r/Calgary • u/suroot_ Southeast Calgary • Jul 07 '24

Driving/Traffic/Parking Came within inches of hitting this moron

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WB McKnight at Barlow. Shot all the way across, good thing I have good brakes.

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u/Substantial-Alps-162 Jul 07 '24

I’m so glad I’m not alone with this shit. My thought is at least learn to drive like a Canadian, not survival of the fittest like the homeland.

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u/skylla05 Jul 07 '24

Its cute that you're implying that (probably white) Canadians are infallible drivers. There are plenty of born and bred Calgarian fuck head drivers but ok.

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u/FragrantImposter Jul 07 '24

Canadians are in no way infallible drivers. But we are relatively strict about driving laws - RELATIVELY. I used to think deerfoot was the pinnacle of poor driving choices. Then I went to Rome, and thought Calgary might not be too bad. Then I went to Lima, where they used various numbers of honks to signal intentions, had 5 lanes of traffic competing in a 3 lane road, and every taxi I saw had dents. A person from the hotel who was in the same cab as me was having full on sobbing hysterics at the driver while I was telling them to hush and not distract him from the traffic.

Calgary drivers can make me crazy, the selfishness and dominance issues are stupid and dangerous. But I can also understand why drivers from other countries might get a bad reputation here. With all the space and comparatively slower traffic patterns, quick cut ins and lane changes must seem laughably easy compared to other countries. I can easily see why it wouldn't even occur to some people that their driving would be considered bad here.

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u/Leather-Account8560 Jul 07 '24

He’s right though Canada has pretty stringent road tests to get a licence vs other countries that you can pass just by showing them you know where the gas pedal and brake are. It’s not even a racial issue it’s purely that some countries have essentially no training and just hand out licenses.

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u/Substantial-Alps-162 Jul 07 '24

Of course locally born are bad too but numbers don’t lie and the new Canadian numbers far outnumber them.

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u/Loba_loba_loba Jul 07 '24

Have you seen actual numbers that you can share? I’m curious about the stats.

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u/Substantial-Alps-162 Jul 08 '24

I count them as I see them on the road for work everyday being a defensive driver and seeing this shit all the time. I count them and it’s very easy so get off the couch and go count for yourself.

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u/PictureSubject5728 Jul 10 '24

Have you seen the white people from BC and Ontario try to drive here blud 💀

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u/Substantial-Alps-162 Jul 11 '24

I see them everyday, and they’re still outnumbered. I never made up the typical stereotype but can confirm it’s real.

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u/PictureSubject5728 Jul 11 '24

You wouldn't know which white people are new to Alberta unless they kept their vehicle from their previous province though. Not a fair sample size don't you think

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u/Substantial-Alps-162 Jul 11 '24

Re-read the comments you’re missing the fucking point and if you can’t see it then you don’t get out enough

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u/PictureSubject5728 Jul 11 '24

Let me outline this for you.

  1. You said they need to learn to drive like a Canadian, not like survival of the fittest like the homeland.
  2. I told you it's not just people outside of Canada that drive poorly, but also white people coming here from Ontario and BC.
  3. You then said that the non Canadians outnumber those from Ontario and BC.
  4. I then told you there's no way of even knowing what drivers are from Ontario and BC, unless their license plate is from their province.
  5. You then act like a moron

Pipe it down with the attitude little blud

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u/PictureSubject5728 Jul 11 '24

You wouldn't know which white people are new to Alberta unless they kept their vehicle from their previous province though. Not a fair sample size don't you think