On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:44:44 +0000 (UTC), John McCoy
>> https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/the-worst-parking-job-in-north-
>> america-caught-by-police--youtube-162937532.html
>Mildly surprised it was in Calgary, and not somewhere in Quebec.
In Quebec, the driver would have smashed the first parked car in until
he had enough space to make the turn to leave.
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:51:33 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
>> I've been to Quebec (Quebec City and Montreal, mostly) about a dozen
>> times. I can't say as I've noticed unusually bad driving, although they
>> don't seem to take much notice of snow and bad weather.
>
>The folks I've talked to in western Canada seem to think the Albertans
>are the worst. But they probably don't see a lot of drivers from Quebec
>and points east.
Well, I lived in Montreal for ten years, but, that was fifty years
ago. ~ Exactly the time when Rene Levesque was in power. Quebecers
were very driven then. Anyway, Levesque was one or the reasons why my
father packed up his family and moved to Toronto. Glad he did too, as
I didn't have to learn French anymore.
The only thing left of my French vocabulary is swearing in French. :)
In article <[email protected]>, John McCoy
<[email protected]> wrote:
> FrozenNorth <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > On 12/11/2014 2:21 PM, John McCoy wrote:
>
> >> I live in South Florida, and we have a lot of Quebecois here
> >> (at this time of year). And they are absolutely the worlds
> >> worst drivers.
> >>
> >> Most likely it's because they're all both elderly and lost,
> >> but they make the most random moves in traffic.
>
> > If they use turn signals they are not true Quebecois.
> > I can say this from the safety of Ontario.
>
> They most definately do not. We have a lot of roads with
> three lanes each direction here, and the typical Quebecois
> behavior is to drive slowly in the middle lane, then without
> warning either turn left, turn right, or stop. All of which
> tend to be disruptive to traffic around them.
3/4 of the turn signal lights here in Saskatchewan are defective, or
only come on after the turn has been made...
--
³Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness
sobered, but stupid lasts forever.² -- Aristophanes
In article <[email protected]>, Ed Pawlowski
<[email protected]> wrote:
> In the Car Talk column a guy wrote it that his father did that. His
> reasoning is there ore only so many blinks in the blinker so he did
> not want to wear it out.
I know people who think that way.
--
³Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness
sobered, but stupid lasts forever.² -- Aristophanes
Ed Pawlowski <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> In the Car Talk column a guy wrote it that his father did that. His
> reasoning is there ore only so many blinks in the blinker so he did
> not want to wear it out.
He's right, but only technically. You can wear those relays out, but
usually by the time that happens the rest of the car is long gone. :-)
Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.
On 12/13/2014 06:04 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:09:08 +0000, John McCoy wrote:
>
>> Dunno if this happens in Canada, but one US phenomenon that mystifies me
>> is when someone sits in the left turn lane until the arrow comes on,
>> then puts their left turn signal on, and makes the turn.
>
> I'm gulty of a different infraction. If I'm sitting in a left turn only
> lane, I don't use the turn signal at all. If the other drivers assume
> that I'm going straight through to crash into the opposing left only
> lane, they're too stupid to know what the signal means anyway.
>
> But I always use it when turning from a lane in which I have a choice of
> turning or not.
>
Arizona law says OK to not signal for a left (or right) if no other
vehicles in the area. If a cop is in the area, that counts as a vehicle.
I use the turn signals for any turn no matter if other vehicles are
present or not, just out of habit - kind of like buckling the seat belt.
The other one that can get you is turning left or right to the far lane
after the turn. You are supposed to turn left into the left lane and
right into the right lane and then signal to move left or right and move
when the other lane is clear.
--
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure,the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:09:52 -0500, FrozenNorth
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 12/11/2014 2:21 PM, John McCoy wrote:
>> [email protected] wrote in news:0tmj8ad3g2n6b3m0ojeega6gjc5bgq7ta6@
>> 4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:51:33 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
>>>>> I've been to Quebec (Quebec City and Montreal, mostly) about a dozen
>>>>> times. I can't say as I've noticed unusually bad driving...
>>>>
>>>> The folks I've talked to in western Canada seem to think the Albertans
>>>> are the worst. But they probably don't see a lot of drivers from Quebec
>>>> and points east.
>>
>> I live in South Florida, and we have a lot of Quebecois here
>> (at this time of year). And they are absolutely the worlds
>> worst drivers.
>>
>> Most likely it's because they're all both elderly and lost,
>> but they make the most random moves in traffic.
>>
>>> The only thing left of my French vocabulary is swearing in French. :)
>>
>> Well, it's good you kept the important part.
