Every two days I go to 105 st & 83 avenue for my physiotherapy session and every time there are drivers who are not courteous to pedestrians or each other. What can I say, drivers, very few, stop at the 4 way stop sign. The ones that drive through think they have stopped.
This must be part the self importance attitude that is running rampant throughout the city. I have to get there, get out of my way, I’m in a big hurry, hurry up I’m late, I stopped so shut up…. Talk to these individuals and you get the puzzled look, the flipping of the bird or verbal abuse thrown at you.
One day I was watching for approx 20 minutes (early for the appointment), and I noted the following:
49 cars went through the stop signs without hesitation
5 taxi cabs never stopped
8 business vehicles never stopped
You have to wonder what is going on. When I took drivers education and then augmented my driving skills from a reputable driving school, we were taught that you come to a full stop at all stop signs… Maybe they are teaching something new?
No! they are not because this aversion to stopping, affects every age group from teenager to senior. Not only does this affliction occur at this location, yesterday (Saturday) after the big fire on Whyte Ave, people driving west on 83 ave thought it was okay to drive around barricades and up the sidewalk in front of the medical centre!?!
You have to wonder about whether they are watching where they are going? or are they acting as cows, following the herd, thinking the person in front knows where they are going? Lemmings……. That’s what I think of….
I know that if there was a deterrent for this, it would be the anticipation of some sort of punishment, but the police force, whether taxed or not, ignores this type of problem as well as other infractions. Okay lets be fair , they (police) do not ignore, but are hard pressed to act on it because the citizens say fix this problem, but my tax dollars better not go up. Well I think we need a zero tolerance initiative for about 4 months to get the message across….
YOUR VEHICLE CAN KILL …..
AND YOU ARE NOT A SUPER DRIVER….
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