Where The Worst Drivers Live

[Wayne Maybury]

Have any of you been to Quebec? I wouldn't say the drivers here are bad, but they sure are aggressive. Most Quebecers, especially those from the Montreal area consider the rules of the road to be mere suggestions rather than laws.

The first thing I do if a traffic light turns red is to look in the mirror before pressing on the brake. I have run a pink (you know, a red that isn't all that red yet) light thinking that I was stretching it a little bit only to look in the mirror and watch 2, 3, 4, or more cars follow me through.

Wayne

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by Wayne Maybury

Most Quebecers, especially those from the Montreal area consider the rules of the road to be mere suggestions rather than laws.Wayne

Aye...Think of them more as...guidelines, matey.

[HI Cobra]

"The first thing I do if a traffic light turns red is to look in the mirror before pressing on the brake. I have run a pink (you know, a red that isn't all that red yet) light thinking that I was stretching it a little bit only to look in the mirror and watch 2, 3, 4, or more cars follow me through."

Wayne,

That is the norm here in Hawaii - you go through a pink, look around for any
cops, but then see several following you through - no worries. They delay
the other side's greens for a couple of seconds just to keep them safe.

[Wayne Maybury]

[quote=HI Cobra;952331 They delay the other side's greens for a couple of seconds just to keep them safe.[/QUOTE]

They tried that in Montreal quite a few years ago at which time it became known as a "double red". The red would come on in one direction several seconds before the red would go out in the other direction but it didn't take the Montreal drivers very long to figure out that they could now run an even longer red. The result was more accidents so they switched back to the regular light rotation process.

They couldn't control speeding in the residential areas so they have put 4 way stop signs at just about every intersection. It is more difficult to speed but now virtually no one stops at stop signs any more.

Wayne

[Dan40]

Originally Posted by HI Cobra

"The first thing I do if a traffic light turns red is to look in the mirror before pressing on the brake. I have run a pink (you know, a red that isn't all that red yet) light thinking that I was stretching it a little bit only to look in the mirror and watch 2, 3, 4, or more cars follow me through."

Wayne,

That is the norm here in Hawaii - you go through a pink, look around for any
cops, but then see several following you through - no worries. They delay
the other side's greens for a couple of seconds just to keep them safe.

Try Miami, AFTER the light turns red, THREE cars go thru. NOT TURN, thru traffic. When you bust a red in Fl. You say, "I Miamied that light."

Then there are the 97 year old 4 foot tall Grandmas driving full boat Caddies and Lincolns in the left lane of the Interstate at 35 mph. You can't see them but you know they're in there! AKA Florida Frogs [a little bump showing BELOW the rim of the steering wheel.