[Hondaracer]

Fuck like what, in the last week 2 entire families have died in car accidents? Now today a motorcyclist dies, a woman dies, and someone on HWY 1 just died?

This afternoon some fucking punk kid in a BRZ obviously speeding 100+ smashed into a family right in front of ky parents house and could have easily killed them

In the last 2 weeks I’ve seen at least 5-8 people almost turn out in front of my without even looking in the direction they are turning..

My wife works for a big engineering company and outside of doing site checks very rarely, virtually none of them drive during work time and they actually had a large safety meeting and the primary reason was to highlight summer driving and the fact that summer brings out people who A) are not used to driving period, and likely going places they are not familiar with.

Had a bit of a subliminal wake up call driving in the interior recently with my own speeding and just thinking fuck, even with a well maintained vehicle with new tires, anything could fucking happen and I could be dead in an instant.

Drive safe and keep your eyes open

[Badhobz]

yeah same. i almost got killed by a bumper, the dude behind me hit that bumper and ended up pulling over to the side of the road. i wonder if it damaged his tires or something? I'm not sure.

The other day, another person almost ran into my hitlerbox.. its a warzone out there.

[underscore]

Driving down to Van last week someone ahead of us started drifting out of their lane and nearly hit the rear tires of a semi trailer. I had to lay on the horn before they noticed. They had a passenger to boot, idk how you don't notice that you're inches away from that.

Then on the way back up the Coq some weener in a BMW cut me off after the first time I passed him and then kept speeding up every time I started passing them again. They were perfectly fine going below the speed limit before that so idk what triggered their fragile ego there.

[radeonboy]

There's also this 5N pulling this stunt in Richmond:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/richmondlearnstoparkanddrive/posts/1753214632174530/

[GLOW]

i really felt the "waaaaaaaah....." watching that

[acrophobia]

I truly believe that driving is at/near the maximum cognitive skill level for most people. Basic driving tasks (such as using turn signals, looking left and right before entering a roadway, and parking evenly in a marked space) and driving rules (such as a signaling out of a roundabout and 4-way stop procedure) are just too much for many people to remember and follow, and the addition of distractions like in-car infotainment and cell phones...our roadways become the wild west.

Godspeed to us all.

[yray]

something fishy going on with the examiners ?

[bcrdukes]

The only thing you need to watch out for is Badhobz and his hitlerbox.

[PeanutButter]

I am not exaggerating when I say this. I would trust my children in a Tesla with full self driving versus my mother in law driving. She's been in three accidents (all her fault) and is your typical Asian c-lai driving.
I've driven with FSD before and I can honestly say it drives better than her, I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that.

[PeanutButter]

Also, WTF is a Hitler box?
Are you referring to the German car brands?

[BIC_BAWS]

something fishy going on with the examiners ?

I've heard from a few people in that field... that they're making it easier to pass. Comes from higher up, thus making it harder to fail.

[coneZONE]

I've heard from a few people in that field... that they're making it easier to pass. Comes from higher up, thus making it harder to fail.

That’s messed up. I can picture that, seeing that many more bad drivers out and about. People’s feelings are getting hurt too easily

I did my CDL 3 years ago, i found it reasonable the knowledge and all the “extra” things on the list to dock points off. Basic Mechanical knowledge, other driving habits like stopping too far from the stop line will dock points.
Even 9 years ago when i did my class 5 it was way too easy.

[Badhobz]

Also, WTF is a Hitler box?
Are you referring to the German car brands?

Dats the name of my gti. Hilter box. Volkswagen was invented by hitler. It’s a box shaped. So hitler box.

[noclue]

I’d love to see the crash statistics from 2000 to now. Modern cars have so many sensors like blind spot assist, emergency braking that should theoretically reduce accidents but then it also coincides with the rise in smartphone distracted driving. Cant hate on gen z cause whenever im at a light it’s all ages and ethnicities staring at their crotch.

