Does Calgary Do Enough on The Roads In Winter?

[Crazy Flamer]

Originally Posted by White Doors

It doesn't snow enough in Calgary to justify this. Know that the roads will be crappy and go to work early. Stop expecting the government to do everything for you.

Why should I stop expecting the government to clear the roads? I pay taxes and I want my damn roads cleared!

I know that the city simply doesn't have the manpower to cleat all the roads hours after a big snowfall. But too many times do I drive on major roadways, days after a snowstrom and still the roads have no been plowed, sanded or salted.

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by Shazam

These people are called "Torontonians"

You have got to be joking...At least in TO drivers know how to merge..sure, they only leave you about 4 inches, at 120km/h, but they are your four inches to slide into...I have never seen worse merge and right hand lane behavior than here in Calgary.

As for snow in TO, although they might whine and call out the army on occasion, I've also driven on the Gardiner at the tail end of rush hour, in a half-frozen, greasy slop (and Torontonians would know about that greasy snow I'm talking about) that would send most Calgarians running for the hills, with no lane markings visible on a four lane stretch, at 110km/h, and somehow everyone made it where they were going.

I'd take just about any major TO highway over the Deerfoot any day...

And for the record, I like not having the residential streets plowed out here...I love doing a low speed rally drive into my driveway, and actually having a chance to feel how your vehicle responds under low-traction situations is invaluable when you are out on the "real roads"


-Scott

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by mykalberta

Correct but you chose to live out in the booneys for the affordability of a home and a yard, those of us who live within walking distance to the downtown core or a short - 5-10 minute drive have no sympathy for you - sorry.

MYK

That's ok, because I have no sympathy for your punishing property taxes. If everybody in the downtown core has to move out because their taxes are $1000/month, too bad. Especially the elderly. They should be studied to determine what nutrients we can extract from them anyways.

And you know, on a good day, I can get downtown in 12 minutes from Royal Oak.

And, I also used to live downtown.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

You have got to be joking...

Of course I'm joking. See the smiley face?

[metallicat]

At least where I worked, if they forced people to come in on this past weekend because of the storm, they would have been contending with a crew full of drunk alcoholics. Not people I want on the roads.

[metallicat]

I don't think the citizens of this city really want to know, but it would make a nice front-page news story me thinks.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by mykalberta

Correct but you chose to live out in the booneys for the affordability of a home and a yard, those of us who live within walking distance to the downtown core or a short - 5-10 minute drive have no sympathy for you - sorry.

MYK

This is Calgary. There are no booneys. It takes me 20 minutes to drive downtown in the evenings and weekends and I live as far SW as you can get. The city approves development of these so called "booneys" but can not service them with what is required.

I have similar issues with police busting me in the "booneys" for jaywalking, rather than driving drunk home from the bar across a road that has no cross walk (because it is so new). Could they not be put better use than patrolling an area that has little to no traffic.