Job Hunt

It has been several years, 17 in fact, since I had to job hunt. The industry moves from Autocad to Revit and my employer did not. A clear lack of vision. Now jobs are harder to find because everybody wants Revit. I will be taking Revit at Seneca because I cannot afford to be handicapped in skill by my last employer. From what I've seen Revit is superior, but it is also quite different. Autocad may still be required for greater details, but Revit in 3D sells clients. That's what your employer wants, clients buying your service. It is very logical. Whoever my next employer is, I hope they understand that.

Remembering Nelson Mandela

I find too many people dwell on the past. While fighting against Apartheid, Mandela and the ANC did use violence. Apartheid used it on them as well. It was a highly oppressive regime. When the judge decided Mandela should be jailed, and not hung, he changed history. 27 years he served his sentence. Brian Mulroney helped instigate his release. He had to convince many people. F.W. DeKlerk had to do his part to help end Apartheid. Mandela forgave his captors and brought peace to his nation. He should be remembered for this. That should be his legacy. Not that he was jailed as a terrorist. That was Apartheid's view of his actions. Should we accept that regime's view? I think not. We are lucky enough to have lived in this time to witness this great leader. We are sorrowful for the loss of him as a man. He will continue to inspire leaders in death.

Rob Ford the Angel in a Devil Costume

In 2010 Rob Ford won the election to be Mayor of Toronto with over 40% of the vote. Stop The Gravy Train That's how he got in. He was always frugal. Annual expense claims for council were in several thousands, while he'd spend 48 on stamps. The last time I lived in Toronto, from 1997-2000, he was my councilor. I believe at the time, people complained about the Mayor then And I may have suggested Ford on the radio On CFRB 1010 This may have been 2000 era. Ten years later without living in Toronto, seeing him win as Mayor was not a shock. Obviously since his win And various court actions to remove him None of which have succeeded He has had a growing list of "issues" Being in a Drunken Stupor (often) Being in a Drunken Stupor On Crack (reportedly more than once, admitted only once) Has bought Illegal Drugs (Many have, if Marijuana is still classified as such) Has consumed copious amounts of Alcohol (again many do) Has operated a motor vehicle inebriated (not defending this, but again not alone) Has yelled about killing a guy while inebriated (many have done this, context unknown for him) Has had several meetings/dealings with drug dealers (many do, but not from position of Mayor) I am a very safety conscious, non smoking, non illegal drug user. I am against using a phone in car, while not on blue-tooth. (Ford has admitted this, and been witnessed) I am against operating a vehicle while inebriated. (Ford has admitted this, and been witnessed) The fact remains, that he has never been charged. That fact alone, means his dwindling fan base will continue to support him. Until much of his late admissions, I may have, had I lived in Toronto, but I don't. Who else can stop the Gravy Train? We don't know, but the public wants a guy who can. The public that insists he is it, will ignore all fact, speculation, and late night talk show banter. The majority of people that actually care about the man, and not his failings, want him to seek help. Much of council, which have been thorns in his agenda, are at least sympathetic to his disease. Alcoholism is a disease, and his drug use may stem from it. I'm no expert, so you'd have to ask one. He remains the fiscally responsible Mayor, that failed to fix himself, instead of the City he loves. Now that most of his executive powers are gone, we must rely on his current Deputy Mayor to see the agenda through. Subways, subways, subways. No tax, a small tax, a bigger tax. State of infrastructure sadly demands cash from somewhere, or subways, will be bike paths, and sewers will turn downtown into a lake. He hasn't wasted billions of tax dollars like the Ontario Liberals did, but they will be re-elected, and he won't. Their new leader, unelected as leader at present, still has a higher approval than her competition despite blowing tax money. Rob had the good intentions of an Angel, so save the City from it's own expenses. His activities with the criminal element has put the Devil Costume on, and he will not live it down. Get help Rob. Real help. Diet, Rehab, Fitness, and likely a few Lawyers. You may never be Mayor again, but you can become a man again. Don't kill him off.

