It's not just Vancouver, trust me.
I get to travel and drive in different places/continents frequently and while this might sound very harsh, ignorance and disrespect for others of average North American driver comparing to Europe or even Australia never stops to shock me.
I can also tell you for a fact that obtaining a license in Canada is a joke comparing to Europe. In my opinion that's pretty good indication of things to come later. Recently I had a 23 year old co-worker, newly licensed driver, buy brand new Golf GTI. She had zero concept of RPM/gears and also mentioned that "blinking thingy" shows up on her dash on snow covered roads...thrilled to know there are more like her I'm sharing the road with when I drive kids to school.