What is your biggest pet peeve with other drivers on the road?

[WillParkinson]

Mine:

I HATE it when there are no cars behind me but someone has to whip out in front of me, usually when I'm already close enough that I'm forced to hit the brakes, sometimes hard.

[MissMillie]

1. I hate it when there are other drivers on the road

:evilgrin:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. People not signaling when they change lanes. So easy to do, come on!

[rqstnnlitnmnt]

16. yes,

yes, A THOUSAND TIMES YES!

Isn't it funny how 9 times out of 10 it's an obnoxious disgusting SUV with a giant flag slapped on the back. FUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wcross]

44. Yup- you paid for them- why not use them????? Idiots. n/t

[AirmensMom]

84. That would be mine, Mayberry.

Here, it's usually the rich kids who got a new sports car for their 16th birthday and they think they're so smart b/c they can find the gas pedal. My friend's kid got a ticket for doing that and she got him a f**king lawyer to get him out of paying the ticket! That'll teach him to be a good driver, won't it?

:grr:

Edit ... the ticket was for illegal lane changing, not speeding. He wasn't using his turn signals. I don't think I was clear.

[miss_kitty]

3. That they exist

When I was designing my world, I cocked up somewhere, and I can't make them go away now.

And what you said...those people have a special place waiting for them-IN HELL!

[unsavedtrash]

87. my thoughts exactly

[no name no slogan]

4. Left-lane Louies...

you know, that asshat who thinks he owns the left lane, and goes as fast as (or slower) than the traffic in the right lane?

Hey dumbass, the inner lane is supposed to be used for PASSING slower traffic. It is not your personal domain. Try looking in your rearview mirror once in awhile-- chances are that the 1/4 of cars behind you want to get past.

We have an extreme version of that in Minnesota affectionately known as the "Minnesota Flying Wedge": four lanes, four cars, one speed. They form an impenetrable wall which no car can get through. And they're usually doing five miles below the posted speed limit, too.

It's times like that when I wish I would have got that optional rocket launcher package installed at the dealership.

[underpants]

14. The I -95 move

I haven't seen this anywhere (nowhere as often ) as on I95-where pretty much anything goes.

Okay so there are say 4 lanes of traffic (I have seen the flying wedging-truckers do it a lot in traffic jams so they can stay in one gear) and the FAR left lane is open. The move is to come swinging around the right lane, cut all the way across into the FAR left lane, pass that group of cars and cut back to the right to get around the next group of cars. Huge massive moves going at least 90 but usually over 100 (as everyone is going about 80 anyway).

[myrna minx]

18. The self appointed pace car.

:rofl: This is also a phenomenon in Wisconsin too.Those folks drive me nuts. :rofl:

[TroubleMan]

58. Same here....the left lane is for passing

Even if you're driving fast, get out of the left lane when you're done passing.

[eyepaddle]

78. I am SOOOO with you on that.

Formation flying--there's a lot of crap that sets me off--but this is about the most common, as well as most unneccesary. :grr:

[grace0418]

113. In Utah they call it Dudley Do-Righting.

My brother lives in Utah part of the year and it drives him crazy. A formation of Mormons (a mormation?) forcing everyone to drive the speed limit.

[taterguy]

5. seriously

I object to cars being on the road when they don't need to be there. I'm one of those smug self-righteous cyclist types that only uses a car if I have to travel more than 5 miles or carry more than 20 pounds of cargo. Well, I was a few years ago but I'm mellowing. I still think it would be a good idea if people would stop coming up with lame excuses and just hop on a bike once in a while.

[WillParkinson]

7. I only drive to and from work normally....

It's less than 5 miles but I work 3rd shift. I've gone down roads that didn't have signs up saying they were under construction and hit huge holes in the street which tore the crap out of my bike (and didn't feel too good on me, either).

[jpgray]

6. Two things

Merge properly. If you have to stop, the apocalypse is upon us or you are doing it wrong.

If you are in the left lane and maintaining the same speed as someone in the right lane, you are probably ruining someone's day. I understand you are going the speed limit, but the left lane is for passing, not for forming a moving roadblock.

[ucmike]

8. cars that pass on the left, then go the same speed

as the car they are passing. why'd you pass if you have no intention of going by the car in front of you. now you have created a rolling road block and are obstructing the traffic that was actually going fast enough to pass.

