Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas)

[Arrdeeharharharbour]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

I mean as far as I can tell that's actually a legal pass. A little aggressive, for sure, and likely speed a good bit, but a double yellow line doesn't actually mean it's illegal to pass.

That surprises me. My understanding here in NS is that it is illegal to cross double solid line. I thought this rule was a standard everywhere.

[Innsertnamehere]

Originally Posted by Arrdeeharharharbour

That surprises me. My understanding here in NS is that it is illegal to cross double solid line. I thought this rule was a standard everywhere.

The rule in Ontario is only that you need a clear sightline:

149 (1) No vehicle shall be driven or operated to the left of the centre of a roadway designed for one or more lanes of traffic in each direction,

(a) when approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the roadway or within 30 metres of a bridge, viaduct or tunnel where the driver’s view is obstructed within that distance so as to create a potential hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the opposite direction; or

(b) when approaching within 30 metres of a level railway crossing.

So it's very legal to pass on a double yellow, provided you actually have clear sightlines. In that video, the truck appears to have had a clear sightline, so the pass was legal.

You are also still not legally allowed to exceed the speed limit while doing the pass of course.. so if a cop saw you and didn't like it they would likely citate you for speeding. They just couldn't give you a ticket for unsafe passing. (the only speeding ticket I've ever gotten was passing someone.. the cop said "I didn't slow down fast enough" afterwards, haha)

This is done from my understanding more so to not make passing very slow vehicles when safe but not in a passing zone. I.e. a tractor doing 15km/h is easy to pass very quickly with more limited sight lines in areas which otherwise are painted for no passing. It is as such that people can legally make regular passes in areas painted as no passing areas though too.

[megadude]

Yeah, I just assumed it was illegal but I guess not. The speeding part was reckless in a residential area where any of the cars could have been turning left into one of the business or house driveways.

Several years ago, about 8 I’d say, a few minutes away on a country road, a pickup went to pass a car on a 80 road only to then make a right almost immediately. He couldn’t make the turn and plowed into an SUV with a family. Luckily no one was killed. The driver fled.

I think people could benefit from race track or wide open parking lot training to understand the physics of what a normal car with normal tires is and isn’t capable of doing at speed. Young people don’t have that years of experience.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

A little aggressive, for sure

Yep. Why pass 1 when you can pass 3.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by megadude

Several years ago, about 8 I’d say, a few minutes away on a country road, a pickup went to pass a car on a 80 road only to then make a right almost immediately. He couldn’t make the turn and plowed into an SUV with a family. Luckily no one was killed. The driver fled.

I have to wonder how much farther down the road that driver turned onto another street or into a driveway, forcing everyone behind to slow. I've seen that a lot on two-lane highways.

Years ago I was making a "safe" pass heading northbound in poor weather on Hwy 6 south of Hamilton. As I moved back into the northbound lane, someone pulled onto the highway from the right side. I'm pretty sure this caused the vehicle I was passing to slow down very quickly, but I was lucky I had space to pull ahead and get back over before oncoming traffic forced a different result. I doubt the person who did that even saw me. Passing in the opposing lane can be a tricky thing with lots of judgements that can only come from experience.

[O-tacular]

The worst experience(s) I've had were on the segment of 2 lane highway going from Banff to Radium Hot Springs stuck behind a slow moving motorhome with traffic backed up for a km. The road is very twisty with few opportunities to pass. Very annoying.

Anyways, back on topic here's a masterpiece of public art from Calgary:

Bowf(a)rt Towers:

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by Arrdeeharharharbour

That surprises me. My understanding here in NS is that it is illegal to cross double solid line. I thought this rule was a standard everywhere.

the colour matters. yellow is use caution. white is the rule of law.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

The worst experience(s) I've had were on the segment of 2 lane highway going from Banff to Radium Hot Springs stuck behind a slow moving motorhome with traffic backed up for a km. The road is very twisty with few opportunities to pass. Very annoying.

Anyways, back on topic here's a masterpiece of public art from Calgary:

Bowf(a)rt Towers:

I find the created story has more value that the creativity behind works like this. This has to be one helluva story.

A reflection in the ingenuity of Canadians to create affordable housing?

[Arrdeeharharharbour]

The results of a quick google:

Screenshot 2024-07-03 6.30.47 PM by AJ Forsythe, on Flickr

[Innsertnamehere]

The rules can definitely differ between jurisdictions! I’m just saying what the rules are in Ontario

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

the colour matters. yellow is use caution. white is the rule of law.

In Ontario, whatever the colour, it is not illegal to cross. It's just stupid.

[Nashe]

Ontario is the ONLY province where it is not illegal to pass on a double yellow.

Some have been trying to change that

The reason it's marked double is generally because the sight-lines don't allow for safe passing in either direction there.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I find the created story has more value that the creativity behind works like this. This has to be one helluva story.

A reflection in the ingenuity of Canadians to create affordable housing?

Funny enough one of the complaints was that it resembled traditional Blackfoot burial scaffolds.

Calgary Indigenous groups angry over sculpture resembling burial scaffolds

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada...20their%20dead.

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

Yeah, thats my biggest problem with that sculpture. Much of Calgary's recent public art has certainly been questionable in its approach and execution.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS

Yeah, thats my biggest problem with that sculpture. Much of Calgary's recent public art has certainly been questionable in its approach and execution.

This and the big blue circle (which I actually like) have been the most controversial.

[O-tacular]

Another office conversion where extra money is being spent to uglify the building when the facade could have simply remained the same.

https://cdn.skyrisecities.com/forum/...08-jpg.576682/

[WhipperSnapper]

Wow. I think the different shades of dark cladding gets me the most.

This is a big floor plate. I'd love to see the suite floor plan. The corner units will either be huge or odd. Will they keep all the elevators too?

[Architype]

Pails of orangeness.

my photo

It can only get better.

[megadude]

I love those buckets. All the hardware stores have them, but only HD has a colourful one. Lowes has a darker blue but it doesn’t pop like orange. I have two HD and one Lowes, which I made sure to get instead of the white ones at Rona, CT and home hardware. I always wondered why those stores wouldn’t just make one that matches their colour scheme so it stands out. It’s like subliminal advertising. Instead it’s just another white bucket. And the white ones look really stained when dirty.

Anyway, wonder what they’re doing with all those. Those are $4 or $5 each.

[O-tacular]

Those buckets have been under downspouts in yards across Calgary since the water ban over a month ago. Thankfully we no longer have indoor restrictions but outdoor watering is still restricted. My in-laws have a dozen of them to keep up the garden.

Not sure what’s going on in that picture though.