Nah she has other things to worry about at the Mo.

plumbed new depths today. while in virtual blizzard conditions, heavy traffic and collisions everywhere, woman driver passes me with both hands on her mobile texting, head down. unfluckingbelieveable.

Could you not pull her















Anyway what was Mandy doing in Edmonton again

she was advised only, on way to court for drugs job so could not miss it or be late, her lucky day.

and i don't think mandy is speaking to me at the moment after i took the piss out of her christmas deccos

I agree with this. I've worked with guys who have policed in smaller communities and they are not on shift 24 hours, get called at home and have to get ready first. Also, depending on where they are going it can take well over 45 mins, longer in extreme weather. Same with firefighters, many are volunteers, called out from home and have to go to the station first, then respond.

I think we tend to forget just how big this place is and how remote some areas are. Moose as you note is a very dangerous problem in a lot of areas, the height of the moose dictates that it's torso will crash through the windshield.

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have to agree with you too. Have seen it in the outside lane to just crawling along txting or on the cell.. drives me crazy. My problem is when your doing 110 - 120 down deerfoot and you still get some p%$& on your arse..

Yep there's always some assh*le who just has to get to wherever it is they're going five minutes ago.

Probably late on his Timmies run.

You try telling that to all threst of the drivers out here. You get folks in the outside lane driving at 80 boxing you in.. I normaly drive in the middle lane so if you want you can over take. But that leads me back to my point that there is no need to under take if youy can over take...

LOL you got that right... had it this morning trying to merge on to deerfoot and this assh#le keep speed with me! I slowed he slow I speed up so would he for what! ahh

It has been a while since I posted here but I found this thread and realised that I was not alone. I am constantly astonished at the sheer laziness and utter incompetence of drivers in Ontario. I suspect that much of this is a consequence of automatic transmission and power steering that reduces driving to little more than a 'point-and-press' mentality.
As a former police officer I have spoken with local law enforcement officers who express dispair at the ignorance and lack of skill exhibited by many Ontario drivers.
As a keen cyclist, I also find that much of my riding takes me out of the town, simply to avoid the morons on four wheels.
The depressing part is that when one confronts a driver with their obvious inadequacies and near-death experiences, one is greeted with a blank expression, occasionally a shrug of the shoulders and the universal dismissal: "whatever".
Other than that, the scenery is great, the autumn colours spectacular, and the drivers an endless source of amusement and entertainment.

Do you think the local law enforcement officers are better drivers than the public at large?

Good point: I have seen some questionable practices here in London. I guess the point is that if they feel that local driving is bad (by their standards) things must have reached a low point indeed.

Indeed!

Question for any Alberta plod in here...

I've noticed quite a few police vehicles which don't have daylight running lights on. Why is that?

Probably undercover/stakeout/bulbs gone/etc...