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« on: August 08, 2006, 11:33:00 PM » |
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I usually hear people complaining that all the crazy drivers live in Richmond but that's not true. Two years ago, I was driving at night from Quebec City to Montreal about 165km/hr in a thunderstorm and people were still passing me and flashing their high beam for me to move onto the slow lane. Surprising, I didn't see any accident on the highway.
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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2006, 11:44:00 PM » |
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Vancouver is the only place that people can't change their driving habit with weather change...or simply lacking comon sense.
People around the world drive safer at high speed, narrower streets then Vancouver....
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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2006, 02:38:23 AM » |
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hmmm look @ that yesterday it rained a lil bit and already saw a 3car pileup.... ive seen less accidents in mortreal on snow covered roads then in bc on slightly wet roads...
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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2006, 03:22:10 AM » |
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I won't say any names but believe me, more than a few members on this forum drive like crazy.
On more than a few occasions i had trouble keeping up and its not that i drive too slow.
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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2006, 07:30:20 AM » |
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Every place has crazy Drivers.? In the East, Quebec drivers are crazy.? In BC Albertan Drivers are nuts. In Alberta, BC drivers are the wild drivers.? In Europe, the French with their yellow headlights were the crazy ones for me, driving like a bat out of hell on side roads.? My uncle in England used to give me rides around the countryside doing over 100 mph around blind corners.? Nutso!!
No matter where you go there will be crazy drivers.? Some people have described me as crazy.? After all, anyone whom turns a corner in a Chevy Sprint in the winter on ice on one tire should be crazy.? But I can switch my craziness off.?
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« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2006, 08:08:11 AM » |
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There's a video on m3f showing off a bc members exhaust system from inside... he just happend to be weaving like a dumbass through the Alex Fraser bypass road to New West. Though that was great, he gained all 50 ft.
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« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2006, 08:36:42 AM » |
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I drive in a very safe manner. Especially since I have Vic's car for the day.  Who wants to go do e-brake turns? |
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« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2006, 09:07:13 AM » |
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Vancouver is the only place that people can't change their driving habit with weather change...or simply lacking comon sense.
People around the world drive safer at high speed, narrower streets then Vancouver....
I used to drive the 401 from Kitchener/Waterloo to Toronto every day for work... I would set the cruise at 150, and drive in the middle lane, with a few jumps out into the fast lane, just to pass someone... But people drove very very well on that road. Why? All the dumb ones either got scared or killed. Either way, they weren't on that highway anymore. Around here, people drive 90 in the fast lane, won't move over so someone can pass, and will blindly drift over into you, doing a no-look lane change. Much slower, and much much worse. I've also driven Montreal a few times... it's like the 401 on uppers. High speed, but also high skill. |
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« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2006, 07:10:41 PM » |
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I hate people doing no-look lane change
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« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2006, 07:34:10 PM » |
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I hate people doing no-look lane change
ya, and it's also really dangerous too |
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« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2006, 08:15:43 PM » |
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can't top no look and NO signal lane change  |
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« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2006, 11:05:05 PM » |
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can't top no look and NO signal lane change How about no look, no signal merging? That is how I witnessed an accident. |
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« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2006, 11:06:40 PM » |
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for me, no signal = not letting you in as one show NO intention to merge, so I won't lay off to let the car in  |
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« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2006, 11:07:57 PM » |
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Yeah of course. I occasionally block people when they are trying to merge because they don't signal.
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« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2006, 11:15:36 PM » |
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How about no look, no signal merging? That is how I witnessed an accident.
I'm guilty of this today...  Some big ass truck turned in from a side road attempting to do a left turn and stopped right in the middle of my lane because traffic he was trying to merge into was still flowing heavily. I slowed down and swerved to the right lane out of its way but in doing so I am pretty sure I cut off a Prelude quite harshly. Luckily nothing bad happened... |
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« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2006, 12:21:09 PM » |
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In BC Albertan Drivers are nuts. In Alberta, BC drivers are the wild drivers. Haha, isn't that the truth! It's true that crazy drivers are everywhere, but in certain areas they seem to congregate (i.e. "see lai's" at the chinese malls in richmond)...  The worst drivers in my mind are the ones in Hong Kong and Macau. Example: Double decker buses cutting each other off with literally a few inches to spare.....now would that be considered "skillful" or just plain stupid?? I also think taxi drivers in general can be crazy and aggressive drivers. |
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« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2006, 12:53:35 PM » |
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The worst drivers in my mind are the ones in Hong Kong and Macau. Example: Double decker buses cutting each other off with literally a few inches to spare.....now would that be considered "skillful" or just plain stupid??
I also think taxi drivers in general can be crazy and aggressive drivers.
but yet you rarely see the bump into each other. They stop so close that (back in the days where they have open windows) you can touch the person's head on the bus in front of you. If you think HK and Macau drivers are bad......go to China and have a look. The lines on the road mean nothing. The sign posted mean nothing. Hell even their traffic light mean very little. It's all about who got the guts to move, moves! There is no such thing as yield. |
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« Reply #17 on: August 11, 2006, 12:56:29 PM » |
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The worst drivers in my mind are the ones in Hong Kong and Macau. Example: Double decker buses cutting each other off with literally a few inches to spare.....now would that be considered "skillful" or just plain stupid??
I also think taxi drivers in general can be crazy and aggressive drivers.
but yet you rarely see the bump into each other. They stop so close that (back in the days where they have open windows) you can touch the person's head on the bus in front of you. If you think HK and Macau drivers are bad......go to China and have a look. The lines on the road mean nothing. The sign posted mean nothing. Hell even their traffic light mean very little. It's all about who got the guts to move, moves! There is no such thing as yield. I ride in the a taxi last year in China, it's like racing style, a 3 lane road can easily have 5 cars running along sides, and the signal and horns are useless, they just flash people with their high beams and then pass them, I was seating in front too, wat a ride |
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« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2006, 01:05:06 PM » |
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^ you are right that's why the lines on the road is meaningless.
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« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2006, 01:06:53 PM » |
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You guys are right, drivers in China are one of the worst. That explains my neighbor, haha.
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