[Badhobz]

I don’t use my phone but I still stare at my crotch

[underscore]

You still can't find Littlehobz?

[snowball]

I just saw a cyclist almost get smoked by a car in a traffic circle. Then they both stopped and yelled at each other for a minute. The cyclist kicked the car a few times and sped off, the car chased after him... This heat must be making everyone's driving shitty - cars and bikes.

[danned]

no where is safe

[RabidRat]

Except in a cybertruck. We should all get cybertrucks.

[spoon.ek9]

I always drive with the mindset of: expect the absolute worst from people at all times.

It's the only way to always be aware of people's unfathomable stupidity. I would argue shitty driving isn't unique to the heat. People here (in all cities, not just Richmond) are horrible in all conditions. People drive poorly in good weather and it only gets worse when it rains or snows.

[Hondaracer]

Driving back from the dentist 10 minutes ago on Dundas..

https://i.imgur.com/HAE6881.jpeg

[bcrdukes]

That looks like a normal day in Toronto. :pokerface:

[Badhobz]

Mazdas flip good.

[68style]

wooz wooz

[spoon.ek9]

wooz wooz

i hope people understand this lol

[Hondaracer]

wooz wooz

Ahh I get it… I get jokes…

[pastarocket]

-gotta be extra careful with summer driving especially if you're driving near highway entrances and exits. Some people are driving in areas where they are unfamiliar with streets.

I was driving southbound on Willingdon last weekend. A driver in his old Dodge pick up truck and truck bed camper was driving northbound on Willingdon.

That motherfucker does a U-turn in front of me and wifey! -had to slam on the brakes because Convoy man missed the Willingdon exit on his right to go on to Highway 1.

-gave the idiot a couple of F bombs before I drove past him.

[PeanutButter]

I always drive with the mindset of: expect the absolute worst from people at all times.

It's the only way to always be aware of people's unfathomable stupidity. I would argue shitty driving isn't unique to the heat. People here (in all cities, not just Richmond) are horrible in all conditions. People drive poorly in good weather and it only gets worse when it rains or snows.

I'm the same way, but don't you find this stressful? I'm super defensive, but it's super mentally draining.

The worst scenario for me is when my lane has no traffic in front of me and there is backed up traffic in another lane, I get anxiety that someone from that backed up lane is just going to cut into the open lane and i'll plow right into them. I hate that set up when I'm driving.

[mikemhg]

I'm not sure what's going on in this city.

In the span of 5 years I've owned 3 brand new vehicles, all of which have been involved in fender benders of no fault of my own, I haven't had this many accidents in my life. The burn is that each of these cars have literally been brand new, so each time I've taken a hit on my residual.

2019 - My 2019 Honda Civic Turbo was smoked in the rear by a drunk/high lady on Hastings/Willingdon as I was driving into the Chevron at 2PM on a Sunday.

$5K in damage.

2022 - My 2021 VW GLI was hit hard on the passenger side on 12th street when an elderly Asian man decided to drive right into the left turning lane from my right, taking my wheels off the ground. Another one in broad daylight.

$12K in damage.

2024 - Literally 2 days ago. My 2024 Mazda 3 Turbo AWD was hit in the rear/right bumper as I was driving down Davie towards Granville. The vehicle (an N driver) decided to merge into the left lane from his parking spot as I was passing without looking into the road, hitting my rear/right bumper. The damage isn't too bad, but it's a claim for sure.

These were all non-fault but all affect my resale value. The is easily the worst luck I've had in my 20+ years of driving.

I'm almost done buying new vehicles, at this point my next might be something used and older, it's too stressful driving new cars in this city nowadays.

[Hondaracer]

Yea.. as I said in the ICBC thread.. our G37 worth what.. 15k has had 13k in damages caused while parked.

People are just fucking careless. Not to mention literally -everyone- is on their fucking phones

[noclue]

Wow this is where leasing is worth it. Someone hits your car, no problem just return it to the lessor and walk away. The accident claim on your car will make you lose more money then a lease and I dont think in BC you can sue for diminished values.

