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#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#hmmm..i went to the 'Shwa so i could get a sooner test! lol.....they weren't more lenient & i do believe that both times they asked me to parallel park...fun! #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#and as for learnign to drive - i learned to drive in the dead of winter in T.O, but we also wnt to the wilds of pickering & tackles some streets like plug hat rd & old bear rd - have fun on those in the snow! lol!!#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#dee - i know!!!!! i thought exactly the same thinig....i won't use this. i've had to use the gravel shoulder recovery a few times (once becasue an idiot coming head-on tried to pass a car while clealy not paying attention to how much space he had, or looking for oncoming traffic (me!!) -it's great that this stuff still works & that you remember how to do it.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#pmc wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Is it just me, or is anyone else even slightly horrified at the thought of masses of previously flunking drivers flocking to rural bureaus that are more lenient, getting their licenses and then coming back and driving in the big, bad city? #ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Shocked/5.gif"#ed_cl# #ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys//smiley2.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Uggh, no kidding. It's also the only place I've ever had a parking ticket. To anyone who's never been to Hamilton, they have the most bizarre parking rules ever. You can park on this side of the street overnight when the moon is full but not on Thursdays that have an even date, etc. You have to be very careful to read all the signs and fine print. You can also get ticketed for parking too far away from the curb.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I was once parallel parked on Bay St., I had parked a little too close to the car ahead of me, but they had lots of room in front to get out, however by the time I went to leave someone else had parked too close behind me, so I methodically bounced off that car's front bumper until I got out!#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#*Giddy Up* wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I have my G2- and I had to parallel park- everyone that I know has had to- it's what they do in Hamilton#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#
#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Nah, it's just Hamilton! My relatives are all near St. Joseph's Hospital - one set in the nice Aberdeen area, then my sister who is in a rather seedier neighborhood near the Corktown#ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Shocked/5.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#So whenever I'm down there it's all street parking, the neighborhoods are both older than automobiles and not built with them in mind, and the parking rules are truly strange. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#The 8-lane freeways are no biggie. Plus you're only dealing with 4 lanes at a time, not all 8 at once! I found driving around Cleveland a little more intense, but I'm sure if I lived there I would get used to it.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#goldendryad wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Wow, you Easterners are strange!#ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Teasing/19.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
Ruth wrote:<DIV>The 8-lane freeways are no biggie. </DIV>
#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#i agree DD - if you can't handle the 401, please do not drive on it!! on the other hand, i find it easier & safer to drive on the 400 series hwys...no traffic lights, no pedestrians, no left turns or right turns, rarely are there "sudden" stops.....ahhh....just driving, no other BS to think about really.....statistically, it's safer to drive on the 401 that say in your neighbourhood (i'm talking city here folks, not rural in the middle of no where neighbourhoods). yes, the crashes are worse, but that's because of the speed & number of vehicles involved, so they are more "spectacular" that say the wide number of accidents that happen every minute on the city roads.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#draftdriver wrote:#ed_op#BR#ed_cl##ed_op#BR#ed_cl# Nope, the 401 is not the place for the faint of heart.Ruth wrote:<DIV>The 8-lane freeways are no biggie. </DIV>
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