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For the first few days driving on Vancouver Island this Spring, I was the only driver obeying the posted speed limits with Canadians tailgating me. By the end of the vacation, I was going 20-30 kph over. lol.
Same with Alberta. Go the speed limit and you'll be the slowest vehicle on the road.
My Audi can be changed to read Kph, when doing so it also gives the temp in C and kph, if you drive a newer vehicle check in the menu's yours might do the same.
I hate that part. Now my exterior, interior, engine coolant and transmission temps are Celsius, and oil pressure and tire pressure are some kind of metric reading. Same with odometer and trip odometers. I wish I could just switch the speedometer over to kph while everything else stayed normal.
Same with Alberta. Go the speed limit and you'll be the slowest vehicle on the road.
I find that on 401 in Ontario. The first couple of times, I was paranoid because I have Jersey plates and figured they'd be waiting like spiders to pounce on me, but everyone was whizzing by. After I leave 401 and head north, and I am more cognizant of local speed limits because, just like south Jersey, when you come to a town, the speed limit drops. Usually in areas like that in NJ there is a hidden cop waiting to pick you off, but I haven't seen that in Ontario. Plus 62 is a road through farmland and lake country, not a major highway. It's fine to drive slowly. Very scenic.
I don't know about the rest of Canada, but here in BC when you see a sign that warns of an upcoming traffic light ( usually on a curve ) that the lights flash only when the light is against you, and don't flash if you have a green.
It may differ by province and state, but I do remember driving in California, and these warnings always flashed regardless of the status of the upcoming signal.
Can anyone confirm that it's illegal in all Canada to turn right at a red stop light? The one time I drove there I assumed that that was the case, but that was 3-4 years ago.
Yes in Montreal. And they will follow US plates until you slip and quickly pull you over.
Yes in Montreal. And they will follow US plates until you slip and quickly pull you over.
Unless maybe they are from the NYC metro area and know enough that it might be different in an urban setting, because you cannot make a right on red there, either.
I'm American and I drove through Canada a couple of days ago in southern Ontario. There is less billboard commercialism along the highways than in the US, strangely no roadkill, and you won't see any wildlife other than a few deer out in the fields. The speed limits were at the lowest 25 mph and the max 62 mph (converted to US distances of measurement). There will be numerous Tim Horton's restaurant dotting the trip.
I'm American and I drove through Canada a couple of days ago in southern Ontario. There is less billboard commercialism along the highways than in the US, strangely no roadkill, and you won't see any wildlife other than a few deer out in the fields. The speed limits were at the lowest 25 mph and the max 62 mph (converted to US distances of measurement). There will be numerous Tim Horton's restaurant dotting the trip.
ROFL. I never heard of this place until I started coming up to Ontario last year.
Then, on my second trip home, I took a highway I don't usually use near my home because of a traffic jam and I passed a Tim Horton's, seven miles or so from my house in NJ. Next thing I knew I noticed there was one in Penn Station New York.
But I've seen dead deer in Ontario, and a few months ago I saw what I thought was a wolf in the grass along the 401 in broad daylight. Someone suggested that it might be a coywolf, a coyote/wolf mix, which have been spotted down that way.
There is definitely wildlife in Ontario. I heard wolves howling for the first time in my life up here. Not when I was driving, though!
I didn't even know Tim Hortons was in the US. Looks like they are mostly in the eastern states. The only one I've seen outside of Canada is the one in Kandahar, Afghanistan. We were based out of Bagram Air Base, but we flew to Kandahar on a regular basis. We got donuts almost every time we were there and usually had requests from others to bring boxes of donuts back. As for wildlife in Canada, drive the Alaska Highway and you'll see bison, black bears, grizzly bears, deer, mountain goats, foxes, caribou and wolves, just to name a few.
I didn't even know Tim Hortons was in the US. Looks like they are mostly in the eastern states. The only one I've seen outside of Canada is the one in Kandahar, Afghanistan. We were based out of Bagram Air Base, but we flew to Kandahar on a regular basis. We got donuts almost every time we were there and usually had requests from others to bring boxes of donuts back. As for wildlife in Canada, drive the Alaska Highway and you'll see bison, black bears, grizzly bears, deer, mountain goats, foxes, caribou and wolves, just to name a few.
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