US drivers are crazy. Canadian drivers are even more crazy. Ever driven on the 401? *shudder*

In Quebec city, in the old city, there's a road that winds around a hill and it's all blind curves. The pedestrians don't look for oncoming traffic, and the drivers don't look for pedestrians. And down along the river, when I was there back in the 70s, the road didn't have any markings at all, even though it was the equivalent of a several lane highway. The cars were all over that road and had no regard for staying in anything that could be considered a lane.

In Orillia, on the other hand, the drivers were very considerate while I was there. One time, when I stepped down off a snow bank onto the shoulder of the road, all of the traffic stopped even though I was only on the side of the road and not in it.

JtS told me recently that a much higher percentage of people he's known in Canada have died in vehicular accidents than people he's known in the US.