Improving Gridlock

The only way to improve gridlock

Is education

The only people that cause gridlock

Lack brain function

Traffic moves in more than one direction

Stop using your ego to define

Your lack of geometry skill

If you cannot cross it

Do not block it

If you do not fit

Don't be a twit

Green does not mean go

It means proceed IF and WHEN the way is CLEAR

If its NOT clear it is NOT when you proceed

Politicians don't get this

Only logical people get this

People that never block an intersection

Do not require that education

They have it

The others need it

Go get it

This will solve ALL gridlock

Widening and adding lanes only increases

The idiots who will plug it up

Here's a clue

Side streets are not parking spaces

Off ramps are not parking spaces

Major intersections are not parking spaces

Crosswalks are not parking spaces.

If people would use a brain

They would never block an opposing lane.

Send this to all your politicians promising and end to gridlock

I'm sure they wouldn't understand it

GTHA Transit

 

Below is a letter I sent to all Three Provincial leaders, the Mayors of Hamilton, Vaughan, and Mississauga, Councillor Doug Ford, (as direct email to his brother the Mayor is not available (web form only))and other transit related individuals.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qwj470xcrmiqeap/ozUQSXmUZS

Only 2 files, 1 powerpoint, 1 xcel chart. Surely this should be less confusing for you to take the time to ponder.

I have incorporated all (I think) of Metrolinx's plans (though they are very poorly described).
I have added my own future concepts, mostly for Vaughan as that is where I reside.

GT-Trains concept was a recent find, scheduling could be its biggest obstacle, but just like the Go train expansion I suggest, all the tracks are there, it is just platforms/stations required. Since exact budgetary info on train stops is nowhere to be found, I consider all new stops as $20,000,000.

For $50 billion or $34 billion or less if budget numbers make any sense, the severe lack of detailed plans and information by Metrolinx is highly disturbing. Most of my information is from Wikipedia and Transit City graphics.

Yes, money can be found from efficiencies. Stop saying it can't. The LCBO just handed the government $1.7 billion of a $4.9 billion profit. It was also stated that current gas tax money to province came in at $2 billion. CAA wants it to fix roads, but it all deserves to go to transit, and not expected to be pulled from our pockets.

Metrolinx tools: tax,tax,tax,tax,tax,levy,surcharge,tax,userfee,tax, tax.

Ontario government budget $127 billion, far more than past government budgets thanks to HST transfer. If $2 billion a year can not be found out of $127 billion a year, they are flat out lying to our face. Over 40,000 employees make over $100,000 a year, to manage people who manage other people who manage more people. WASTE! Fixable waste.

I ran for municipal office for $0. I got over 5000 votes.

It isn't hard to stop spending, if you have a massive $127 billion budget to work from. Find that $2 billion a year, it can be done. Run a tighter ship.

The above letter was sent on June 19 2013, to date, no response from anyone.
I have applied to work for Metrolinx from an ad posted in the NRU newsletter today.

 

I think $50 billion or more deserves more information.

New City Mascot??

I will call him DVP Donny

This groundhog lives in this patch of highway grass median c/w hydro towers on Don Valley Parkway south of Eglinton Avenue in Toronto

Not sure what he lives on besides grass and flowers, but I see him a lot here.

Traffic is usually slow here, so views are very likely.

Say Hi to Donny.

