Randomness on the roads.... a rant

I’ve been driving for a while now and across Canada and I must say that every place has their share of crazy drives. I always wonder how certain people get their license, and if maybe they were good drivers then but because they don’t drive much or imitate bad drivers that they become that way.

Some highlights (or should I saw lowlights) of my driving experience include an asian lady going the wrong way up the 427 exit ramp onto the 401 in GTA. Now for those of you who don’t know where this is let me explain…. The 401 is the biggest most traffic highway in Canada. It has at least 8 lanes each way in GTA. So the setup is 4 collectors, barrier, 4 express, big barrier, 4 express and 4 collectors. So for anyone to go the wrong way…. its just ridiculous. Now the 427 is another large highway with 4 lanes in each direct. The average speed on the roads that day I would say is 120km//hr. By now you should all be as stunned and shocked how that chick ever got her license. I guess everything has a price…..

Another fun experience (this has actually happen a couple of times) is when there is 2 lanes on a highway, in the middle of nowhere between two large cities such as (Ottawa/Montreal, Toronto/Niagara, Toronto/Ottawa….) and two friends think its normal to drive side by side and talk while traffic is backing up behind them. Whoever does this I say should automatically get their license removed and fined. When I say fined, I mean they should pay every person in every car behind them for wasting their time at the rate of their worth. So if you held up a CEO for 1hr and they make $700/hr then you should pay them $700. A friend of mine suggested that stupid accidents, which tie up the roads and cause major delays should be handled the same way. I think she’s really onto something. I also would charge all the rubber-neckers who end up backing up traffic in the opposite direction because they can’t mind their own bee’s wax!