How Canadians deal with road rage
 

:p

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=498_1342530859

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TBH, I think Canadians are absolutely oblivious to the carnage their driving skills cause on the roads.

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I agree ^

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No different from Brits then ! ;)

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Not at all.
I think the standard of driving in the UK is far higher than it is in Canada (in my experience). I would go further by saying that the level of courtesy shown to other drivers in the UK is far better than it is in Canada.

For the sake of clarity, I am not for one moment saying there are no bad drivers in the UK. There are. There are just significantly more here.

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I totally agree with this.

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I also agree. How come you dont have to do a hill start in the driving tests administered in Saskatchewan & Manitoba.
I guess we can consider parts of the TCH and the 401 as Motorway driving.
Plus very few roundabouts (calming circles in Canada) or windy one lane 2 way traffic country roads.
Although the big complaint in the UK is the foreign drivers over there giving it a bad rep for bad drivers.

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I find those foreign drivers are a menace, no matter what country your in.

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ditto

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I have made some pretty hairy (and stupid) moves since coming here with my driving. I haven't had anyone shout at me or make rude gestures. I am getting used to it now.

I haven't had anyone try and run me off the road either! ;)

Unlike the UK where even I used to do the old hand shake in diagonal fashion at people and shout a lot! ;):D:lol:

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Because they dont know any different they think that everyone drives like this, and statistically speaking UK roads are much safer to be on. Road deaths in the UK are half those in Canada bearing in mind it has twice the population and lots of small rural roads.

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My experience here is that the standard of driving is lower, but the level of courtesy I've been shown here in small town Canada is far higher that the dog eat dog world of UK driving.

All this talk of "Canadian Drivers" makes no sense to me. In Toronto for example, what percentage of those "Canadian Drivers" learned to drive somewhere else anyway?

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It's because some of them are pissed up :thumbdown:

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Van...699/story.html

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My experience shows me the courtesy and more "relaxed" driving in small town Canada is the same as small town UK.

The larger urban areas is where i notice more difference. Around Vancouver more drivers seem ****ing retarded with no forethought on what effect their manouvre will have, or even why i'm keeping a slight gap between me and the car in front. Use of indicators is just awful, and there's no courtesy, not letting people in, and merging is a swear word.

In the cities i've driven in in the UK, yes there are some arseholes but certainly not as many as there are here. People seem to work together to get it done more in the UK.

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My experience is totally different. How many truck drivers give a "flash" if you let them in? How many cars give a quick wave if you slow down to let them in on a slip road. Answer (in my experience)... zero. So now I don't bother.... make 'em brake...:rofl: