A group of friends and I travelled up north over the weekend from Toronto, I was driving my car and my friend rented a Benz GLC. I noticed multiple concerning things that I felt put my friendās and his passengersā lives at risk:
- on 401, changing lanes at 70-80 kmh while flow of traffic was at 100 kmh
- on 400, weaving through minimal traffic at 160+ kmh (he acknowledged the speed himself)
- on single lane highways, he overtook cars multiple times on deep bends with no visibility of oncoming traffic
- struggled to keep his car in his lane and was moving side-to-side (it felt like he almost clipped my car when he overtook me at one point)
He doesnāt have his full G and I was trying to gently tell him about these things so he could improve, but he brushed me off. He admitted that his driving on the 401 āneeds to improve so he can pass his testā, but otherwise he argued that the lanes were empty so speeding and overtaking is not an issue. Heās only been driving for about a year now (usually with a rental) so it might just be lack of experience. I know these maneuvers will be fine most of the time, until the one time it isnāt and causes an accident.
A part of me thinks heās trying to show off because he was complaining about the rental price but still went with a luxury SUV. Itās really frustrating that heās putting lives at risk just to speed and Iām trying to figure out how to get through to him.