[Razor Ramon HG]

I'm not sure what's going on in this city.

In the span of 5 years I've owned 3 brand new vehicles, all of which have been involved in fender benders of no fault of my own, I haven't had this many accidents in my life. The burn is that each of these cars have literally been brand new, so each time I've taken a hit on my residual.

2019 - My 2019 Honda Civic Turbo was smoked in the rear by a drunk/high lady on Hastings/Willingdon as I was driving into the Chevron at 2PM on a Sunday.

$5K in damage.

2022 - My 2021 VW GLI was hit hard on the passenger side on 12th street when an elderly Asian man decided to drive right into the left turning lane from my right, taking my wheels off the ground. Another one in broad daylight.

$12K in damage.

2024 - Literally 2 days ago. My 2024 Mazda 3 Turbo AWD was hit in the rear/right bumper as I was driving down Davie towards Granville. The vehicle (an N driver) decided to merge into the left lane from his parking spot as I was passing without looking into the road, hitting my rear/right bumper. The damage isn't too bad, but it's a claim for sure.

These were all non-fault but all affect my resale value. The is easily the worst luck I've had in my 20+ years of driving.

I'm almost done buying new vehicles, at this point my next might be something used and older, it's too stressful driving new cars in this city nowadays.

I got rear ended at a red light in January near Coquitlam Centre. That one was nasty. Luckily no pain/stiffness except for the 12 hours after the accident. Claim was 12k.

Last month, got rear ended again with traffic moving 5km/h on Willingdon northbound. Bumper has some minor scratches and small dent.

You should be publicly shamed if you rear end someone when traffic is barely moving or stopped.

[Hondaracer]

This fucking old clown rear ended me at that on ramp to Willingdon by the head office McDonald’s going south bound, was driving my wife’s old Elantra

Was a fairly minor bump but was enough I knew the bumper would be scratched etc. immediately I hop out and look at the guy like wtf are you fucking kidding me bro? I wasn’t even moving..

He hops out and gives me the attitude of like oh it’s nothing etc. I look and I can’t really determine if there’s an old scratch or new scratch, so I turn to the guy and was like alright.. gonna need a detail at least.. give me $500.. he starts tripping..

I’m like uhg k fine.. give me your info then..

He’s like uhhh… uhhhh… you give me YOUR info!!!

Think about it for a sec.. ffs… just got in the car and drove away :lol

[unit]

i havent been in an accident in a while *knocks on wood* but fuck me i see all sort of driving tomfuckery since i moved to surrey. surrey drivers are the new richmond drivers. u-turns, park anywhere with hazards, turn without warning, etc... and those are just the run of the mill stupid drivers.. the really dangerous ones are the international students driving mustangs and camaros like 100+ down city streets at night blasting bhangra music

[Gumby]

Reading this thread while parked waiting to pick up kid from summer school. Now I’m scared I’ll get hit from out of nowhere!

[EvoFire]

https://media.makeameme.org/created/fuckwits-fuckwits-everywhere-k4km13.jpg

Italian grandpa in a Lexus TX cut me off this morning coming out of a side street. He didn't even stop for the stop sign.

The last few accidents have been me getting sideswiped because the other person just wasn't paying attention. 13k damage on the M3 in 2022 from a 18yr old in a Challenger, pregnant wife and kid in car as well. Wife had to be monitored for 48 hours.

The last one was April in Richmond from a Chinese girl with her N.


I'm gonna die on the road one of these days because of idiots, either from a car accident or an aneurysm.

[Hondaracer]

People fucking turn across traffic and they are looking THE OTHER WAY than the direction you’re turning..

[PeanutButter]

What really pisses me off is when someone does something f*cking stupid and they don't even say sorry or give you a wave.

I get it, sometimes you do stupid sh*t, but at least acknowledge it.