[kick-ass-bob]

9. How about the fucker who can't talk on a phone and drive

and ends up in my lane while I am still there?!?! I swerve into the center lane (he is oblivious) and he does a nice job and almost drifts off the right side of the road onto the curb, just for good measure.

WHat an asshat! He wasn't even answering the phone (or dialing,) JUST TALKING!

[WillParkinson]

11. We had a guy last week...

Going down our street GETTING DRESSED while he was driving!

[Dervill Crow]

52. Why it is so hard for some people to talk on a phone and drive?

I used to drive with as many as six kids in the car (back in my 8-passenger Caprice Classic wagon). Before that, I could drive and smoke a cigarette and sing along with Roberta Flack. Never hit anything, never got tickets. Managed to stay in my own lane. Before those handy dandy coffee cups with lids were commonplace I could sit my coffee cup down and shift gears and not spill a drop.

I'm a klutz. If I can drive safely and talk on the phone at the same time, anyone should be able to.

[kick-ass-bob]

73. It makes me wonder if they could not talk to the passenger.

I mean, really.

[bigwillq]

10. Slow drivers

Cars that pull out in front of me.

[Spirochete]

12. Drivers whose only place

they're in a hurry to get to is in front of me. They'll run a stop sign to barge out in front of me, then poke along at 5-10 under the speed limit.

[charlie and algernon]

13. oh, i hate that!

and it happens all the time! and like the OP said, there will be NO cars behind me either. apparently they're so impatient that they can't wait the 5 seconds for me to pass, but not in such a hurry that they can slow down once they start driving. :grr:

[tenshi816]

22. I just posted the same thing before I saw your post.

Don't you hate it when they speed up if you try to get around them? It's got to be some kind of control issue.

[Mutley]

71. That's one of mine, too.

I called them the self-appointed speed limit enforcers. I can think of no other reason for them to do that.

[Digit]

103. They were cats in their past lives...lol

:+

[underpants]

15. WHERE THE HELL ARE THE FLYING CARS!!!!?!??!

see we could be having the same problems but with lots of DOWN to worry about too. Wouldn't that be swell?

[tigereye]

55. love that flying shit smiley, UP

is that what it is? :)

how's the baby?

[MN ChimpH8R]

17. Three stand out

1. Asshats who putter along at 50-55 mph in the left or middle lanes. KEEP RIGHT YOU DINGBATS. :grr:

2. There are turn signals installed on your car for a REASON, you hammerheads! USE THEM!:dunce:

3. Pinheads who leave two to three car lengths between themselves and the car in front of them - IN STANDSTILL TRAFFIC. These are inevitably the same idiots who tailgate at normal highway speeds. :wtf: is up with that??

[SeattleGirl]

20. I'm with you on #3.

I have noticed this more and more over the past few years. What is the point? Are they trying to make sure they don't hit the car in fron of them if they are hit from behind? They obviously don't understand physics. If I am stopped 5 feet behind the car in front of me, and I am hit from behind, yeah, I'll probably end up in the back of the car in front of me. But if there are 2-3 car lengths between me and the care in front, and I get hit from behind, that's that much more space for my car to move forward, gaining speed, and causing more damage to the front end of my car.

What I do sometimes, when possible, is go around them when they stop that far back from the car ahead, and pull in between them and the car in front of them. Bwahahahahahahaha! Oh, and thanks for letting me get ahead of you! :rofl:

[ovidsen]

31. Uh, what difference does it make?

If traffic's at a standstill, and the car in front of me has a 2 car long empty space in front of it... what does it matter?? He moves 25 feet, I move 25 feet, we both stop.. and we're basically in the same place.

Now if this guy is forcing me to stop in the middle of an intersection, blocking it, that's another story. But otherwise, I don't care.

As for those slowpokes in the left (passing) lanes... well, now THAT'S another story....

[SeattleGirl]

40. Makes a big difference because these drivers

usually drive way under the speed limit, even on surface streets, when there is no good reason for it (like inclement weather, heavy traffic, etc). I was once on a surface road and this idiot in front of me was going 20 mph in a 40 mph zone. It was rush hour, and there was a ton of cars behind me. There are no passing zones on this road and this guy was holding up traffic. So I zipped around him at a stop light to get in front of him. (I used the left-hand turn lane as my "passing" lane.)