>>
>If they use turn signals they are not true Quebecois.
>I can say this from the safety of Ontario.
Does anyone use turn signals anymore?
On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:09:08 +0000 (UTC), John McCoy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote in
>news:131220141156023197%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca:
>
>> 3/4 of the turn signal lights here in Saskatchewan are defective, or
>> only come on after the turn has been made...
>
>Dunno if this happens in Canada, but one US phenomenon that
>mystifies me is when someone sits in the left turn lane until
>the arrow comes on, then puts their left turn signal on, and
>makes the turn. Why? They've been in the left turn lane
>for the last two minutes, everyone knows they're going to
>turn left. Do they think the car won't turn if the turn
>signal isn't on?
>
>John
In the Car Talk column a guy wrote it that his father did that. His
reasoning is there ore only so many blinks in the blinker so he did
not want to wear it out.
On 11/12/2014 10:51 AM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:51:05 -0500, Greg Guarino wrote:
>
>> I've been to Quebec (Quebec City and Montreal, mostly) about a dozen
>> times. I can't say as I've noticed unusually bad driving, although they
>> don't seem to take much notice of snow and bad weather.
>
> The folks I've talked to in western Canada seem to think the Albertans
> are the worst. But they probably don't see a lot of drivers from Quebec
> and points east.
>
With the roaring economy of Alberta, a significant % of the population
comes from other parts of Canada including Quebec.
Graham
Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/the-worst-parking-job-in-north-
> america-caught-by-police--youtube-162937532.html
>
Mildly surprised it was in Calgary, and not somewhere in Quebec.
John
[email protected] wrote in news:0tmj8ad3g2n6b3m0ojeega6gjc5bgq7ta6@
4ax.com:
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:51:33 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
>>> I've been to Quebec (Quebec City and Montreal, mostly) about a dozen
>>> times. I can't say as I've noticed unusually bad driving...
>>
>>The folks I've talked to in western Canada seem to think the Albertans
>>are the worst. But they probably don't see a lot of drivers from Quebec
>>and points east.
I live in South Florida, and we have a lot of Quebecois here
(at this time of year). And they are absolutely the worlds
worst drivers.
Most likely it's because they're all both elderly and lost,
but they make the most random moves in traffic.
> The only thing left of my French vocabulary is swearing in French. :)
Well, it's good you kept the important part.
John
FrozenNorth <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On 12/11/2014 2:21 PM, John McCoy wrote:
>> I live in South Florida, and we have a lot of Quebecois here
>> (at this time of year). And they are absolutely the worlds
>> worst drivers.
>>
>> Most likely it's because they're all both elderly and lost,
>> but they make the most random moves in traffic.
> If they use turn signals they are not true Quebecois.
> I can say this from the safety of Ontario.
They most definately do not. We have a lot of roads with
three lanes each direction here, and the typical Quebecois
behavior is to drive slowly in the middle lane, then without
warning either turn left, turn right, or stop. All of which
tend to be disruptive to traffic around them.
John
Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote in
news:131220141156023197%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca:
> 3/4 of the turn signal lights here in Saskatchewan are defective, or
> only come on after the turn has been made...
Dunno if this happens in Canada, but one US phenomenon that
mystifies me is when someone sits in the left turn lane until
the arrow comes on, then puts their left turn signal on, and
makes the turn. Why? They've been in the left turn lane
for the last two minutes, everyone knows they're going to
turn left. Do they think the car won't turn if the turn
signal isn't on?
John
Larry Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote in news:m6innd$us4$1
@speranza.aioe.org:
> I'm gulty of a different infraction. If I'm sitting in a left turn only
> lane, I don't use the turn signal at all. If the other drivers assume
> that I'm going straight through to crash into the opposing left only
> lane, they're too stupid to know what the signal means anyway.
I do the same. I figure the turn signal is to tell the other
drivers what I'm going to do, and if I'm in a turn lane they
already know what I'm going to do.
John
On 12/10/2014 7:44 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:44:44 +0000 (UTC), John McCoy
>>> https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/the-worst-parking-job-in-north-
>>> america-caught-by-police--youtube-162937532.html
>> Mildly surprised it was in Calgary, and not somewhere in Quebec.
>
> In Quebec, the driver would have smashed the first parked car in until
> he had enough space to make the turn to leave.
>
I've been to Quebec (Quebec City and Montreal, mostly) about a dozen
times. I can't say as I've noticed unusually bad driving, although they
don't seem to take much notice of snow and bad weather. I remember one
February we were on Autoroute 20 in a driving sleet. You had to do 70
(mph) just to keep up with traffic.
