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vlad
30-10-2009, 11:43 PM
Since every time I drive in Calgary I lose my ****ing mind I would like to see what the rest of Canada has to say about this. I have been in Calgary since 2005(moved here from Hamilton, ON) and at first I thought that it must be a few stupid guys here and there but it's been 4 years and nothing has changed.

-Doing 90km/hr in the left lane on the highway
-Not moving over when you come up on a driver doing 90km/hr in the left lane on the highway
-Hitting the brakes when you honk or high beam while doing 90km/hr in the left lane on the highway
-Slowing down or completely stopping in the merge lane to the ****ING HIGHWAY(most people merge driving under the speed limit)
-Instead of moving over to the middle lane of the highway so that the people who are merging can actually merge they hit the brakes and slow down to 70km/hr so the guy can go in front of them
-While you are waiting at the stop sign for them to go by(straight) they turn next to you without signaling and now you waiting like an idiot for nothing
-Driving in the lane that is ending to the end of the lane and then honking at you to let them in
-(This is a good one) While in traffic they realize that there is a lane to the right of them that is going to end in a couple of hundred meters but there is no one in it since it's ****ING ENDING so they turn into that lane and drive until it ends and then honk at people to let them in
-Stopping 3 car lengths before the red light
-Driving side by side on a 2 lane road at the same speed so that NO ONE CAN ****ING PASS
-Waiting the last moment for their exit on the highway and then hitting the brakes and changing 3 lanes to get off
-There are 600 accidents the first snow fall in a weekend(everybody acts as if they have never seen this white stuff before)

There are lots more but I can't remember right now. For the first two years I thought that it was just a few stupid people and me since I am an aggressive driver but then I went to Victoria for a vacation and also drove to Ontario and back and realized that it wasn't me. People here are ****ED UP when it comes to driving!
What do you guys from Calgary think about this? What is the rest of Canada like better or worse?

GYMBRAT
31-10-2009, 12:23 AM
it's a fast moving province man everyones in a hurry to get nowhere, that's all I can say

flapjack
31-10-2009, 12:19 PM
I've been in Calgary since 1977 and I have seen MAJOR changes. It used to be a good place to live/drive, but I would love to get the **** out of here. There's just too much keeping me here, and nothing to go to if I leave.

BC would be my first choice because I love the mountains, but Southwestern Ont would be my 2nd choice just for a slower pace of life...Windsor maybe.

AlladdinSane
31-10-2009, 12:28 PM
I would love to get the **** out of here. There's just too much keeping me here, and nothing to go to if I leave.

BC would be my first choice because I love the mountains

Wow. That is EXACTLY what I was going to say.


Nobody here can drive. ****in' terrible.

Shortdave
31-10-2009, 12:31 PM
Wow. That is EXACTLY what I was going to say.


Nobody here can drive. ****in' terrible.
The drivers here still aren't as bad as the drivers in Vancouver.

AlladdinSane
31-10-2009, 12:35 PM
They also aren't as asian.

No offense meant to anybody that can read my post and understand it.

PS. You comin' in today?

vlad
31-10-2009, 01:24 PM
My wife has another year of school at the U of C and then we will decide if we are going to stay in Calgary. I have no problem with the city even though it's pretty expensive to live here comparing to Ontario but I just don't get the drivers here. It seems like the attitude they have is "I pay my taxes and I will do what the **** I want to do when I am driving and if you don't like it then **** you". Is it just me or isn't there a common knowledge that if you are passing on the highway you drive in the left lane and once you are done you move over to the middle or if there is someone who is driving faster then you in the left lane behind you and you CAN move over to let them pass you do so?

GYMBRAT
31-10-2009, 01:28 PM
It's back to BC for me next yr! ****in sick of Ab blehh!

marino
31-10-2009, 02:28 PM
It's back to BC for me next yr! ****in sick of Ab blehh!

Hey GB you still thinking about coming out this way?

GYMBRAT
31-10-2009, 02:32 PM
yeah def man you bet

Bowlcut
03-11-2009, 12:45 PM
After living in Quebec for awhile now when I go back to Calgary to drive I get really pissed off with how slow some people go on Crowchild. Left lane is for passing and wtf are these idiots doing going 80km/hr side by side.

Worst are the retards who will hibeam you on the highway or in areas with no street lights north of town. Are people just that dumb these days?