Street View

DVP Donny

His Home

Roaming the median

Overhead satellite map

Opinions are never Law

There are many things which create and mold opinions
Religion is one
There are many pro-religion, and seemingly more anti-religion
Government is one
Obviously whoever we elect, or anyone else elects, is always a dissappointment, but get re-elected anyway
On this topic, birth certificate authenticity has been a public opinion matter
Natural disasters seem to invoke opinions about the above two topics
God has brought his wrath upon the heathens, or Government has not provided safety to its people
Let's be serious here
Weather to a great extent is entirely created by the planet itself, perhaps industry alters things a little, sending various chemical compounds in the air for which the atmosphere is likely to react a bit, but I doubt one nuclear plant or coal plant created a pile of tornadoes to wipe out a large portion of a state. God if you believe in one did not say, death to rednecks, tornadoes headed to teach you a lesson. Government did not say, hey we have some high tech weather control methods which can prevent tornadoes but we decided not to use them.
They happened. Period.
Rednecks looking for birth certificates were not the cause either.
Pray if you pray, or hope if you don't, for aid and relief to those who lost families, homes, and friends. Many suffered, you'd want help if it was you.
Donate to Red Cross if you have the ability, or squeeze your wallet if you don't think you can.
Again, I am stating an opinion, surely to be disagreed by someone.
That does not make that someone ignorant, uneducated, or heartless, but in some opinions it could.
There are other topics that create opinions
Tv shows, and humour
Many love specific shows, be it drama, comedy, or reality based, many hate the same shows.
Shows like LOST created real divisions between fans and anti-fans
Humour is very personal
If you write it, it is funny to you, whether others get it or not
Having the opportunity to find others who get you is rewarding
When people of opinions that you are not funny
Would rather spread their hate for you
Than consider it as purely opinion
That's when opinions cross the line
That's when opinions become hate
And not a difference of opinion
We aren't shoving ours down your throat
Why feel the need to shove yours down everyone else's
If you don't like it
Leave it at that
Saying because you don't, means nobody else can
Is a clear indication you have an inferiority complex
You create a need to hate in order to validate your lack of self-esteem
What you need is help
Hate mongering eats you
It may hurt your target more in the beginning
Being a target has not been ideal for me
That hate constitutes bullying
Whether it is face to face or via cyberspace
Bullying is not and never shall be acceptable
Learn to accept other opinions
Learn you cannot enforce yours upon others
Learn that whether you think you are right
Others may find you wrong
I'm sure many find me wrong in this post
That's their opinion
Valid or misinformed
They possess the right to have one
As do I
This is mine
Like it or not
It's an opinion
Not a law
So yours isn't either

Signals, More than just an inconvenience

Clearly the majority of motorists I see
Belong to a slect group of people not required
To tell you where they are going or what they are doing
Because a turn signal is SOOOOOOOOO HAAAAAAAARRRDDD to operate
To me, in my logical mind
No signal of a lane means no signal to the brain
And yes most that refuse, or can't be bothered to signal
Refuse to believe there is such a thing as left and right
Only a path their ignorant self is headed
Today in Montreal a vehicle in front of me in the left turn lane
Not signalling with a 2nd left turn lane to our right
Complete with 18 wheeler truck also headed left with a signal
turned left but drifted directly in front of the 18 wheeler
like it didn't exist or wasn't turning
It's a special kind of ignorance required to be this stupid
To be so ignorant to not even see other vehicles using the same road
And think you are entitled to lanes you don't deserve
That I cannot respect
Signals are not an inconvenience
They are the law
The law of Logic
People which confuse right and left do not understand law of Logic
Its too much work to think

The Real Left Lane slowdown

Contrary to Globe and Mail columnist Road Sage Andrew Clark (@aclarkcomedy)says here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/car-life/road-sage/left-lane-hogs-and-middle-lane-morons/article1944288/

Left lanes are often not slowed by people going slow
Rather Directionally Deficit Disordered Dunces
That do not read road signs
Saying where their exit is
And make sharp right turns across traffic
At last possible moment
Because these jerks drive in the left to pass
You doing the speed limit
They felt a need to balance their speed by
Causing everyone to break for their dumb ass
On DVP south I take the left lane because my exit is in that lane
All other exits are on the right
Sure take the left lane to move, but move over before
The last sign for your exit arrives
Most of our highways have 2-3 reminders before the actual exit
Kindergarten kids can count
You should too
Driving is reading and math
Mostly geometry
Signs are posted nearly every 100m
Not reading them means you miss landmarks
Like your exit is next
And that is where the left lane gets slowed
Because the signs are overhead or on the right
And these people have tunnel vision
Left lane morons are not slow, just illiterate
Andrew is a faculty member of Humber College Comedy Program
I did the 2004 Summer Comedy Workshop at Humber
On http://Favstar.fm, my tweets have more stars than his
Just saying

Oddest Recall Reason Ever

If you click the link for the story
You will have greater respect
For Arachnids
Dangerous to know
They are attracted to smell
Of Gasoline
How many engine failures have been caused by them?
Are these the same ones
Your propane BBQ lines fall victim to?

