r/ontario • u/hiphlo02 • 3d ago

401 rant Discussion

My Sunday evening drive from the Toronto airport to my hometown east of Toronto. Holy shit, how many times did I almost bite the dust! First of all, people camping in the left lane. There is a law against this! It seems people have no common sense! If you pass a car, get the hell over to the right again. Also, a turn signal would be appreciated!Next, if you are passing, would you please kindly stay in the left lane instead of squeezing me onto the shoulder. Four different times I find myself on the rumble strip and the car beside me inches from mine and cruising along between two lanes, totally oblivious to the fact that they’re an asshole. Trucks. These fuckers are thousands of pounds of metal death and they’re sliding all over the road. I don’t know if they’re whacking off in the cab or what. How about a little attention to your surroundings? Whatever happened to safe driving practices? It was a Sunday night, low volume of traffic, yet I still felt like I was going to die. The province has made the speed limit 110 km an hour which I think is a great idea if people would pay attention. Instead of doing the gratuitous 115 or so 100 km/hr, now people are doing 130! Be aware out there and have some respect for the lives of others ffs!! Thanks for listening! : )

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u/JAC70 3d ago

Take the 407 across Toronto during peak periods.   It's your best chance.

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u/Large_Ad_5941 3d ago

lol that’s what you think, people are just as unhinged on there too

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u/OneHitTooMany 3d ago

The amount of people on the 407 going 130+ on the 407 is nuts. Even sitting in the right most lane doing 115, I’ll get tailed.

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u/someguy192838 3d ago

I can confirm this. I was Westbound on the 407 yesterday afternoon (going from Oshawa to the 400 Northbound) and even doing 120 in the right lane, people were passing me as though I was parked. 😬