Two Canadian posts, just to keep reminding myself and others that Canada exists. The first is the amusing story of a man from Switzerland caught speeding in Canada. The excuse he gave to the arresting officer was the lack of goats on the road. Hmm. Folks, don’t reuse this excuse.

What I noticed about driving in Canada was how the weather just wasn’t taken into account, you can be half way up a mountain when the rain sets in and visability drops to near zero. Of course as I’m an outsider I slowed down my driving and suddenly became the slowest thing on the road. Do Canadians drive using radar?! Some kind of beaver sense?! Just how do they do that? Or is it a case of they drive like crazy loons as soon as they hit the highway …

A traffic officer’s notes said the Swiss driver had said he was taking advantage “of the ability to go faster without risking hitting a goat”.

Canadian police spokesman Joel Doiron said he had never found a goat on the highways of eastern Ontario in his 20 years of service.

Roadkill in Canada was much more interesting than in England, near Chase we saw a roadkill bear. WTF can hit a bear and not be destroyed … in an hour more Candian type posting.

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