[Badhobz]

Italian grandpa in a Lexus TX cut me off this morning coming out of a side street. He didn't even stop for the stop sign.

The last few accidents have been me getting sideswiped because the other person just wasn't paying attention. 13k damage on the M3 in 2022 from a 18yr old in a Challenger, pregnant wife and kid in car as well. Wife had to be monitored for 48 hours.

The last one was April in Richmond from a Chinese girl with her N.


I'm gonna die on the road one of these days because of idiots, either from a car accident or an aneurysm.

how you know he was Italian!? :suspicious:

how you know your wife was pregnant!? :suspicious:

how you know she was CHINESE girl? :suspicious:

[bcrdukes]

Car is white. Tells people it’s blue. EvoFire - not sure about this guy anymore… :lol

[Badhobz]

its a fucking wrap!!!! i swear

[jjson]

What really pisses me off is when someone does something f*cking stupid and they don't even say sorry or give you a wave.

I get it, sometimes you do stupid sh*t, but at least acknowledge it.

Exactly! You honk them cuz they pulled some retarded shit and they have the audacity to honk back!

[underscore]

Or you don't even do anything and they lose their shit as if you're the asshole.

[spoon.ek9]

I'm the same way, but don't you find this stressful? I'm super defensive, but it's super mentally draining.

The worst scenario for me is when my lane has no traffic in front of me and there is backed up traffic in another lane, I get anxiety that someone from that backed up lane is just going to cut into the open lane and i'll plow right into them. I hate that set up when I'm driving.

My cars are 1990 and 1998. It's either stay vigilant or risk having them instantly totaled by an idiot driver. I'll take the former, thank you lol.

Even with that mindset, I couldn't avoid having my 1990 DX hatch destroyed by a taxi. Happened as I was crossing no.3 road while driving straight down Cambie rd (just outside of Aberdeen). This fuckwad taxi without even checking pulled a fucking u-turn in the opposite direction from his left turn lane. I was already in the intersection when he did this, no chance to stop in time. My front bumper was clipped hard on the driver's side. I got out and literally yelled "WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?" with my hands in the air.

Started to exchange info with this idiot and I notice him looking at my car. I asked what he was looking at. He asks "if you got hit on this side, why did the other side pop out?". Buddy, fuck you. You caused the fucking accident, stop acting like you suddenly graduated with a degree in physics.

Luckily I had a witness who stepped forward. She was walking her dog on the sidewalk as this all happened. Thanks to her statement and mine, I was found to be not at fault. This was back in the day so I hired a lawyer and sued for extra. In the end, it took about 4-5 years but I got paid. Fuck that guy. I hope he lost his job, moron like that shouldn't be driving for a living.

[donk.]

On topic of taxis, anyone else have a love for cutting off taxi drivers at every opportunity?

I do

[unit]

I give them the same courtesy as i would expect them to give me

[EvoFire]

On topic of taxis, anyone else have a love for cutting off taxi drivers at every opportunity?

I do

My problem are more with Uber and Lyft drivers. Erratic, slow, stopping at weird places. Taxi drivers typically have done this for a living as a full time job for years, there's a few bad ones (ok a lot of bad ones) but they are much more predictable. It's not the same as some one who are doing this for a few hours a week and have no idea where they are going.

[Razor Ramon HG]

You know driving in Vancouver is fucked when taxi drivers are considered better than Uber and Lyft drivers. Not to mention the once in a blue moon Evo drivers and the high schoolers in their parents Tesla.

:derp:

[AzNightmare]

I'm not sure what's going on in this city.

In the span of 5 years I've owned 3 brand new vehicles, all of which have been involved in fender benders of no fault of my own, I haven't had this many accidents in my life. The burn is that each of these cars have literally been brand new, so each time I've taken a hit on my residual.

2019 - My 2019 Honda Civic Turbo was smoked in the rear by a drunk/high lady on Hastings/Willingdon as I was driving into the Chevron at 2PM on a Sunday.

$5K in damage.

