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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Don't you just love Albertan drivers?
No room for common sense. Whatsoever.
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There seem to be very few people that can drive in a nice, thoughtful, logical way. The rest of the drivers fall into one of two groups:
1. You are the timid loser that freaks out that you have to turn left in about 12 minutes, so you slooooow down on McLeod Tr and start desperately trying to change lanes. Finally someone lets you in, even though you're going 20kph under the limit, and you get in to your coveted lane, only to proceed in that lane through 4 sets of lights before making that emergency turn.
2. You are the a-hole I spoke of earlier. The rules are the rules, dammit and you'll be damned if anyone is going to bend them while you're around. You are the same person that will go 40 down a one lane each way road, caring not about the many, many people behind you. Of course when you pull up to a light and a temporary extra lane appears, inevitably the guy behind you pulls up beside so that he can take off quick and get in front of you and go 50. But NO!! How dare he!! You'd better pin it so that he's forced back behind you once the parked cars eliminate his lane. You'll show him, won't you? You'll show him good by forcing him behind you again and then going 35.
The few left over are the people that go the limit all the time. Except when we're feeling a bit lazy. Then we're going 40. But when we see someone in aour rearview, we speed up and go the limit. We are also people that don't pull out in front of someone and go slow. We never turn left over a double solid unless there's nobody behind us. We always let people in that are going the same speed as us. When we turn right, we move closer to the curb so that the people behind can keep going and not lose their speed, we do not make a biiiig arc to the left before turning right unless we're towing a trailer. When we pull up to a light on a one lane each way road, we signal if we're turning left so that the people going straight through know to get into the other lane and not get stuck behind us while we wait to turn. We check our mirrors constantly and know all the cars around us. When we parallel park, we pull up to the car in front and thus only take up one spot, not two. When we speed, we only do it where it's safe. Weaving through traffic is not safe. Going 120 on Deerfoot is safe at certain times. When we turn a corner on a major road, we look at the G.D. f'n sign and we fricken well know whether it's a yield, merge, or if we have our own f'ing LANE! WHEN THERE ALOT OF F'ING TRAFFIC IN A LEFT TURN LANE, WE BLOODY WELL GO WHEN THERE'S A FREAKING GAP IN TRAFFIC. WE DO NOT WAIT FOR THE F'ING LIGHT TO TURN RED AND SCREW WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN 4 MORE CARS GETTING THROUGH. AND FFS WHEN A LIGHT TURNS GREEN ON A GREEN ARROW WE GO! GO YOU STUPID MORONS! GO! IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY GREENER AND IT'S NOT GOING TO FLASH ANY F'ING FASTER! WE ALL WANT TO TURN, NOT JUST YOU YOU INCONSIDERATE, MENTALLY LAZY A-HOLES!!!!