Caught in a car argument, is that illegal?

[sid1987]

ur PR is not in danger until u have a felony charge.. road rage is normal ...most of driving incidents even accents are civil matter until u kill someone...

 

[21singh]

Dear CanadaVisa Community, hope this message finds you well.

I wanted to reach out in order to seek advice.

I was driving to a mall, Still learning triffic signs and was not on the right lane, my lane was supposed to be going right and I've continued straight without realizing until someone behind me honked repeatedly.

I've slowed down and let him pass, He did obsene gestures (middle finger) which pissed me off to be quite honest.

I've parked near him about 20 meters from where it happened, Went down from the vehicule and said that his gesture was disrespectfull, i was calm and kept a respefctull distance from the guy and unlike him, did not use any vulgare language.

He said that he got everything on his camera and that he is going to report me.

I don't know exactly what to do or if I should be worry, if he indeed he has a camera and indeed he is going to report me, what kind of risk is on me?

I was angry from his gesture esspecially that I was with my kid, but now i feel stupid and I don't want to risk that my PR will be affected from this.

Please any advice will be more than welcome, and I know, i should not have parked near him I know...

Hey,

No need to worry about.
Even if that person got it on Cam, the maximum fine can be 2000$ for careless driving.

A honest advice, put a N sign on back of your car.
Though your PR is not at stake.

Keep driving safely.

Good Luck

 

[Buletruck]

I realize I'm the bad guy of the story and I wanted to thank all of you for your guidance throughout this odd situation I created.

Being unfamiliar or inexperienced doesn’t make you a “bad guy”. It was a series of mistakes that fortunately worked out fine. Getting accustomed to all the new cultural norms can be overwhelming. Lesson learned.

 

[Jets13]

Thank you for your feedback, i'll dig mire regarding the defensive techmics you spoke about, i was on google map too but still adapting to it as it was not super common to use it in my country

if you feel like you made a mistake another thing you can do is put your hand up to the other driver claiming responsibility kind of like an apology. That can deescalate a situation and the other person would then likely not give a middle finger.

 

[jomz]

Thank you for your feedback, indeed I was in fault, but don't picture it on the highway at 150 km per hour.
I was with my famally driving at 30 km per hour in the parking of a mall and I screwed up as i didn't know that the road was getting narrower, he honked (also at 30 an hour) I stopped.
i feel so stupid for my reaction now that i've put it in writing.
Do you think there is a chance of road rage classification due to the fact that i went talk to him? Do you think I should take legal advice on this?

Nothing to worry about. But as others have said never follow anyone , for your own safety. There has been many incidents where it turned physical and you definitely want to avoid that.

Also As this happened in a parking lot, even with video police cannot ticket you as parking lots are private property. Police can only cite and ticket someone regarding a traffic violation on public roads.

I’m sorry you experienced an ugly gesture like this, unfortunately it happens a lot.

 

[Buletruck]

Also As this happened in a parking lot, even with video police cannot ticket you as parking lots are private property. Police can only cite and ticket someone regarding a traffic violation on public roads.

Word of caution about that statement. It depends on which province you are in. Traffic violation in a parking lot can’t be enforced in Ontario, but they are enforceable in Alberta. Different provinces have different rules.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Nothing to worry about. But as others have said never follow anyone , for your own safety. There has been many incidents where it turned physical and you definitely want to avoid that.

Also As this happened in a parking lot, even with video police cannot ticket you as parking lots are private property. Police can only cite and ticket someone regarding a traffic violation on public roads.

I’m sorry you experienced an ugly gesture like this, unfortunately it happens a lot.

As said above, whether police can ticket in parking lots depends on the province.

OP cut the other guy off. Most people would have given him the finger, as it is a very clear way to tell another person they did something stupid.

 

[jomz]

Word of caution about that statement. It depends on which province you are in. Traffic violation in a parking lot can’t be enforced in Ontario, but they are enforceable in Alberta. Different provinces have different rules.

My bad. I only had experience with Ontario Was told that police can’t charge there even if someone for example is driving without seatbelt in a back lane.

But I guess I should have been better aware that Alberta and possibly other provinces don’t share the same laws with Ontario

Thanks for clarifying. Always good to learn something new.