Driving Courtesy

[jim]

Two Types of Drivers

Edmonton has 2 types of drivers.

Those a$$holes who won't let me merge into the next lane

and

Those jerkoffs that keep trying to merge in front of me.


I've driven the LA Interstates, FLA, TO and the Autobaun. All of these places drive faster and have much more traffic than YYC, YEG or YVR yet merging is never an issue.

In Edmonton if you want to see the guy in the next lane speed up just signal your intention to change lanes and the bastard will speed up and close the gap 11 times out of 10.

 

[squid]

I'm sure there are many who driven the 99 south against the flow of rush hour traffic. Everyone knows the left lane closes as you approach the tunnel. The right lane is the HOV lane and for commercial vehicles going to the scale ( now removed ). I'll be damned if I let a guy in who goes down either lane and tries to cut in.

 

[quagmuire]

Hands-down, my biggest piss-off I see on a daily basis is during the morning rush when everyone is waiting in line for say, the Oak or Knight Street Bridge and these people fly down the right hand exit lane, just to throw on their left blinker and try to cut in.

Not only are you holding up people trying to exit off the freeway, but why do these dipshits think they don't need to be courteous and wait in line like everyone else? If everyone just waited in line and helped each other out, things would flow much more smoothly. I've come to accept the fact that the morning commute is just everyone trying to fuck each other over. This infact only clogs up the routes more, and makes it that much slower.

I drive a large commercial vehicle through the city for my job, and I WISH I had a dash-cam to show people the things I see. People doing anything and everything to get around me when it's a redlight, and traffic is backed up anyways. Not to mention cutting ahead of a truck carrying 100,000 lbs and then slamming on the brakes at a redlight. Sometimes it'd be nice to put the hammer down and start my own auto-wrecking business.

Just my opinion.