Some may justify it as a lack of snow clearing infrastructure, but that's clearly not the case.
The weather report predicted a good 15cm overnight yesterday building up to 30cm by evening tonight. By the morning there was about 5cm of snow on the ground after the morning snowplow run. But throughout the day, there was no further plowing and the storm kept brewing. By late afternoon there was a good 20cm on the ground and traffic had ground to a slow 30km/h.
I decided this to be a good time to go Christmas shopping in downtown Ottawa, and apparently I wasn't the only one.
But by the evening, the snow had largely stopped falling and with clear visibility, it was full throttle for everyone at the speed limit-with the ground still blanketed in snow! Granted, people would be exceeding the speed limit on a clear day, but I remain impressed by this feat.
My snow tires of course, are roasting in my basement and I had my all season slicks on through the whole ordeal.
Personally, I just think Canadians are ridiculous.
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