Driving (s)kills

I really wonder why so many people passed drivers ed. Oh wait, none is required in many North American cities like Calgary. Sure, they put in some graduated driver licensing program now but that still doesn’t really prevent anyone from climbing behind the wheel of oversized trucks – as long as they’re over 16, of course. Calgary seems to have some of the worst drivers in the world. I’ve been to all sorts of places – Tokyo, Paris, even Manila – and while all of those cities have interesting traffic patterns the stupidity I witness on Calgary roads some days is beyond shocking, in my humble opinion.

It kills people, people. We all know Canada’s gun policy is different from the US. One of the obvious reasons why it’s different it the simple fact that not allowing guns without a license prevents accidents and unnecessary deaths. Now gun laws is a sensitive topic I won’t get into. But did we conveniently forget cars kill too? My driving instructor told me a car is to be viewed as a deadly w…