Driving - A little rant
The QE II between Edmonton and Calgary on the weekend drives me nuts. People passing on the left, on the right, trucks swerving between lanes. I see red when an 18 wheeler flashes his high beams in my rear-view mirror while I’m QE II passing another car at 120 km/hr in the far-left lane. For those of you who may not remember, the speed limit for this stretch of road is 110 km/hr. What’s going on? How can the driving conditions in Canada be so much worse than Europe where speed limits are considerable higher and fatal vehicular accidents much lower? Here are some results of my investigation. In the table, I’ve listed a number countries and road fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants and road fatalities per 100,000 vehicles. I’ve driven in all these countries except Sweden and Finland which I’ve included because they share similar driving conditions to Canada. Country Road Fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year Road Fatalities per 100,000 vehicles.