And, just an FYI, you can also get a ticket for going too slowly when there is no justifiable reason for doing so. A friend's grandmother was given a ticket for going 30 in a 50 mph zone. When the cop asked her if there was a problem with her car that caused her to go so slowly, she said no, she just did not think the speed limit should be 50! He said well, it is, and if you don't want to go that fast, perhaps you should stick to side streets, and he ticketed her!

[ovidsen]

45. Maybe I misunderstood you

I don't like people who drive under the speed limit either, unless it's raining like hell, the roads covered with snow or ice, etc. I thought you were talking about stopped traffic, in which case I stand by what I wrote. If it's the stop and go polka, all lanes across, it doesn't matter if the driver in front of me has one foot or 50 feet in front of him. I'm still not getting where I'm going any faster if he closes up that 49 feet.

As for the cop who gave the driver going slowly the ticket, APPLAUSE! Wish there were more of them.

[SeattleGirl]

67. Well, you did and you didn't.

I was talking about stopped traffic, but in the instance I cited where I went around the person by using the turn lane, it was combined with going waaaaaaaaay toooooooooo sloooooooow when driving. Most of the time, when I see the "16 car lengths between two stopped cars" thing, I just laugh and wonder what in the hell is going through the person's mind. But when the driver is going really far under the speed limit for no good reason, and THEN stops really far behind another car, I have no problem cutting in. If someone is so freaked about driving that they can't even go 35-40 mph on dry pavement, well, I think they should find an alternative to driving themselves. They end up causing as many problems as people who drive too far OVER the speed limit especially in bad weather!

I get your point, and thanks for reconsidering mine! :)

[Dangerously Amused]

50. May have an answer for you on # 3.

I used to date a cop and he did that all the time off-duty when we were driving somewhere... would always leave a car length or more between his car and the vehicle ahead when stopped in traffic. I asked him why and he said when he did it off-duty, it was just force of habit, but they are trained to do that when on duty in case they get a call while stopped in traffic - they leave enough room to turn out of traffic and into the next lane so as to answer the call more quickly in case it is an emergency.

[SeattleGirl]

69. That makes sense in his situation

But not in the "Joe/Jane Average Citizen" situation. And to clarify my original comment on this, I live in Seattle and traffic is horrendous around here. If everyone put 2-3 car lengths between each car while stopped at a stop light, we'd all grow old and die before we could get to where we're going, not from accidents, but from even MORE time trying to get from Point A to Point B. Gad, I am SO glad I work from home!

[Dangerously Amused]

77. ...

What I meant was, it may be that the person ahead of you putting that distance between cars while stopped looks like Joe/Jane Average, but is actually an off-duty cop doing it out of habit.

Just trying to come up with a possible answer for you and the other poster who wondered why the hell someone would even do this in the first place.

[SeattleGirl]

91. Well....

I suppose that could be true in some cases, but I seriously doubt it was in the particular one I cited. The driver was 75 if he was a day, and unless he was undercover investigating nursing home fraud, I kinda doubt he was "on the job". :evilgrin:

[last_texas_dem]

68. I'm guilty of #3 at times

Not, for example, at a stoplight or stopsign, but I tend to if I'm in a traffic jam or any other situation where traffic is temporarily stalled and moving irregularly. I like having that cushion there for safety (for example, if traffic gets up to moving about 30 MPH but then something causes it to drop to a standstill again) and I don't see how it hurts anything. (And FWIW, I'm not a tailgater; I'm pretty devoted to leaving space between my car and the one in front of me at all times.)

As for my own driving pet peeves, it's got to be people who don't know how to use their turn signals, people who speed more than 10 mph over the speed limit for the hell of it, and people who compulsively pass.

[Left Is Write]

90. Conversely...I hate it when people refuse to let you leave a car length

or two between yourself and the car ahead of you in heavily moving traffic, and in particular during a snowstorm. They cut right in between, leaving no cushion for sudden stops. I hate driving in heavy snow/blizzard conditions, and it has less to do with the weather and more to do with the fact that there are inevitably a few knuckleheads on the road who think they are invincible.