2022 - My 2021 VW GLI was hit hard on the passenger side on 12th street when an elderly Asian man decided to drive right into the left turning lane from my right, taking my wheels off the ground. Another one in broad daylight.

$12K in damage.

2024 - Literally 2 days ago. My 2024 Mazda 3 Turbo AWD was hit in the rear/right bumper as I was driving down Davie towards Granville. The vehicle (an N driver) decided to merge into the left lane from his parking spot as I was passing without looking into the road, hitting my rear/right bumper. The damage isn't too bad, but it's a claim for sure.

These were all non-fault but all affect my resale value. The is easily the worst luck I've had in my 20+ years of driving.

I'm almost done buying new vehicles, at this point my next might be something used and older, it's too stressful driving new cars in this city nowadays.


lol, I had 2 hit-and-runs while parked, and 2 on road accidents all within the span of 5 years on a brand new car. No fault on my part.

Then my wife's car also had a hit-and-run while parked within that same window of time.

I got to buddy up with the manager at the auto shop cause I was becoming a frequent customer. At least later down the road, I was able to get him to help me paint some car parts for free since I gave him all that business. :pokerface:

My car already has piss poor resale value. With all these accidents in the record book, I might as well keep it until the wheels fall off.

[winson604]

Exactly! You honk them cuz they pulled some retarded shit and they have the audacity to honk back!

Sometimes I don't know what's worse. The idiots who pull shit then get aggressive back at you for calling them out or the ones who do stupid shit and are super confused and really have no idea wtf they just did.

[BIC_BAWS]

Took an uber for the first time today in 4 years. At a left turn on Rupert/E 4X, we almost got tboned. Uber driver took a left on a yellow and narrowly dodged a car. The car that almost hit us, proceeded to hit someone who was making a right turn on the red.

[hud 91gt]

The thread is another sign RS is getting old. Lol

[coneZONE]

Need to add an air horn under hood. Like commercial trucks, they have air horn and a city horn for beep beep.

[PeanutButter]

Sometimes I don't know what's worse. The idiots who pull shit then get aggressive back at you for cling them out or the ones who do stupid shit and are super confused and really have no idea etf they just did.

This one for sure! In my experience it's always the people with two hands on the wheel and their seat super forward. They're so focused on the road, I really feel like they're trying, but they have little awareness because they're only focused on the road in front of them.

[PeanutButter]

The thread is another sign RS is getting old. Lol

RS isn't getting old, it IS old.

I had RS on my computer at work and one of the 20 year olds asked, hey what kind of website is that, why does it look so old. LOL. The UI/UX of this website is reminiscent of a simpler time.

[EvoFire]

RS isn't getting old, it IS old.

I had RS on my computer at work and one of the 20 year olds asked, hey what kind of website is that, why does it look so old. LOL. The UI/UX of this website is reminiscent of a simpler time.

Online forums overall are a dying format. Many of the old forums I frequented are now all dead.

[Badhobz]

you mean like ebaums world and asian avenue ?

try Lycos and Alta Vista you nerd!

[Mikoyan]

Then you have to worry about this shit too:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gunshots-fired-in-richmond-1.7252509

Police in Richmond, B.C., are seeking witnesses to a serious incidence of road rage in which a car passenger allegedly pulled out a gun and shot at the driver of a van.

Richmond RCMP say the driver of the van wasn't hit but was injured by shattered glass from the vehicle's window in the Friday evening shooting at the intersection of Alderbridge Way and Lansdowne Road.

Police say the victim was driving a white Mercedes van when a white Kia cut him off.

When the van driver pulled alongside the Kia and shouted at the driver, a person in the Kia's passenger seat took out a gun and started shooting, according to police.


Need to add an air horn under hood. Like commercial trucks, they have air horn and a city horn for beep beep.

Should start a RS group buy.

[Badhobz]

excellent. makes sense.

I'm staying away from all Korean cars now. their low credit scores are dangerous to be around.

