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The variegated brick work creates some much needed texture in our skyline, so that's very welcome. I like this building. But again, re what someone said above, if a vehicle doing 110k/h on the Gardiner ever went through the guardrail and into one of the living rooms in this building, it'd be an incredible tragedy. I never even thought of that. Frankly, that alone--despite how unlikely it is--would be enough to prevent me from buying a unit adjacent to and level with the highway there. aAfar more immediate concern, however, would be the fact that, doubled-paned windows or not, forget leaving a window open while sleeping there; you'd be listening to the constant mess of traffic. No thanks.
 
I wouldn't worry about a vehicle as much as stray, flying truck wheels which are more common and have the ability to travel further. It would be like a cannonball through your livingroom.
 
Car exhaust fumes and soot, flying road dust & debris, the glare from the street lights and car headlights at night, annoying loud trucks and motorcycles, cars honking...
 
neuhaus said:
Car exhaust fumes and soot, flying road dust & debris, the glare from the street lights and car headlights at night, annoying loud trucks and motorcycles, cars honking...
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Tamil protests right outside your window... the list goes on and on, really.
 
I don't really understand this concern about cars careening off the Gardiner. When was the last time you heard about a car falling off the Gardiner? Or a tire from a truck, for that matter?

The bigger problem is probably like flonicky said: since there's a lot of traffic jams on the Gardiner, you're likely to have regular, slow-moving gawkers staring into your apartment.
 
Parkdalian said:
I don't really understand this concern about cars careening off the Gardiner. When was the last time you heard about a car falling off the Gardiner? Or a tire from a truck, for that matter?
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Tires can fly, like this time:
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1105810--flying-truck-tire-renews-outrage

... and this time:
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2133463

... and this time:
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/flying-tire-sends-a-woodstock-woman-to-hospital-1.732008

... and this time:
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3571118

... and this time:
http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2825368

... and ...
 
^If we're talking about any road, ever, then we should probably mention how some cars have driven into the front of houses on suburban streets, and which have killed people, and that therefore all houses on suburban streets are in danger of being hit by cars. Or you know, I could tell you an anecdote about how a police car that rammed into the house at the end of my street a year ago, and that would prove my point that cars are flying into houses all of the time. But that wouldn't prove any point except my own biases about flying cars and suburban houses.
 
It's not proving a point. You said that you didn't understand where the concern comes from. The articles show the consequences of flying tires on a freeway. It's not a right or wrong issue ... it's just showing the root of the concern.
 
flonicky said:
It's not proving a point. You said that you didn't understand where the concern comes from. The articles show the consequences of flying tires on a freeway. It's not a right or wrong issue ... it's just showing the root of the concern.
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I would imagine a truck traveling at a decent speed on the Gardiner, that loses a tire, would be just as much of a danger to condos further away. That tire could fly hundreds of feet over the railing so all those condos in Southcore or even the southern ones in Cityplace would also be within hitting distance. A fast rolling truck tire would probably travel a great distance.
 
This sounds like a challenge for MythBusters! I'm sure they could rig up some sort of simulation.
 
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