Common Courtesy/Rules of the Road

[Olestra]

Lol I thought Toronto's 401 was 10 times worse than Montreal.
I visited for a week and I think I saw a rear ender at least 3-4 times on the 401. Montreal - ppl used the right lanes, left lanes properly.

 

[Rainman]

Lol I thought Toronto's 401 was 10 times worse than Montreal.
I visited for a week and I think I saw a rear ender at least 3-4 times on the 401. Montreal - ppl used the right lanes, left lanes properly.

The 401 is by far the worst of the highways that I drive for driver etiquette.

R

 

[TheDutchGun]

I've never had a problem with the 401, but the 40 through montreal is like chaos to me.

 

[Rainman]

I've never had a problem with the 401, but the 40 through montreal is like chaos to me.

True enough. The 40 is fairly bad, but then no worse than the 427 or the Gardnener Expressway in T.O.

R

 

[Adam02es]

Interesting how driving habits change from road to road. In Massachusetts, drivers seem to be much better about driving right and passing left in the western part of the state. Inside of rt 128, that seems to be the exception to the rule. Especially on rt 128.

For example, on my way home from work tonight, not only did the car impeding progress in the left lane not speed up or get the f@#k out of my way, it actually accelerated to block me from passing when I finally gave up and tried to go around it. It was very sad, as this car was actually a Mazda3 ...

In some ways I am fortunate that I commute in the opposite direction of the flow of rush hour traffic and it actually matters when people block the left lane. On the other hand, it can be strangely peaceful when there is enough traffic that it doesn't matter whether they move or not. It's great that it doesn't take me an hour to travel 10 miles, but I think I actually have more road rage than I did in real traffic thanks to the driving habits on rt 128.

 

[bazooka joe]

Interesting how driving habits change from road to road. In Massachusetts, drivers seem to be much better about driving right and passing left in the western part of the state. Inside of rt 128, that seems to be the exception to the rule. Especially on rt 128.

For example, on my way home from work tonight, not only did the car impeding progress in the left lane not speed up or get the f@#k out of my way, it actually accelerated to block me from passing when I finally gave up and tried to go around it. It was very sad, as this car was actually a Mazda3 ...

In some ways I am fortunate that I commute in the opposite direction of the flow of rush hour traffic and it actually matters when people block the left lane. On the other hand, it can be strangely peaceful when there is enough traffic that it doesn't matter whether they move or not. It's great that it doesn't take me an hour to travel 10 miles, but I think I actually have more road rage than I did in real traffic thanks to the driving habits on rt 128.

128 is a race track! it's one of the worst out there...of course MA drivers are really bad...it's an art form to speed up when some is try to pass...no one cuts in front of anyone...it's kinda like you don't want to "lose your spot in line"

 

[tsunami]

128 sucks i avoid it like the plague if i have to travel south... it always scares the hell out of me when some big ass diesel contractor truck goes flying by in the shoulder when everyone else is at a standstill cause at certian hours the shoulder is a lane i never remember what hours its open or not..

 

[Adam02es]

128 sucks i avoid it like the plague if i have to travel south... it always scares the hell out of me when some big ass diesel contractor truck goes flying by in the shoulder when everyone else is at a standstill cause at certian hours the shoulder is a lane i never remember what hours its open or not..

Between 6:00am and 10:00am, and 3:00pm to 7:00pm, but only between rt 9 and rt 24. People that commute on this road have no idea either. It is especially bad near an exit where the shoulder actually turns into a normal lane for about 50 yards due to the construction. And despite the giant sign warning everyone about this 3 miles in advance, this is where at least a dozen cars realize they aren't far enough to the right and dive for the exit in this last 50 yards. This is the exit I take to get to work, and I fear for my life every morning. (hand) It's amazing the risks people take to not miss an exit. I'm ready to take side streets, even if it means doubling my commute and trading in easy highway miles for abusive stoplight traffic.

 

[bazooka joe]

Between 6:00am and 10:00am, and 3:00pm to 7:00pm, but only between rt 9 and rt 24. People that commute on this road have no idea either. It is especially bad near an exit where the shoulder actually turns into a normal lane for about 50 yards due to the construction. And despite the giant sign warning everyone about this 3 miles in advance, this is where at least a dozen cars realize they aren't far enough to the right and dive for the exit in this last 50 yards. This is the exit I take to get to work, and I fear for my life every morning. (hand) It's amazing the risks people take to not miss an exit. I'm ready to take side streets, even if it means doubling my commute and trading in easy highway miles for abusive stoplight traffic.