Originally Posted by shakran

I think some blame also should be placed on the driver training system. People in the United States (and probably Canada too since you guys didn't drive any differently than we do when I was up there a few years ago) don't know how to drive. They're not taught how to drive. They spend the majority of their driver education in the classroom, and what little seat time they get is largely used to learn about parallel parking and slow driving through neighborhoods. No controlling the car at the limits, no skid avoidance, nothing. It's pathetic, and it may have contributed to this woman's death.