[whitev70r]

Damn .. that road rage story in Richmond!

Shouldn't be hard to nab the gangster in the Kia nowadays with cameras everywhere.

[Traum]

Just witnessed an accident while I was out driving today, so I uploaded my dashcam footage to YouTube, and filed an ICBC witness report online. While I was filling out the witness report, the incident description section was constantly decimating the URL of my YouTube video. Apparently it does not like any punctuations other than commas and periods. Every time I did anything in the textbox -- moving the curor, typing, etc. some of the punctuation in the URL would go missing.

In the end, this meant I could not include the URL in my witness report at all. In this day and age, that is just a massive failure on ICBC's part. FailFish

[68style]

Just my experience with ICBC in the past, they need the actual files so as to rule out them being edited or tampered with.

[Traum]

It's odd because I have submitted a few of these online witness reports before, and was able to include a URL in my filing. One time, a case manager reached out to me via email and asked for the URL again, but that was only because they were thoroughly confused, knowing that I had dashcam footage, but still somehow did not have access to it, even though it had been included in my witness report.

Oh well... I did my part. If they want the contents, they'd have to reach out to me. Ball's in their court now.

[SSM_DC5]

Why would they want the contents? Without it they get to say 50:50 and raise both premiums.:lawl:

[GS8]

It doesn't help that for years, car commercials have been telling people that they can drive like primordial retards but it's okay because the car will save them!

What we need are more white Teslas crashing on HWY 1 HOV near Kensington and / or Alex Fraser Racetrack I mean bridge!

[Mikoyan]

Just my experience with ICBC in the past, they need the actual files so as to rule out them being edited or tampered with.

Last year when I had dashcam footage of a red light runner hitting a left turner, ICBC was cool with just the YouTube link.Maybe it's different when you're just submitting a witness claim. I wasn't involved in the incident.

Adjuster called to pass on thanks from the left turner as the red light runner was 100% at fault.

[AzNightmare]

Just my experience with ICBC in the past, they need the actual files so as to rule out them being edited or tampered with.

Weird, I've always uploaded my dashcam footage on youtube and sent them the link. I secretly keep tabs on how many views to see if they've been looked at. lol.

Sadly, I also have a growing collection of dashcam videos with accidents, since I made an account dedicated for just sharing evidence videos.

[RevYouUp]

I say this with my friends a lot, if I were to hire someone for any job; I’d want them to observe them driving first lol

[Qmx323]

Stop sign? Not for me.

Turn signals? Never let them know your next move.

Shoulder check? That's not my fucking problem.

Speed limit? No limits baby, its 2024.

[spoon.ek9]

I say this with my friends a lot, if I were to hire someone for any job; I’d want them to observe them driving first lol

problem is, I know plenty of people who are book smart/competent at their jobs but seriously god awful at driving. some people just don't get it.

[Hondaracer]

Some woman and her kid in a newer X5 today coming out of Costco.. fucking clown is driving 30km/hr -everywhere- she waited at least 15 vehicles in that round about exiting Costco.. finally I’m like what in the fuck…

She then proceeds to merge onto Willingdon by McDonald’s (I seem to have a thing for this spot) and then cut me off trying to get back onto the merge Lane.. I finally speed up beside her where there’s 2 lanes and honk and give her a WTF look?!?!?

I then pass her and watch her cut off ANOTHER person trying to get around her completely fucking oblivious to her surroundings just doing whatever whenever Jesus fuck.. get off the road ffs.

[Badhobz]

Lame. You forgot the most important part. Ethnicity.

[Hondaracer]

25-35 Asian? Lol

Evofire? :lol

[Badhobz]

stupid evofire's wife!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE ELSE

[Razor Ramon HG]

I fucking hate that turn onto Willingdon so much that 9/10 times I end up just taking Gilmour up to EA instead.

[Gumby]

Tried going to Costco in Richmond tonight around 8pm, hoping for a quick trip to grab a few items. As I approached the Great Canadian Way and Bridgeport intersection, I noticed the traffic light was out.

