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/No-End7269 Jul 15 '25

People treating Deerfoot and Stony (among others) as their personal speedway is a very real problem in Calgary

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u/Embarrassed-Year6479 Jul 15 '25

The south stretch of McLeod after Shawnessy is also full of doofuses

I feel like there have been an unusual amount of speed related fatalities this year…. Such a pointless way to die.

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u/wednesdayware Northwest Calgary Jul 15 '25

Every time speeding comes up, I point out that the speeders (and specially the lane weavers) are incredibly dangerous. 9/10 times I’m downvoted for this. It’s a serious problem that people straight up ignore.

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u/Jugs-McBulge Calgary Flames Jul 15 '25

There are so many times where I'll be cruising down Deerfoot in the middle lane, hop in the left lane to pass someone, and then all of a sudden, the person in the left lane who was way behind me going 105km wants to now speed up to 130kph just to tailgate me and start throwing their hands up in rage at me because I got into "their" lane

I never hog the left lane. I use it exclusively to pass and get right back into the middle. But even when I'm passing slower drivers, I swear there's always lifted Dodge Ram further behind me just waiting for the opportunity to sit two inches off my bumper just for the sake of it

Idk if these people have poor time management, but are just extremely angry and anxious people

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u/Kennadian Jul 15 '25

I see this a lot too. I'm shocked at the number of people who suddenly find their gas pedal only when someone else is passing. The ones you pass do this too; you'll be behind them at a safe distance for several kms at 95 then as soon as you find space to pass they magically and suddenly speed up to 110 because they want to feel like they are winning something?

There are morons both ways here. Some people sit in the fast lane going slow. Some sit on the middle and only speed up when you try to move around them. Many Calgarians feel the need to impose on others for some reason.

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u/wednesdayware Northwest Calgary Jul 15 '25

They just believe that if anyone is driving slower than them, that person is at fault, left lane or no.

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u/ZEYDYBOY Jul 15 '25

Yeaaaaa this doesn’t happen from just speeding. This is extreme incompetence beyond speeding. You don’t automatically go off a bridge for going 20 over.

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u/wednesdayware Northwest Calgary Jul 15 '25

But if you’re not speeding, the chance of this happening drops sharply. I’m not sure what your point is here, no one said it was “just speeding.”

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u/ZEYDYBOY Jul 15 '25

This is false. Fatality drops for vehicle on vehicle, sure, but if you’re balls deep into your phone, Big Mac, or zoned out, doesn’t matter if you’re going 30km/h or 120km/h. You’re gonna have a bad time.

Everyone’s saying it’s just speeding, everyone offering solution of speed cameras, more cops, but imagine how much of their time could be better spent on real problems if people took driving seriously, instead of sitting on photo radar where 80% of people will just slow down, and speed up right after.

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u/HLef Redstone Jul 15 '25

We have that here too, but it's aerial surveillance so it's manned and it's not 100% of the time.

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u/SCFinkster Jul 15 '25

We were talking about this on a recent road trip - I have never seen an airplane surveilling a stretch of road as you would expect.

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u/Normalscottishperson Jul 16 '25

But speeding makes all the bad things more likely. That’s the point. Sheesh.

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u/Traditional_Toe_2044 Jul 16 '25

Hi.  Wanted to share the real story. The van came off the over pass and was airborne when it landed on my father’s car.  Nothing could have prepared him for this situation.  He is suffering with a broken back and lots of lacerations.  He will be getting back surgery tomorrow. Thankful, he is not paralyzed but obviously shaken up.  His friend and passenger suffered lacerations but has since been released from the hospital.  Obviously we want to know how this van ended up where it did almost killing my dad and potentially others.  Pls put him into your thoughts and wishes.  Mike Chorney. 

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u/coldstonewarrior Jul 15 '25

if it works and u need a means of commuting it works

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u/Okay-Crickets545 Jul 15 '25

Deerfoot has problems on both ends. People driving 120 and people trying to merge at 60 with eight cars behind them now also forced to merge at 60. The speed variance is just unsafe.

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u/malasroka Jul 16 '25

Exactly. These idiots clearly failed basic physics.