Icantbebehindanyoneitis

Last night commuting home
North on the DVP between York Mills and the 401
I'm in the centre lane which can exit either 401 West or 404 North
There is one vehicle in front of me
And about 1/2 km behind me free and clear
A vehicle to my right signals for my lane
There is no space ahead
So I logically expect him to back off and go behind
But he has Icantbebehindanyonitis
It's obvious which area he can go without trouble
But he prefers to make trouble
So he inch slides toward me
I lay in on the horn
He pulls back
I point over my shoulder behind
He is clearly upset that he is not allowed to fit where there's no room
As the vehicle ahead goes up 404 North, and I turn for 401 W
This guy is still on my right
Granted now he has plenty of room ahead to pass me
Does he speed up and signal and move ahead?
No of course not
He has to inch toward me again
until he gets his rear bumper almost touching my front bumper
As the concrete barrier approaches between 401 West and 401 E ramp lanes
So I tap my brakes so he doesn't hit me
He erratically turns left before he hits the barrier
And I lay in on the horn
Stupidity comes in many forms
Icantbebehindanyoneitis is one the most dangerous versions
I can't stress this enough
If you do not fit
Go behind
Forcing your way ahead
Only pisses people off
And if it's stop and go traffic
Your plate will be recorded without doubt
I was not lucky enough this time for that to be the case
This one got away
Your car is only so big
Squeezing between 2 bumpers when a whole 1/2 km is free
Makes no sense to people using brain cells
Icantbebehindanyoneitis can be cured
Stop being stupid

Snow Today

Not normal snow, it was liked Asbestos fibres, thin sticks of static snow
Like most people that use brain cells
I brushed off my car, and scraped where I needed to
Yes the defroster was on to help the process
But not on to do the job alone
Neither were the wipers
I've yet to understand how anybody with a brain
Can think wipers were meant to clear snow
EVER
They are made for rain, water, droplets, fluid
Not 1 to however many inches of snow fell
Never have been
Despite Canadian Tire, Napa or any other Wiper supply store
Advertisements created by misinformed accountants
You want to tell people to be safe in snow
SELL SNOWBRUSHES!
$5 snowbrushes save a lot more lives than $28 wiper blades
But therein lies the rub
They would rather earn $28 a blade and have you be not safe
Then sell a $5 brush that saves your life
Priorities
Money means more than Safety
That's Corporate attitude
And Uneducated people buy into it.
A snow arc just multiplied your blind spots 10 fold
The defrost lines take a lot longer than 30 seconds to clear a window
Take a good look at the photo banner of this Blog
THAT IS WRONG!
Every snowstorm the minions come out
The Three Forces Of Evil this blog is named for
Let's keep it simple
LIGHTS ON
SNOW OFF
If you cannot manage to do both of those things
Stay off the roads
You have no business endangering our lives
Just because you are too lazy to brush a few flakes
By using ELBOW GREASE
I rant on this a lot
BECAUSE IT BOTHERS ME
Please use common sense and logic
And do not drive anything that resembles the landscape
And that goes double for GREY toned cars
NOBODY can see them
NONE of them use headlights, or tail lights
It's a disease
You have to be stupid to get it
Smart people can never be that brainless
End rant.

