Glenco
Senior Member
Can’t agree more.
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Kosy123
Senior Member
I saw the yegwave video that’s claimed to be this incident and that right there is a license that needs to be taken away.
The vehicle was on the tracks at one point lol
The vehicle was on the tracks at one point lol
Habibfazil
Active Member
If the driver/car was on the track, then a ban on right on red is not going to solve that guys problems. Should never have gotten a license in the first place as common sense is awol...
J_gordo
Active Member
Right turn on red isn’t a problem. People just suck at driving
supplanter
Active Member
I'd argue it facilitates poor driving. I find the places with no right turn on red such as the Whyte scrambles are a far more pleasant pedestrian and driving experience because that point of conflict is removed.
dkazzed
Active Member
Was there a collision in that video? It just shows a pickup on the tracks with LRVs still slowly moving north and southbound.
Kosy123
Senior Member
I remember reading that was the truck that got hit, but again it could be a completely different incident on the same day.
Glenco
Senior Member
That is why it is a problem. People are in the habit of looking left for a break in the traffic to make a right turn then pull out without checking before pulling out. If you can’t fix this 100% it will continue to be an issue. I know you do it as well as every other driver on the road.
archited
Senior Member
Left turns are an anathema to good traffic planning (except in Britain, Japan, Australia, etc., etc.)
J_gordo
Active Member
Habibfazil
Active Member
Sadly, continuing to blame the trams' signals/signs for driver problems is not going to solve things.
Yes, there will be an initial learning curve, but someone driving on the track points to a bigger picture of cr*p drivers.
Impound, fine, jail, driving bans, whatever it takes, it's long since time we get these "drivers" off the streets where they clearly don't belong
Yes, there will be an initial learning curve, but someone driving on the track points to a bigger picture of cr*p drivers.
Impound, fine, jail, driving bans, whatever it takes, it's long since time we get these "drivers" off the streets where they clearly don't belong
trevorhayden
Active Member
What about adding smaller barriers in the turning lanes, like mini-rising bollards or unfolding fences like in Japan?
realkevbo
New Member
Potential unpopular opinion but getting a driver's license should be a similar amount of training as getting a pilot's license.
The Woodruff
New Member
I like this idea. I think systems that punish drivers for poor driving will never be as effective as making it harder to drive poorly and easier to drive safer. Designing infrastructure to influence behavior instead of penalty systems to influence behavior.
Airboy
Senior Member
it once was hard to get a licence. When Alberta Transportation was the licencing group. You had to go to a Testing centre. One group in charge of testing. So your standard of learning was higher. Now any school can give the tests. I remember how tough it was to get all my licences. Had to parallel park and drive through traffic circles. If you did either of those wrong you flunked. And all with manual transmission. Even more fun having to go through 10-15 gears.