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Originally Posted by Sasquachulator
Canada's driving requirements are pretty lax too.
I think its similar to Murica.
It used to be 25 questino written test + driving portion (had the hill park, paralell park, and driving around until the tester was sastisfied and you either passed or didnt)
then they introduced a graduated licensing system which would have restricted your driving (something like can't have more than 2 people in the car, can't drive at night after so and so time...something like that...i dont actually know waht the restrictions are) and reduced your available demerit. You had to take a second test at least 6 months after i think to upgrade to "full driver"
We might be rolling back away from the GDL system.....(at least in ALberta)
Oh and if you were immigrating here, you cant just convert your existing drivers license to the Canadian one.....You might need to pass a written test, but im pretty sure there was no driving portion involved (just super easy to get one here)
I've driven since 18 (got my license right before they changed to the GDL system) and i have noticed that every year everyone still sucks at driving in winter, but there may actually more worse drivers now than before and i think that has to do with an increase of immigrants who dont know how to drive in CANADA, so they drive like they do back in their home countries (which for all intents and purposes is alot more chaotic)
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A friend from Mexico often tells me he likes driving down there more than here in SoTex. He claims that Mexican traffic is “organically” driven as opposed to “rule” driven. I’m skeptical. Mexican buses have long had the distressing habit of plunging off mountain roads and killing everyone aboard.
Plastering highway with “CURVA PELIGROSA” signs doesn’t seem to help.