Toronto drivers are constantly mounting concrete barriers on this one street

Toronto may have a spiritual successor to the infamous Queen’s Quay streetcar tunnel, as cars are constantly getting stranded on concrete curbs dividing the roadway from bike lanes on Adelaide Street.

Another driver botched an attempt at a sick rail grind on the evening of Saturday, March 2, just the latest in a string of crashes where dangerous drivers have stranded their vehicles on large barriers installed along this major downtown thoroughfare.

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Several photos and videos flooded in after the crash, which occurred on Adelaide Street West, just east of Peter Street, in the heart of the busy dining and bar-hopping Entertainment District.

A blogTO reader who was at the scene says, “there was a Ford F150 pickup truck that mounted the bike lane curb on Adelaide while attempting to drive west in the wrong direction.”

“The individual spent upwards of 20 minutes filling the intersection with smoke from burning rubber as they vainly tried to escape. You could smell burnt rubber for blocks.”

The incident follows almost identical crashes that occurred on Adelaide Street East on the opposite side of Yonge.

In 2021, a BMW driver mounted a barrier on Adelaide near Church Street, and the exact same barrier was mounted by the driver of a white sedan in late February.

The barrier follows in the footsteps of the Queen’s Quay streetcar tunnel, which was constantly invaded by confused motorists for several years until a new gate was installed. Even after the gate was put in place, the odd driver still manages to breach the tunnel’s defences from time to time.