Four way stop at a major intersection in Richmond? :lol

Anyway, I made it through unscathed, got into the parking lot and noticed everybody was leaving. Turns out they were out of power.

As I was slowly making my way out of the parking lot, of course I saw two cars drive into each other in the intersection... :facepalm:

[Mikoyan]

Some woman and her kid in a newer X5 today coming out of Costco.. fucking clown is driving 30km/hr -everywhere- she waited at least 15 vehicles in that round about exiting Costco.. finally I’m like what in the fuck…

She then proceeds to merge onto Willingdon by McDonald’s (I seem to have a thing for this spot) and then cut me off trying to get back onto the merge Lane.. I finally speed up beside her where there’s 2 lanes and honk and give her a WTF look?!?!?

I then pass her and watch her cut off ANOTHER person trying to get around her completely fucking oblivious to her surroundings just doing whatever whenever Jesus fuck.. get off the road ffs.

Had the same thing happen there today too.. 35 out of the lot, didn't know how to enter the roundabout. Braked while in the roundabout as they didn't know they had the right of way while driving in the roundabout. They were at least smart enough to pull over under the Hwy 1 overpass and let the stacked up traffic behind them pass.

I fucking hate that turn onto Willingdon so much that 9/10 times I end up just taking Gilmour up to EA instead.

That's my preferred route too. Much quicker, unless you're stuck behind a 2nd driver going 40.

I'm seeing a lot of timid drivers on the roads lately going 35-45 max.

[Razor Ramon HG]

I don't know what's wrong with that area, but there seems to be a power outage around there pretty often.

[Presto]

This week is a complete shitshow for accidents, and we're not even halfway through it. These occurred in the last 12 hours:

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/16/surrey-highway-17-serious-crash/

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/17/langley-serious-crash-80-ave-closed/

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/17/port-mann-bridge-crash-highway-1-slow/

[twitchyzero]

traffic rebound from covid seemed quite apparent

population growth = congestion/construction = drivers getting impatient and apathetic?

also driving up north and some dedicated passing lanes were as short as 400m, up a hill..basically no chance if you're sub-300hp unless you were almost kissing their bumper just before the lane starts. Around there was a GLC or whatever coupe crossover thing with baby on-board sign pulled over, soon after that doing 40kph over traffic flow again lol. one positive thing i noticed were even the lifted coal-roll truck bros stuck to fairly reasonable speeds and passed within safe margins

[CivicBlues]

Don't forget more drivers imported from umm...less safety conscious jurisdictions!


Man I'm on a roll with the sexist and racist takes today...Must be the goddamn heat bleh.

[BIC_BAWS]

Don't forget more drivers imported from umm...less safety conscious jurisdictions!

You're not wrong. A friend who is a licensing examiner mentioned that they were told from higher ups to let more things pass (aka make it easier)

[Badhobz]

I think that would be a fun job. To ruin kids hopes and dreams.

I wonder if I can yell at them for their shitty performance

[CivicBlues]

You're not wrong. A friend who is a licensing examiner mentioned that they were told from higher ups to let more things pass (aka make it easier)

ohh fuck that makes my blood boil. Instead of raising our standards because there's more hazards (other drivers) on the road let's just graduate everyone because...reasons?

[68style]

You're not wrong. A friend who is a licensing examiner mentioned that they were told from higher ups to let more things pass (aka make it easier)

Why thought?

They make more $ if they have to keep re-taking tests.

[Hondaracer]

Well just look at these crashes that have happened in the last few weeks

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/03/west-vancouver-crash-victims-identified-as-indian-students/

Foreign national driving in the wrong fucking lane kills two international students

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/16/surrey-hwy-99-crash-fundraiser/

International student dies TWO DAYS after arriving in Canada almost guaranteed to be driving with other international students

Just glad they are killing each other and not killing families of people who are actually competent drivers..

