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Originally Posted by seven
i've lived in states all my life except last 6 years. i never saw much of a diff between u.s. and canadian highways. sure canada has 2 way traffic in the lala lands of the east coast so does the u.s. i'm guessing you never drove from east thru to west in the u.s. nor have you been driving to the end of south country?  |
You're dead wrong on so many points Im not sure where to start.
Let's deal with the 2-way traffic issue.... I've been all over Canada as far as the west coast and east into Southern Quebec. I've travelled across the prairies and Northern Ontario more times than, well let's just say I lost count of my driving trips years ago.
Canada has but ONE major highway that runs right across it east to west. Yes, there are other highways, but only one Trans-Canada. It has long stretches of 2-way traffic in Saskachewan and in western Manitoba (most of it in Manitoba is thankfully a nice divided hwy though), in Northern Ontario it is almost exclusively 2-way traffic with the exception of the odd 3rd lane for passing (pfftt). Unless things have changed in the past 10-15 years, the part of it that runs across the south of BC has a lot of 2-way traffic. If memory serves, there are stretches of 2-way traffic in Quebec's section of the trans-Canada, and I'll take your word for what is in the far easter provinces.
Now let's take your average US interstate..... I've travelled across NYState, I have been east to west many times, from Montana to Ohio, mostly on interstates. All of those were nice divided highways. I've been down the entire length of the I-5 on the west coast, one of the most beautifully made highways I've ever had the pleasure of travelling on. I have driven straight south to Kansas city several times, then east through St. Louis, Then South-east through Chatanooga and down to Atlanta... all nice divided interstate there. Once even kept going down to Orlando, again.... some pretty nice divided highway all the way.
My only point is and was the fact that Canada should be able to have just ONE highway that is comparable to even one of the many US interstates. Now, you can sit there and try to challenge me on that, but I live here, I know the roads and I'm saying I prefer to drive on an interstate. If you feel that strongly opposed to my view why not take a drive up here and traverse the trans-Canada for yourself? It'll only take a week or so, and it's a beautiful drive much of the way.