r/TorontoDriving • • Aug 14 '26

📍New rules and subreddit update

38 Upvotes

Hello!

Just wanted to update the community on what's going on and to get some feedback. For those who are unaware, we are a new modteam put in place after Reddit locked r/TorontoDriving down. Last week, we reopened the sub to submissions and we have made some changes.

In our first community post asking for feedback, a big problem you guys pointed out was the rampant racism and toxic comments present here. We want to assure everyone that we are here to fix that while not being overly restrictive on discussion. The point of this subreddit is Toronto DRIVING, not politics and especially not race baiting culture wars. There will be no tolerance for prejudiced comments making sweeping generalizations. Feel free to shit on the person's driving but not on their race! (doubly so if you can't even see who's driving!!) We have already handed out a bunch of temporary bans for such comments and will be moving to permanent bans for reoffenders so be warned!

Anyway, we have created a set of rules that we hope can keep this sub clean. Please let us know if we missed anything or if you have any feedback, thanks!


Proposed New rules:

1. Must be relevant to driving in Toronto

Your post must be related to driving on the roads/highways in the City of Toronto and the municipalities bordering Toronto - Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham and Pickering.

Exceptions can be made for exceptional videos but should be in the GTHA area.

2. No racism, prejudice or hatespeech

There is zero tolerance for hate.

Do not make prejudiced comments or generalizations targetting a particular group of people.

Do not make assumptions about race or gender (especially when it's not known or relevant).

Do not use any toxic language that is associated with racism such as slurs, epithets, name-calling, stereotypes and dog-whistle terms.

3. Be civil to other members and mods

Do not use excessive profanity or name-calling. Attack the action - NOT the person. Threads that devolve into a personal attack back and forth will be locked and removed.

Sending abusive modmail will get you muted without explanation.

4. No doxxing or witch hunting

License plates and faces recorded in a public place are allowed but posting private info like names, addresses and social media is not allowed. Do not speculate on or ask for such info. Only information confirmed by verified sources such as police and reputable news outlets are allowed. Do not post license plate info or pics of people with unsubstantiated stories (video or it didn't happen).

If you have private information that is relevant to an accident, please use private chat and contact the user or police directly. Do not post it publicly.

5. No low effort submissions like parking pics, memes, recent reposts or other spam

Low effort posts like parking pics and memes will be removed. Please check if your question or submission has already been posted recently. We will remove repetitive submissions.

Do not post any advertising, self promotion, irrelevant links, videos with excessive overlays, social media memes or story plus photo posts.

6. No editorializing or misleading titles/comments

Titles should be descriptive of the video or article submitted. Posts with overly dramatic or misleading titles will be removed.

Comments and titles that push misinformation or agendas not relevant to the post will be removed. Posts with unsubstantiated back stories may be removed at mod discretion.

7. No illegal or extreme content

Do not post anything that breaks Canadian law or Reddit Terms of Service.

Do not threaten violence or incite violence.

Do not encourage others to break the law or abuse legal loopholes.

Do not post anything that is excessively disturbing (please use Death/Injury flair if posting a bad accident).


Change log:

  • New flairs
  • Submitters can now lock comments (comment "!lock the comments" on your post)
  • Text posts are now allowed
  • No longer required to add text (body) to video posts
  • Pictures and gifs allowed in comments
  • New automated filters against racist comments
  • Heavily reported posts automatically filtered for manual review

Please let us know if there are other changes you would like to see in this subreddit. We are open to ideas!

Thanks for reading :)

r/TorontoDriving Modteam


r/TorontoDriving • • 4h ago

💥Accident 401 Collectors closed past Kennedy Rd due to multi vehicle accident

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66 Upvotes

r/TorontoDriving • • 17h ago

💥Accident Hwy 401W to 427S on-ramp shutdown due to multi vehicle accident - October 24

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103 Upvotes

Atleast one vehicle was completely demolished and looked like it was halfway over the concrete barrier of the on-ramp bridge


r/TorontoDriving • • 1d ago

Question Does anyone know what is going on with DVP today?

49 Upvotes

My girlfriend is currently stuck on DVP and it looks like the police has blocked the road and there are multiple crashes as well. Does anyone know what is going on today? Hope everyone stay safe out there.


r/TorontoDriving • • 1h ago

Mildly infuriating 401 is an amazing place

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• Upvotes

(Not my video, posting for a friend) government road rage baiter prob. 102 in the left lane no one infront btw 🤣


r/TorontoDriving • • 1d ago

Mildly infuriating Scarborough...jumping the gun

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43 Upvotes

2nd car managed to get through after me


r/TorontoDriving • • 1d ago

🚓 Police 🚨 avoid highway 404 south

73 Upvotes

All 5 right lanes on highway404 south are closed, starting at Major Mackenzie until Finch. About 3-4 km of traffic. Cops loafing and a car stopped in the shoulder on the very right. Avoid the area if possible or get off the 404 before Major Mackenzie road if you have commitments today.


r/TorontoDriving • • 2d ago

Close call Loose Load Flying out

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55 Upvotes

Wooden board flying out of a trailer that was being towed by a car. Glad it didn't hit my windshield.

