winter wonderland and sky high insurance

Yesterday in Calgary there were over 200 accidents!!! Good day for the insurance companies! 

Those of you who are unfamiliar with Calgary might look at that number and be in shock. I used to be like that too. I am from Newfoundland, where even roads that service communities of less than 15 people get plowed/salted on a regular basis. Here in Calgary, only main roads get sanded, and maybe plowed, and all secondary side roads are left to the way side. Every year the snow comes, and every year the city releases a statement saying not to call the city about the state of the roads. And year after year the city goes WAY over it's snow removal budget, yet never increases their budget by more than a few percent to change it's problem!

This is my recommendation, stop giving yourself high raises ever year city alderman and mayor Bronconnier, and amp up your snow removal budget! Sand and plow every road on a regular basis! How many people need to be in accidents, get injured or die, and get insurance rates they can't afford before the city actually does something that is worth while? Trust me, if the mayor's or someone in his family got in a serious accident on a side road, or a main road that was un-plowed, it won't take long before things changed!

But of course, all the citizens can complain our asses off, but the city won't change a bit. They will cry back to us "a chinnook is coming! a chinnook is coming! all the snow will go away then", even if the chinnook doesn't come for 3 weeks! Great idea Calgary combat Mother Nature with Mother Nature... your sure to win... NOT! So drive safe Calgary, be on your toes, because no one else will be making sure your driving conditions are adequate. Your life is solely in your hands!