In the battle of who owns the roads, cyclists and motorists are frequently at each others' throats. Over the last few years we've seen a heated altercation in Kensington Market and another that resulted in a motorist being stabbed with a screwdriver. It seems that the threat of a streetside melee is always looming. At Yonge and Bloor on Monday afternoon, a motorist attempted to make an illegal right turn and nearly knocked a......

Road rage in the city is nothing new. Torontoist covered incidents of road rage violence between motorists and cyclists in 2006 and 2007, and the Sun reported on Monday that a cab driver was shot at in a road rage incident. Most coverage focuses on road rage and adults, but new research from Ontario suggests that adolescents are more likely to be victims of road rage. In a study recently published in the Journal......

Yesterday, Environics released the results of a study commissioned by Goodyear Canada about driving attitudes. It found that 74 percent of Canadians hate drivers “who engage in road rage/impolite gestures.” Another 72 percent are angered by motorists who tailgate or follow too closely, who allow their doors to hit the car next to them, or who speed up to block others from passing or changing lanes. Environics' Vice-President of Consumer Research David MacDonald added......

A group of Grade 12 students caught a fight between a motorist and a cyclist on tape near Queen and Bay. The cyclist, who lost a tooth during the attack, allegedly stopped at a yellow light and prevented the driver from going through the intersection. Remember last year when a similar road rage showdown was captured on film in Kensington Market? (Thanks to Daniel for the tip.) Leaking barrels of toxic waste shut down traffic......

Each week, Torontoist chooses the most interesting cases from the Toronto Police Service crime blotter. All charges are alleged until proven under law. • The big story this week was the arrest of six kids for the murder of a 17-year-old boy in the Flemingdon Park area. On July 15, 2006, the victim was stripped and assaulted over several hours by a group of people outside a housing complex on Grenoble Drive, finally succumbing to......

Who likes lists? Everybody! As we creep up on the new year, we thought we'd reflect on a few of our more popular (and our more controversial) posts of the past twelve months. Thanks to our revamped Favourites page, it's a little easier. If nothing else, this post will give you some reading material to glance over while you're busy getting spiffy for this fine evening. 1. Our TTC Swag Suggestions (144 comments, October......

If Torontoist had our druthers when on the road, we'd outfit our vehicle James Bond-style with a laser death ray for vaporizing the bad drivers in our path. Whether it's the arrogant jackass weaving and deeking through QEW traffic at breakneck speeds or the dear old bluehair oblivious to the space around her, it only takes a bad driver or two to really make commuting around the city a white-knuckled experience. Everyone who drives......

Meanwhile, making up for certain drivers who spread frustration, road rage, and air pollution with their over-sized vehicles, some drivers aim only to spread joy, as TOist discovered when we made a trek up to Orfus Road last week and were delighted to learn that whimsically-painted-car owners need discount threads too.......

On the heels of the Municipal Roads Coalition naming Bathurst Street the third worst street in Ontario, Toronto motorists suffer yet another blow - this time at the hands of Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Released today, CAMH research indicates that Toronto is the road rage capital of the province. After surveying 1,631 people in the city, CAMH found that over half of the respondents have been shouted at, cursed at, or had rude......