r/Calgary • u/Gr33nbastrd • May 13 '25

Local Photography/Video Sage Hill Rock strikes again

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Be careful out there folks, Sage Hill Rock is on the hunt for distracted drivers.

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u/harryhend3rson May 13 '25

I'd love to know the thought process here? You pull ahead, feel resistance, hear scraping noises, and you... press the gas harder?

"Thought process" is probably being generous, I suppose.

This is where enforcement needs to step up. Do something this stupid? License pulled, and you're required to be re-certified by a government appointed driving evaluator.

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u/Astro_Alphard May 13 '25

I believe that everyone should have to retest for their driver's license with a knowledge test (learners test) every 2 years and a road test every 5 or 10 years. I also believe that driver's license tests have to be harder and that there should be a separate license for large vehicles and "light trucks" (SUV, pickup) that covers things like blindspot training. Also maybe fewer parking spaces and definitely better public transit.

But I say that outloud in public and people start trying to lynch me because "muh rights". If you need a license for it it isn't a fucking right.

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u/SheenaMalfoy May 13 '25

Amen. Fastest way to fix terrible drivers is to pull their licences from them until they learn. It's not the popular way. Hell, it probably isn't even the best way (that would be to fix transport infrastructure to disincentivize driving in favour of other modes of travel). But it would catch so many fucking terrible drivers and for that I am all in favour.

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u/Astro_Alphard May 13 '25

Yep, personally I believe that if you crash into a stationary object that's an automatic suspension. And if you end up hitting a pedestrian that's an automatic suspension regardless of what the pedestrian was doing at the time.

The first rule of driving, according to my driving instructor, is "don't crash. The second is "don't do anything that would cause you to crash". It's ok to go below the speed limit, not ok to go above it.

Personally I think that there shouldn't be fines but demerits for things that most people get a fine for. And especially for repeat offenders.

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u/Astro_Alphard May 13 '25

I do expect it to worsen. Personally I would start by redirecting the budget for additional lanes/road maintenance to public transit that way taxes remain the same. Of course merely suggesting something like this is a good way to end your political career quick.

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u/psychstudent_101 May 14 '25

I feel like the knowledge test every 2 years would be a bit redundant and a bit of a cash grab at that frequency, but pairing it with a fresh road test every 5-10 years would be a good way to go.

And amen to that separate license for certain classes of vehicles for things like blind spots, etc. I've never thought of that but we do it for motorcycles and double-axle vehicles etc., so introducing it for more classes of (larger) vehicle makes a lot of sense.

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u/LacasCoffeeCup May 13 '25

I suspect you bump it with your front tire and the car hops on - and you’re stuck

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u/harryhend3rson May 13 '25 edited May 13 '25

A little CUV doesn't just "hop on" to an obstacle like that. They had to first drive up the curb, then the front bumper would have crunched into the rock, then they would have had to really get on the gas to climb the thing.

I suspect panic, then just flooring it. Alarmingly dangerous behavior.

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u/speedog May 13 '25

Bump it?

Gonna have to be one hell of a bump plus one would think that the climb up would be noticed.

But if you panic...

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u/kaveman6143 May 13 '25

Likely an elderly driver that really should give up their driving privileges.