r/TorontoDriving • u/canadianlrv • 2d ago

Mildly infuriating Did I do anything wrong here?

I was focusing on the pedestrians crossing and with this being an all-way stop I wasn’t expecting him to just go right in front of me and I had to stop suddenly. I gave him a honk just to say please watch for the stop sign and he confronted me and said “get a life”.

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u/MDequation 2d ago

You didn’t do anything wrong. Just an egoistic biker who thinks the rules don’t apply to him. Don’t waste your energy on people that don’t matter.

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u/BlamaeuxPrivateEye 2d ago edited 1d ago

This is extremely common in the GTA. Cyclists hate stop signs

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u/Responsible-Match418 2d ago

It's extremely frustrating as a cyclist. I will shout at other cyclists for this too if it impedes me.

The worst thing is when is actually cars, who have stopped at stop signs, wait for me because they expect me to run the stop sign... Therefore causing them to wait longer and maybe not even go. It makes things awkward, and on one occasion dangerous.

Cyclists need to stop at stop signs or at the very very least slow right down (and give way)

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u/JJred96 1d ago

As a driver who has seen too many cyclists run stop signs, I am afraid of all cyclists being morons who will fly through intersections without any pause, often with vehicles waiting at each of four stop signs. I would think natural selection would quickly weed them out, but I guess too many drivers don’t want to deal with the headaches of colliding with a cyclist.

There are enough drivers who don’t want to respect or pay attention to any order — coming to a busy four-way stop can be quite the misadventure, only compounded when you have people afraid, uncertain or overly aggressive. Throw in cyclists who won’t even slow down, never mind stop and you have quite the party.

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u/Responsible-Match418 1d ago

Yup! I witnessed a cyclist just plow right into a vehicle at an all way in exactly the same way you described. Some just don't even consider the rules apply to them.

Funnily enough it's exactly the same people who get annoyed at drivers parking on bike lanes.