Holy Snow & Ice! Road Transgressions thread.

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3

I saw a pole on CTV today at work and the question was:

Why is traffic so slow and the cause of so many accidents? (or something like that)

And 44% of people answer A) Incompetent drivers.

haha, it was the number one answer. I tend to agree.

Based on what I see I'd say atleast 10% and maybe upwards of 20% of people shouldn't really have their license. Unfortunately, in our society driving a car is a right not a privledge. Sucks for the other 80% of us who see a truck coming down a icy road and decide the best thing to do is not to pull into the lane 50 feet infront of him and just stop. dumb ****.

[Burninator]

By definition, the majority of drivers are mediocre.

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Burninator

By definition, the majority of drivers are mediocre.

Wouldn't it be more like "50% of drivers are below average"?

[TheU]

should be more snow tonight, maybe not a blizzard or anything, but it seems were in for more snow. hurray.

[Bertuzzied]

The snow is floating up outside work here. It feels like i'm in a snow globe.

[yads]

Originally Posted by C-Life

Manual transmission FTW! Makes winter driving that much better. When in doubt, downshift.

You poor saps in your automatics... makes me sick! *spits*

We can downshift in automatic cars as well.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by yads

We can downshift in automatic cars as well.

Looks like he's part of the mediocre 50%

[Bob]

Ugh. More snow? F this crap.

[Sliver]

Giant CP snowball fight, perhaps?

[FireFly]

Originally Posted by Bob

Wouldn't it be more like "50% of drivers are below average"?

Based on the median, mean or middle? Because the skill of the relatively few excellent drivers could either bump the mean up, or not be enough...

This isn't like IQ where 100 is the average at any given time.

if 20% are horrible, and 20% are good, that would leave 60% to be mediocre...

But I'm no math/stats expert.

[yads]

Originally Posted by FireFly

Based on the median, mean or middle? Because the skill of the relatively few excellent drivers could either bump the mean up, or not be enough...

This isn't like IQ where 100 is the average at any given time.

if 20% are horrible, and 20% are good, that would leave 60% to be mediocre...

But I'm no math/stats expert.

I would venture that the distribution of driving skill among the general population is normal is a safe assumption to make.

[Reaper]

Driving is like sex. Can you find many people who admit to being inadequate at either activity?

[Russic]

Originally Posted by Reaper

Driving is like sex. Can you find many people who admit to being inadequate at either activity?

I'm a much better driver than lover.

[Shazam]

I'm awesome at driving while making love, and vice versa.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Originally Posted by bossy22

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/s...val/index.html

Somebody started a petition to take to city hall

Yawn. Are people willing to pay higher taxes to pay for it? No.

Reminds of of the people that bitch at airlines when they bought the cheapest ticket (ie Thomas Cook or Transat) and wonder why service is so bad.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

Yawn. Are people willing to pay higher taxes to pay for it? No.

I disagree. The reason city hall thinks so is they ask the question during summer months. I'm sure if they asked right now if we wanted to spend an extra $50 per house per year to have effective snow removal; I would suggest the answer would be "yes."

[Art Vandelay]

I wonder if businesses would be willing to pay more taxes for better roads? After all they are the ones that lose out when their employees are late for work.

Unless most businesses make their employees make up for the lost time, which I dont think is the case.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Art Vandelay

I wonder if businesses would be willing to pay more taxes for better roads? After all they are the ones that lose out when their employees are late for work.

Unless most businesses make their employees make up for the lost time, which I dont think is the case.

Businesses in Calgary already pay incredibly high municipal taxes.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Originally Posted by ken0042

I disagree. The reason city hall thinks so is they ask the question during summer months. I'm sure if they asked right now if we wanted to spend an extra $50 per house per year to have effective snow removal; I would suggest the answer would be "yes."

I'm loathe to quote a Rick Bell article, but Ididn't mind this one.

Some interesting comments from the Boss of Plowing in Calgary (aka Mr Plow)

He says only about one-in-four Calgarians would pay more in taxes.

The discussion turns to comparing levels of snow service to cuts of meat.
"Perhaps the silent majority ordered hamburger and is willing to take hamburger."


So we have ourselves a stalemate. Who wants to pay what and where do we get it.

http://www.calgarysun.com/news/colum...56216-sun.html

I'd be willing to bet 50% of people don't want to pay more taxes but think the City has fat in it's budget somewhere to pay for more snow removal.

Ask the Citizens to pay more taxes for plowing and watch them scurry like roaches in the light....

[4X4]

I, for one, wouldn't be willing to pay higher taxes for better snow removal. The reasons why start with what I drive. Got the 4x, and now, thanks to the incessant whining of CP, I've got snow tires. In other words, I feel invincible. But more important than that, even the clearest roads will still be littered with strugglers. They'll still drive 20 in a 50, or 30 in an 80. So if I still have to put up with the aggravation of sharing the road with these people, why should I arbitrarily pay more?

AFAIC, if you can't get off your street, that's one less person I see on the road.