Driving pet peeves

[Marquoz]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

The one that gets me is the "three blind mice" scenario.

Here's the scene:

The light is green and the one driver pulls out into the intersection so that they can make a left hand turn when traffic allows.

Light goes yellow and said driver sees that it's safe to go and does so.

The two inconsiderate/illiterate morons behind him follow up to and including after the light has turned green in the opposite direction.

Logan

Wow, I can't even fathom that one, down here, we've got neutral grounds between most major roads. One side of it is one direction, the other side is the other direction. The middle part is for left hand turns. It works wonders for traffic control, and protected left hand turns!

[scott87]

people who dont drive to the condition of the road

old people...they shoudnt be allowed on the road if they are not going to pay attention and drive as fast as everyone else

im all for talking to the phone if you can pay attention to what your doing but if you cant use a hands free kit

slow drivers annoy me too...if there is no need for it why do it

i feel better now

[ground chuck]

if someone puts their blinker on to move over into your lane and you give them enough room to move, but the don't go as if they were waiting for an invitation.

[My_Two_Cents]

This happened tonight on the way home: Cross-traffic idiots that fill-up the intersection at a stoplight, so when the light turns green for you, you can't move because they've blocked everything.

[nick1091]

My big pet peeves:

1. There's an exit on my commute which is exit-only in the right hand lane. During rush hours, sometimes the back-up for this lane can span a half mile. Yet there are always a few jackasses who zoom all the way to their front and inch their way into the stalled traffic. Because, you know, they're much more important than the 100 cars that are patiently waiting. Self-important a__holes.

2. What I call the "4 way stop standoff." Four cars stop at around the same time at a 4 way stop. Seconds tick by as no one wants to go first. Then three of them attempt to go at the same time. Repeat.

3. When you're behind someone, they're not going as fast as you care to go and you move over to pass them, and they SPEED UP so you can't. Ugh, so annoying. Is it some kind of massive ego blow to let someone pass you?

[DiverSpear]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

9. Inconsiderate at Stoplights - These are the people who don't pay attention at the stoplight, it takes them 5 seconds to realize the light has turned green. Of course, because they are at the front of the line, they still make it through, while somebody in the rear is the one that has to pay by getting stuck again, when they could have made it, if only the first driver would have been paying attention.

Here in Central Fl. meaning Orlando, Lake Mary, Kissimmee, and so on, that style of driving would get you in an accident. These people are idiots they make running a red light a sport. It never fails when driving around town there is always at least one moron that will run a red light.

I hate people that cut in front of me while driving my big work trucks (30,000# Bucket truck and 35,000# Boom Crane). There is a reason I maintain such a big distance between vehicles, it's called mass and inertia. Sometimes I wish I could run them over and then ask if them, if they now understand basic physics.

[crxvtec]

3. When you're behind someone, they're not going as fast as you care to go and you move over to pass them, and they SPEED UP so you can't. Ugh, so annoying. Is it some kind of massive ego blow to let someone pass you?

I drive an EVO. Very few cars can do this to me I pretty much pass who I want to.

One more pet peeve.
When someone is on the on ramp for a freeway and they wait till they are on the freeway to speed up. That is what the on ramp is for, so you can get up to traffic speeds. I usually go faster. It really makes it easier to merge into traffic. here in phoenix, some on ramps are literally a quarter mile to half mile long yet people will be doing 50 when they get to the freeway. Im sorry but sometimes going slower is way more dangerous than going faster.

[Blu-Benny]

i got one from this morning. when u're coming up on someone that's going really slow but then there's some stupid person sitting in u're blind spot for the last mile and a half and won't pass you. i ended up speeding up and cutting in front of the chick in my blind spot.

if u're in the fast lane, get around the cars in front of u or move over. don't sit in someone's blind spot for miles.

[Monkey]

6. to the idiot who couldnt wait for me to finish plowing his street he had to drive around me, pull in front, stop get out of his car go in your house all while flipping me off my question is did you have fun trying to get your car out when i buryed your dumb ass in? couldnt you have waited 6 seconds for me to clear your road.

LOL, Awesome!


I hate dumb shits that don't realize when there are two turning lanes and don't stay in their turning lane. Sometimes I think it would be better to let them hit to cash in but then I believe in Karma a bit. I wasn't paying attention fair game but not if I could have attempted to avoid the idiots.

Then there are the dumbshits that f up and then look at you like you didn't know how to drive. Some from the example above.

Lane changing without loooking first... How I totalled one of my cars.. Piece of shit changed lanes into the fast lane, while going slower than 65mph and hit me cause me to have a totaled car, and the piece of shit didn't stop to help me out of my upside down car.

Not a fan of smokers littering their cigs on to the road as well. Every car comes with a freaking ash tray, use it.

[pBLU-RAYs3]

I almost got hit from the car next to me driven by older drivers nearing retirement age & a few above 50 years of age that don't check their blindspot a few times. This could be avoided if drivers simply turned their head to see the blindspot. I noticed also most drivers have their driver side mirror positioned incorrectly.

[phlydude]

What eats my a$$ is people who drive in the left lane and do the speed limit, accelerate and then take their foot off the gas and coast back down to speed.
I feel like smacking them and telling them to use cruise control or keep their foot steady on the pedal. If they can't do that, they shouldn't be driving.

Also, the brake happy driver - you know them. The ones that hit the brake at the drop of a hat (or even better, the ones double pedaling!).
I guess no one told them that cars tend to slow down enough in most high speed slight speed changes by just taking their foot off the gas.

