Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey
 

This could be expanded to say Canadian drivers...:sneaky:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/sto...sity-test.html

Need I say more. ;)

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey
 

It's very obvious out there on a daily basis. I think this guy has it right:

"It's clear from this research that most Alberta drivers could benefit from a regular review of the rules of the road to refresh their memories and knowledge," said Scott Wilson, a senior policy analyst with the AMA.


Why not have a refresher course every now and then, even if it's just an online course. I think it would help immensely.

And what about the people that come from other countries and can just exchange their license? How do they know the rules of the road in Canada?:confused:

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey
 

I think they found that motorcycle riders scored highest!

I've always found that riding a motorbike helps me score:thumbsup:;)

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey
 

Countries with reciprocal agreements with Alberta are Austria, Belgium, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom (not including Northern Ireland), United States.

It is still incumbent upon the person exchanging to familiarize themselves with the rules of the road in Alberta or Canada but no-one actually checks as far as I know.:ohmy:

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On yer bike. :p

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Not often enough! Though I did have an offer from dbd once:sneaky:

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another example of outstanding driving skills.....

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20101006...g-ab231ab.html

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You'd think she would have looked out the windscreen and seen the big green marshy swamp ahead. Or at least stopped before getting to the middle of it.

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AND you can turn right on a red light.MAD:ohmy:

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That's a good thing isn't it? Keeps the traffic flowing.:thumbup: And it's safe!

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey
 

You can also turn left on a red light, from a one way street into another one way street.;)

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey
 

While your on the subject of Alberta driving - we are going to Calgary in 2 weeks and i have been trying to read up on the driving laws etc. I know about Stopping for School Buses, turning right on a red light and yielding right of way at 4 way intersections but was wondering if there was anything else we need to know? I have never driven on the right before and am a little nervous, luckily we have someone (Thank you Getting There!!!!) meeting us at the airport to follow back to our accommodation so we don't get lost or crash!

So if you hear on the news about a crazy english lady driving on the wrong side of the road, chances are it's me! :rofl:

Thanks

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That was not to **** but to **** off wasn't it ? ;)

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey
 

You got that wrong. In the City of Calgary, there is no such thing;):p

Driving in Calgary is a breeze, most of the drivers here don`t obey the rules. You will be fine:p

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey
 

Never heard of that in lethbridge :eek:

I know that driving here is alot easier than the uk, even the 2hrs to calgary is a breeze, boring but not hard.
I would ask them to goto the uk and drive there, especially around Preston :(

Walker

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey
 

Even though it appears that AC is being facetious he is in fact correct.

City of Calgary bylaw Number 26M96 states.

Schedule "L" is a PDF document located here. http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source...UzMmJQ&cad=rja

Thus there is no requirement to stop for a school bus within most of the of the city limits. However if you do see one with flashing lights I'd stop if I were you as you're likely in an area covered by Schedule "L". ;)

Seems rather counter intuitive to the safety of school kids but that's the bylaw. On the other hand one very, very rarely hears of any accidents involving children around stopped school buses.

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I would hope that is because people know that they should drive carefully around them rather than being forced into it by bylaws etc.

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I thought that was fairly obvious and didn't need to be said.

However you are correct and given some of the drivers we've likely all seen at one time or another it may be inevitable that the bylaw may have to be changed.

Playground zones and school zones seem to getting ignored more and more these days.:frown:

Re: Alberta drivers lack basic skills: survey
 

You could say that about a lot of my posts.

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See my edit. ;)