We did see one rather unusual parking job on one of the narrow streets
inside the walled part of Quebec. A man was moving a small car from one
side of the street to the other; what model I'm not sure, because it was
covered in a full three feet of snow. He left the driver's side window
open and drove blind while his wife shouted directions to him. "A
gauche, Henri. NON! A GAUCHE!"
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:51:05 -0500, Greg Guarino wrote:
> I've been to Quebec (Quebec City and Montreal, mostly) about a dozen
> times. I can't say as I've noticed unusually bad driving, although they
> don't seem to take much notice of snow and bad weather.
The folks I've talked to in western Canada seem to think the Albertans
are the worst. But they probably don't see a lot of drivers from Quebec
and points east.
On 12/11/2014 1:06 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:51:33 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
>>> I've been to Quebec (Quebec City and Montreal, mostly) about a dozen
>>> times. I can't say as I've noticed unusually bad driving, although they
>>> don't seem to take much notice of snow and bad weather.
>>
>> The folks I've talked to in western Canada seem to think the Albertans
>> are the worst. But they probably don't see a lot of drivers from Quebec
>> and points east.
>
> Well, I lived in Montreal for ten years, but, that was fifty years
> ago. ~ Exactly the time when Rene Levesque was in power. Quebecers
> were very driven then. Anyway, Levesque was one or the reasons why my
> father packed up his family and moved to Toronto. Glad he did too, as
> I didn't have to learn French anymore.
>
> The only thing left of my French vocabulary is swearing in French. :)
>
Tabarnak!
On 12/11/2014 2:21 PM, John McCoy wrote:
> [email protected] wrote in news:0tmj8ad3g2n6b3m0ojeega6gjc5bgq7ta6@
> 4ax.com:
>
>> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:51:33 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
>>>> I've been to Quebec (Quebec City and Montreal, mostly) about a dozen
>>>> times. I can't say as I've noticed unusually bad driving...
>>>
>>> The folks I've talked to in western Canada seem to think the Albertans
>>> are the worst. But they probably don't see a lot of drivers from Quebec
>>> and points east.
>
> I live in South Florida, and we have a lot of Quebecois here
> (at this time of year). And they are absolutely the worlds
> worst drivers.
>
> Most likely it's because they're all both elderly and lost,
> but they make the most random moves in traffic.
>
>> The only thing left of my French vocabulary is swearing in French. :)
>
> Well, it's good you kept the important part.
>
If they use turn signals they are not true Quebecois.
I can say this from the safety of Ontario.
--
Froz...
The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.
On 12/13/2014 3:49 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:09:08 +0000 (UTC), John McCoy
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote in
>> news:131220141156023197%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca:
>>
>>> 3/4 of the turn signal lights here in Saskatchewan are defective, or
>>> only come on after the turn has been made...
>>
>> Dunno if this happens in Canada, but one US phenomenon that
>> mystifies me is when someone sits in the left turn lane until
>> the arrow comes on, then puts their left turn signal on, and
>> makes the turn. Why? They've been in the left turn lane
>> for the last two minutes, everyone knows they're going to
>> turn left. Do they think the car won't turn if the turn
>> signal isn't on?
>>
>> John
>
> In the Car Talk column a guy wrote it that his father did that. His
> reasoning is there ore only so many blinks in the blinker so he did
> not want to wear it out.
>
Every blink uses a bit more of the blinker fluid, you do not want to run
out of that.
--
Froz...
The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.
On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:09:08 +0000, John McCoy wrote:
> Dunno if this happens in Canada, but one US phenomenon that mystifies me
> is when someone sits in the left turn lane until the arrow comes on,
> then puts their left turn signal on, and makes the turn.
I'm gulty of a different infraction. If I'm sitting in a left turn only
lane, I don't use the turn signal at all. If the other drivers assume
that I'm going straight through to crash into the opposing left only
lane, they're too stupid to know what the signal means anyway.
But I always use it when turning from a lane in which I have a choice of
turning or not.
Dave Balderstone wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Ed Pawlowski
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> In the Car Talk column a guy wrote it that his father did that. His
>> reasoning is there ore only so many blinks in the blinker so he did
>> not want to wear it out.
> I know people who think that way.
>
What way? (LOL)
On 10/12/2014 1:34 PM, Leon wrote:
> https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/the-worst-parking-job-in-north-america-caught-by-police--youtube-162937532.html
>
The police tracked her down and ticketed her, but strangely *not* for
hit and run. It was a middle-aged woman. My politically incorrect
thought was that she must have been Chinese!
Graham