Another is the out of state driver in the left lane looking for where they are and where they are going. If you are doing 55 in a 65 and people are zooming up to you, getting right and then cutting back in front of you, MOVE!!

Those left lane groove rumble strips hold lots of little bits of rocks and sand and dirt...driving over those tends to throw up a ton of little windshield pulverizing bits (none big enough to chip or crack) that allows you to exact your revenge on a fellow motorist that is tailgating you.

[KingBing]

Senior citizens driving!! now that is dangerous

[Teabaggins]

how about the guy in the massive jacked up truck or suv that is scared to go over a tiny bump in the road without slowing to a crawl

[Teabaggins]

Originally Posted by phlydude

Also, the brake happy driver - you know them. The ones that hit the brake at the drop of a hat (or even better, the ones double pedaling!).
I guess no one told them that cars tend to slow down enough in most high speed slight speed changes by just taking their foot off the gas.
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omg, the "unnecessary braker" kills me!

no one in front of them, well under the speed limit, but tapping the brakes for no reason

[Batman1980]

The ones who pull into your lane while you're still occupying that spot. Also, the ones who stop while turning in an intersection with other cars behind them...

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by mikejet

People who go into the fast lane to DRIVE SLOW.

By that same token, people who don't realize that the "fast" lane is designed for those who want to go the actual speed limit and the "slow" lane is designed for those who want to go under the speed limit. The "fast" lane is NOT the Autobahn! It does not mean get in their and haul ass!

Also, people who completely ignore yield signs when merging to the right of traffic. There's an entrance ramp to the interstate where I live and if you're turning right onto the ramp you are supposed to yield to those who are turning left. 9 times out of 10 this is completely ignored by those turning right and they just whip onto the ramp regardless if anyone is turning left or not.

People who flat out do not know how to drive through round abouts! They treat them like they are 4 way stops and it holds up traffic!

My absolute biggest gripe though is with people who talk and text on their cell phones while driving. If you're ever out, take the time and pay attention to just how many people you see on their phones while driving. It's pretty alarming!

[Steve]

I haven't read through the entire thread, but here are mine. Some may have been mentioned already.

1. The idiot who misses his/her exit/turn because they're in the wrong lane. Instead of going to the next exit or turn and coming back, they stop in the middle of the road and hold up traffic until they can get over where they want to go.

2. People who don't know what to do when an emergency vehicle is coming. It's simple. MOVE TO THE RIGHT AND SLOW DOWN!!! Don't, I repeat, DON'T look in your rearview mirror and see a fire truck or ambulance right behind you and slam on the brakes. This will only get you rear-ended by something a lot bigger and a lot heavier than you are because they can't stop as easily as you can.

3. People who don't slow down to pass wreck scenes. I have to work at those scenes people. You don't have to rubber neck or slow to a snail's pace, but you can at least slow down some. My wife appreciates it when I live long enough to get off work. Fortunately, now that I'm a command officer I have the authority to have the road shut down completely at my discretion. For those of you who actually can drive and are stuck on the road become parking lot, please accept my apologies for this, but know it's done because of all the other people out there with no respect for our safety.

4. People who follow ambulances through intersections while the light is red. Trust me, the cops can and WILL write you a ticket for this, and rightfully so. They don't care that your relative is in the ambulance because it doesn't give you the right to put the lives of everyone else on the road at risk just because you want to get to the hospital 2 minutes sooner. Trust me, you won't get to see whoever it is in the ambulance as soon as you get there anyway. And take it from me, the ambulance driver will NOT try to get the cop to drop the ticket against you.

5. Tailgaters. If you want to get around me, keep a little distance and flash your lights once or twice. I'll move over and let you by. If you ride 6" off my bumper and start blowing the horn and flashing your lights, I won't move over cuz I'm a little spiteful. Be respectful of me and I'll be respectful of you.

And thanks for starting this thread by the way.

[beefytwinkie]

I dislike the ones who wait til the light turns green to signal that they are making a left turn when there is no left turn lane but left turns are ok.

I wouldn't have pulled up behind them if I had known they were making a left earlier. Then I gotta wait until the right lane clears before I can continue. Ack.

[mikejet]

Here's one I really don't get that happened on Saturday night. I was going down a small street at night. It was only one other car and me going in the same direction side by side. We are pretty much lined up and the only two cars on the street and it's two lanes for either direction with him on my right side. HE TRIES TO MERGE INTO ME. I mean come on! If he had looked into his driverside window or even glanced left he would have seen me! I had to pass over into the oncoming lane to avoid being hit.

That pissed me off so much. I beeped several times and many many profanites were shouted at him. I wanted to throw somethign at his car but my better judgement said not to.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by mikejet

Here's one I really don't get that happened on Saturday night. I was going down a small street at night. It was only one other car and me going in the same direction side by side. We are pretty much lined up and the only two cars on the street and it's two lanes for either direction with him on my right side. HE TRIES TO MERGE INTO ME. I mean come on! If he had looked into his driverside window or even glanced left he would have seen me! I had to pass over into the oncoming lane to avoid being hit.

That pissed me off so much. I beeped several times and many many profanites were shouted at him. I wanted to throw somethign at his car but my better judgement said not to.

The ones who pull into your lane while you're still occupying that spot. Also, the ones who stop while turning in an intersection with other cars behind them...
Yeah I've been there, the worst ones are the ones that pull off another road or out of a parking lot into your lane...