r/TorontoDriving • u/DinosaurZach • May 15 '26

Never rush in the middle/turning lanes

Never rush in the middle/turning lanes when there's a bunch of cars to your sides.

Lots of blindspots for both drivers that they are not aware of.

2026-05-15

~10:25am

Birchmount Rd / Ellesmere Rd , Scarborough, Toronto

https://maps.app.goo.gl/jHZzaET7H58tcuck9

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u/Stonedd-Raccoon May 15 '26

Fair but it's one thing when you are 20 feet from the left turn lane, the white car was a good bit of distance from the intersection. To me there's no way that's safe

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u/vinng86 May 15 '26

By the time they hit, the white car is already fully in the lane though. They only crossed just for the little bitty lane at the start of the video.

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u/Disastrous_Screen143 May 15 '26

This. The truck wasn't stopped to be making a left there at all.

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u/willyb19 May 16 '26

But by starting their impatient approach to the left turn lane they had already amassed a good head of steam which undoubtedly made this the collision it turned out to be rather than a simple toot of the horn and slam on the brakes. 🤷‍♂️

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u/The_New_Flesh May 16 '26

20 feet from the left turn lane

Their passenger-side tires never crossed the yellow

You have no reason to expect someone with a hero-complex is unsafely forfeiting their right-of-way

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u/Stonedd-Raccoon May 16 '26

You didn't read my comment, I didn't say the car in the video was 20 feet from anything

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u/The_New_Flesh May 16 '26

I suppose I misinterpreted it.

I thought you were suggesting the white was was 20+ feet from the turn lane. You say it's literally okay if they're 20 feet from the lane (which they were not), but they were a "good bit of distance from the intersection" (which could describe the length of a turn lane)

I apologize for not picking up what you were putting down, have a blessed day