Foreign Exchange

Last summer our son welcomed a boy from Switzerland into our home for 2 months
August until October
We took him camping, and saw some national museums in Ottawa
Because my son was in French Immersion
And he was a French student here to learn English
They did not attend school together
But 1 other exchange student of my son's friend
Went to the school with him, so that was good.
Now its my son's turn
He is in Switzerland
Yes he's a bit homesick, we've Skyped a couple times now
Today they head for the ski chalet for a week
No internet
My son has been nabbing open networks off his iPod
He'll be skiing in the Alps
A far cry from Horseshoe Valley
But the parents are sports pros
He'll be fine
They walk a lot in Switzerland
So his exercise is already improved
He attends same school as the boy we took in
But he's in a different grade level
Despite the school being way bigger than his here
He hasn't been lost finding class yet
He's also opted out of German and Latin
I suspect French is enough for him
There are a few trips the family has planned
So he'll be busy over next 7 weeks
You cannot equal this experience
Unless you do it again
In three years we may know.
We miss and love him.

Things

I haven't been on here much
Mostly do to other online activity
I joined Myouterspace.com
Which had potential to hire you for film and tv scifi projects
I'm really not sure where that is going
Despite Shatner's overseeing the site
I ran for public office in my city
Despite no funds and an online campaign
I defeated 3 opponents
I needed to defeat 10 to win a seat though
Overall, I consider that a success
I created a new comedy Twitter
Sometimes a bit more adult themed
But not always
Still plenty of traffic complaints
A service which tracks favouriting and retweets
Called Favstar
It tracks, clebs, comedians, and tech/marketing gurus
My brother in law has been there for ages
And was even in the top 105 leaderboard for a while
I'm not there yet
But I have 2 100+ star tweets so far among comedy peers
Yes, not average citizens that like humour
Comedy people that appreciate other people's humour
Sure the odd regular person finds your material
And when they like it too, it's better still
Remember that if anyone tries to put you down
Its because they are already beneath you
I've used my middle name
And what I do comedically

Early Commute

The beauty of kids having a PA day
I get to leave by 7:00am instead of almost 8:00am
Traffic is far less congested
As less cars exist at that hour.
I got to work by 8:00am
This rarely happens.
Sure it's 40km distance and it took an hour, on 3 highways of a 100km/h limit, 2 streets of 60km/h, my neighbourhood of 40km/h, and a back alley of about 10km/h
If absolutely nobody was on the road with me, it would be 30 minutes.
That may happen at 5am on a Sunday
But 7am on a Monday is way better than 8am any other day
Despite being a Monday

'Twas Night Before Christmas (Updated)

(I cannot take credit but hope you enjoy as much as I did)

'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house

I searched for the tools to hand to my spouse.

Instructions were studied and we were inspired,

In hopes we could manage "Some Assembly Required"

The children were quiet (not asleep) in their beds,

While Dad and I faced the evening with dread:

A kitchen, two bikes, Barbie's townhouse to boot!

And, thanks to Grandpa, a train with a Toot!

We opened the boxes, my heart skipped a beat...

Let no parts be missing or parts incomplete!

Too late for last-minute returns or replacement;

If we can't get it right it goes in the basement!

When what to my worrying eyes should appear,

But 50 sheets of directions, concise, but not clear,

With each part numbered and every slot named,

So if we failed, only we could be blamed.

More rapid than eagles the parts then fell out,

All over the carpet they were scattered about.

"Now Bolt it! Now Twist it! Attach it right there!

Slide on the seats, and staple the stair!

Hammer the shelves, and nail to the stand."

"Honey," said hubby, "you've just glued my hand."

And then in a twinkling I knew for a fact

That all the toy dealers had indeed made a pact

To keep parents busy all Christmas Eve night

With "assembly required" till morning's first light

We spoke not a word, but kept bent at our work,

Till our eyes, they went bleary; our fingers all hurt.

The coffee went cold and the night, it wore thin

Before we attached the last rod and last pin.

Then laying the tools away in the chest,

We fell into bed for a well-deserved rest.

But In said to my husband just before I passed out,

"This will be the best Christmas, without any doubt.

Tomorrow we'll cheer, let the holiday ring,

And not have to run to the store for a thing!

