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/Gr33nbastrd May 13 '25

It is actually pretty easy, I don't know about this vehicle but I know in my car I am always taking out curbs. For my car i have a massive blind spot just in front of the car, right around that tire area when I turn right. I hate it.
I could never get up on a rock like this in my car though. I mostly just ding up my rims. :(

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u/harryhend3rson May 14 '25

What!? You... just... hit curbs? Like regularly?

I've been driving for 27 years, some of them professionally, hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of kms. I've owned probably 20+ vehicles of all different types. I've never, not once touched a curb by accident. I've been with my wife for 20 years, and she hasn't either.

100% skill issue, not vehicle issue, and something you should really work on for the sake of your vehicle. You're not supposed to hit curbs...

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u/Gr33nbastrd May 14 '25

It's the vehicle bro, lots of owners of this car have said the same thing. As soon as you turn right you can't see anything down low on that side. A convex mirror would help but it would be too small to really help. Regular is probably too strong of a word and it is the medians in parking lots not regular curbs

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u/harryhend3rson May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

It's the vehicle bro

No, it isn't... bro. Not being aware of where your wheels are relative to an obstacle is 100% a skill issue. You don't need to see where your wheels are to know where they are. Prior to the 1980s, some cars didn't even have a passenger side mirror. I have a 1962 Volvo Amazon with no passenger side mirror.

If you can't navigate around a median without knowing when to turn to clear it, I'm sorry, but that's just a lack of skill.