A Different Type of Road Rage

[Russ Winn]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6126EzxCvDE

[slotcarrod]

Cool set of adds with mayhem!

Anyway, I have to rant!

You know what they say, "The cream always rises to the top!". Well, the weather has been naughty the last few days! The roads have only been a little slippery, but not that bad as the city has been up on sanding and ploughing the roads. For those in the more temperate regions, I mean SNOW! (Effin lucky bastards!)

So this morning trying to make my way to work, traffic is backed up on a ploughed 70k section. WTF? I manage to weasel my way into a far right empty lane and get past most of it, only to get stuck behind the reason for the MAYHEM! We ended up doing 25-30k on a good 70k road, with MAYHEM and the congo line trying to merge on a busy 80k road doing the same 25k speed! WTF is this guy thinking? There were people slamming on brakes, swerving to miss the effer! Nearly crashed out 4 cars and then caused the 80k road to get blocked up that WAS moving freely!

I finally get past the effer to look and see what the work of art we were dealing with is! Some effin Zulu King white knuckling the steering wheel! Learn to drive the conditions you effin moron!

I think everyone should go on a skid pad and learn how a car will react in those conditions, just to pass a driving test! When I was teaching my kids to drive, I would take them to a empty, large parking lot after a snow storm and let them have at er! They understand how long it takes to stop, they understand how to counter steer, what it feels like to be in a controlled slide! (Gee, you ever wonder why Finland has the best race car drivers in the world?)

[Coelacanth]

LOL Rod, I heard you guys were getting a big dump of snow overnight. So far we're lookin' good a few hours up north! No dump yet.

[Halgar]

I think everyone should go on a skid pad and learn how a car will react in those conditions, just to pass a driving test! When I was teaching my kids to drive, I would take them to a empty, large parking lot after a snow storm and let them have at er! They understand how long it takes to stop, they understand how to counter steer, what it feels like to be in a controlled slide! (Gee, you ever wonder why Finland has the best race car drivers in the world?)

I couldn't agree with you more! I think it should be mandatory for EVERYONE to pass a professional driving course to learn exactly how to drive and control a vehicle under extreme circumstances. And, I think they should be required to take this course with their own vehicle. This would do two things, get crappy vehicles off the roadways that are dangerous in their own right, AND it would teach the drivers how to drive their own cars properly.

Something along the lines of Canada's Worst Driver, but with consequences for failure, such as lost of license, or at least special review by the entity responsible for licensing drivers.

[Coelacanth]

Good ideas. Yes, we have a huge number of people who've immigrated to Canada from countries that never see a single flake of snow, and now, those people are driving in situations they're ill-prepared for, and worse--some of those people are our driving instructors.

[slotcarrod]

Notice that today (day before Christmas) seems to bring the best drivers out on the road?

I strongly believe that most peoples' "baby on board" signs should really say "retard on board that has been allowed to breed"!

[328isjohn]

I watched the final episode of Canada's Worst driver the other day....two of the three got picked to share the the worst driver title...
One guy had a right glass eye and the woman was chinese.....the only thing I can say about the woman is.....to quote a friend of mine " chinese people can't drive" .... Oh my friend is chinese so he would know.
After watching the show I cant belive these two people HAVE A LICENSE !!!!!!!

[slotcarrod]

I can't even watch that show, I just can't stop shaking my head, how these people can pass a test just amazes me! A past contestant Tab Parks is a friend of mine! What's sad is I think she's a better driver than 99% of the gems in my neighborhood!

[328isjohn]

I don't watch it at all either,but my father does and when you are at his house he owns the remote...i was watching the episode and just shaking my head...I still cant believe what I was seeing....oh and the guy with the glass eye is from McBride BC. Sure glad he is on the west coast !!!!!

[Halgar]

I'm watching season 8 of CWD right now on YouTube. Some of them are extremely hard to watch, this batch of idiots aren't bad by comparison. I too am amazed and appalled that these people even have a license, let alone are allowed out on the road. Seriously, how can ANYONE be that clueless?!?!?!?

Did anyone else catch that the bartender bribed her examiner to get her license? This is the same girl who's friend in one of the challenges suggested she flash her boobs and the host would do the challenge for her . . .

[slotcarrod]

I'm watching season 8 of CWD right now on YouTube. Some of them are extremely hard to watch, this batch of idiots aren't bad by comparison. I too am amazed and appalled that these people even have a license, let alone are allowed out on the road. Seriously, how can ANYONE be that clueless?!?!?!?

Did anyone else catch that the bartender bribed her examiner to get her license? This is the same girl who's friend in one of the challenges suggested she flash her boobs and the host would do the challenge for her . . .

I'm not surprised! They have shut down a few Truck Driving Schools (East Indian owned ) in Calgary because of bribery!


I strongly believe that a huge part of traffic congestion is due to people not merging at the speed of the flow! It causes a chain reaction when some one has to hit the brakes because some moron is merging at 50-75% the speed of the flowing traffic! Do you guys have this problem in other cities?

[vintage AE]

Quit your bitching Rod!

J/K you are 1 billion % right about the merging. It's the worst I've ever seen in Calgary. In Nova Scotia, most of the on ramps have yield signs, so there is no getting over to let someone in. Lets face it, it more dangerous for the fast guy to be switching lanes to let the slow guy in. I didn't let someone in just north of Calgary and the guy on the on ramp just drove off the road instead of yielding to me

4 way stops are apparently unheard of in the NE of Calgary too. Lights were out on 36 and Mcnight and it was a free for all, no wonder traffic was backed up.

[Halgar]

I strongly believe that a huge part of traffic congestion is due to people not merging at the speed of the flow! It causes a chain reaction when some one has to hit the brakes because some moron is merging at 50-75% the speed of the flowing traffic! Do you guys have this problem in other cities?

Name a problem that we don't have. The stupidity here starts with the moronic drivers and then is compounded by the even more stupid idiots in charge of traffic flow. Street designers here have DESIGNED congestion and danger into roadways that were once easy and safe to navigate. I'm a gentle man, but I really want to hurt somebody with the crap they're inflicting upon the populace. Their current favorite thing is to put "speed humps" on nearly every street in town, then they don't mark them so you can see them. If you want to slow people down, doesn't it make sense to put in traffic controls that can be seen BEFORE the vehicle is flying through the air?

Back to your merging comment, we have a section of freeway that goes through the middle of the city. It is 5 lanes wide with 5 onramps within about 10 blocks. About half way through traffic is necked into 4 lanes, then into 3, WITH onramps at each of these bottle necks. You've not only got lane consolidation, you've got onramp congestion, and EVERYONE is in a hurry, so as one car merges 6 others pass him to try and get one car further up the lane. Even more fun to be had is that there are exits immediately after the onramps, which means a whole clusterF*** of people trying to go 10 different directions all at the same time. I swear, the roadway designers of this city had their heads well ensconced up their posteriors when they built this place, and their spawn are now in charge and making things even worse.

[slotcarrod]

I'm pretty sure all our City planners are drunk cowboys! YeeHaw!

[Coelacanth]

Lets face it, it more dangerous for the fast guy to be switching lanes to let the slow guy in. I didn't let someone in just north of Calgary and the guy on the on ramp just drove off the road instead of yielding to me

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, what you did is illegal. People who are driving on the highway CANNOT prevent cars from merging. Yes, people who are merging into highway traffic have to accelerate to be able to safely merge, but traffic in that lane must legally yield to the merging cars.