Annoying things you encounter on Canadian roads
Oct 7th 2011, 1:32 pm
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Oct 7th 2011, 2:45 pm
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no cats eyes, miss them big time
Oct 7th 2011, 2:45 pm
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Re: Annoying things you encounter on Canadian roads
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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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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.
Oct 7th 2011, 2:52 pm
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It's a curiously simplistic view of the world to think that people's opinions are shaped only by direct experience. I assume you don't approve of murder, though you haven't died at the hands of another. You routinely steal from others, I imagine you accept that you wouldn't stop if someone stole from you, so you should be able to see that opinions can derive from abstract thought.
Oct 7th 2011, 3:06 pm
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It's a curiously simplistic view of the world to think that people's opinions are shaped only by direct experience. I assume you don't approve of murder, though you haven't died at the hands of another. You routinely steal from others, I imagine you accept that you wouldn't stop if someone stole from you, so you should be able to see that opinions can derive from abstract thought.
Oct 7th 2011, 3:15 pm
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Oct 7th 2011, 3:20 pm
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Oct 7th 2011, 3:56 pm
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I have the feisty attitude though lol
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Oct 7th 2011, 4:12 pm
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