Correct but women are the ones driving the leisure second car at noncommuter rates so statistically it is possible to say women pay less for insurance.
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Getting Fukking tired of idiot drivers...
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I.C.B.C. has pretty well reached the point of being unaffordable, but that would change big time if the Premier would just do as I suggested- remove the worst 15% of the drivers off the road. I.C.B.C. was a good deal when it was first brought in, in the mid 70s, but those days are long gone. They don't just pay claims, but their head honchos get huge stipends plus they have a few $million in the bank.
Yeah like me....I travel south every year and I drive. I have driven down the eastern side of the continent across route 10 to the western coast stopping for a short trip into Mexico, then on to Washington via the coast road. Took the ferry across to Canada. Then I have crossed Canada, stopping and visiting different relatives before arriving home. So......using not driving as much doesn't really cut it for the differences in accidents.
As for the second car bit...bah! I have two cars alright and I drive both. The big van when I need to move big or heavy items and the newer smaller one for normal driving. You must realize most women drive their own cars to work and back daily?? Why would you think a woman would chose to drive a man's cast off?? Augh!! what a fossilized view of women and the present world we live in.
I'm with you on this! Ontario drivers get away with anything. It all went nuts when the police stopped patrolling the highways.
Back in the day, they had motorcycle cops patrolling the major highways and black and whites on other thoroughfares. Now you rarely see a police presence anywhere unless there's an accident.
You didn't get away with stupid careless driving when I lived in Winnipeg. The cops there kept their eyes open and on the highways the RCMP were watchful.
In the States, you don't get five miles over the SL until there's a trooper on your tail.
But this is Ontario; what can you expect? Full of ethnic peoples who can't even read English and drive like they were still in Pakistan of China. So God knows! they couldn't be given a traffic ticket. There'd be hell to pay about discrimination!
Also, DMV is all about profits so they test most drivers two or three times and then give them the license whether they can drive or not. So traffic laws mean NOTHING!
The only time they look for traffic infractions is if they haven't made up their quota for the month. Then they're out there in droves for a few days. Then it's 'back to Tim Hortons for coffee and donuts until next month end.
Poor old guy on the bicycle hope he was ok.
That's a long drive. I hope you stop every couple hundred miles and stretch your legs. Sitting in one position for long periods of time is not good.
Of course I do,
When I flew to Europe (5 hours) most of the time we were not allowed to get up and walk around except to go to the loo, Worse, the seats were crammed together and getting a large man overflowing on one side and a young man on the other who had taken off his shoes spread out over a good part of my space and snoring loud enough to damage the unprotected ears was much more unpleasant, Now the snoring wasn't as bad as the alcoholic and garlic odors combined with the bare feet that really got to me.
Driving in the US is not too bad, unless you come across a driver already enraged who persists in honking the horn when the traffic is not moving, You would think that the line of red tail lights in the line ahead would at least give him pause,,,,,,,,but no!! In Canada, I perhaps would have gotten out and gone up to ask politely to please lay off the horn when it does nothing but irritate the rest of the drivers around him, Do not do this in the US.
When I flew to Europe (5 hours) most of the time we were not allowed to get up and walk around except to go to the loo, Worse, the seats were crammed together and getting a large man overflowing on one side and a young man on the other who had taken off his shoes spread out over a good part of my space and snoring loud enough to damage the unprotected ears was much more unpleasant, Now the snoring wasn't as bad as the alcoholic and garlic odors combined with the bare feet that really got to me.
Driving in the US is not too bad, unless you come across a driver already enraged who persists in honking the horn when the traffic is not moving, You would think that the line of red tail lights in the line ahead would at least give him pause,,,,,,,,but no!! In Canada, I perhaps would have gotten out and gone up to ask politely to please lay off the horn when it does nothing but irritate the rest of the drivers around him, Do not do this in the US.
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Actually, he's not that stupid. Many European highways and even some newer or redone US highways have higher banked curves and bends. It serves two purposes. 1) It allows you to maintain speed through the curve and 2) More efficiently lets the water roll off the curve providing more traction when it's wet.
I'm not sure if they do something similar with cars or not but in Britain when you get your beginners motorcycle licence, you're restricted to...shit, I can't remember, it's either a 50cc or 80cc engine.
Although it might be more difficult nowadays considering you can get 300+ ponies out of a 2L.
It isn't done for water, lol. You can banks so much but then a wing will blow a semi over in a strong wind. A solution might be to increase the banking on the inside of the curve for fast cars and less on the outside for big trucks and slower cars. That is commonly called a 'country corner'. 90Deg turn at about 60kph.
Actually, they are. Sorry to break it to you but the number of bad female drivers on the road is just as high as the number of bad male drivers. And with the advent of handhelds, I seriously doubt there's much difference between males and females and usage while driving.
Driving is actually a very odd undertaking when it comes to human behaviour. When we routinely do something we tend to get better and more proficient at it. Yet when it comes to driving there's a tendency for many to become complacent.
