Montreal driver says it's quicker to drive to the U.S. than the West Island
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Richard D'Agostino says he was aghast to find out that it was going to take him over an hour to get to Dollard-des-Ormeaux from downtown Montreal.
Richard D'Agostino says all he wanted to do was visit his parents in the West Island.
Sitting in his car in downtown Montreal, on the corner of Sainte-Catherine and de la Montagne streets, the 37-year-old says he was aghast to find out that it was going to take him over an hour to get to Dollard-des-Ormeaux (DDO).
"Getting to the A-720, I believe it was 18 minutes because it was a detour to Crescent Street and down Lucien L'Allier, but then it was one lane with an officer sending people into the highway," he tells CTV News.
He took his rage to Instagram where, in a fit of laughter and despair, the nightclub owner debated whether he should just leave the country.
"I've got to go 29 km and it's an hour and seven minutes," he exclaims in the video. "Wait, I'm going to see how long it is to get to Plattsburgh. How fast I could leave the country before getting home to the West Island."
Bursting with maniacal laughter, D'Agostino reveals it'll take him but a minute more, at one hour and eight minutes, to drive to the United States.
"I could be at duty-free across the border in the same [...] amount of time it takes me to get across Montreal," he cries.
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