Comments on: Observations from Canada http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/observations-from-canada/ Living A Story To Tell Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:39:46 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: justin http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/observations-from-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 justin Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:08:09 +0000 /?p=46#comment-1096 actually, vancouver's flashing green means something different, according to <a href="http://www.vcn.bc.ca/t2000bc/debate/issues/ped_crossings.html" rel="nofollow">this site</a>. while i agree that it's like a green arrow most places, it is definately not in vancouver because i've almost been hit making that very assumption! actually, vancouver’s flashing green means something different, according to this site. while i agree that it’s like a green arrow most places, it is definately not in vancouver because i’ve almost been hit making that very assumption!

]]> By: Siteowner http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/observations-from-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Siteowner Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:44:57 +0000 /?p=46#comment-178 Dan, thanks for the clarifications. That green light thing has really been bugging me. Dan, thanks for the clarifications. That green light thing has really been bugging me.

]]> By: dan http://www.brianstucki.com/blog/observations-from-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-177 dan Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:33:34 +0000 /?p=46#comment-177 -Gas was 91.9 cents per liter. I didn’t know if I was getting a deal or not. You had to take into account both the dollar to Canadian dollar AND the Litre to Gallon. Who cares, I jsut filled up and forgot about it. You definitely did not get a deal. Gas is always significantly higher in Canada because of built in taxes we pay on fuel. -They don’t have any left turn lanes on the major roads. Nor do they have any suicide lanes. That was hard because when there were people turning left the left lane was really held up. So the fastest lane was the one in the middle. This must be unique to Vancouver as lots of other places in Canada have left turn lanes on major roads. -Their traffic lights had four stages. Red, yellow, green, and flashing green. I never really figured out what flashing green meant, but I didn’t get in a crash so it’s alright. Flashing green means that you can make a left turn because the cars facing you still have a red. Similar to green arrow in some US states. -Gas was 91.9 cents per liter. I didn’t know if I was getting a deal or not. You had to take into account both the dollar to Canadian dollar AND the Litre to Gallon. Who cares, I jsut filled up and forgot about it.

You definitely did not get a deal. Gas is always significantly higher in Canada because of built in taxes we pay on fuel.

-They don’t have any left turn lanes on the major roads. Nor do they have any suicide lanes. That was hard because when there were people turning left the left lane was really held up. So the fastest lane was the one in the middle.

This must be unique to Vancouver as lots of other places in Canada have left turn lanes on major roads.

-Their traffic lights had four stages. Red, yellow, green, and flashing green. I never really figured out what flashing green meant, but I didn’t get in a crash so it’s alright.

Flashing green means that you can make a left turn because the cars facing you still have a red. Similar to green arrow in some US states.

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