For those of us who think it is ok to speed.

[flambers]

Interesting thread, I tend to drive during rush hour allot therefore speeding is definetely not a problem..... I would think the main problem is folks not paying attention (i.e. I have seen people reading in their car, combing their hair, talking on the Cellphone, not scrapping/cleaning their windows etc.....).

My main pet peeve would be the folks who do not shoulder check......

[someguy51]

Speeding is definitely a problem on some roads. Saddletown Circle, near my house is really bad. People whip around it going 80+ km/h and its a 50 zone. There is one house where the owner had to repair his fence at least 3 times due to cars smacking into it. Its only a matter of time before a pedestrian gets killed walking on the sidewalk.

Last summer my wife and I were driving around when two vehicles whipped past us (and almost hit us) on the circle. When we turned the corner we saw one of the vehicles smashed into a light poll.

Then there are some strange areas in the city where no one even goes the speed limit. For example, on 52nd St, north of McKnight the speed limit is 60. Yet everyone goes 50.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by flambers

Interesting thread, I tend to drive during rush hour allot therefore speeding is definetely not a problem..... I would think the main problem is folks not paying attention (i.e. I have seen people reading in their car, combing their hair, talking on the Cellphone, not scrapping/cleaning their windows etc.....).

+counting and recording the number and type of signposts?

Keeping right may not be recommended but it is common courtesy. Something that is lacking on our roads. And this is coming from a guy that learned to drive in Montréal.

No one has ever recommended holding doors open for people but I would be a ###### bag if I didn`t.

I am quite enjoying the strong Calgary representation on Canada`s worst Driver 3 though.

[The Yen Man]

Well, all I'm going to say is, I speed. Not excessively, but I'd be totally lying if I said I didn't. I guess I don't really feel I need to justify it to anyone except for the cop who pulls me over if I get caught. Yes, I'm a bad bad man...

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by Barnes

No one has ever recommended holding doors open for people but I would be a ###### bag if I didn`t.

OT, but I always do that during the first set of doors (in lots of common places where you have to enter 2 sets of doors), but if the person doesn't say thanks to me, I make it a point not to when I'm going through the second set of doors. I've had it slam in the face of several people. Yes, I get a kick out of that too. Again, I'm a bad bad man...

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Dan02

And i would just like to add that while there are no slower traffic keep right signs on deerfoot, it is just common courtesy to do so, unless you're a road nazi there's no reason not to move over for someone, for all you know there is a emergency they need to get to asap. Wouldn't you be pleased if someone in the car was having a heart attack and because you decided to be a dick they got to the hospital just a minute too late?

Wow, I don't want to get into this argument, but come on.
Making up incredibly unlikley hypothetical situations to support your position is at best grasping at straws. When this is the best you can come up with, you should proalby bow out.

[flamesdyehard]

But it is common courtesy to move over for a faster vehicle to get through. Why do people wanna stay in the lane just to prove a point, get off your high horse and get out of the way. Let the police deal with the speeding, it's one of those things in life that you can't control so don't put yourself and other at risk by trying to. All you are doing by blocking a faster vehicle is increasing the chance of an accident. Move over when it's safe to move over a let them by. There are way too many angry drivers in Calgary. Relax!

[Locke]

What? Its not ok to speed?

Now I have to completely re-evaluate my perspective of reality.

[flambers]

Originally Posted by Barnes

+counting and recording the number and type of signposts?

Keeping right may not be recommended but it is common courtesy. Something that is lacking on our roads. And this is coming from a guy that learned to drive in Montréal.

No one has ever recommended holding doors open for people but I would be a ###### bag if I didn`t.

I am quite enjoying the strong Calgary representation on Canada`s worst Driver 3 though.

A recent death on the road in Calgary was directly due to a person not scrapping the ice off the windows before going out on the road.

However I have been to lots of Canadian Cities and the problem seems to be universal....

[HOOT]

There are few problems I have with drivers, because, well I am a perfect driver

1: This is a merge sign. When you see one that does NOT mean you have to slam on your brakes to check for traffic on your left. It means you can continue at your normal speed and make a lane change when it is safe. Deerfoot would probably half as many back-ups if people knew how to correctly read traffic signs. Instead they cause rear-end accidents and huge back-ups for people who are merging behind them.

