Around evening rush hour yesterday, with heavy traffic on Gardiner W., there was more congestion than usual on Front St, heading west from Parliament. It was bad, but not a complete standstill, and a few cars would get through the various intersections in each signal phase.
Near Princess & Front, a taxi pulled out into opposing traffic, entered the left turn lane, then continued into opposing traffic up to Fredrick St., before merging into a gap (that's about 200m in the wrong direction). Some cars travelling eastbound actually moved over to the right lane to avoid a head-on collision with the taxi driver waving out the window.
Then, minutes later, around Fredrick St., an SUV pulls out into opposing traffic and takes a left on to George St. (about 100m in the wrong direction). Right turner coming out of George St. was pretty stunned and had to quickly swerve into the right lane to avoid a collision after pulling out somewhere in between the two lanes.
It happened again this morning northbound on Jarvis for a shorter distance - maybe 50m or so.
On a number of occasions, I have seen cars headed in the wrong direction on one-way streets (either Dunfield or Lillian) near Yonge & Eglinton, either as a shortcut to avoid looping around or to detour away from heavy traffic on Redpath.
Are others seeing this happen more frequently? Any thoughts on what one can do to help make our streets safer?
Near Princess & Front, a taxi pulled out into opposing traffic, entered the left turn lane, then continued into opposing traffic up to Fredrick St., before merging into a gap (that's about 200m in the wrong direction). Some cars travelling eastbound actually moved over to the right lane to avoid a head-on collision with the taxi driver waving out the window.
Then, minutes later, around Fredrick St., an SUV pulls out into opposing traffic and takes a left on to George St. (about 100m in the wrong direction). Right turner coming out of George St. was pretty stunned and had to quickly swerve into the right lane to avoid a collision after pulling out somewhere in between the two lanes.
It happened again this morning northbound on Jarvis for a shorter distance - maybe 50m or so.
On a number of occasions, I have seen cars headed in the wrong direction on one-way streets (either Dunfield or Lillian) near Yonge & Eglinton, either as a shortcut to avoid looping around or to detour away from heavy traffic on Redpath.
Are others seeing this happen more frequently? Any thoughts on what one can do to help make our streets safer?
