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-   -   Standards of driving in Canada (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/standards-driving-canada-642062/)

dbd33 Nov 25th 2009 10:51 am
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
Originally Posted by The Aviator (Post 8125600)
Typing while driving cannot be considered anything but stupidity.
I rarely type, the internet connection from the notebook isn't really good enough for that. Instead I do the thumb twisting thingy with the phone.

PaulOK Nov 25th 2009 10:51 am
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
[QUOTE=rae;8125596][QUOTE=dbd33;8125074]I'm not sure I see the complaint about the texting,

just for info i recently took this to court, little test case of my own in AB where there are no specific laws (yet) in relation to mobile phone use while driving. convicted after a not guilty plea and trial of careless driving, with a $452 fine.
for those texting and driving in the Edmonton area there is at least one officer who will take the appropriate action, don't do it, its dangerous.
I'm fairly new to Alberta so maybe I will learn to "chill" in time and come to accept 'texting while driving' as innocuous as not indicating when changing lanes. Same goes for drink-driving as well.

dbd33 Nov 25th 2009 10:53 am
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
[QUOTE=PaulOK;8125609][QUOTE=rae;8125596]
Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 8125074)
I'm not sure I see the complaint about the texting,

I'm fairly new to Alberta so maybe I will learn to "chill" in time and come to accept 'texting while driving' as innocuous as not indicating when changing lanes. Same goes for drink-driving as well.
When in Rome and all that. Drunk driving is part of Canadian life, I don't think it's the place of the immigrant to criticize something so fundamental to the unhyphenated culture.

rae Nov 25th 2009 10:58 am
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 8125604)
I acknowledge that it's unlawful. No surprise there, in Ontario most everything is.

I wondered though why a member of the public should object to it.
possibly due to the danger it may cause to the member of the public while trying to overtake them say, as the texter swerves into their lane while looking down and trying to make the quick text actually form a word.

PaulOK Nov 25th 2009 10:59 am
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
[QUOTE=dbd33;8125615][QUOTE=PaulOK;8125609]
Originally Posted by rae (Post 8125596)

When in Rome and all that. Drunk driving is part of Canadian life, I don't think it's the place of the immigrant to criticize something so fundamental to the unhyphenated culture.
Like I said, give me time. I'm sure in a few years I'll be driving on Crowfoot, downing shots of JB and while playing Tetris on the Blackberry.

dbd33 Nov 25th 2009 11:03 am
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
Originally Posted by PaulOK (Post 8125625)
Like I said, give me time. I'm sure in a few years I'll be driving on Crowfoot, downing shots of JB and while playing Tetris on the Blackberry.
Yes, assimilation creeps up on us all.

Alan2005 Nov 25th 2009 11:04 am
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
Originally Posted by rae (Post 8125623)
possibly due to the danger it may cause to the member of the public while trying to overtake them say, as the texter swerves into their lane while looking down and trying to make the quick text actually form a word.
Isn't there already a law about driving like a twat? Do you really need a specific law for each thing that can distract you whilst driving; seems petty and deskills your job.

fledermaus Nov 25th 2009 11:23 am
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
Originally Posted by Almost Canadian (Post 8125606)
It's also the size of the roads and the fact that there are very few obstacles to overcome. They are used to what they are used to, and we are used to what we are used to.

I think it is very much horses for courses. Those that criticize Canadians for their lack of driving ability should remember how paralyzed English roads become after half an inch of snow. Half an inch of snow on any Canadian road is unlikely to result in the total chaos that would result in England - who are the better drivers?:rofl:
They don't like driving in wet snow here either and that's with snow tires. Most British roads don't get cleared as quickly as the roads here either, there just aren't the resources available. (understandably)

rae Nov 25th 2009 11:27 am
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
[QUOTE=PaulOK;8125625][QUOTE=dbd33;8125615]
Originally Posted by PaulOK (Post 8125609)

Like I said, give me time. I'm sure in a few years I'll be driving on Crowfoot, downing shots of JB and while playing Tetris on the Blackberry.
er .. its come up on your quote that i said the above, when it was dbd, don't know how that happened but i am going to quickly disassociate myself with any glib comments made about drink drivers as i have seen first hand the effects it has on peoples lives.

rae Nov 25th 2009 11:31 am
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 8125638)
Isn't there already a law about driving like a twat? Do you really need a specific law for each thing that can distract you whilst driving; seems petty and deskills your job.
there is, the careless driving charge. there are a couple of odd ones too like stunting that may have fit. there is the difficulty, almost having to 'make' it fit. it would be far simpler, therefore reducing court time and time i have to attend if the charge was offence specific.

what i am doing now mate is not skilled, though thanks, despite what some of these muppets may tell you, writing tickets is not difficult. there was uproar when i took this to court, quite funny actually, especially after i won it when most said i wouldn't.

ann m Nov 25th 2009 11:37 am
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 8125638)
Isn't there already a law about driving like a twat? Do you really need a specific law for each thing that can distract you whilst driving; seems petty and deskills your job.
Yes - because every bugger will get off on a technicality so you need specific laws to pin them down.

Getting a conviction here for drink driving is a laugh - the laws they do have seem inadequate. I think you either need to be a cement lorry driver who kills five people, or the lead singer of Nickleback to actually get convicted.

Aviator Nov 25th 2009 11:55 am
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 8125607)
I rarely type, the internet connection from the notebook isn't really good enough for that. Instead I do the thumb twisting thingy with the phone.
Either way it is pretty irresponsible, unless you can do the twisting thingy without taking your eyes off the road.

Kirstine Nov 25th 2009 12:03 pm
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
My other half was out on a job one day for work and was stopped at traffic lights and looked across and there was a cop in the drivers seat with a laptop checking Facebook...I know they were stopped at the time but he couldn't believe it. lol (I just remembered about it so thought I'd post)

rae Nov 25th 2009 12:26 pm
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
Originally Posted by Kirstine (Post 8125743)
My other half was out on a job one day for work and was stopped at traffic lights and looked across and there was a cop in the drivers seat with a laptop checking Facebook...I know they were stopped at the time but he couldn't believe it. lol (I just remembered about it so thought I'd post)
hmm, we don't get internet connections on our in car computers, so this would have to be a portable personal lap top, with an internet connection. there are idiots in the cops too i'm afraid.

DaveLovesDee Nov 25th 2009 12:30 pm
Re: Standards of driving in Canada
 
Originally Posted by Lord Vader (Post 8123417)
Do you mean Canada's worst driver in India or India's worst driver in Canada?
An Indian on Canada's Worst Driver.

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 8125436)
'hey you, drive safely, i've got a baby on board' is a bit meaningless when you think about it.

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 8125475)
What equally annoying is seeing a car with said sign being driven in a stupid and/or dangerous manner.:mad:
What Steve said. :thumbsup::thumbsup:


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