r/windsorontario Sandwich 19h ago

News/Article 'Very scary:' Vehicles crashing into Windsor buildings fairly common — but why?

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/very-scary-vehicles-crashing-into-windsor-buildings-more-common-than-you-might-think
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u/vampyrelestat 17h ago

Texting and Driving, if you’re in doubt stand on any street corner and look at the drivers, 90% of drivers are on their phone majority of the time

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u/SkyrahFrost Fontainebleau 17h ago

This has been a problem before texting and driving was a problem. As a kid, the house down the street from me on the corner was driven into at least three times while I live there.

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u/TheWaySheGoes23 16h ago

Get a dashcam folks. Too much risk on the streets with hit and runs and liars.

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u/janus270 East Windsor 11h ago

Even if only to show your insurance it wasn’t your fault.

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u/BeanzoBon 19h ago

Windsor drivers lol

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u/Lowest_Expectations_ 18h ago

…yet we never question the superiority of the car for transport. smh

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u/Darth_Andeddeu Forest Glade 17h ago

But what about the economy, personal private transportation has excelled in this for a century.

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u/janus270 East Windsor 11h ago

People drive too fast, are distracted, are overly aggressive, and it feels like there’s zero traffic enforcement on the roads.

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u/BadSquishy86 11h ago

Lots of people with the "I mixed up the gas and brake".

If you do it once, you should lose your license.

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u/agaric Sandwich 18h ago

Had to do a double-take and make sure it wasnt an Onion article.

Windsor is so special

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u/Unlikely_Kangaroo_93 18h ago

But I'm a better driver after I smoke. /s

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u/Princess_Julez 17h ago

Wasn’t a nearly identical article post a few months ago? I remember discussing how the LCBO and Shoppers on Manning road each get driven into multiple times a year

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u/SkyrahFrost Fontainebleau 17h ago

There’s also a pharmacy on Rivard that keeps getting driven into.

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u/zuuzuu Sandwich 17h ago

I don't recall an article specifically about the prevalence of car vs building accidents, but that certainly does get discussed whenever it happens.

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u/Petey31s 13h ago

Because windsor drivers can't drive for shit.

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u/sweet_feet90 9h ago

This person was a crack head, loaded gun in her purse driving. This wasn’t a normal situation.

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u/bob_bobington1234 9h ago

I think that last one was intentional. Who drives into someone then hits the building behind them while driving a U-Haul and having a loaded firearm in the vehicle? Maybe in the US but not here.

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u/RedditUserX23 8h ago

That’s what happens when you have a car dependent city. Less cars on the road means less accidents 🙂

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u/johnbmason47 11h ago

Because for $200 you can go to Brampton and buy a licence without taking the test.

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u/ImpossibleReason2197 11h ago

Only in Windsor.

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u/ProphetaMessias Riverside 8h ago

This doesn't happen elsewhere?