Jumpin fish!
Can anyone show me a road, or highway that is not under construction, or blocked due to an "accident", parade or special event?
It is getting impossible to get anywhere anymore and the stress that it creates is sometimes, unbearable.
4AM? Traffic is bad, because they have to close the roads for "repair".
6:30AM? Traffic is horriffic, because everyone needs to start getting to work.
9:00AM? Traffic is bad, because, now, alot of people work varied hours to start later and "miss" the traffic.
12:00PM Traffic is bad again, everyone running lunch errands.
3:00? Guess what? "Rush hour" has started and it lasts until 7:30PM.
Now, 'round about 10:00, they close or shut the roads down to one lane for overnight repairs. This causes massive backups for kilometers. Beauty...sitting in the dark on the 401 at 11:00AM, nothing but the taillights.
But, here is the weird thing. You drive by the "construction site" and nobody is working. There are impressive pylons, lights, equipment, diggers. movers, lifters...whatever. But not a body to be seen anywhere.
Is it underground construction? Grrrrr.....
Then you got the good old DVP. Unreal, no other way to describe it.
10PM on a Thursday night, it is jammed from top to bottom. (and this is when there is no construction, or "accidents".)
I mean, where in the hell is everyone going? Don't they know that I need to get home. Move the hell over and let me get back to Suburbia, for chrissakes.
Ga$ price$, obviously, are not an issue for Canadians and we have proven this out with our commuter movements and habits.
Case in point, most cars ( I bet %90) in the morning/evening commute have only one occupant. It's funny actually, you get to notice the same people day in, day out. You don't "know" them, but you get to seeing them so often, you may as well meet for coffee before the commute. You even start to nod back and forth after awhile....
Ergo, the delays and "accidents"....
Same people doing the same behaviours...
-the "singer", belting out tunes and air jamming
-the "make up applier", putting on their face and nearly crashing every 3. 8 seconds
-the "wicked hung over stare straight ahead guy". You KNOW this dude would blow over, if stopped, and chances are he only went to bed 2-3 hours before getting in their car.
-the "cell phone talking, bagel eating, coffee drinking, cigarette smoking guy/girl", again nearly crashing every time they get a chance to look up at the road.
-the "texter", sending/receiving text messages, while leaning on their steering wheel for balance. (Hint-the wheel is for steering)
-the "reader"...I love these ones. Some reading the paper, some reading reports for the morning meeting, some looking at porno. (Okay, that guy gets a pass)
It seems like everyday, there is some catastrophic "accident" on the 400 series highways....leaving ensuing chaos.
This is not just a Toronto/401 phenomenon. My little metropolis has also succummbed to the traffic monster. The "main drag" is only about 3 kilometers long, but I have been reduced to taking "shortcuts", or backroads....rather than the "main drag".
On any given night, it is bumper to bumper...end to end..traffic light to traffic light. Try getting out of the Beer Store parking lot on a Friday night..I triple dog dare you.
Then you have Sunday night. Bumper to bumper for miles. Why, you ask?
Everyone coming home from the cottage to Toronto and other parts undesirable....that's why.
So, listen up city slickers. Stay off MY goat paths to avoid traffic on the 401...unless you are bringing beer into town.
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