People: You must slow down to 60kph

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

For safety reasons, I slow down to 60 no matter what lane I'm in. Just because I'm 15 feet away instead of 5 doesn't mean that driving 110 is ok.

I agree with you. That's why everytime I see a kid around. I always assume its a playground zone and go only 30km/hr. It doesn't matter if I'm near a school, on Barlow Trail, or Glenmore Trail. If I see a kid walking within my sight lines, I slam on my brakes to 30 clicks. Better safe than sorry.

[Madman]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

I agree with you. That's why everytime I see a kid around. I always assume its a playground zone and go only 30km/hr. It doesn't matter if I'm near a school, on Barlow Trail, or Glenmore Trail. If I see a kid walking within my sight lines, I slam on my brakes to 30 clicks. Better safe than sorry.

I myself slam on my brakes at every single traffic light regardless of colour. I mean, they all have red lights in them and just because the light is green doesn't mean it won't be red at some point during the day.

[STeeLy]

Originally Posted by Madman

I myself slam on my brakes at every single traffic light regardless of colour. I mean, they all have red lights in them and just because the light is green doesn't mean it won't be red at some point during the day.

Whenever I hit a crosswalk, I will stop and wait for someone to cross, just because there's no one crossing now doesn't mean there is nobody crossing later.

[maverickeastwood]

Originally Posted by STeeLy

Whenever I hit a crosswalk, I will stop and wait for someone to cross, just because there's no one crossing now doesn't mean there is nobody crossing later.

...while the guy in the lane next to you whizzes by, wondering why you stopped, thinking "what a dummy".

[LeftWing]

Originally Posted by Madman

I myself slam on my brakes at every single traffic light regardless of colour. I mean, they all have red lights in them and just because the light is green doesn't mean it won't be red at some point during the day.

Actually that is a pet peeve of mine, it's unbelievably annoying when drivers slow right down for a 'stale' green light (i.e. the flashing hand stops flashing). It often means that I get to stop while they hesitate and then proceed through the yellow/red. This almost always happens when I'm late for work.

[Tron_fdc]

I've been pulled over once or twice in my career, and I always make sure I get the heck off the road and out of the way of traffic when I stop, even if it means driving a little further ahead. Not once have I ever had a cop get upset at it, either. Even if he did I would assume it's a fairly easy ticket to beat, when you explain to the judge that you had the officers safety in mind when you took an extra moment or two to find a turnout.

[Draug]

Originally Posted by GreatWhiteEbola

Yes it does mean that driving 110 is ok, because that's the law. If you feel the need to slow down move into the lane directly next to the emergency vehicle. To impede traffic can be just as ignorant and dangerous as speeding.

I am using QEII as an example.

And there is my biggest complaint about drivers. Not following the law.

On the roads, there should be ZERO room for courtesy. I am as nice of a guy as they come, but if everyone followed the law, right down to every detail, there would be no need for courtesy.

Driving the wrong speed in the wrong lane, driving less than the speed limit (unless poor road conditions), merging incorrectly, falling out of the proper rotation at a 4-way stop, slowing for a stale green, not turning right on a red light (where permitted), etc, etc ... when the law is not followed to a Tee (sometimes due to people being 'courteous'), it all falls apart.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by maverickeastwood

...while the guy in the lane next to you whizzes by, wondering why you stopped, thinking "what a dummy".

This happens all the time. A car stops for a pedestrian, the genius in the other lane thinks he did it just for the hell of it and nearly runs someone down. Or the really smart guy that was the behind the person who stopped -- he'll change lanes and hit the gas. That guy rules. He rules so much he shouldn't be allowed to drive.

[maverickeastwood]

On the other side of the coin, pedestrians have to use *ahem* common sense too. Too many adults walk onto the street with the notion of "I have the right of way". Some so much so, that they'll even challenge the c-train! Case in point, that broad with an i-pod stuck in her head walking across the tracks in south calgary over the summer and got run over. Half drivers and half pedestrians...no one moves, no one gets hurt.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by maverickeastwood

On the other side of the coin, pedestrians have to use *ahem* common sense too. Too many adults walk onto the street with the notion of "I have the right of way". Some so much so, that they'll even challenge the c-train! Case in point, that broad with an i-pod stuck in her head walking across the tracks in south calgary over the summer and got run over. Half drivers and half pedestrians...no one moves, no one gets hurt.

I do use common sense. If I trusted the drivers in Calgary I'd be long dead.

