Driving pet peeves

[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.