We did it! We did it! The toys are all set

For the perfect, most perfect, Christmas, I bet!"

Then off to dreamland and sweet repose I gratefully went,

Though I suppose there's something to say for those self-deluded...

I'd forgotten that batteries are never included.

Company Drivers Not Motorists

Today I followed a Toronto Hydro vehicle
North up Carlaw past Lakeshore to an alley we use
To travel west to our office
It's a one lane alley for the most part
My work colleague in a Big White Cube Van was
In that alley headed East to Carlaw
The Hydro truck was ahead of me turning for the alley
With a Taxi ahead of him
The Taxi saw the cube van but turned and did find space to let it by
As little as there was
The Hydro truck was completely oblivious to the alley
He only cared if cars were headed south on Carlaw
So he turned directly into path of Cube van
As the van was getting by the Taxi
Narrowly missed a head-on collision by inches
He then proceeded to not look back while he entered live traffic to
Allow the Cube van by
At least three cars were barely missed as he backed up
I am forced to watch as I also want to turn down the alley
In the same direction
Observing the Motorist at the wheel
He had a flipped open cellphone type device
He could have been talking or texting
But he sure as hell wasn't looking forward or backward
I had seen the Cube van from behind him
He had no excuse had he been alert and skilled
But he wasn't alert, he was distracted
He narrowly escaped a serious collision
From little more than dumb luck
Once the Cube van exited the alley
The Hydro truck took to the alley
Ordinarily I would have let the Taxi back
But I needed to record the plate with my mind's eye
By following the Hydro truck (minivan)
Which took two turns, first left, then right
Without signalling
To me and most people with intelligence
That is not driving
That is a motorist of limited skill, distracted by a phone
I recorded the plate with a pen once I was parked at work

When you have a Company Name and Phone number on your vehicle
Never Drive as though you have no idea how
Your bad habits translate to your company's reputation
And it has a negative effect on them
So they pass it on to you
Reprimands, Terminations, Training, whatever course they feel you deserve
This includes being distracted by your phone so you have an
Inability to see a Giant White Cube Van
And Tossing Cigarette Ashes out the window
Why would anyone use your services, or hire your company
When you set a poor example?
They wont!
Smarten Up
Company Vehicles are NOT your vehicle
They represent YOUR employer and THEIR business
If you are inattentive, careless, and/or littering
It relects on THEM
And they deal with YOU

Alternate Universe

It seems to me at least
That all motorists around me
Must be from an Alternate Universe
Where Left and Right are Interchangeable
And counting starts from #2
It's certainly not people of this Earth
That could possibly not understand
Why Left turns do not mean right lanes
And Right turns do not mean left lanes
That counting one lane at a time is
A number they are unfamiliar with
The same Alternate Universe Motorists
Think fire lanes are parking spaces
I've never confused a Honda Civic for a Fire Truck
Or a Minivan for an Ambulance
I'm not from an Alternate Universe
They also confuse intersections with parking
By not understanding that a 20' car
Will not fit on a 4" line of white paint
And more than one, still don't fit
Traffic does move in opposite directions to your ego
Alternate Universe Motorists think the road is only in their direction
Have we been invaded?
Signs are conclusive
They certainly are not being read.

