Maple Leaf Construction

[u/-Adderal-]

Is it just me or are Maple Leaf Construction employees the worst drivers in the entire city? Every morning on my way to work they’re glued to my bumper (when I’m already going very reasonably over the speed limit) and constantly cutting me and other drivers off. Curious if anyone else has seen/experienced this with them.

[u/Syrairc]

They certainly seem to be trying to compete with gravel truck drivers for the top spot that's for sure

[u/Important-Year-16 → u/Syrairc]

Gravel truck drivers are a whole different breed of chaotic. At least Maple Leaf seems to stick to residential streets where you kinda expect it, those gravel haulers will tailgate you on the Perimeter like they've got a death wish

[u/Biggaboy45 → u/Important-Year-16]

Gravel people are usually paid by the load, and are absolute lunatics! Been around way too many of em.

Same goes in Ontario for the ones hauling wood chips. Makes our gravel peeps look like altar boys.

Used to run pilot vehicles for oversized freight loads. The chippers would be the only ones to absolutely NEVER yield. Like. Life endangering shit.

[u/Rebargod202 → u/Syrairc]

Lmao...100% those tandem truck drivers are the worst exepcially on the perimiter. I thought I was the only one noticing this and having an internal warfare with there agressive driving .

[u/Educational_Meal_232 → u/Rebargod202]

As a professional roll off driver for 30 years, there were no class of drivers more homicidal than gravel truckers. Always angry always trying to make up time.

[u/bquinho]

It’s definitely a thing. It’s like they are late to the job site every morning. If you see a red pickup with an amber light on the roof they are probably riding your ass.

[u/Tanker2025]

S & J construction drivers are way worse ..lol

[u/Rebargod202 → u/Tanker2025]

Lmao

[u/Longjumping_Cow5549]

I loathe them. The tailgating is bad enough, but the disregard for traffic signs is infuriating. it says no left turn, they turn left anyway which causes traffic to back up since there’s only one lane due to construction. Call their office and they say, “what do you expect them to do? go around the entire block to get where they’re going?”. yes. like the rest of us have to.

[u/1n2345]

Seems like everytime I'm cut off in traffic by a red pickup, it's got a Penn-co logo on the door.

[u/hornymammal]

Yeah. Wintec is bad too

[u/152centimetres]

i posted a video once of a MLC truck full stopping at a red light for a left turn and then for seemingly no reason creeped into the intersection continuously until he was blocking pedestrians and other traffic and then realized and backed up until he almost hit me and again when the light turned green and he was still in reverse

im also frequently watching them on their phones, not signalling, or just straight up being dangerous - but the thing about company cars is unless the company actually cares about their image, they dont care what their drivers are doing, and MLC is definitely one that doesnt care and probably has a leaderboard for who got the most citizen calls to complain about driving

[u/MrVeinless]

Worse than Tench? Unpossible!

[u/chemicalxv]

Yes they all fucking suck. There's one or two that regularly speed through my neighbourhood.

[u/L-F-O-D]

Those gorilla guys get my vote.

You know who NEVER speeds? Poulins. Good job, Poulins!

[u/cbakkum]

One of them backed his truck into me as I was going through a roundabout and said it was my fault because he had a flashing light on. Old boomer dudes are some of the worst drivers out there.

[u/Educational_Meal_232 → u/cbakkum]

Get off my lawn

[u/pickles3109]

The faster they get to the job site, the faster they can stand around with a Tim’s cup, all watching 1 guy do all the work… if anybody is working at all!