Canadian Drivers

I took a spring break trip to Canada to snowboard with some friends (Mtn Tremblant, about an hour north of Montreal).  As I drove down the Canadian high way I realized something, I was doing 70  mph (112 km/h) in a 100 km/h zone and I was zooming past people.  For the entire 8 or so hours that I drove in Canada (round trip) I can count on 1 hand the number of people that passed me.  However, as soon as I returned to the states I started doing 75 mph in a 65mph zone and plenty of people passed me. 

Why do Canadians follow the speed limit so strickly?  Are there some very harsh fines and such for speeding more so than in the US?

Speeding is punishable by death.

They really are a barbaric and uncivilized people.

Man Bites Dog wrote: Speeding is punishable by death. They really are a barbaric and uncivilized people.

the irony is that speeding really is sometimes punishable by death.

There is only one road in Canada, and its pretty hard for someone to pass you when they are mushing sled dogs

Edited by Snake6. - 28 March 2008 at 3:00pm

people in this town suck.  i'll be doing 5 under the limit and still be passing people, if im lucky enough for them not to be driving side by side in all 3 lanes, that is.

as for highways, you can get by with 90 on I70, but on US 41 you MIGHT be able to get away with 65 in a 60.


Edited by evillepaintball - 28 March 2008 at 3:05pm

Speeding isnt cool.

Old ladies are blowing by you if your doing 85 on I-84 during rush hour. It connects CT to NY, so everyone is going to the city to work or is coming home so they book.  

Uncle Rudder wrote: on a side note, is gas sold by the liter in Canada? $10.97 per liter of gas or am I retarded and read the sign wrong.

It wasn't $10.97, but yes we use litres. Canada uses the metric system, why would we sell by gallon?

As for speeding, every single person I know except my aunt speeds. Some more than others, but enough so that its annoying when someone in front of you is doing the limit.

little devil wrote: I know in some parts of Ontario they now impound your car for speeding 30-40 over. Maybe near Montreal it's the same.

That's 50 over.

Actually in Quebec they just passed harsher speeding laws. Depending on your speed and the speed limit you can loose up to 14 points. They also passed new legislation to seize vehicles of habitual speeders.

Edited by notom66866 - 28 March 2008 at 9:44pm