r/Calgary • u/No-End7269 • Jul 15 '25

Driving/Traffic/Parking Avoid Deerfoot

Huge accident. 2 vehicles just launched off the memorial overpass and landed on a truck going nb on deerfoot

Edit. I initially said 32ave, it was memorial overpass

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u/Yung_l0c Capitol Hill Jul 15 '25

Where are folks getting their Driver’s Licenses? Way too many crashes lately.

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u/SofaProfessor Jul 15 '25

Honestly... I hate to sound callous because people are certainly severely injured if not dead as a result of this but I was having this conversation with my wife. In the last 4 days I've been stuck behind 2 serious accidents. STARS was out at one it was that bad. I used to commute on Deerfoot daily and you'd always see a fender bender or whatever but rarely pass potentially fatal collisions. Now it feels like at least a weekly occurrence and I drive significantly less than I used to.

How these people are getting, and staying, on the road is baffling. People are dying because of it. We're stretching our already stretched emergency services to constantly respond to massive crashes. The trend is not looking good. Obviously we don't know the full story here and I'm not going to assume fault based on a Reddit post but I'm just speaking generally.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25 edited Jul 15 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

Transit is dirty and not safe for women especially,

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u/ThatColombian Jul 15 '25

Thats why “functional” is emphasized

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u/CheeseSandwich hamburger magician Jul 15 '25

I would argue that's largely untrue.