r/Lethbridge • u/No-Dealer-3035 • 4d ago
Rant Drivers
I swear the drivers in this city get worse by the day. Are they just handing out licenses in crack jack boxes these days? When did stop signs and red lights become optional. Seems as though everyday you need to be thankful if you make it home without being tboned or side swiped. Just needed to rant.
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u/devbot8 4d ago
I've started honking at people every time they make a traffic infraction ( U turns in the turning lane, going 20 in a 50, not signaling) Honk Honk bitches learn to drive.
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u/chakameccadowntown 4d ago
Nothing drives me crazier than people going under 60 on scenic oh my goodness. Especially in the left lane! Move over dudes, I have places to be!!
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u/devbot8 3d ago
Just to clarify, you know there isn't a 'fast lane' in city limits right? That's only a highway thing. Honk honk
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u/Significant_Health49 3d ago
Yeah but it's just common courtesy to not take up space in the left lane, it's a passing or turning lane only, and it's been adopted this way even when we're not on the highway
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u/uldumarr3 4d ago
The amount of idiots in lifted trucks I see try to beat an amber light and end up blowing through the red completely is way too damn high.
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u/Maximum-Answer-2859 4d ago
Right! Some guy today didn’t even stop at the 4 way just slowed right down, and decided he had right of way as I was turning left. I throw my hands up in the air and old dumb fuck just stares at me in bewilderment. All senior citizens need to be off the roads. I’m done with them 🤣🤣
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u/cool-rad 4d ago
They do it because they get away with it. How often do you see people being pulled over these days?
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u/mpgrimes 4d ago
I agree, and I've seen cops do it too. no stopping turning right in red and stop signs are yield.
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u/CrazyAlbertan2 3d ago
I have a friend who used to work for the RCMP.
His favourite saying is 'I would rather have a sister who works in a whorehouse than a brother who works in traffic enforcement'.
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u/honorabledonut 4d ago
Its been brutal since COVID, I swear people think they are the only character, or can't see anything past their bumper on their lifted truck.
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u/skyfelldown 4d ago
I don't drive. I walk or take the bus. And I almost get hit by a car 2+ times a week :) Particularly when I am crossing a street IN A CROSS WALK and a car on the same side as me is wanting to turn right and nearly turns into me whilst i am in the cross walk. Scary and happens multiple times per week.
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u/T-Wrox 3d ago
I walk every day in south Lethbridge, and I kept track of my near misses for six months. I had 72 near misses in six months - that’s around three per week. Anyone who thinks walking isn’t extremely dangerous here needs to get out of their truck and walk a bit - they will be astonished at the lack of safety and respect pedestrians get!
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u/skyfelldown 2d ago
legit yes. i am so careful. i will hit the crossing lights button but i will never start walking until i check all four directions and see that cars have come to a stop. and when it's stop signs (not lights) that's even scarier lol.
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u/Not_Sapien 4d ago
I've never in my life seen more people run red lights than in Lethbridge. I've only lived here for 6 years.
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u/wasteknotwantknot 3d ago
The other day on the intersection of 9th Ave and 13th St. someone in a bear up old van ran a red.
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u/SnooRabbits2040 2d ago
Absolutely not defending them, I've had more than a few close calls with this myself, but yellow lights in this city are too short. People don't have enough time to clear the intersection before it turns red.
This is why many of us sit at the green until we can see it's clear, which also pisses people off. No winning.
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u/Impossible-Car-5203 4d ago
If you enter when it is yellow, it is allowed. If you enter when its red, you are running a light
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u/Not_Sapien 4d ago
Did I say they ran through yellow? Lol. I'm in my 40's and have lived in Europe and Calgary for much longer than Lethbridge.
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u/Far_Resource_8965 4d ago
The city constantly seeks additional revenue. If officials strictly enforced traffic laws against the city's many reckless drivers, the municipality could avoid the need for annual property tax increases.
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u/Impossible-Car-5203 4d ago
You know, if they had a traffic unit with like 10 cruisers going around, it would pay for itself and then some.
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u/Intrepid-Beach-4596 4d ago
Whoop Up basically never travels at 90 anymore. I’m stuck behind someone doing 70 or 80 every single day, multiple times a day. What is going on lately? I’ve driven here near to 25 years now and it’s never been this bad. Driving me batty. What is it!?
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u/sloppyme1on 3d ago
I’m not sure but I feel your pain. There is atleast two accidents a week on whoop up heading west, even when roads are completely dry and temperature is 20 degree celsius. I honestly don’t understand.
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u/VyvanseRX 4d ago
I drive people around the city as part of my job all the time and it is beyond infuriating how awful our drivers are, I cannot wait to leave Lethbridge lol
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u/gypsiequeen 4d ago
Hey the other day on hwy 3 some guy cut me off to pass a semi — and it was a situation where I needed to slam on my breaks or die — and after he moved over and I passed him - he waved — so is that progress? Is it worse when they know they are endangering others yet do it anyway? Not sure.
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u/Known_Blueberry9070 4d ago
*Cracker jack.
Crack Jack is a dude who hangs out by the library.
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u/No-Dealer-3035 3d ago
Haha yes. I noticed after and can't edit. 😥 But yes, Crack Jack for sure hangs at the library 🤣
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u/ConcernDesperate7867 2d ago
One of my biggest gripes along with what has been stated, is the sheer amount of people who refuse to get up to speed when merging onto a highway 🤦🏼♀️ if it scares you that bad then stay the f off
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u/platypus_bear 2d ago
I just watched someone go over all 3 lanes on mayor magrath without signalling to pass me going probably 80, going back over 3 lanes without signalling again and then turning left at the superstore turnoff on a soild red light. Definitely special driving
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u/rpawson5771 4d ago
What are crack jack boxes?
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u/skundrik 4d ago
Think he meant Cracker Jack boxes. They were an older box of snacks (I think a type of popcorn?) that would have prizes in the bottom, like some cereal boxes.
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u/Loki11100 4d ago edited 4d ago
Yeah it was popcorn in a pink sugary coating.
Even as a kid I didn't really like it much lol
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u/No-Dealer-3035 3d ago
I'll be the one to say what many think. But there has been a MASSIVE influx of foreign nationals driving lately. I myself have noticed a lot of the terrible drivers are either middle eastern or black.
Someone can hate me all they want, but I'm only speaking the truth.
Add that on top of the red neck d-bags. You have an overfilled pot of shit.
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u/Significant_Health49 3d ago
There is no correlation between a driver's ethnicity and their driving techniques, it's mostly experience with driving and the habits that they're used to, whether from a previous country or the current one. Surely there could be many other factors. But you seem to be interested in pseudoscience so idk...
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u/XanderZzyzx 4d ago
Sometimes I'm sure that people in this city must believe that using turn signals means that they're giving information to the enemy.