I'm one of those Canadians that likes winter. Sure I think it lasts too long, but still I like to see it coming. So when we had the first snowfall here in Toronto I went for a walk.

And with the snowflakes gently falling against the street lights I wandered around the city for about half and hour and I enjoyed the sights and sounds of 13 fender benders in nine languages.

Yes, it was a winter wonderland interrupted only when some guy in an Audi locked up his brakes and slid head first into a telephone pole about three feet from my legs. Then he jumps out and says, "Don't move, I might need a witness."

And I'm thinking what's he need a witness for? What's he gonna do, say it wasn't his fault? Did the pole jump out in front of his car? And then when I asked him later, did he have snow tires on, he looked at me like I was an idiot and said, "I don't need snow tires, I've got all-season radials."

This is what I want to know: how can a guy be smart enough to have a job that lets him drive a 59 thousand dollar car and yet be stupid enough to say he doesn't need snow tires when he's standing next to his Audi that's wrapped around a pole?

This is Canada. There's no such thing as all-season tires just like there's no such thing as all-season footwear. There is in southern California. They're called flip-flops. You wear them in all seasons up here you'd end up with no feet.

The first sign of flurries in Toronto, the entire place becomes a bumper car track. No exaggeration, the provincial police said there were 900 fender benders in Toronto in the first five centimetres of snow. This is a crisis Ontario.

There's no shame in being a have not province. Being a can't drive province... that's just embarrassing. Driving in the snow is like sex. If you want to avoid accidents abstinence is the best policy; but if you're gonna take a spin, use protection.