If I'm crossing the road with the pedestrian lights flashing and at least one car stopped for me and I get hit by a guy going 60 and ignoring all of this, it's his fault. He's a moron, plain and simple. My common sense isn't going to change that.

[maverickeastwood]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

I do use common sense. If I trusted the drivers in Calgary I'd be long dead.

If I'm crossing the road with the pedestrian lights flashing and at least one car stopped for me and I get hit by a guy going 60 and ignoring all of this, it's his fault. He's a moron, plain and simple. My common sense isn't going to change that.

...your still here, you must've looked both ways. Other ppl don't seem to do that simple little rule that parents told their kids long ago.

Heck, I almost got run down; the walk light was for me, the light was red for that volkswagen and I was halfway through the intersection coming up to the drivers front fender when she decided to make her left turn on a one way, but didn't look to the left. The car lurched forward and I started hollering trying to make eye contact. She finally saw me and I wasn't hurt.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

Thats why more police departments need to use regular vehicles driving the roads with video camera's and have marked police cars every so often stationed on the side of the road so that the officers in the regular cars can call ahead and say" bravo 5 we have some moron passing on the shoulder". It would be all on camera. No fighting that.

The new ghost cars are pretty impressive. Good luck spotting the white canyon with the metal rack on the back hiding a tiny little light strip that can give you a seizure once it's turned on.

If they had more ghost cars and cruised them up and down Crowchild people would be screwed. Traffic in the left lane regularily flows at 100-110 in an 80. Seeing people go 120 isn't a rare sight at all.

[STeeLy]

Originally Posted by Jayems

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what the RCMP did on the QEII over a long weekend in the summer... cops in regular cars/vans/trucks in regular clothes. When someone goes whizzing by or does something stupid, they just radioed ahead to marked cars who pulled them over.

I've seen on 14th street around nose hill, it looked like a car and a old beat up SUV street racing, then just as that SUV got in front of us... I flashing (police style) lights coming FROM the SUV... so cops do use regular cars (don't know about cameras) to catch speeders.

[chummer]

Originally Posted by flameswin

I actually like to follow emergancy vehicles when they are speeding with their lights on, everyone clears out of their way, so it's clear sailing through any kind of traffic. If you get really close to their bumper, you can cut down on wind resistance as well, just like in Nascar. Try it sometime.

Hope you're kidding.....unreal how many people pass us(fire trucks) on Deerfoot even where we're responding to calls.....hate going to calls on Deerfoot,would rather go into a fire.Alot of the traffic is going way too fast,many are not slowing down to 60....scary as hell.

[chummer]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

Wow, no offense, but if you are passing emergency vehicles that have their lights going, you are going WAY TOO FAST. You are supposed to get out of the way, not go faster than them.

Soooooo many people pass us on Deerfoot.....and then they're blocking us at the next intersection!!

[Madman]

Originally Posted by chummer

Soooooo many people pass us on Deerfoot.....and then they're blocking us at the next intersection!!

If you are responding in an aerial, it must be horrible. People must be thinking, "Did they forget to turn their lights off?"

What station are you at?

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

That's actually good to know, because I honestly thought it was all lanes going the same way had to slow down. So its an actual fact that you don't have to slow down if you're on the 2nd or 3rd lane?

I may be wrong, but you only have to stop in adjacent lane to the one where the stopped vehicle is in. If the car is on the shoulder, then the rightmost ( or leftmost for left shoulder) lane counts as the lane the car is in.

This means that if a car is pulled over on the right hand side of the road, the 2 rightmost lanes are the ones that you must be traveling 60 in.

[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by Rathji

I may be wrong, but you only have to stop in adjacent lane to the one where the stopped vehicle is in. If the car is on the shoulder, then the rightmost ( or leftmost for left shoulder) lane counts as the lane the car is in.

This means that if a car is pulled over on the right hand side of the road, the 2 rightmost lanes are the ones that you must be traveling 60 in.

Did you read the link I posted?

[ricosuave]

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

Did you read the link I posted?

or the posts in this thread?

[Ford Prefect]

Two things to note about this act ... 60 kph is the MAXIMUM allowed so you still have to factor in posted limits, and tow trucks are included in this legislation. I have buddies who own tow trucks and they tell me horror stories about nearly getting turned into road kill. It seems most drivers don't realize they are considered emergency vehicles and under the same legislation as cop cars, fire vehicles, ambulances and utility vehicles.