[CivicBlues]

Kinda cherrypicking...I mean also there's that one really high profile case of one guy killing 16 Canadians in Saskatchewan remember?

But yeah that's wild, what are the chances you go to another country thousands of miles away and crash your car into another Canadian?

[Hondaracer]

Never knew anyone driving the wrong way down a highway that went through the regular licensing process lol

[Razor Ramon HG]

There's a recent video going around reddit where an Indian woman learning to drive put it into reverse and just slowly goes backwards off a cliff, lol.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/woman-dies-after-car-falls-into-valley/articleshow/111070284.cms

That's honestly the most avoidable vehicle death I've seen in a while.

[Badhobz]

You're not wrong. A friend who is a licensing examiner mentioned that they were told from higher ups to let more things pass (aka make it easier)

Hey tell him to get me in as part time examiner. I’d have so many great stories to tell everyday.

[68style]

You'd be fired after 1 day

Sample Google Review:

1/5 stars:
Would give 0 stars if I could, didn't care how I drove, stared at my tits the entire time, insisted that his lap was the best seat in the house, failed me and when I asked why stated that it was because I said that I don't like anal.

[Badhobz]

Who told you my secret plan ?

[Razor Ramon HG]

Not the worst review I've seen

:ifyouknow:

[donk.]

We need a bitch/moan/whine thread, maybe RS male/female ratio will increase for once

[SSM_DC5]

Why thought?

They make more $ if they have to keep re-taking tests.
Making money through retests or making money through increasing premiums from accidents :pokerface:

[bcrdukes]

This thread needs a title change.

[Harvey Specter]

Speaking of bad drivers, anyone see this clip from UBC last week? M4 GTS racing, losing control and crashing.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9fcGt5vxdx/

[68style]

How the fuck….

[underscore]

Never knew anyone driving the wrong way down a highway that went through the regular licensing process lol

I've heard stories going back to before I was born, it's nothing new.

[inv4zn]

Call me an old fart, but I honestly think the average car is too fast now. 15 years ago I almost died in a 2005 Corolla because I thought I could accelerate past a truck, but fuck was I wrong. Now you have cars with 250+ hp, and driver abilities have not caught up with what the average car can do now.

And again call me old, but I think Teslas play a huge role in this. There's no doubt there's exponentially more Teslas in the lower mainland than elsewhere. You give the average shitty driver a car that can get to 60km/hr in a punch and suddenly you have everyone thinking they're Zhou Guanyu or...whoever the fuck was the last Indian F1 driver.

Vancouver is congested enough that it's almost impossible to go fast during the day, but also not so congested that assholes don't bother trying. Add that to the generally shitty level of driving abilities, the amount of retards who can't think remotely critically, and the large number of inconsiderate assholes who think their time is worth more than others, and you have what we have.

People driving in HOV lanes cutting in and out over solid lines, complete chaos at roundabouts, going straight through turn lanes, 7 cars turning left after the light turns red, Uber/amazon drivers parking wherever they want, truckers that have no business being behind any wheel, the list goes on.

[winson604]

Ahh roundabouts, gotta love those. I almost never see people go through them properly in residential streets. You always the cars who are traveling on the street that's busier act like they have infinite right of way and the cars coming from the less busier street as if they have stop signs and are supposed to wait until clear.

I usually take Clark/Knight home from work and drive between Broadway to e 33rd and the number of big ass semis cutting in and out of lanes during rush hour is ridiculous like bro you going to attempt constant lane changing with a vehicle that big with this many cars on the road just to gain 1-3 car lengths. Go give your head a shake.

[GS8]

Asshole Speeder In A Nissan!

[roastpuff]

How the fuck….

Skill issue.

Got fucking cut off by a F350 dually towing a 20ft trailer today, motherfucker. :yuno:

[Hondaracer]

This July was the worst July in BC history with 49 deaths without counting the last 2 days still pending

And another multi-fatality accident today at the Yale exit in Chilliwack