The worst spot is e/b Glenmore as you approach 14th Street SW, where two lanes exit onto 14th and strugglers cut over at the last minute to continue on Glenmore. It seems fixable but the number of accidents there has to run in the hundreds each year.
I've always wondered this too. Why do people wait until the last second before they cut over from the 14 st S lane to get back over into the EB Glenmore lane? What can be done to stop this, a lane divider earlier maybe?
I've always wondered this too. Why do people wait until the last second before they cut over from the 14 st S lane to get back over into the EB Glenmore lane? What can be done to stop this, a lane divider earlier maybe?
The best solution would be allow the lane one over from the left to either turn off or continue eastbound, but that would be a major project.
So I think a combination of earlier and more clear signage and an earlier lane divider would help.
The worst spot is e/b Glenmore as you approach 14th Street SW, where two lanes exit onto 14th and strugglers cut over at the last minute to continue on Glenmore. It seems fixable but the number of accidents there has to run in the hundreds each year.
There's only two types of people that drive through there apparently. The must cut over immediately and the must cut over at the last second.
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Why do people wait until the last second before they cut over from the 14 st S lane to get back over into the EB Glenmore lane?
Because they are ####ing #######s who don't give a #### about anybody else and are happy to cause traffic issues/crashes if it means they can save a second or two for themselves.
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What can be done to stop this, a lane divider earlier maybe?
The death penalty.
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I've always wondered this too. Why do people wait until the last second before they cut over from the 14 st S lane to get back over into the EB Glenmore lane? What can be done to stop this, a lane divider earlier maybe?
I think the biggest contributors to this aren't the idiots, its the cars coming off Elbow who want to continue westbound on Glenmore. There just isn't a lot of runway to get two lanes over, and you face a wall of solid lanes to cross through, so it causes a lot of braking and weaving.
Heck it can even be a challenge for the Macleod/5th cars to get over during busy times without disrupting things.
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I've always wondered this too. Why do people wait until the last second before they cut over from the 14 st S lane to get back over into the EB Glenmore lane? What can be done to stop this, a lane divider earlier maybe?
As with most traffic problems, it's a combination of things.
It's a very busy road and a large percentage of the people have either never driven there or drive there so infrequently that they might as well be driving it for the first time.
Add to that, the signage is bad.
This is the only sign before the interchange: https://maps.app.goo.gl/oi85DfRVoaBuK3Ay8 -- This is in a bad location because it's right where the lanes from Crowchild join Glenmore, so there are already distractions in place, making it easy to miss the sign. Also, it could be improved by adding information about which lanes continue as Glenmore eastbound.
Compare it to the signage after 14th St: https://maps.app.goo.gl/fcjaKujQX7Sgp5a18 -- Still not perfect, but it tells you that if you want to stay on Glenmore, you should be in the left 2 lanes.
Here's the only other sign before the 14th St split: https://maps.app.goo.gl/eL3BATnhp7Wjnm1bA -- It's right there. You don't have time to process it and get over safely because it's so close to the actual split point.
There's also human nature, where the regular drivers see others "getting away with" something, so they decide to do it too. That just compounds the problem, leading to more people copying that behaviour. I don't think this is as big a problem at Glenmore and 14th as it is at other places (eastbound Memorial to northbound Deerfoot being one of the worst).
Another factor specific to Glenmore and 14th is it is so close to the Crowchild interchange that a large percentage of the traffic needs to make lane changes there and it isn't a lot of room. There's about 800m between the Crowchild onramp and the 14th St offramp.
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The best solution would be allow the lane one over from the left to either turn off or continue eastbound, but that would be a major project.
So I think a combination of earlier and more clear signage and an earlier lane divider would help.
At minimum it would help.
That is the worst in the city. I actually slow down a bit to prepare for the inevitable. Will announce to my kids that someone will last minute this and 90% of the time it happens. A close second is eastbound memorial to Deerfoot north turnoff.
The worst spot is e/b Glenmore as you approach 14th Street SW, where two lanes exit onto 14th and strugglers cut over at the last minute to continue on Glenmore. It seems fixable but the number of accidents there has to run in the hundreds each year.
Usually one per day minimum. And all it takes is a fender bender there to back up Glenmore to 37th AND southbound Crowchild to 33rd.
I think an additional factor is the relative speed between the two pairs of lanes. Glenmore through traffic is usually slower with congested traffic thereby making it challenging to change from one inner lane to the other.
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A 20 minute drive around an adjacent neighborhood isn't enough.
They should be able to navigate glenmore, deerfoot and the ring road competently for an hour on the test, since thats where subpar drivers go to get rekd.
Make sure they go through that 14th street merge and show that they can exit and merge onto the 100km/h roads.
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A 20 minute drive around an adjacent neighborhood isn't enough.
They should be able to navigate glenmore, deerfoot and the ring road competently for an hour on the test, since thats where subpar drivers go to get rekd.
Make sure they go through that 14th street merge and show that they can exit and merge onto the 100km/h roads.
Well the drivers test does do this, although they don’t take them on Deerfoot or the ring road. They do take the tester on Glenmore or roads that are 80km/hr.
I’m not suggesting that the standards couldn’t be higher. I will say that watching my kids go through this (and fail drivers exams), I am stunned at how Uber drivers in particular are licensed. As a broad sweeping stereotype they seem to be the worst drivers on the road.
Well the drivers test does do this, although they don’t take them on Deerfoot or the ring road. They do take the tester on Glenmore or roads that are 80km/hr.
I’m not suggesting that the standards couldn’t be higher. I will say that watching my kids go through this (and fail drivers exams), I am stunned at how Uber drivers in particular are licensed. As a broad sweeping stereotype they seem to be the worst drivers on the road.
Mine didn't. It was a quick drive around Haysboro to get a class 4 license, many years ago. At one point, I went back to a class 5. This past year, I needed to upgrade to class 4 again and all that I needed was the written test (which did seem a lot harder than it has in the past).