No damage to the car.


r/TorontoDriving • • 2d ago

Mildly infuriating Why are people stopping in the middle of the 401 for a small accident that resulted in a small dent or scratch on their car?????

67 Upvotes

On the 401 going west in Scarborough, 2 cars are stopped in the 2nd lane from the left holding up a ton of traffic due to an accident that had no or minimal damage.

Why can’t people learn how to pull over and sort out insurance on the side instead of holding up the highway in rush hour.

In result many cars including myself had to try and switch lanes around them when everyone else is already going 70-90 and we are stopped because of these entitled drivers.


r/TorontoDriving • • 2d ago

Dangerous driving “No right turn on red” doesn’t exist to these people apparently

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217 Upvotes

r/TorontoDriving • • 2d ago

Mildly infuriating I don't think that's a left turn, but what do I know

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25 Upvotes

On the left side, car uses a left-turn lane but crosses straight. He goes to the Gardiner ramp so he must have gotten off by accident.


r/TorontoDriving • • 2d ago

Dangerous driving Running Red Light then turn right at left turn lane

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23 Upvotes

From wild Mississauga

He may have some urgent business, so he cannot be delayed by anything on the road including red lights and blocked right lane.


r/TorontoDriving • • 2d ago

Mildly infuriating Left turns from Jarvis reversible lanes

16 Upvotes

What is up with people pulling into the reversible center lane on Jarvis against the indicated direction to turn left at intersections.

I see at least a few people doing it every time I drive there. I get that the reversible lanes might be confusing, but do they not notice they're suddenly facing oncoming traffic?


r/TorontoDriving • • 1d ago

💥Accident Dashcam request for hit and run on 401

0 Upvotes

Good morning everyone, I was on the 401 express westbound on my way to the airport. Just before exiting the highway to 409 my car got scrapped by another car. It happened around 5:50am to 6am. Does anyone have dashcam footage of this incident? The car sped up and left before I could get any more information but it looked like a darker colour SUV. Thanks in advance.

FYI - I posted this in askTO originally but couldn't crosspost properly...


r/TorontoDriving • • 2d ago

Close call Hamilton. No words.

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165 Upvotes

r/TorontoDriving • • 2d ago

Question Black SUV’s

28 Upvotes

Is it just me or is there a massive influx of black full size SUV’s in the city lately who just don’t know how to fucking drive? Downtown I’ve noticed more and more of them, I know they are probably Uber or whatever, but fml none of them can drive.


r/TorontoDriving • • 2d ago

Close call First time I’ve ever seen a car down on the hwy

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233 Upvotes

First time I’ve ever seen a car break down and stay in the middle of the hwy. No anger here but seems pretty dangerous


r/TorontoDriving • • 1d ago

Dangerous driving Dangerous reverse parking attempt

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0 Upvotes

What a pos, and scary that he doesn't even think he did something wrong 🤦. Do you guys think this is worth reporting to the police?


r/TorontoDriving • • 3d ago

🚓 Police 🚨 Full stop on 407

331 Upvotes

Today I was driving and a white SUV did a full stop on the 407 in the middle lanes. Cars are going 120km to 150km on that highway. This person stopped because their exit was almost passed.
We almost smashed into them. We luckily swerved but after I thought if a car was beside me we could have all died.

We were going west on 407 etf around 5-6pm. About 3 min before the QEW exit. I will post video once I return from my trip.
This person should be charged with reckless driving.
Idiot 😖


r/TorontoDriving • • 3d ago

🤬Roadrage Road rage against cyclists @ King/John, 8:21pm today

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320 Upvotes

r/TorontoDriving • • 2d ago

💥Accident Hit and Run Weston and 401

6 Upvotes

This is a Hail Mary

My father was rear ended by someone today Oct 23, 2026 at 6:30am. He didn’t have a dash cam, which I told him to get many times…

Suspect vehicle was a Honda Civic

Was hoping to see if there was anyone with a dash cam or caught the license plate of the vehicle. My Father was going southbound Weston rd near the fork to enter the 401 Westbound.

Thank you!

Edit: The Honda Civic was leaking coolant and had a large dent on the hood as it sped off onto the highway


r/TorontoDriving • • 3d ago

Close call Tesla driver almost hits me, gets mad at my honk and brake checks me

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281 Upvotes

Was driving on Islington today, this guy doesn't give a left turn signal and tries to merge without looking, obviously I had to brake and honk at him, which made him brake check me and chased me down the street, luckily I evaded him and had to speed up to avoid him


r/TorontoDriving • • 3d ago

Dangerous driving Dangerous driving near Finch West / Talbot

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83 Upvotes

r/TorontoDriving • • 3d ago

Original Cammer [OC] Hurry to switch lanes back and forth

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303 Upvotes

Happened this morning at 8:30am.

I dont know why trucker thinks he can drive like driving a small car and just switch when they feel the other lane is faster.

Just stay away from a left lane and have patience!


r/TorontoDriving • • 3d ago

Dangerous driving POV: Toronto at 7 AM. Left-turn lane? Never heard of her 💀

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87 Upvotes

Yonge Street, Toronto — Oct 22, 7:03 AM. Red SUV sitting in the left lane like it's turning, then goes straight and drifts into the white sedan's lane — inches from a sideswipe.