I've noticed lots of impatient drivers since moving to Calgary. People just need to relax a bit and not be so uptight and aggressive. Two happened to me recently.
1. Was driving west on 16th just past Barlow (around where the Radisson is). I was in the middle lane. There was a car behind me and I was watching my mirror. A car to the left of him tried to swerve in behind me despite there being a car there. So the guy behind me laid on his horn and he swerved back into his lane, then tried to swerve back in behind me. Again the guy laid on his horn. The guy behind me went in the lane to my right and the other guy kept in his lane. Of course there was a red light and they ended up on either side of me at the lights and just slightly ahead of me. They were both asian (I have nothing against them) but given the state of affairs lately I was wondering if I should slouch down incase shots start firing. The 2 of them had their windows down calling eachother every name in the book.
2. The other.... I was pulling onto a 2 lane road going N. I stay in the lane closest to me. A truck comes around the turn by the lights a few hundred feet away. He immediately proceeds into the slow lane to pass all the cars in the "fast" lane (50km zone). Once he sees me he steps on the gas and comes flying up on my bumper and laying on the horn. He then swerves out and passes me, cuts in front of me and then slams on his breaks and I almost go into the back of him. Then he steps on it and takes off.
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