To put it bluntly, if you're behind the wheel and doing anything else while driving, you're an idiot. Talking to the other people in your vehicle notwithstanding.
As for the comments about Boomer and some of the "ethnic" drivers out there, let me tell you of two very disturbing incidents I personally witnessed. They both involved student drivers. One was at an intersection where there's an advanced left-turn signal. I was in the line-up to turn left. As the light for the traffic running perpendicular turned yellow, there was the usual rush of left-turns. But as the light turned red and the advanced green for our road came up, the other traffic still kept turning left. The 6th and last car to turn left on the red was a student driver being urged on by his East Indian instructor to blow the red light. As he went through, the advanced green ended and I had to sit through another full cycle of lights.
The second incident involved a student driver with a Chinese instructor driving merrily the wrong way down a major one way road. We're talking three lanes of one way road. Yet, despite several places to turn around and go the right way, they just continued along as if it was any other two way street.
And in case you weren't aware of the "high" standards of some other countries when it comes to licences, in Mumbai, India for example, to pass your driver's test you have to make two complete circuits around a tiny parking lot without hitting anything. Do that and you are a fully licensed driver.
I tend to agree with you, I've never seen a man driving with a dog in his lap, but I've seen at least two women doing it. How f**king stupid can some people be?
I only work a few hours a day (because I'm special), so I get all my chores done during the week. This is because I'm nice, and don't clog up the roads during the weekend when the plebes are rushing around in their few hours off to get their stuff done (also, I don't like lineups). However, since I pay so much in taxes, I think that when I drive, I should have a blue light on my car, and all the plebes who are driving around during the week GET OUT OF MY WAY! That especially goes for morons in the fast lane who are not going fast.
You just gotta be innovative;;
Farmer Jack once lived on a quiet rural highway but as time went by, the traffic slowly built up and eventually got so heavy and so fast that his free range chickens were being run over, at a rate of three to six a week.
So Farmer Jack called the local police station to complain, "You've got to do something about all these people driving so fast and killing all my chickens," he said to the local police officer.
"What do you want me to do?" asked the policeman.
"I don't care, just do something about those crazy drivers!"
So the next day the policeman had the Council erect a sign that read: SCHOOL CROSSING
Three days later Farmer Jack called the policeman and said, "You've still got to do something about these drivers. The ‘school crossing' sign seems to make them go even faster!"
So again, they put up a new sign: SLOW: CHILDREN AT PLAY
That really sped them up. So Farmer Jack called and said, "Your signs are no good. Can I put up my own sign?"
In order to get Farmer Jack off his back, the policeman said, "Sure. Put up your own sign."
The phone calls to the Police Station stopped, but curiosity got the better of the Officer, so he called Farmer John, “How’s the problem with the speeding drivers. did you put up your sign?"
"Oh, I sure did and not one chicken has been killed."
The policeman was really curious and thought he'd better go out and take a look at the sign.
He also thought the sign might be something the Police could use elsewhere, to slow drivers down. So he drove out to Farmer Jack's house. His jaw dropped the moment
he saw the sign.
'NUDIST COLONY
Slow down and watch for chicks!'
Farmer Jack once lived on a quiet rural highway but as time went by, the traffic slowly built up and eventually got so heavy and so fast that his free range chickens were being run over, at a rate of three to six a week.
So Farmer Jack called the local police station to complain, "You've got to do something about all these people driving so fast and killing all my chickens," he said to the local police officer.
"What do you want me to do?" asked the policeman.
"I don't care, just do something about those crazy drivers!"
So the next day the policeman had the Council erect a sign that read: SCHOOL CROSSING
Three days later Farmer Jack called the policeman and said, "You've still got to do something about these drivers. The ‘school crossing' sign seems to make them go even faster!"
So again, they put up a new sign: SLOW: CHILDREN AT PLAY
That really sped them up. So Farmer Jack called and said, "Your signs are no good. Can I put up my own sign?"
In order to get Farmer Jack off his back, the policeman said, "Sure. Put up your own sign."
The phone calls to the Police Station stopped, but curiosity got the better of the Officer, so he called Farmer John, “How’s the problem with the speeding drivers. did you put up your sign?"
"Oh, I sure did and not one chicken has been killed."
The policeman was really curious and thought he'd better go out and take a look at the sign.
He also thought the sign might be something the Police could use elsewhere, to slow drivers down. So he drove out to Farmer Jack's house. His jaw dropped the moment
he saw the sign.
'NUDIST COLONY
Slow down and watch for chicks!'
It might be because im from Ontario but yea there are a lot of drivers out there making stupid decisions but then again i did cut off that one lady 3 days ago and she pulled up beside me flipping me off and calling me a dumb ****er. I was on my phone, give me a break. :lol:
There are dumb ones, everywhere. Alberta and Quebec drivers are known to be shyte all across Canada.
Is this the thread where one can vent his overwhelming urge to bad language and poor spelling?