If you feel drivers in your municipality are not as great as they used to be, you are not alone. For the first time since 2018, a sizeable majority of Canadians (56 per cent) tell us that the people who get behind the wheel in their city or town are worse now than five years ago, up 10 points since our previous survey in 2023.

The evident crankiness about the state of affairs on the nation’s roads is coming primarily from Canadians aged 55 and over. More than two-thirds of Canada’s oldest adults (68 per cent) say the situation has worsened. The proportions drop to 59 per cent among those aged 35-54, and to 41 per cent among those aged 18-34.

Not all regions feel the same way. Fewer than half of Quebecers (47 per cent) believe the drivers they interact with every day are inferior to the ones they encountered five years ago. The number climbs to 56 per cent in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, 57 per cent in British Columbia, 59 per cent in Alberta and Ontario, and 63 per cent in Atlantic Canada.

Only 15 per cent of Canadians (down three points) have not........

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