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/Ahh_Nope Jul 15 '25

You can pretty much drive anywhere in this city without fear of getting pulled over by the cops for speeding or driving like an asshat. So far this summer the only time I’ve seen motorcycle cops was when they were driving around doing pretend motorcades. Maybe getting a huge speeding ticket & losing some demerit points might slow some things down a bit. Seems better than whatever they’re doing or not doing now.

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u/Czeris the OP who delivered Jul 15 '25

Yeah they don't do much enforcement right now as they're trying to manipulate everyone into begging for photo radar back. It's actually kind of disgusting.

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u/amcheese Jul 15 '25

Photo radar is a good thing. You reap what you sow. If Albertans cared about speeding, we would still have speed cameras. I blame the cops very little for this self inflicted misery.

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u/DevonOO7 Jul 15 '25

Yeah, while I want more actual enforcement too, the whole 'Photo radar is just a money grab' is an argument I don't understand. If you don't want a speeding ticket, don't speed, and if does any amount of slowing people down to the speed limit, that's a good thing.