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[lastchair_44]

Emax, on Jan 6 2007, 01:57 PM, said:

"is that my buddy Johnny's new license plate?"

(Shhh... we stuck one over his rear plate and he hasn't noticed it for a week.)

You guys are funny!

[liftmech21]

thank god i haven't driven it for a week......

[Duck]

tcs, on Mar 3 2006, 07:39 PM, said:

Canada seems to have a lot more "pictographs" along their hiways then the U.S. has.

Here are two of my favourites, from on a trip out to Tremblant in Quebec:





I dunno why, but they both had me cracking up. :)

-Iain

[liftmech]

Me too. Good find.

[LiftTech]

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[Kicking Horse]

LiftTech, on Jan 31 2007, 10:41 AM, said:

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And what "Machine" is that?

[Callao]

Here's one from Southern Utah University, where I go to school:
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No idea---I haven't seen a mule anywhere.

[liftmech]

Kicking Horse, on Jan 31 2007, 09:32 PM, said:

And what "Machine" is that?

Any machine will do.

[Emax]

[liftmech]

[Emax]

Time Out !

[tirefireking]

oh yeah

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[Ontariodude]

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This was taken 5 days ago from my trip to Quebec (Le Massif and Mont-Ste.-Anne). Minimum 60? U'd be roadkill if you went that slow. The average speed people travelled from what I remember is 120km/h although there were alot of cops out on Autoroute 20 from Montreal to Quebec City so everyone went 110:thumbsup: . Slowest car we saw: 75km/h just outside Montreal on A-30 .

[poloxskier]

Ontariodude, on Mar 15 2007, 09:10 AM, said:

This was taken 5 days ago from my trip to Quebec (Le Massif and Mont-Ste.-Anne). Minimum 60? U'd be roadkill if you went that slow. The average speed people travelled from what I remember is 120km/h although there were alot of cops out on Autoroute 20 from Montreal to Quebec City so everyone went 110:thumbsup: . Slowest car we saw: 75km/h just outside Montreal on A-30 .

I was almost made roadkill when driving across Alberta two years ago and I was going 110, the speed limit.

Those minimum/maximum signs in downtown Denver on I-25 look like a cruel joke when youre stuck in traffic. At those times the 40 MPH minimum is about double the speed that traffic flows. I sure love the mountains

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[Lift Kid]

poloxskier, on Mar 15 2007, 01:33 PM, said:

I was almost made roadkill when driving across Alberta two years ago and I was going 110, the speed limit.

Those minimum/maximum signs in downtown Denver on I-25 look like a cruel joke when youre stuck in traffic. At those times the 40 MPH minimum is about double the speed that traffic flows. I sure love the mountains

I hate the Denver traffic. You sit there for almost an hour in rush hour just to get going up the mountain. But I-70 in the mountains is knarly in a blizzard.

[spunkyskier01]

the drive from Niagara falls to Port Huron Michigan we were driving around 120-140 kilometers/hr, i don't see how people can drive that fast, especially on that stretch of road, i nearly dropped the suspension of my car trying to keep with the pace of traffic.

[poloxskier]

Lift Kid, on Mar 15 2007, 04:12 PM, said:

I hate the Denver traffic. You sit there for almost an hour in rush hour just to get going up the mountain. But I-70 in the mountains is knarly in a blizzard.

I-70 isn't that bad but I guess its all in what you get used to.

[Ontariodude]

This is a bit off-topic but the European Union is asking the nation of Germany to impose a speed limit on their Autobahn series of highways. It's not because of safety but because of global warming. Cars use much more fuel when trevelling at say 220km/h rather than 130km/h (80mph) which is actuallly the European Union's proposed speed limit for the Autobahn. I wonder if Germany will agree

As for driving in Ontario, people usually go a good deal faster than the speed limit but that is normal for Canada. On the weeekend if the traffic volume is moderate, its not rare for people going 130 - 135 on a 100 zone. But then again, many of Ontario's highways are in fairly good condition although some need work (ex. parts of the 401, 402 and 417). In Quebec, I noticed how the increased police pressence slowed people down. I don't know if it was a special week for them but it seemed as if there were alot of cops out. Then again if you go fast in Quebec watch out... the road infrastructure is seeming to crumble away in some areas.

My best story of the lack of police pressense on Ontario's highways is during one late evening on the Queen Elizabeth Way (expressway from Toronto to Fort Erie - Buffalo, NY) where traffic was flowing at a steady 125km/h but the volume was fairly high. All of the sudden, a group of about 10 Ducatis, Hondas, and Yamaha superbikes started whizzing by going between cars and weeving through cars like it was a game. I sware it could have been from a movie set

While in Michigan awhile back, I noticed that people seemed to follow the speed limits quite closely.

My off-topic 2cents



Oh here is another sign. It's not really funny although where else do you see a sign with street names honouring a founder of Canadian Beer and a world-renowned genius (at the same time).

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Taken on km139 of A-40-73 in Quebec, Quebec.


Will T. (ontariodude)

[Lift Kid]

poloxskier, on Mar 15 2007, 10:53 PM, said:

I-70 isn't that bad but I guess its all in what you get used to.

I know. But the 3.5 hour trip from where I-70 was in the foot hills to the Dillon Exit is pretty bad if you ask me. That was during the 2nd blizzard of the 3 in a row this year.