To Ontario's motorists-an apology
No Elisa! I didnt crash!!
But, having now developed enough knowledge of where i am going to simply get on with driving, i have begun to pay more attention to the way people drive round here. And i've said it plenty of times in the past week to the Europeans i meet around here. The standard of driving on the 401 is appalling. Really shit. You've got 8 lanes, and people using both inside and outside as the fastest, overtaking intentionally on whatever side they like, and - this is the really annoying bit - they come to within 3 feet of your arse, and if you try and leave a gap - f*#k the 2 second rule, i defy anyone to leave 0.2 seconds at 730 in the morning - some twat fills it. Rant over.
So here's the apology. In by far the worst visibility i have ever seen (well, i couldnt see, but you know what i mean!), whilst a tornado, flash floods and thunderstorms came down on the 401 this afternoon, people had the sense to drop to 20 to 30 kmh, and gently work through the river below them. Water was about a foot deep in parts, and the rain was horizontal. Pics dont really tell the story.
One comment though: North America. You need to fit fog lights to your vehicles. If cars can see each other, they are (probably!) less likely to smack into one another.
I returned to North York to find bit of trees on roads, and the 5th floor of our block of flats flooded, with water dripping down to ground level, and power out in the surrounds. Luckily, I'm on the 11th, and all is dry. I got an email from my mate Sharon to say her flat was flooded and she has had to move in with her landlord.
Got another email from Szilvia to tell me that we might not bother with the canoeing in Algonquin the weekend after next, and did I fancy white water rafting instead? Having white watered the 401 this afternoon, anything else should be a breeze....
But, having now developed enough knowledge of where i am going to simply get on with driving, i have begun to pay more attention to the way people drive round here. And i've said it plenty of times in the past week to the Europeans i meet around here. The standard of driving on the 401 is appalling. Really shit. You've got 8 lanes, and people using both inside and outside as the fastest, overtaking intentionally on whatever side they like, and - this is the really annoying bit - they come to within 3 feet of your arse, and if you try and leave a gap - f*#k the 2 second rule, i defy anyone to leave 0.2 seconds at 730 in the morning - some twat fills it. Rant over.
So here's the apology. In by far the worst visibility i have ever seen (well, i couldnt see, but you know what i mean!), whilst a tornado, flash floods and thunderstorms came down on the 401 this afternoon, people had the sense to drop to 20 to 30 kmh, and gently work through the river below them. Water was about a foot deep in parts, and the rain was horizontal. Pics dont really tell the story.
One comment though: North America. You need to fit fog lights to your vehicles. If cars can see each other, they are (probably!) less likely to smack into one another.
I returned to North York to find bit of trees on roads, and the 5th floor of our block of flats flooded, with water dripping down to ground level, and power out in the surrounds. Luckily, I'm on the 11th, and all is dry. I got an email from my mate Sharon to say her flat was flooded and she has had to move in with her landlord.
Got another email from Szilvia to tell me that we might not bother with the canoeing in Algonquin the weekend after next, and did I fancy white water rafting instead? Having white watered the 401 this afternoon, anything else should be a breeze....
posted by CBC at 10:44 pm
1 Comments:
Stop your whinging! Thats 2 days of rain since i've been here. still time to come you know. I dont feel quite as bad using the word twat! i can think of other words too. But this is a family site (well, my family have threatened to pass by...) so not too much swearing. I am sure if they'd seen me at a football match, or been in a car with me for half an hour, they'd know i picked up a couple of swear words along the way....
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