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I have a co-worker who is from some small city in BC. At least 2 times per week, she complains about "Calgary drivers" and always points out that she is a good driver. She has also averaged about 1 accident per year over the 3 years I have worked with her.

I do not consider myself to be a great driver - I am an infrequent driver, and tend to find myself trying to figure out what lane I need to be in. However, I learned to drive in Ontario on the 401, and never have had any problems driving there because everything is much better marked. My pet peeve when driving is people who speed up when you put on your turn signal so that you can't switch lanes. A-holes.

More often, I walk to work and am fortunate that most of my route has very limited traffic. I have had enough near misses in my life that I don't trust anyone, and make sure that I make eye contact with a driver before crossing the road. A few months ago, a guy talking on a cell phone pulled up to a corner and was about to just roll through when he noticed me standing on the corner glaring at him. It wasn't a near miss or anything - I had a feeling he wouldn't notice me so I didn't cross the street until I was sure he did notice me. However, this was right by a public school, and was at about 8:15 am so there were lots of kids around. It could have easily been a tragic situation.