Crazy Toronto Truck Drivers

Might be a salter/sander. Kinda looks like a Stone Slinger but also like a mobile "Volumetric" concrete mixer that mixes to measure on site.

One time a TTC bus cut me off pushing me onto oncoming traffic.

superstar_88 said:

One time a TTC bus cut me off pushing me onto oncoming traffic.

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TTC can not cut you off because LEGALLY you must YIELD to him. Always.
You were obviously not letting him in

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So they found the drivers involved and truck driver is playing the stupid card to OPP


https://twitter.com/opp_hsd/status/1217415011569717248?s=21

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Really???? You don't know when you did a car? When you drag it along the road and dump it off on the curb? BS.

Dump truck drivers are the worst in my opinion.

I think everyone should drive a truck around the GTA for just one day to see what a driver has to avoid and put up with....

Varmitt said:

I think everyone should drive a truck around the GTA for just one day to see what a driver has to avoid and put up with....

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Exactly
those things dont just stop on a dime..that 1/2 second delay because of the air brakes DOES make a difference.
and we have to take into account the load on board too
fuckin near impossible to slow down quick if you're rolling down the highway at 100km/hr carrying 40 tonne of cargo.

I would give most truck drivers a pass...those douchebags feeling like race cars drivers are the worst when you're driving in the 401. They cut off and change lanes with no regard for other commuters...

Didn't know he hit a car, bullshit. The other rig looked like he was going at the car too. It was a stone slinger .

Conil said:

Didn't know he hit a car, bullshit. The other rig looked like he was going at the car too. It was a stone slinger .

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I wouldn't call complete bullshit. The front passenger side is a bit of a blindspot for certain trucks. Likely the collision took place with the truck driver attempting to switch lanes and not seeing the car there. It would have been slow contact rather than a significant impact, so it's possible he didn't notice. There's a lot of momentum behind a big truck like that. He may have felt something odd, but not being able to determine what it was, wrote it off.

Maybe a professional truck driver can chime in. I only know what I've seen and there's a tonne of cases out there where a truck driver has "pit maneuvered" a car and not realized it because the contact was on the front passenger side.

TeeJay said:

TTC can not cut you off because LEGALLY you must YIELD to him. Always.
You were obviously not letting him in

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Not true - it depends on where your car is, in relation to the bus when the driver indicates their lane change.

Timbit

I have a really hard time believing the truck driver was unaware he stuffed the car into the wall. Besides the screeching tires and the sound of crumpling metal and plastic, the truck driver not only changed lanes but continued half way onto the shoulder. There truck also does a couple of hops when it squishes the car against the wall. I call BS on the driver being unaware of what he did. That's just his excuse in an attempt to avoid charges.

From what I hear from the dudes in construction who frequent a nearby pub is that blow is rampant in their industry. Lotsa younger guys with wads of cash in their pockets.

GameBoy27 said:

I have a really hard time believing the truck driver was unaware he stuffed the car into the wall. Besides the screeching tires and the sound of crumpling metal and plastic, the truck driver not only changed lanes but continued half way onto the shoulder. There truck also does a couple of hops when it squishes the car against the wall. I call BS on the driver being unaware of what he did. That's just his excuse in an attempt to avoid charges.

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I disagree. I think he knew something was wrong, either from the feel/sound or from other drivers flagging him down, but that he didn't realize he was towing a car. Hence why he bashed the car into the wall.

Timbit said:

Not true - it depends on where your car is, in relation to the bus when the driver indicates their lane change.

Timbit

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You sir know what you're talking about. Next thing TJ will say taxi drivers own the roads.

I'm not defending the driver of the car, but I bet he was driving like a complete dickhead himself. Probably got what he deserved.

All 3 are guilty of being careless.

Varmitt said:

I think everyone should drive a truck around the GTA for just one day to see what a driver has to avoid and put up with....

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I think trucks should not be on he roads
They are the worst causes of traffic jams, damage to roads, deaths on roads

bebe said:

I'm not defending the driver of the car, but I bet he was driving like a complete dickhead himself. Probably got what he deserved.

All 3 are guilty of being careless.

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I am thinking it was a road rage incident personally from video
We shall see

Timbit said:

Not true - it depends on where your car is, in relation to the bus when the driver indicates their lane change.

Timbit

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Are you joking?
Even if he is a milimetre in front of you, you must YIELD

Man go back and re-read your driving handbook

If you are legit trying to make an argument by all means post a crude diagram where you think he could be to cut you off without you breaking the law but it aint possible
(hint if the front of the bus was not ahead of your car and you were ahead of him he would hit your side or your back bumper not cut you off)

You sound like you just did not want to slow down / yield and TTC said F U

superstar_88 said:

You sir know what you're talking about. Next thing TJ will say taxi drivers own the roads.

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Ok troll show me one time a taxi has any kind of special laws in their favour
(hint they dont they are regular cars)
The busses on other hand are under S 142 of the Highway Traffic Act
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lol