Lanes Are Not The Answer

Politicians and Transport regulators
All seem to think that
More lanes creates less traffic.
I disagree.
Case in point
Travel Highway 401 east from Toronto to Montreal
At every junction that lanes increase and decrease
It is a traffic jam
On the majority of the highway
All the way to Quebec
It is a two lane affair, with little or no traffic
It's very simple if you need to exit, you use the right lane
If you're a slow truck on a hill, you use the right lane
if you are not exiting and have to pass a slow truck, use the left lane
The more lanes you add, the greater the stupidity multiplies
The reason is very simple
Motorists are Illiterate and Geometrically Challenged
The concept that their rectangular vehicle does not fit in a triangle
Is rocket science to them
A picture diagram on a diamond shaped road sign is ignored or misunderstood
You don't have to have an architecture degree or diploma
To contemplate a difference in shapes
A five year old could do it
Yet the majority of motorists on highways and city streets
Where lanes merge higher or lower, cannot comprehend what to do
This is evident on Rutherford Road between Highway 400 and Jane street
From Yonge to just before Jane it is a two lane affair
Very few jams, relatively smooth flow
At Jane it is three lanes each way plus turning lanes to left and right
At intersections there can be between eight and ten lanes
And this is the area that barely moves at all.
It is also the area that pedestrians are most likely to be struck
As seeing around all vehicles in ten lanes of traffic is dangerous
The pedestrian signals have been timed at 32 seconds.
3.2 s per lane for a healthy teenager may be fine
Its far too quick for a senior or a family pushing a baby stroller
The Master Traffic Plan wants to add a Bus Lane
I'd prefer the Bus Lane take over the 3rd lane on each side
That doesn't solve the issues
Most motorists are oblivious to signage and will travel in that lane anyway
I've observed this on Don Mills Road North of Eglinton
A three person commuter lane for buses and carpools is on right side
99% of people in it are single occupant motorists
This is fine if they need the lane to turn at an intersection
But the majority of them are not using it that way
It is a shortcut
Same principal with HOV lanes on Highway 404 and 403
Give people a dedicated lane for commuters of more than two occupants
And many single occupant motorists will abuse it
I'll bet the best city for traffic does not have multiple lanes
Toronto and GTA has been classified as worst commute worldwide
It easily has more lanes to travel than any other city
More lanes does not help alleviate traffic
It causes it.
How can you prevent traffic jams?
Read a road sign and don't push your luck.
Triangles will never fit rectangles
No matter how many diamond shaped road signs you ignore
People who do not merge courteously deserve to get stuck
Signal intent, and don't wait for the end.
This is true on all GTA highways including Don Valley Parkway
Where most merging motorists refuse to accept space provided
By knowledgable drivers to merge
And push their luck until the lane is no more
It's a bad attitude
Driving is a courtesy not a pleasure
Give us the pleasure of some courteous respect
If you do, traffic will improve.

Moronic Motorcyclists

I have no problem with motorbikes
If they respect road rules like everyone else
Organized Bikers like Brotherhood of Ontario
And others of a similar nature
Do respect road rules at least in my presence
Always signalling lane changes and being civil
By obeying speed limits and riding in a lane
In single file for the most part
And wearing appropriate leather protection.
It's the young kids on superbikes
Bikes with ridiculous speeds
That seem to have no respect for anyone.
Today one such motorbike motorist
Wearing a t-shirt and shorts no less
Drove south on DVP past last exit in right hand lane
In order to exit left for Lakeshore Blvd.
Passing several cars including me to be
Exactly in front of me at the traffic lights for Lakeshore.
As the light turned he went to the right lane
No signal, sped to pass cars in front of me
Then signalled left in intersection cutting off many
Which caused a backlog as the light turned amber
He made it through to the left, the vehicle in front of me
Barely got through and I
Was left in no man's land, across rail tracks
And blocking a bike path
When I had entered that space the light was green and
I was proceeded with the vehicles in front of me
But the Motorcycle's dart to the left from the right
Caused a chain of heavy braking
Which left me as the victim
Across a Rail Track which I do not do in traffic
Blocking a Bike Path which I also do not do
All because a Motorbike wants to use his speed
To cut the lines
I'm not impressed
Similar Motorcycle Motorists in Heavy Traffic
Confuse Lines with Lanes
To Illustrate an "i" is SKINNY and an "a" is FAT
Obviously the "a" is a safer location
Lines do not equal lanes
I don't care how fast and skinny you think you are
Running down a line in traffic on a motorbike
is an invitation to getting hit
It is not your ticket to freedom
They will not expect you there
Because you're not supposed to be there
This is also true for unpowered bicycles
Pedalled by humans, that refuse to wait
Patiently like all law abiding citizens do
In vehicles in real lanes
I could use stronger language but my point's been made