2: GET OUT OF THE LEFT LANE! This sign means get the @*%# out of the left lane UNLESS you are passing, and once you pass you move you a$$ back into the right lane. Why do people feel the need to match speeds with someone who is right of them. If you don't want to speed and/or if someone is behind you then move on over. Don't get all pissy pants when someone is tailgating you because you are going 91km in a 90km zone, just because you aren't in a hurry doens't mean the world isn't.

3: This is a turn signal. Try using one when you are making a lane change or making a turn. And if you don't then don't get mad at me for not letting you in on your turn-off. I am not a mind reader, or at least not at those speeds, and just because you are an idiot and don't know how to use one (please refer to manual if unsure) doesn't mean I should slam on my brakes to let you in last minute.

Most people are decent drivers, however it seems like the small things are what people forget or choose not to remember to do. Read the signage and you will save yourself and others headaches, if you don't know what the sign means than do yourself and the world a favor; cut up your liecense, pick up a bus pass from my your local 7-11 and enjoy the ride.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by HOOT

There are few problems I have with drivers, because, well I am a perfect driver

1: This is a merge sign.

Wow. And I stop reading right there. Someone telling me how to drive that doesn't even know what a merge sign looks like.

That sign means the entering lane begins as a second lane on the roadway. You may continue in that lane with worrying about merging or yielding. I'm stuck behind people at one of these every week as they are stopped and yielding to cars in the left lane, a lane which they will never enter as most of them turn right further down the road. They had one of these on Crowchild at Nose hill during the interchange construction, and there would be a huge line of cars every single morning because of some jackass that thought it was still a yield, or didn't know what the sign meant.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by HOOT

There are few problems I have with drivers, because, well I am a perfect driver

1: This is a merge sign.

Um, that isn't a merge sign. I forget the exact name, but it indicates a free flow lane ahead, not a merge.

[flamesdyehard]

[quote=HOOT;1067225]There are few problems I have with drivers, because, well I am a perfect driver

1: This is a merge sign.



BAHHAHAHA!!! That was hilarious. Um, no! not a merge sign LMAO. We all know what you meant though, and I do agree, you do not need to stop with a sign like this.

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by HOOT

3: This is a turn signal. Try using one when you are making a lane change or making a turn. And if you don't then don't get mad at me for not letting you in on your turn-off. I am not a mind reader, or at least not at those speeds, and just because you are an idiot and don't know how to use one (please refer to manual if unsure) doesn't mean I should slam on my brakes to let you in last minute.

I'm not going to try to understand the mentality of a moronic driver cuz I'm also a perfect driver , but it just kills me how some people never signal when they need to (ie. changing lanes) yet the same driver feels the need to signal when they're in a turning lane and there's nowhere else for that person to go but to turn. So they dont' signal when they need to, yet signal when it's completely pointless to. Why is that anyways? And it's not just one person I see doing that. Generally any moron who feels like it's their right NOT to signal do that.

I've never understood why that is. It's like their moron gene working in overdrive to make sure the rest of us know they're morons.

[Shawnski]

Originally Posted by HOOT

2: GET OUT OF THE LEFT LANE! This sign means get the @*%# out of the left lane UNLESS you are passing, and once you pass you move you a$$ back into the right lane. Why do people feel the need to match speeds with someone who is right of them. If you don't want to speed and/or if someone is behind you then move on over. Don't get all pissy pants when someone is tailgating you because you are going 91km in a 90km zone, just because you aren't in a hurry doens't mean the world isn't.

No, that sign means what I linked to before in this thread. For RURAL roads BTW, not Deerfoot.

You might be thinking of THIS one...



But that is usually for passing lanes where two lane roads become three for a while. In BC they are there to let you know that the OTHER direction might be using the center lane to pass, so stay out of THEIR way.

Strike two for you. Good job. Loved the lack of knowing what a merge sign looks like.

Edit, and just in case anyone wants to know the actual verbage from the link I provided...

