Author Topic: An American's View of Canada (Read 24397 times)

Red01 · « **Reply #30 on:** June 02, 2006, 03:40:11 PM »

I have the max PL/PD as well as Comp. I didn't spring for Collision, but if I had, the bill would have still been <1/3 of Jim's cost.
I also get discounts for having my cages with them and having safe driver & rider courses. Also, no tickets or accidents or young people in the house with licenses.

stormi · « **Reply #31 on:** June 02, 2006, 04:33:18 PM »

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I have the max PL/PD as well as Comp. I didn't spring for Collision, but if I had, the bill would have still been <1/3 of Jim's cost.
I also get discounts for having my cages with them and having safe driver & rider courses. Also, no tickets or accidents or young people in the house with licenses.

Oh,... then yeah,.. we both get bent over for insurance.

I have a clean record, car and motorcycle safety courses, my bikes at one ins co, and the rest in the process of moving, and no young-un's in the house able to drive and I still pay about 2x what you would and ride 1/2 the time.

I wanna move to the states,.. I'm smart enough (smarter than Jim at least.

) ... and I'll bring my own bike.

jbrough7 · « **Reply #32 on:** June 02, 2006, 05:16:34 PM »

Stormi: All you have to do in Ontario is answer the 24 questions on a written test with less than four wrong, I believe....any chimpanzee could pass that sucker. Then you can ride your bike on public roads with some restrictions (no passengers;not at night; no alcohol and no 400 series highways) I rode when I was younger so it was pretty easy to get back to it. Scary thing was some of the guys that passed the safety course still couldn't ride worth a sh!t! I wouldn't have passed half of them if it were up to me.

They also give you the motor vehicle written test as well here, which was a surprise to me! Some of the questions were retarded on that; "If you are sixteen and you get charged with __________, then how many points do you lose????" I haven't been sixteen for about 30 years, so I guessed my way through that bullcrap!

You ARE smarter than me - you post less on this board so you have way less contact with these nincompoops!

So what do you do in AB, just write the written, practice and then go for your full-fledged license?

Sven · « **Reply #33 on:** June 02, 2006, 05:20:21 PM »

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But then when spring does hit, the change in you and your lifestyle is really incredible. I'm outside all the time doing tons of physical stuff.

If you call peeing off the front porch "physical stuff"....

Sven · « **Reply #34 on:** June 02, 2006, 05:21:07 PM »

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Sven: Maybe if I knew people who could teach me winter activities, it would be better.

Canadian women are supposed to be pretty wild - I'm sure you could find one to teach you.

I am SOOOO into that idea. Any volunteers? (No, not the gal with the Adma's apple and the pink helmet!)

stormi · « **Reply #35 on:** June 02, 2006, 06:13:57 PM »

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You ARE smarter than me - you post less on this board so you have way less contact with these nincompoops!

So what do you do in AB, just write the written, practice and then go for your full-fledged license?

Yeah, but I read a lot,.. and sometimes feel the need to apologise on the behalf of Canadians for some of the stuff you say!!

Damn Jim, you know I still can't look at the Hostas in my front yard?

In AB, you can ride with your class 5 ( that's a regular car license ) as a motorcycle "learner's" permit. In this capacity, you can ride with another rider that IS a fully licensed class 6 (motorcycle) rider. This is how you get your practice. (Of course if you want to take the safety course, you can do this as well. The added benefit of the course, is that you take your road test at the end of it, so you don't have to worry about licensing and insurance for a non-class 6 rider on a bike)

We write a "written" test, but it's trivial as well.

Question: What do you do when crossing controlled railroad tracks?
Answers: a. Stop b. Brake hard c. shift gears d. signal e. nothing special, contiune riding as though it's a regular roadway.

Oi.

You must pass the written as well as the road test. Then you can ride without anyone else. We have no time limits -yet- as far as I know. They have a graduated licensing system for the class 5 now, but I'm not sure how that affects you if you get the motorcycle learners, if at all. (Since I'm not in that under 20 age group anymore, it really didn't affect me, so I didn't waste the "memory storage" on it. )

stormi · « **Reply #36 on:** June 02, 2006, 06:17:24 PM »

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I am SOOOO into that idea. Any volunteers? (No, not the gal with the Adma's apple and the pink helmet!)

Hmm,.. as the only (??) Canadian female here,.. I'm gonna have to pass. Your best offer from this forum may be that gal with the Adam's apple and the pink helmet. Maybe just keep the lights off...?

Sven · « **Reply #37 on:** June 02, 2006, 06:22:07 PM »

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Question: What do you do when crossing controlled railroad tracks?
Answers: a. Stop b. Brake hard c. shift gears d. signal e. nothing special, contiune riding as though it's a regular roadway.

Uh...rise off the seat and put my weight on the footpegs, moving from back to front?

Sven · « **Reply #38 on:** June 02, 2006, 06:22:51 PM »

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Hmm,.. as the only (??) Canadian female here,.. I'm gonna have to pass. Your best offer from this forum may be that gal with the Adam's apple and the pink helmet. Maybe just keep the lights off...?

But you haven't seen me yet! And I am NOT into hairy breasts!

jbrough7 · « **Reply #39 on:** June 02, 2006, 06:42:07 PM »

Who the frick told you!!

Desolation Angel · « **Reply #40 on:** June 02, 2006, 07:34:53 PM »

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I am SOOOO into that idea. Any volunteers? (No, not the gal with the Adma's apple and the pink helmet!)

Hmm,.. as the only (??) Canadian female here,.. I'm gonna have to pass. Your best offer from this forum may be that gal with the Adam's apple and the pink helmet. Maybe just keep the lights off...?

The only female, period, I'd say. Did that sound wrong? Anyway, we usually offend the ladies pretty quick around here and that's the last we hear of them. Your constitution must be stronger to put up with, well, you know, people like Jim.

Red01 · « **Reply #41 on:** June 03, 2006, 01:00:03 PM »

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stormi: We write a "written" test, but it's trivial as well.

Question: What do you do when crossing controlled railroad tracks?
Answers: a. Stop b. Brake hard c. shift gears d. signal e. nothing special, contiune riding as though it's a regular roadway.

Jump it! Or at least wheelie over it.

Seriously though, cross it as perpindicular as possible while staying in your lane. This is to avoid wheeltraps.

stormi · « **Reply #42 on:** June 07, 2006, 09:47:16 PM »

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But you haven't seen me yet!

Yeah, but the other half might object... I'd never hear the end of it.

stormi · « **Reply #43 on:** June 07, 2006, 09:51:06 PM »

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The only female, period, I'd say. Did that sound wrong? Anyway, we usually offend the ladies pretty quick around here and that's the last we hear of them. Your constitution must be stronger to put up with, well, you know, people like Jim.

Yeah,.. Gee,.. I have no idea why you guys could offend the women...

I think there was a girl that posted in the 400 forum recently. Oh crap! Now don't you all go over there and scare her off at once.

I used to hang out with a bunch of "Fbody" guys, and I've lived with a "truck driver" for the last bunch of years,... and I'm a computer geek, not too much offends me anymore,... besides Jim's anatomy...

Sven · « **Reply #44 on:** June 08, 2006, 12:51:06 AM »

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... and I'm a computer geek, not too much offends me anymore,... besides Jim's anatomy...

Hey, don't you talk about my buddy Brough that way!

That's *MY* area of expertise!