Stupid Cops

[gaffer]

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This has also been a problem on Deerfoot around Douglas Glenn going north in the morning, many people use the shoulder to make the right turn, then make an illegal u-turn and then head up the merge lane avoiding the lights. The police did spend a week sitting there every morning giving tickets, and now they have just put pylons and stuff blocking it off, and it has construction of course too!

I personally dont really like using the shoulder as it is there for emergencies, but making a turn a bit early can help traffic flow but when it becomes like another lane then I have to go with the cops on this one. Some people just need some patience or to leave earlier!

This has been a real pain in tha ass in this end of the city. Nothing drives me more insane than when I wait my turn in line to get to the turning lane, only to have some guy blasting down that left hand side, and then he gets POed when I turn into the turning lane.

Traffic in this City would be so much safer if people would just relax. Calgary seems to have this mentality where drivers must be in front of every other car on the road so that they can get home 30 seconds faster. What the hell is the hurry if is saves you life or someoen elses.

Andrew

[Kor]

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My own issue is when traffic is backed up, people exit into a merge lane, get ahead of 5-10 cars then try to squeeze back in at the end of the merge lane. WTF? I honestly almost got out of my car last week because of this. The merge lane is for people merging into traffic! You can't use it to pass.

I myself have used the leftmost shoulder on northbound crowchild at the crowfoot shopping area lights when the turn lane is full. I agree that if it is only being used to help an overflowing turn lane, it should probably be let slide. Unless people are using it to pass other cars waiting to turn.

By the way, I rented a Lancer here in Toronto and got to drive about on the highways. For those who have not driven in Toronto (its my first time here) they drive wicked fast here. The rate of traffic is 160! I was talking to this cabbie and he told me that there are basically never any tickets given on the busy highways for speeding as long as everyone goes that fast. This is very different from Deerfoot which is a comparable road and yet the rate of traffic is 90Km/h.

One suggestion for future discussion, 'Stupid Cops' is kinda harsh for a subject ain't it?

[Billip]

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Hmmm....gentle sarcasm??

Actually, no, I wasn't being sarcastic at all. There have been a few threads lately that have delt with cops or tickets or something of the sort, and you frequently have good things to say, or at least clarify why things are they way they are.

I just get sick of the stupid sh!t that gets thrown around here sometimes that cops are bad or mean or horrible, and that basically everyone in the world is out to screw the tuner/customizer community. I'm not saying all of the rules are great... far from it... but sometimes there are reasons we don't understand.

I'm also sick of people complaining about getting speeding tickets. "yo dude, i just gots a speedin' ticket fo doin like 170 on crowchild... stupid f'in cop yo" (hahaha... that was supposed to be funny). I just don't understand that kinda attitude. I'm not saying I don't speed, because that's a blatent lie, but if I get a ticket I take it like a man, because guess what, I was breakin the law. I knew it, and now I'll pay. I won't be happy about it, but I'll deal with it.

Sorry, I kinda got on a soapbox there. My bad.

[Aleks]

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hehe....yeah, everyone has a job to do!! thanks Bill!

I agree, they are more than a few years behind work on crowchild, they should be putting in overpasses all the way to 12mile coulee road, and widening the same too! Its great heading into the city when the road widens to 3 lanes (even 4 at some points), but coming back north/west is terrible at the sarcee intersection....Now traffic is gonna suck worse during construction, so just wait for those rants to start

[R_Ethug]

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oh i'll rant.. don't think i won't

[Klobi-One-Kinobi]

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Speaking of Sarcee...

22 minutes to crawl from Richmond Rd. to Bow Tr. this afternoon.

[R_Ethug]

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don't get me started on that POS either.. last time i drove to brents it took me 40 minutes to go from bow to signal hill..

[Klobi-One-Kinobi]

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Ryan, 40 minutes in your rolling theatre would not be that bad.

[Stonewall]

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Ryan, 40 minutes in your rolling theatre would not be that bad.

But he was comming to my place to put on his new steering wheel so he had nothing comfy to clench between his hands

[R_Ethug]

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well other than shaft.. oh wait that was the movie i was watching

[James]

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Remember when Blair said that he read in the paper that mccould consturction at canyon medows drive would be done 3 weekends ago?


Its still not. Im not even gonna say anything because Ill get sassed by all of you

[Mr. Burns]

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How 'bout I sass you anyway... beotch.

[R_Ethug]

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nah i feel the same way about the roads here as you james

[Canadian Turbo]

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Remember when Blair said that he read in the paper that mccould consturction at canyon medows drive would be done 3 weekends ago?


Its still not. Im not even gonna say anything because Ill get sassed by all of you

Yeah sorry about that I went down that way on the weekend and it sucks especially with a low car The construction rampage continues in this city.

[James]

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Yeah, sometimes I wish I could slap this city's filthy whore mouth haha

Someone told me that at any given time there are 10,000 detour's in the city

And, my buddy works in construction and he was telling me that a few weeks ago, the city had hired every single cement company in the city for road work...disgusting

Hey Mike - Nuts to ya eyes to ya nose to ya chin