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Old Oct 6th 2011, 10:22 pm
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Default Annoying things you encounter on Canadian roads

Blimey....how long is a piece of string?

In no particular order

> People that print the name of their cars on their cars

> This happened to me today....tailgaters that can't see past the car in front of them to see why you are moving at that rate

> Merging/turning without indicators ( use the damn thing, it's right by your fingertip )
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Originally Posted by ultrarunner
Blimey....how long is a piece of string?

In no particular order

> People that print the name of their cars on their cars

> This happened to me today....tailgaters that can't see past the car in front of them to see why you are moving at that rate

> Merging/turning without indicators ( use the damn thing, it's right by your fingertip )

Nice use of a coloured font, it really makes your post pop.
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No cats eyes.
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canadian drivers.
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Dead skunks
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Absence of road markings by the end of winter.

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I hate the fact that you never know what food services are on offer until after you've left the highway, by which time you realize the options are either shit or miles away.
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Originally Posted by ultrarunner
Blimey....how long is a piece of string
Twice the length from one end to the middle.
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Bikes lanes downtown.
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Truck drivers. Every single one of them.
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Every single other road user.
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Alien spaceships who swoop down out of nowhere and suck you up in a beam of light and then perform dirty experiments on your privates.
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Morons that continue to use their mobile phones, whilst using the other hand to steer the wheel or play with themselves

Oh.....non sport cars with racing stripes on them *rolleyes*
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Originally Posted by ultrarunner
Morons that continue to use their mobile phones, whilst using the other hand to steer the wheel or play with themselves
I think this is a sensible use of time. Very little steering or attention is required on Canadian roads, particularly the 400 series ones, so one may as well telephone or email. The BlackBerry has been a great help in this regard as, prior to my having one, I had to balance a computer and that could be awkward. I think phoning and smoking while driving on ordinary roads is a bit much but, even then, so long as the driver's on a Canadian motorway, I don't think it's anything to get excited about.
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Brits who think they are so superior to everyone else on the road.
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