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Depeche-toi! I haven’t got all day!

Patience is a virtue, as the old saying goes. But there are times when a person’s patience is stretched while driving the world’s highways and byways. We tend to blame other drivers for being too slow, for blocking the road or for dilly-dallying, no matter what their speed. Losing patience is not a good idea when driving and can lead to dangerous, even fatal, situations. But patience can also be lost at pedestrian crossings. Pedestrians might have the right of way, but there are limits to a waiting dr
February 11, 2015 Read time: 1 min
Patience is a virtue, as the old saying goes. But there are times when a person’s patience is stretched while driving the world’s highways and byways.

We tend to blame other drivers for being too slow, for blocking the road or for dilly-dallying, no matter what their speed. Losing patience is not a good idea when driving and can lead to dangerous, even fatal, situations.

But patience can also be lost at pedestrian crossings. Pedestrians might have the right of way, but there are limits to a waiting driver’s patience, even if the people crossing the road are elderly and infirm, as this video from the Canadian province of Quebec shows.

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