Originally Posted by GOA

Based on the Regulation 304/2002:

2(1) A person shall not do any of the following:
(b) where a highway that is located outside an urban area has 2 or more traffic lanes on the same side of the centre line for use by vehicles travelling in the same direction, drive a vehicle in the traffic lane nearest the centre line unless the vehicle is being driven at or near the maximum speed
permitted;
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(b), a person driving a vehicle on a highway at a speed that is below the maximum speed limit that is established or prescribed for that highway may drive the vehicle in the traffic lane nearest to the centre line for the purpose of overtaking

[Resolute 14]

Hoot:

[llama64]

edit: ^^^ Nicely done!

This thread, and all preceding and subsequent threads like it only demonstrate the absolute NEED for Alberta to institute periodic license renewals that involve retaking an in car drivers test.

It's a wonder many people even pass!

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by Snakeeye

Hoot:

That about sums it up...I meant to put NOT a merge sign but was too busy trying to make my point, I missed a step, I forgot to re-read it. I am going to go run and hide my embarassment.

Because it seems people see those signs, come to a stop or slow down trying to get on the highway at the first first dotted line, when they have a mile to make the change.

[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by J pold

I speed often at excessive limits, one day I’m sure it will be my demise

And someone else aswell.

[Dr. Evil]

Originally Posted by Snakeeye

That is a massive logical fallacy. Obviously no cop is going to say that someone is allowed to tailgate or attempt to force someone over, no matter how much you want to exaggerate in a feeble attempt at responding to this argument.

However, you do have a responsibility to yield the passing lane to someone who wants to pass you when it is safe to do so. And yes, that means that you just might have to slow down a bit when waiting for the passing car to complete the pass because you caught up to the next vehicle in the right lane too quick.

Like others have said: share the road. It isn't yours. It is patently obvious that, despite stating it, you don't understand this concept.

To start, I never said I don't share the road. Infact I said I plan my driving as best as possible NOT to be a hinderance to others. However, sharing does not mean I have to move into slower traffic for anyone who wants to exceed the limit, especially if I am. The left lane is NOT an exclusive passing lane. It IS a through-lane. That means you use it to go long distances on the same stretch of road. Furthermore, 95% of the poeople who want to "go faster" than me don't actualy want to blow by 20 or 30K faster than I'm going, they just want to be first. Just like the yahoo tailgating me in my story. When I changed lanes he didn't blow past me, he sped up gradually so that by the time he was ahead of where I had been it was to late for him to get over because of other traffic.

I'm not a terrible driver, and I am FAR from a road hogging jerk. I stop to let people in or make a turn when they are otherwise held up by traffic. I see someone shoulder checking and I slow up to allow them to change lanes.I change to the left lane so people coming from a right merge can move into the main road safely. I do many things all of the time that are courteous on the road. Less than 40% of the time do I get any sort of wave or acknowledgment of thanks, but I do it anyways. Generally on Deerfoot I'm in the 110 range. If I choose to go 100 I'm usualy in the middle, traffic permitting. When there's sparse traffic or later at night I might hit 120 (or if all of the traffic is moving at that flo). If I'm traveling from McKenzie to McKnight I'm in the left lane all the way. I don't need to be changing in and out of lanes over and over because some moron wants to fly 2 overpases in the left lane.

Slower Traffic Keep Right signs are for vehicles that can not properly maintin the posted speed limit. Like some semi's, a vehicle towing a trailer, a beat up POS etc. It is NOT a reason for lead foot's to believe they are in the right and any one ahead of them not going faster than they are is in the wrong. Sharing the road means if you are passing people on the right of you but the guy infront of you isn't speeding as much as you want to then YOU get to wait. Again, I am 100% NOT obligated to yield the left lane to ANY vehicle traveling faster than the posted speed limit unless they have blue and/or red flashing lights. 100% NOT. Your attempts to say I'm not "sharing" is just saying YOU own the right of way no matter how wrong you are. That is NOT the case, and you can sit on my bumper all day if you like. Don't give me the "emergency" line either. There's O WAY that many people are in an emergency situation every day. I do know this though, the VAST majority of you lead foots who believe EVERYONE else is wrong and should be getting out of YOUR way would NEVER move should someone else come up on your tail faster than you are going. I've seen it for myself many times. Yahoo #1 flys up 20K over someoe doing the limit, flashing their lights and swerving back and fourth in the lane till the person doing the limit moves over. Yahoo #1 goes past but Yahoo #2 comes up even faster and catches the first yahoo who does what? Stays in the left.

If you are either yahoo, enjoy my bumper sticker.