Sarah and Ian's Move to Ottawa

The story so far...having planned and booked a three month trip to South America, we were given a difficult decision to make when Ian was offered a job in Canada. After much hard thinking, we took the job, but get the best of both worlds as we still have two weeks in Brazil and Chile before arriving in Ottawa. We are now living in Ottawa and enjoying the big adventure of living somewhere new. This is the story of our experience...

Monday, May 23, 2005

Rude Rage

I learnt something while I was in the UK. When driving in Canada I have flashed my headlights to tell other drivers I am letting them go first, as you would in the UK. However, I have found that Canadian drivers don’t seem to understand and just sit there waiting for me drive. What I learnt in the UK from my Canadian colleagues is that flashing your headlights is considered extremely rude in Canada. I have unwittingly been insulting people all over Ottawa!

posted by Ian @ 9:10 pm  

1 Comments:

  • At 4:17 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    How strange that your Canadian colleagues should have said that flashing your lights is considered rude. I am from Canada, and I flash my lights to let other drivers know they can go ahead. I have never heard any other Canadian say that this is rude behaviour.

     

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