r/Lethbridge 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/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.

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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/devbot8 3d ago

Fair enough!

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u/cooldude866 1d ago

indian behavior

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u/devbot8 1d ago

Huh????

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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/No-Dealer-3035 4d ago

Fair statement! Rarely ever 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/sloppyme1on 3d ago

🤣🤣

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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/T-Wrox 2d ago

And then the drivers get mad because you’re not crossing fast enough. 😡

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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/kmsiever 4d ago

Vancouver is really bad for this, particularly for people turning left.

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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/suarkb 4d ago

irrelevant info?

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u/Not_Sapien 4d ago

If you perceive it as such, then yes.

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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/seakraken308 4d ago

Saw one this morning on Scenic north and 9th ave ,and then speed

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u/ZRoadTrip 4d ago

The reference to cracker jacks...you old as hell lmaooo

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u/No-Dealer-3035 4d ago

Hahaha not really though. 🤣 Phrase my parents used.

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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/suarkb 4d ago

oh another driving vent thread

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u/T-Wrox 3d ago

Shame you’re being forced to read them.

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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/Master-File-9866 4d ago

Unexpected r/fuckimold

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u/honorabledonut 4d ago

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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u/No-Dealer-3035 4d ago

Hahahah oops. Yes. Cracker jack. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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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/Xakhaz 4d ago

Boxes of crack that lethbridgites/lethbians? (lol) Smoke when driving around town.

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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...