okay really people

[i_go_commando]

if they have a company name on the truck call the company with the plate number or truck number. enough complaints and a reputable company will have to do something

[BrokenAxle]

Yea the whole road rage ticket thing is a big load of crap.  It is not enforced at all.  I had a guy cut me off causing me to be rear ended.  Even with two people that didn't know each other reporting it to the police, the guy still got off without a ticket or any responsibility in causing an accident.  We had a description of the truck, his plate number and a description of the driver.  Unless someone road rages on a cop, too bad for you....

[RUBICON13]

Law enforcement 'officers': There is nothing more useless on the face of the earth...

[jkrubi]

I liked driving in Toronto better, at least everyone was driving like they knew the res of the road but they just choose to ignore them.
 

One highly positive thing about Calgary drivers is that they are usually very respectful of pedestrians...I have never been anywhere else where you can be standing on the street and cars will repeatedly stop for you even though you are not crossing....drivers in Montreal will actually peg the gas when there are pedestrians, you'll be crossing and a car will come and you will distictly hear the revs increase when they see you!

And who the f*** thinks that pedestrians have the right away on any street should learn how to drive.   The road was made for vehicles not them! That is the one thing that bugged me so much. That they just step off the curb with out waiting for traffic to STOP. Or wait for the lights. I learned how to cross the road at a young age I've never been hit by a car. But you keep hearing about university age and older people being hit by a car ..... Why?

[JackstandJohnny]

I liked driving in Toronto better, at least everyone was driving like they knew the res of the road but they just choose to ignore them.
 
And who the f*** thinks that pedestrians have the right away on any street should learn how to drive.   The road was made for vehicles not them! That is the one thing that bugged me so much. That they just step off the curb with out waiting for traffic to STOP. Or wait for the lights. I learned how to cross the road at a young age I've never been hit by a car. But you keep hearing about university age and older people being hit by a car ..... Why?

an unearned sense of entitlement.........  thats why they do it. same as bikers running redlights and 'occupy' protesters thinking they should get free money and 100+k jobs right out of highschool............. 

[Rubi03 jef]

I liked driving in Toronto better, at least everyone was driving like they knew the res of the road but they just choose to ignore them.
 
And who the f*** thinks that pedestrians have the right away on any street should learn how to drive.   The road was made for vehicles not them! That is the one thing that bugged me so much. That they just step off the curb with out waiting for traffic to STOP. Or wait for the lights. I learned how to cross the road at a young age I've never been hit by a car. But you keep hearing about university age and older people being hit by a car ..... Why?

trucks have to wait for trains
cars wait for trucks
people and bikers should wait for cars

a car / truck / train takes way longer to stop then people walking

so people should yeild to everything  all the time simple  or get hit your choice

[jpthing]

Law enforcement 'officers': There is nothing more useless on the face of the earth...

If your child was abducted or murdered you might feel otherwise (God forbid).

[jpthing]

trucks have to wait for trains
cars wait for trucks
people and bikers should wait for cars

a car / truck / train takes way longer to stop then people walking




so people should yeild to everything  all the time simple  or get hit your choice

trucks have to wait for trains
cars wait for trucks
people and bikers should wait for cars

a car / truck / train takes way longer to stop then people walking

so people should yeild to everything  all the time simple  or get hit your choice

Nice to know your thoughts, but according to law pedestrians do actually have right of way. It has more to do with vulnerability than stopping distance(IMHO). If it was your Grandma or child crossing the road, wolud you really want the law to be the other way around?

[w squared]

Nice to know your thoughts, but according to law pedestrians do actually have right of way. It has more to do with vulnerability than stopping distance(IMHO). If it was your Grandma or child crossing the road, wolud you really want the law to be the other way around?

Yes, drivers should yield to pedestrians...but they don't. I think that what Jeff is saying (and the rest of us) is that if it was my grandmother or child, I would want them to be wise enough to understand that just because they are legally entitled to cross McLeod trail in the middle of a block and have all the cars yield to them, they are likely to get a bad case of tire tracks if they attempt it. I don't really care who gets ticketed for what after the fact.

[Hi Lo Silver]

I'm pretty sure Calgary's law is for pedestrians in crosswalks or intersections to have the right of way. Jay walkers don't. Just have to look back into charges laid or not laid against drivers when a pedestrian thinks other wise.

http://www.calgarypolice.ca/kids-newdrivers_savvy.html

Funny how pedestrians are far more careful in countries where they'd be classed as points when they get smoked.  

[Hi Lo Silver]

If your child was abducted or murdered you might feel otherwise (God forbid).

Ya I'm assuming that Rubicon13 has most likely been on the wrong side of the law once of more times to come up with that post about police.

[morerpmfred]

If we as canadians had legal concelled carry laws we would have fewer of these problems. Less road rage , less child abductions , less home invasions , bank robberies , b an e.  The list goes on.

[Whuntmore]

okay this has been bugging me all summer and this winter what is with people....  if your on a signal lane highway and someone goes to pass u why do u speed up?  and i dont mean abit... crap i came up on someoen doing 80 on the balzac highway yesterday and went to pass they where doing 120 when i was at there door looking at me liek why dotn i pass... well seriously i can see 5 or 10 kms not 40.....

it seems to have gotten worse since the crap roads... 

then to add to things when u barely get around them they ride your arse like your going slow for 5 k then realize they are driving fast...... honestly

end rant

its a drag race everywhere  u go... i dotn mind it in the buick but crap the jeep dont have that kinda passing power( 110 to 160 is like 2 seconds maybe 3 love the booost)

But what I really 'love' is merge on a yield, and yield on a merge.   

[morerpmfred]

But then I think 13,s post was edited.

[Hi Lo Silver]

If we as canadians had legal concelled carry laws we would have fewer of these problems. Less road rage , less child abductions , less home invasions , bank robberies , b an e.  The list goes on.

Ya that idea sure does seem to be working well in the US of A. Nobody gets shot there because everyone carries. hahahahaha Different topic anyways.
You might want to look at homicide statistics.