Light’s I’m not sure about. I’ve only driven from Vancouver to Bellingham, and a rental in Nevada somewhere, and the only notable difference is people seem to actually do the stay right and pass on the left thing in the states. Oh and half of Canadians don’t use turn signals. Do Americans use turn signals?
I find it incredibly interesting, and annoying, how universal BMW-retardiration is across the world. Diagonal parking, no turn signals, overtaking before roundabout, etc. It’s as if buying BMW drops someone’s IQ by at least 30.
Normally green means “you can go, don’t worry nothing in your way”, of course when everyone obeys the rules.
In Canada, green means “well you’re allowed to go but there is still traffic crossing your way” which literally removes the single one reason why traffic lights were invented in the first place. Going left in Canada is an exercise in futility. First you have to deal with cars from the other side going straight on. So you drive to the middle of the crossing, then wait for those cars to clalear. But wait, there is more! Now you have to deal with all the pedestrians that also are crossing. Meanwhile the light turned yellow for a full two seconds, before turning red, and you’re still stuck in the middle of the crossing. Finally the pedestrians have cleared and after blocking the entire intersection for other traffic, now coming from left and right, for a full 5 seconds, you can finally continue to the left.
Each red - green cycle takes a good minute, and per cycle only one car can go so if there are 30 cars in front of you, waiting to make a left turn, you’re fucked for the next half hour.
Who ever came up with this system should be lines up and shot. If he’s dead already, dig him up, shoot his corpse and bury him again.
It’s beyond stupid and dangerous.
As a pedestrian, you always have to run and look around you to be sure you won’t be run over by some distracted driver, as a driver you are in a constant full panic mode to try and not murder pedestrians. It’s a shitshow
What’s the difference? I grew up only a few hours from the border but have never actually been to Canada.
Light’s I’m not sure about. I’ve only driven from Vancouver to Bellingham, and a rental in Nevada somewhere, and the only notable difference is people seem to actually do the stay right and pass on the left thing in the states. Oh and half of Canadians don’t use turn signals. Do Americans use turn signals?
I would say yes , the majority of American drivers use their turn signals. Unless they drive a BMW, then they can’t be bothered.
I find it incredibly interesting, and annoying, how universal BMW-retardiration is across the world. Diagonal parking, no turn signals, overtaking before roundabout, etc. It’s as if buying BMW drops someone’s IQ by at least 30.
Traffic lights, for one.
Normally green means “you can go, don’t worry nothing in your way”, of course when everyone obeys the rules.
In Canada, green means “well you’re allowed to go but there is still traffic crossing your way” which literally removes the single one reason why traffic lights were invented in the first place. Going left in Canada is an exercise in futility. First you have to deal with cars from the other side going straight on. So you drive to the middle of the crossing, then wait for those cars to clalear. But wait, there is more! Now you have to deal with all the pedestrians that also are crossing. Meanwhile the light turned yellow for a full two seconds, before turning red, and you’re still stuck in the middle of the crossing. Finally the pedestrians have cleared and after blocking the entire intersection for other traffic, now coming from left and right, for a full 5 seconds, you can finally continue to the left.
Each red - green cycle takes a good minute, and per cycle only one car can go so if there are 30 cars in front of you, waiting to make a left turn, you’re fucked for the next half hour.
Who ever came up with this system should be lines up and shot. If he’s dead already, dig him up, shoot his corpse and bury him again.
It’s beyond stupid and dangerous.
As a pedestrian, you always have to run and look around you to be sure you won’t be run over by some distracted driver, as a driver you are in a constant full panic mode to try and not murder pedestrians. It’s a shitshow