No I mean that concrete median or ditch depending where you are driving seperating one or more lanes of highway. Plus dont bother looking for double or single yellow lines in Calgary or cats eyes or zebra crossings or roundabouts or taking a driving test where they test you on a hill start

It's the pedestrian always has the right of way that freaks me out when I am driving over there! I never know where they could be coming from so probably end up driving like Miss Daisy in the city centre looking around manically on every corner!

In law they might have the right of way but having seen Calgary drivers and having driven there pedestrians tend to take their lives in their own hands same as any other major city. Hitting that stop walk button and immediately walking into the road does not guarantee that the car doing 40kmh can brake on a dime never mind when there is snow and ice on the road.

This is particularly scary when it's dark. There is one road in Airdrie with about 8 pedestrian crossings on it and absolutely no lighting near them. People just walk straight out. Numerous times when I see trucks hammering past in the outside lane I think a pedestrian would have no chance of being spotted in these conditions. Crazy.

Jaywalking is just as illegal in Calgary as it may be in the rest of Canada

That's my point... I'd be devastated if I knocked someone over.

Random update .... just checked and Australia has been added to the list making it possible for a straight swap (In case anyone is researching and finds this thread)

Alberta has Reciprocal Licensing Agreements with the following countries in addition to all Canadian jurisdictions and territories:

â– Australia
â– Austria
â– Belgium
â– England
â– France
â– Germany
â– Isle of Man
â– Japan
â– Republic of Korea
â– Scotland
â– Switzerland
â– United States
â– Wales

Cheers for sharing the info

I have seen 2 traffic circles in Calgary so far

Jurisdictions more accurately, as England, Scotland and Wales are one jurisdiction for the purposes of driver licensing (Northern Ireland is separate).

When I read that on their website I wondered whether the person who put it up was thick or whether they think people from Great Britain are thick.

Shall we have a poll?

I have been having an on-going argument with Ric McIver (Minister of Transport) about roundabouts, because he keeps telling me that I'm wrong and I know I'm right.

Basically I get annoyed because people don't indicate left when they go around a roundabout, they only indicate right when they exit. Mr McIver told me I was wrong and quoted the Alberta highway safety manual, which explicitly says that you do have to use your left turn signal: http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/1994.htm

So eventually I got back an e-mail saying the manual was "confusing" and they were going to update it.

This update basically will say that you don't have to indicate left to go around one of the large traffic circles in Edmonton but at other roundabouts like the one on 37th St SW and the one in Sylvan Lake that you do.

Seeing as I was talking about the roundabouts in Calgary I have no idea what the hell he's on about.

Anyway apparently the province and the city are both keen to put more roundabouts in.

The service Alberta website was updated:

Countries With Reciprocal Licensing Agreements