Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 8123027)

I don't think canadian drivers are rude (brits are far ruder and much more aggressive in my experience). I just think they drive badly because they are incompetent.

Originally Posted by brian_munich (Post 8123004)

maybe it's just Ottawa?!?

Originally Posted by Snave (Post 8122877)

I despair at the quality of driving in the Ottawa region. I saw a thread with Rae and ExMetCop in it indicating they are Police officers so I'd like their opinion as well as anyone else on BE.
The general standard of driving here is poor in my opinion. Every day you see someone who is driving on high beam, or at night only on day notice lights. You will see someone with the car halfway across a stop line. You'll see someone who is wandering between the two lines and can't keep their car parallel to them, or is tailgating terrifyingly close. You will see someone dashing out of a junction in front of you. Speeding, texting and emailing is the norm. A colleague of mine openly admits to browsing the web on his iPhone while driving. There is no courtesy whatsoever. If you give way to someone they will just drive away without a wave or acknowledging your consideration. I would like to ask the next one to pull in front of me causing me to brake - would he have done that had I been standing in line in a Timmies? Of course not - so why does the anonymity of a car make them think it's acceptable? There seems to be no pride in peoples driving quality.
So I'd like to ask - how come the quality is so poor? Is it because Canada has so many immigrants from different countries bringing different driving standards? Is it because the Police are too overworked to catch offenders of minor offenses? Have the Police been told to turn a blind eye to minor offenses in order to only concentrate on major ones? Is the Police force under manned, under resourced and under financed?
Anyway - rant over, anyone got anything to add?

Originally Posted by CaptainHook (Post 8123313)

Bus and coach drivers are some of my pet peeves.

I regularly have TTC buses tailgaiting me when I'm driving up to 10kph over the legal speed limit on regular roads, and when I asked a bus driver why they need to speed he repilied that the schedules are too tight and they can be penalised for being late to turn.

Go Transit, Greyhound and Coach Canada coaches are some of the worst offenders for speeding, as I've lost count of the number of times a coach has passed me doing 20-30kph above the speed limit. Also when they go from the kerb lane to the on-ramp just to pass 3 or 4 vehicles before rejoining the the kerb lane again where cars have to yield to let them in.

Originally Posted by CaptainHook (Post 8123313)

Bus and coach drivers are some of my pet peeves.

I regularly have TTC buses tailgaiting me when I'm driving up to 10kph over the legal speed limit on regular roads, and when I asked a bus driver why they need to speed he repilied that the schedules are too tight and they can be penalised for being late to turn.

Go Transit, Greyhound and Coach Canada coaches are some of the worst offenders for speeding, as I've lost count of the number of times a coach has passed me doing 20-30kph above the speed limit. Also when they go from the kerb lane to the on-ramp just to pass 3 or 4 vehicles before rejoining the the kerb lane again where cars have to yield to let them in.

Originally Posted by printer (Post 8123356)

Ditto just about every comment on here for Kelowna too. Today we witnessed 4 different near misses on the same stretch of road where vehicles were overtaking on double yellows.
Agree with above comment about buses and coaches and huge semi drivers who also seem intent on riding your trunk even though you are already over the speed limit. Worse still when it's minus god knows what and the roads are dangerous yet the distance and speed remain the same. :eek:

Originally Posted by Lord Vader (Post 8123393)

Hasn't anyone every told you guys that no one else in the world can drive?

Originally Posted by CaptainHook (Post 8123401)

They can drive, just very badly.

One of the contestants on this season's Canada' Worst Driver in India just just by being able to start the car. :ohmy: He says he's never had any instruction, and it shows in his driving.

Originally Posted by CaptainHook (Post 8123313)

Bus and coach drivers are some of my pet peeves.

I regularly have TTC buses tailgaiting me when I'm driving up to 10kph over the legal speed limit on regular roads, and when I asked a bus driver why they need to speed he repilied that the schedules are too tight and they can be penalised for being late to turn.

Go Transit, Greyhound and Coach Canada coaches are some of the worst offenders for speeding, as I've lost count of the number of times a coach has passed me doing 20-30kph above the speed limit. Also when they go from the kerb lane to the on-ramp just to pass 3 or 4 vehicles before rejoining the the kerb lane again where cars have to yield to let them in.