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| We were about to join in this mellee The six inner lanes are expressway, the outer lanes called Collectors |
Things you see on the highway.
When we arrived in Canada there were prominent road signs stating that if caught doing 50 kph over the speed limit, the penalty would be $10,000 fine, roadside suspension of licence and confiscation of vehicle.
The country highway speed limit is 90 kph. The major highways speed limit is 100 kph.
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No one was traveling at the limit, no even the trucks. We were in the middle of three lanes, there were people passing us on the left doing a good deal more than the 20 over that we were doing.
As usual there are the ones using mobile phones not only talking but texting as well. Guess they have to maximize their travel time to communicate with whoever. There was one guy who was in his mid size ute about the size of a Ford F100 who was driving with his left hand on the wheel and in his right hand was what appeared to be a set of worry beads. His hand was turned palm up with the beads positioned across his palm and being held between his thumb and forefinger. Certainly looked like his was using his preferred communication device.
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| Warnings, but no one seems to take notice |
There doesn't seem to be a significant presence to deter speeding. We saw one police car on the other west bound side of the highway. A little later there was a black van on our side of the highway. It looked like he had pulled over a black sedan. This might have been the one that was traveling in the very fast lane and on the mobile phone. We haven't noticed any speed cameras parked off to one side or permanent camera devices in poles. The traffic doesn't behave as if there are car based or pole based cameras.
A couple of other things we've noticed are that the everyone drives with their lights on and trucks when moving slowly in the right hand lane will activate their hazard lights.
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| North and east of Toronto there is a lot of high density housing as well as business towers. |
Hwy 401 has some well laid out rest and refuel points known as OnRoute. After battling the traffic and settling into the highway running again, we decided to pull in for a coffee and to use the free WiFi. This is a great facility. Well rested, we headed off again into the highway traffic. Our pace was steady and a little over the speed limit. At times we were being passed like we were standing still. Still no visible law enforcement for the most part. It's just something we're not used to seeing.
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| Marshaling for the flight south |
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| For Sale. Delightful cottage with river frontage. We didn't ask |
By mid afternoon we were about 120k from Montreal. We had stopped for another rest and coffee top up. Well look at that the map shows there is a road system linking some islands in the St Lawrence River. Time to do some island hopping again. This provided a good break from the hustle and bustle. We drove through some beautiful park lands and past a couple of houses for sale which lead to some pipe dreaming. Time to rejoin the highway traffic again this time to cross into Quebec.
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| Oh dear - it's all in French! |
We refueled here as well and found the pumps to be all in French. But the attendant spoke good English and helped me out. Canadian fuel is similarly priced to home, maybe a little less, but nowhere near as cheap as USA.
Back on the road, for the most part we made good time until in the centre-ville (downtown) district. Here the traffic was at a stop with the occasional slow roll. It was useful for us as all the signs were in French and Karen was making an absolute fist of the pronunciations.
We arrived safely, not really sure how, at our hotel. It's a beautiful old building from the 1920's. We will spend two nights here to give us a full day to have a bit of a look around.
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| Our digs for the next two nights Yes, 2 iPhones, 1 iPad, 1 laptop. So what? |
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