Worst drivers

[gear04ipod]

Originally Posted by winger7mm

Did you just go there?? Lmao here we go hehehe

im not even gonna say anything about the mascara merges lol

[BootScoot]

I moved here from Ontario and we used to talk about how terrible the Toronto drivers were when they came up north for the weekend. However, after moving to Calgary I can honestly say that Calagry drivers are WORSE than Toronto drivers, and that sayin something.

[brownbomber]

Calgary during stampede week and edmonton during rodeo week.

[Dona]

Try Cape Town - I literally fear for my Life in this City when on the Road! LOL when off the Road too!!!

[riden]

Originally Posted by igorot

I think you are on the right track, but the language is not the problem in this case. If it is, you have to go deeper to the immigration process. FYI you can not pass the immigration process unless you can demonstrate that you can converse with either or both the national language. Is it being implemented? I have no idea.

Rumor is, if you pay the extra $75 to have the driver exam read to you, you can't fail.

Language requirements only apply to economic immigrants. The dr's we bring in for example, must speak english or french, but the spouse or family does not have to. If he sponsors his brother to come over as family class, his brother doesn't have to either.

Economic immigrants are not our problem though, they are educated, hard working tax payers and pay more taxes than the average Canadian too. It is the family class immigrants I question.

Off topic but.......I teach the CFSC, at the end of the course when I am handing out the written test, I handed one to a middle aged gent, he threw his arms up and scoffed at me. Gave me this "what am I supposed to do with this" look. I am lost and another fella says,

"He doesn't speak English."

Turns out this guy and another, sat in on the whole course and didn't understand a word I said, and expected to pass. Wow.

[79ford]

anywhere with extensive amounts of straight roads.... No one actually learns how to drive, they just learn how to use a gas and brake pedal.

[Okotokian]

Originally Posted by brownbomber

Calgary during stampede week and edmonton during rodeo week.

Which really means Calgarians and Edmontonians aren't the problem, but, rather, the rural folks who come for the rodeo, lost, rubber-necking, looking at their maps, unfamiliar with on ramps, etc.

[kevinhits]

Medicine Hat has not necessarily the worst but the slowest for sure

[leeaspell]

Originally Posted by FishingMOM

Accident 1 - WHITE MALE hit my rear end. I was stopping as everyone in front of me had stopped and he hit me doing over 80KM (glenmore onto northbound deerfoot) - Rushhour - no road hazzards
He was ticketed.

Accident 2 - WHITE MALE hit my passanger side rear corner.
I was in left turning lane and stopped - he cut across 3 lanes of traffic when he hit me. saturday morning - no road hazzards
He was ticketed.

Accident 3 - I was in bed asleep.
Car was parked in front of house.
WHITE MALE Teenager lost control on icy roads and smashed my rear end.
He did come to my door to tell me.
Friday night after 11pm
He was ticketed.

Accident 4 - I hit black ice. lost control and hit a pickup
I was ticketed even though he was speeding and clearly at fault, because I lost it on a left turn I got fined.

Just goes to show, if a women is around an accident is bound to happen haha

[South west trappin RG]

Women are always right even if they are blatantly wrong.

[MtnGiant]

Sounds like you have man issues FM

Don't you see all the dumb lil chickys on their cell phone's?

Or are you too busy texting to notice? LOL

It's a joke so calm down

[NewGuard84]

Originally Posted by silver

My vote is for Saskatoon, I was cut off more times in a few months than I can remember in a long time. The drivers in Lloydminster are a lot more considerate, strange to say.

Let's hear your vote for the worst.

Interestingly, when I lived in Saskatoon for three years I found the drivers to be much more tame than in Alberta. No red light races, always making room for lane changes when a signal goes on, generally docile and travel at or below the speed limits.

Alberta on the other hand.... Everyone has already summed it up how embarrassingly horrible it is. Los Angeles drivers in the Hills area can be aggressive as heck with engines constantly screaming, but some notable driving ability to match. Perhaps that is part of our problem, aggression without skill or care.

[brownbomber]

Originally Posted by Okotokian

Which really means Calgarians and Edmontonians aren't the problem, but, rather, the rural folks who come for the rodeo, lost, rubber-necking, looking at their maps, unfamiliar with on ramps, etc.

100% the ability to not get stuck in a field does not mean you belong on Henday or Deerfoot

[NewGuard84]

Originally Posted by FishingMOM

My personal experience has men as lousy drivers........

Yes the sex which is more familiar with machinery and physics is clearly the lousier at driving.

[bubba 96]

Originally Posted by leeaspell

Just goes to show, if a women is around an accident is bound to happen haha

x's 2 ya hit the nail on the head with that 1...of the 2 accident ive been in both have been women drivers talking on phones, they cant see a 3/4 ton extended cab truck, turning left at a light, last women was also a polish woman bout 60ish and not a word of english good thing my gramps was a pole so at least i knew the swear words she was saying( I had to let here know that she rearended me and i was at a dead stop waiting to make a left turn.....A yr of recovering from a total shoulder repair along with 8months of physio...

[Okotokian]

Originally Posted by MtnGiant

Don't you see all the dumb lil chickys on their cell phone's?

Dad?????? What the heck are you doing here? I didn't even know you owned or knew how to work a computer!

(read your post with my 85 yr old father's voice in my ears. He's the only person I've ever heard use the term "chickie". LOL)

[FishingMOM]

Originally Posted by NewGuard84

Yes the sex which is more familiar with machinery and physics is clearly the lousier at driving.

Oh its my fault for not smashing into the vehicles in front of me who were stopped when the guy behind me couldnt figure out where his brakes were?

Oh its my fault the bus driver backed his bus into a ditch and rolled us?

Its my fault the drunk driver didnt know the difference between the road and the sidewalk he hit us on?

Its my fault the guy driving his wifes beamer cut across 3 lanes of traffic and collided with my vehicle that was stopped on a red signal?

Cause obviously men know more than use women.........
I cant believe anyone would suggest men are smarter

Originally Posted by MtnGiant

Sounds like you have man issues FM
Don't you see all the dumb lil chickys on their cell phone's?
Or are you too busy texting to notice? LOL
It's a joke so calm down

I only have issues with men who dont know how to drive.
My phone is tucked into the bottom of my purse when I drive.
My purse is normally out of reach when I am driving..... so that there is no chance of me being accused of being a dumb chicky.

[pickrel pat]

Originally Posted by FishingMOM

Cause obviously men know more than use women.........
I cant believe anyone would suggest men are smarter

nobody did. In fact wasn't it you who brought up the male female thing?

[silver]

Originally Posted by NewGuard84

Interestingly, when I lived in Saskatoon for three years I found the drivers to be much more tame than in Alberta. No red light races, always making room for lane changes when a signal goes on, generally docile and travel at or below the speed limits.

Alberta on the other hand.... Everyone has already summed it up how embarrassingly horrible it is. Los Angeles drivers in the Hills area can be aggressive as heck with engines constantly screaming, but some notable driving ability to match. Perhaps that is part of our problem, aggression without skill or care.

I will be a little more specific, I was cut off twice near the intersection of 22nd street and hiway 7, once south on hiway 7 just past the Cory mine, and on Circle drive just east of Idlewilde.

[Okotokian]

"Worst" is a vague term. What is the criteria?

If you mean the "drivers who are most likely to cause a fatality", there is no debate. It's men.
http://www.iihs.org/research/fatalit...nder&year=2007

There is a reason insurance companies charge males higher premiums.