While I haven't seen one lately on Crowchild, the last time there was one under 53rd street it was mayhem with people coming from Shag trying to accelerate to merge and everyone slamming on the brakes in the 3 lanes creating some ridiculously sketchy merges.

Totally agree on this...
Just got ticketed going 104km passing somebody doing 8*km/h in the middle lane. Tried to pass quick and slow down to 90km/h. Still got pulled over and it sucks but whatever I'll pay up and move on.

[acedia]

Check out this genius.

[rage2]

[speedog]

Originally posted by acedia
Check out this genius.

Man, it would've been great to have audio that captured the BMW driver explaining why he had such a huge brain fart.

edit: had speakers turned down, BMW guy was just an idiot - back story here, link.

[Darell_n]

I'm all for Police beatings in these situations.

[JfuckinC]

Originally posted by rage2




I do it all the time.

Highway 93 in the canyon by radium lol, that can almost be done in a straight line...

[cloud7]

Originally posted by speedog


Man, it would've been great to have audio that captured the BMW driver explaining why he had such a huge brain fart.

edit: had speakers turned down, BMW guy was just an idiot - back story here, link.

BMW driver is not very bright but I can kind of see why he was frustrated. When the car ahead goes against the basic rules of the road and let another vehicle that has a Stop sign to go instead of driving through the intersection given that the vehicles in front are long gone. If the cars in front weren't moving or if there are no vehicles behind, it is fine to let someone into the gap but when the cars in front are long gone and there is a queue of vehicles behind it just wastes everybody's time. The school bus driver took a while to get going because he wasn't even expecting to be let in.

[JustinMCS]

Originally posted by cloud7


BMW driver is not very bright but I can kind of see why he was frustrated. When the car ahead goes against the basic rules of the road and let another vehicle that has a Stop sign to go instead of driving through the intersection given that the vehicles in front are long gone. If the cars in front weren't moving or if there are no vehicles behind, it is fine to let someone into the gap but when the cars in front are long gone and there is a queue of vehicles behind it just wastes everybody's time. The school bus driver took a while to get going because he wasn't even expecting to be let in.

+1

[relyt92]

Originally posted by cloud7


BMW driver is not very bright but I can kind of see why he was frustrated. When the car ahead goes against the basic rules of the road and let another vehicle that has a Stop sign to go instead of driving through the intersection given that the vehicles in front are long gone. If the cars in front weren't moving or if there are no vehicles behind, it is fine to let someone into the gap but when the cars in front are long gone and there is a queue of vehicles behind it just wastes everybody's time. The school bus driver took a while to get going because he wasn't even expecting to be let in.

Plus if the driver didn't wait for the bus, the BMW would've been through the light before it was even yellow, with probably another car or two getting through as well.

[snowcat]

Dashcam dude "I didn't know he was beside me until he crashed"

Bullshit you gunned it to stop him from getting in front lol!

[speedog]

Originally posted by snowcat
Dashcam dude "I didn't know he was beside me until he crashed"

Bullshit you gunned it to stop him from getting in front lol!

Yeah but the amount of time he gunned it wouldn't have made no difference. The BMW guy was going to hit something at the speed he was going, either up over the curb or the camera vehicle. One can see this shit every day and you have to shake your head at the impatience people have sometimes just to gain one car length in traffic. It is really quite laughable.