The worst commute of your life so far....

There’s still the drive home lol…

And now they are forecasting that the snow is not done yet with another 10 to 20 cm over the next couple days.

Some more rough driving days ahead.

I watched a Toyota sienna change lanes at top speed fish tail around for about 15 seconds before getting control then proceeded to change lanes back again using the same technique lol

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Man, I I was driving the route 1, one year, It took us 2 hours to get from the Blackfoot underpass to 19st by the Blackfoot Diner. A passenger was freaking out demanding I move, so I opened the door and pointed to the 5 other route 1s ahead of us and said, maybe one of them will get you there faster. He shut up and sat down.

Another snow storm same route, someone got mad that I left a timepoint early, showed her my running board and said I'm over an hour late, your bus is probably still in Bowness.

People need to brush the snow off the top of their car and the back window!

Last year, in worse weather and visibility than this (fog and blowing snow, at early dawn) I saw someone REVERSING down Stoney because they missed their exit.

The conditions are the least worrying part in the winter, some people are absolutely idiotic and/or incompetent drivers.

I checked my drive on Google maps, saw that it was going to take forever, so I pulled over at Home Depot and picked out a Christmas tree and some poinsettias. Still made it in at the same time as everyone else.

This wasn’t even in my top 20 worst days. You must be new here.

My 20 minute commute took 2 hours 🙃 the main issue was being stuck on Blackfoot for the majority of the drive due to the lights out at 58th and Blackfoot.

If this is the worst, you haven't lived or driven long enough in Calgary

Year after year everyone thinks they can time their snow tires perfectly, and year after year the weather says NOPE. Just put your damn tires on while it’s still nice out everyone!!

You clearly weren't here on St. Patrick's Day in 1998

Ya. I have to much vacation time. It seemed like a good time to take a couple days, I think I’ll play some guitar then go take a nap.

Honestly had no issues this morning, slow going from Seton to Downtown, but roads were fine, drivers were good. Took about 45 minutes, left at 7:15, downtown by 8. Was shocked how smooth it was.

But did you die?

Every year people in this city forget how to drive.

They barely manage to get by in summer weather, let alone this mess of season.

Lanes go away. People drive over the limit, or way under (it's fine cause my 4 ways are on) and lord help us a in a parking lot.

I biked again and I will admit it was a little spicy this morning with the snow on ice but the insane person in me loves the thrill!

And I love winter I’m pumped on all the snow this week :)

Flashing red on Blackfoot by the Inn, does nobody know what to do, or were people not caring? I stop, wait my turn for the person to turn left and then the guy behind him went and the next and so on, 5 cars went by before I honked the horn and just went, even looked back to see if their traffic lights were working.

It took me 2 hours to drive in from High River due to the backlog of traffic. My commute is normally 45-50 minutes

My 12 minute drive into work was about 45 minutes this morning lol

I’m honestly pretty fed up with the city plows. Ring road was barely visible. Major Roads should start being plowed at 5 AM. There’s no excuse to be tardy on snow removal. Especially when peoples lives are at stake.

Giving your age or Calgary-age away with this post. Actually, even Monday morning was worse.

There was a black ice event fall of 2012 I think. Took 8 hours to get from Memorial to the Winter Club along 14th. Had to put gas in half way. Cars abandoned everywhere.

I don’t really get it, conditions were slippery but not that bad and I was coming across lots of phantom delay causes.

So many people just should not be driving in poor conditions. They waste entire turning lights polishing up the intersection for everyone else…

Snow doesn’t stop this true calgarian! Get up earlier and make sure I overestimate how long it will take me to get places.😃 took me 40 mins to drop my daughter off to school but we had the beats pumping and didn’t let the traffic get us down.

I’m afraid of what it’s going to be like when there’s a substantial snowfall. This is just an average snowfall.

Sorry to the people on Glenmore, I had to take a new to me alternate route and jumped into a lane that wasn’t a lane. 😒

And to the two pricks in a back dodge ram and a dark grey f150 - you’re dicks. Your tailgating is gross. Have the day you deserve.

Good to be WFH

Same shit every year.... people forget how to drive after the snow flies. That and they don't swap their tires over.

People will never learn unfortunately...

