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Originally Posted by polak
Why? Why does it have to be different. It's pretty much exactly the same rules of the road, exactly the same type of road, exactly the same cars and exactly the same levels of traffic. Tourists drive there all the time yet you don't hear about it becoming some tourist death trap where every Canadian shows up causes some massive accident?
Yes, licensing is more strict there but I don't think that's the major contributor here. The US has the same lax standards as we do yet they have better highway drivers too. The issue in my opinion is the attitude. Every single person on the Autobahn, local or tourist, knows that you need to be looking for Ferrari's coming up on you in the left lane at 220 so everyone is constantly aware. Everyone knows what the rules are and more importantly, they ENFORCE IT.
In Canada we all just shrug it off. You can see the attitudes in this thread. "Ahh, well you know, I don't see what the big deal is", "Speeders just need to calm down", "How much time are you really saving".
There is your issue. Crack down on it. Have a week where you patrol deerfoot and pull left lane strugglers over and give them warnings, put in the paper and on the news, tweet about it and use it as guerrilla drivers education event and change this attitude of lazy, stupid driving.
Case in point.
We have a perfect system that is internationally renowned and deployed around the globe. Keep Right Except To Pass. It literally solves the issue regarding differences of speed on the highway yet here we are, "Well, man, why do you have to go so fast? Chill"....
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I have to admit, it makes me nervous to agree with polak, but this is pretty much it.
IMO, the left lane problem is more prevalent in Canada than anywhere else I have driven (which is every continent except SA), and specifically, it is worse in western Canada.
And as polak says, a large part of the problem is the attitude that people think the other guy is going too fast so screw them.
Some people will drive fast. Some people will drive poorly.
Just let them pass and they aren't your problem.
Everyone following a system that enhances overall safety is a hell of a lot better, IMO, than individuals having pissing contests at over 100 kmph because they don't like how the other person is driving.