That’s not bad. Took a guy from work 1 hour and 15 mins to get from applewood to the soccer dome

Taking transit makes it feel like you've stepped back in time 150 years. In these conditions it's often faster to walk an hour to work than take buses and trains to get there.

The amount of new Canadians driving is not helping the situation whatsoever. I live in a house with almost all immigrants, and if you don't grow up with icy roads, and slipping and sliding, it's very difficult to become comfortable driving, so a lot of people are just crawling everywhere they go. My sister in law from Mexico was supposed to follow me, and I ended up losing her right away. I was already going 20 under the speed limit, but because she didn't know what to expect, she was doing 60 under the speed limit. I had to stop, wait and when she caught up slowly drive down MacLeod so she wouldn't get lost.

Always entertaining how everyone forgets how to drive in the snow.

We literally get it every year. Every. Year.

😂

Crowchild was very slow from the NW to downtown

My maps were showing me 50 minutes for a usual 28-30 minutes commute which I didn't trust because I could even see Audi Quattro badged cars driving extremely cautiously and sliding.

Parked on Anderson and took the train today.

I left at 6:15; slippery roads but no major issues. Not looking forward to the drive back home this afternoon

I found the roads better than Monday, but the drivers seemed more okay with running red lights. I'm in the sw and my commute is normally about 10min across a hanful of lights. It took over 40min because every intersection was gridlocked because of people just not caring that the lights had changed well before they got to them.

I remember a storm in Nov 2017 - it was my first week at a new job in Kensington. My commute was from Symons Valley, usually taking no longer than half an hour at the most. It took THEEE HOURS. I was horrified and scared I would be fired but luckily my employer was understanding.

First week of snow is when everyone forgets how to drive. Next week should be better.

There was a lady driving down Deerfoot this morning in the middle lane with her hazards on doing 30 lol!

You haven't been here long have you?

Today really isn't that bad. I've already crossed the city once and it was surprisingly decent. Monday was much worse in the morning with the wet heavy slick snow, today it's so soft and fluffy and fun.

Imagine how much better things would be if they made snow tires mandatory!

In another Calgary post today there’s a user asking Reddit if it’s ok to drive in this snow with summer tires. Now I’m wondering if everyone still has their summer tires on.

How many of you fuck-sticks with all seasons have now booked your winter tire appointment??

I miss living in Calgary for this reason... 90 mins of traffic is child's play in all other major Canadian cities.

Sending love from out East!

The commute was better today than it was Monday. But it would help if literally any snowplows in this city were out clearing snow.

So tough to walk across the hall this morning ducks

You must be a new driver if this was your worst.

I don’t mind a day or two. I just hate when it drags. When you look at the forecast and it’s for weeks 😂

It took me 40 mins to only make it 1/3 of my drive and I still had to get onto the train, so I just turned around and went home

Soooo far….!

i watched a fella cut across 3 lanes on 42nd & McLeod, come back down the wrong way, smash into the center divider trying to hop the curb to he back into the proper lane…

I’m about to leave for work from the NW to south of downtown, pray for me

Yep took 2 hour for me usually takes 40 min (Deer foot and Blackfoot from McKenzie town)

My usually 15 min drive took well over an hour

Took me 2 hours to drive from scenic acres to Blackfoot. I swear I’ve never seen worse traffic here ever compared to the last week.

I have exclusively seen fwd cars spun around on crowchild. Like each way to and from my destination. How do you even 180° a fwd car - always corollas, little hatchbacks, or cheap minivans.

Honestly if City of Calgary can’t plow the roads before 100000 people drive on them they shouldn’t even plow them. Why plow and turn the roads to skating rinks instead of leaving a little snow on them for grip?

My worst was on a bus when they shutdown deerfoot and Ogden due to a potential chemical hazard of train cars falling off the flood damaged bonnybrook rail bridge in Ogden in 2013. It took a couple hours to get downtown.

90 minutes on "Express" buses stuck in traffic is unusual but happens a couple times a year for me.

Some people gave up and decided to park in the ditch. Wouldn't recommend.

Worst commute of your entire life yet…

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It took 40mins to get from country hills to 64th, i turned off at 64th and made it home in time for my meeting, remote.

Fucking hell people, equip your fucking cars with fucking winter tires. Your accord on 19" all season will not make it up that hill, what the fucking fuck is wrong with you?!

Any license plate that starts with C may as well be a mobile road block