[SeattleGirl]

92. Amen to that!

It's frustrating when I'm driving in heavy traffic, trying to maintain some decent distance between myself and the car ahead of me, and inevitably some bozo will cut into the space I've left, and suddenly I am almost driving in somebody's trunk! Grr!!!

[Beaverhausen]

19. people who tailgate when there is room for them to change lanes

here in LA people tailgate in every lane, not just the fast/left lane. I fucking hate that!

Then there are people who tailgate in parking lots. Jesus Christ! How fast do you want me to go in the parking lot???

[Telly Savalas]

37. People who tailgate. Period.

Tailgating is dangerous and never appropriate. People who tailgate should have their licenses confiscated.

[tigereye]

56. oh how I wish that were true!

I hate tailgaters! really really hate em.

[Beaverhausen]

86. Did you know you can get a ticket for tailgating? I found out the hard way

hey...I was in the left lane. Aren't you allowed to do it there?

kidding!!!

[tenshi816]

21. People who drive 5-10 miles under the speed limit,

but then speed up when you try to pass them to prevent you from getting in front. Then, when you're back behind them, they slow down again.

Makes me crazy.

[nini]

23. just dumb moves.... just last weekend..

I was on the inside of a 2 lane left turn lane.

The light turns green and the idiot to the right of me makes a U turn.

Hello?!?!?!? He flashed a map at me like that was a decent excuse for making that turn right in front of me. Good thing I was paying attention and didn't take off too fast.

[trof]

24. CELPHONES!!!

On the interstate you see someone coming up in your rearview mirror.
I'm a courteous driver.
I pull over so you can pass.
You get right off my left rear bumper and s-l-o-w down to my speed.
Now I'm coming up behind a slow truck in my lane.
And you hang there, boxing me in.
After several minutes you speed up and pass me and the truck.
Almost.
I pull in behind you and you slow down again.
And I can now see you're talking on the damn phone.
:grr:

[IntravenousDemilo]

65. The other day, I saw a cyclist using a cellphone while riding.

I just about freaked on him!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

25. I do a lot of letting people out in to traffic

Just to be courteous, which seems to have become a rarity. The comes when I wave someone out and they take 3 days to decide whether or not to accept the invitation.

Yo! SPARKY!! TODAY!!!! While I have enough gas to idle!!

:grr:

[alarcojon]

26. People who pass you on the right

and cellphones. Many people just don't realize how objectively bad their driving gets when they're yakking away.

[Xithras]

30. Passing on the right is actually legal in California and some other states

On the freeways, you can legally pass slower traffic in any legal lane. We also don't have the legal concept of the "passing" lane out here, so it's perfectly legal to drive in the left lane all day long.

Our laws reflect the reality of driving in California...where every lane is either doing the same 80MPH, or every lane is doing the same 5MPH. If you're on the freeway, you're expected to do the same speed limit no matter which lane your car occupies.

[A HERETIC I AM]

46. I'd be very curious to see the California Code that says that.

On the 405, the ten, the 60, the 5.....every freeway in LA and all over Cal, for that matter there are signs that say "Slower Traffic Keep Right". I drive for a living and there are damned few states where the drivers have the poor lane discipline that California drivers do.

In heavy traffic it isnt nearly as critical but at speed, passing on the right is inherently dangerous.

Regardless of where you are and what the traffic is, if you are driving on the freeway and there is an open lane to your right...........


YOU'RE IN THE WRONG FUCKING LANE

[Xithras]

66. Here's a cite

http://www.caldrive.com/law.html

Passing -- it's quite legal to pass ("overtake") on the inside (i.e. to the right), as long as it's safe and in a properly-marked lane (i.e. only do this on multi-lane freeways and highways). Passing on the inside is pretty essential given the lack of lane discipline in California.

Back when I had drivers ed in high school, my instructor took special pleasure in explaining to us that California was blessed in this regard. He showed us all the actual law so that, in his words, we could tell the "out of state whiners" that we don't HAVE to yeild right. He was of the opinion that yeilding right and then pulling back left to pass led to un-needed lane changes, which in turn led to even more accidents.

Dangerous or not, California law specifically states that on any highway with two or more lanes heading in the same direction, both lanes are "driving lanes". Unless a stretch of roadway is specifically posted, there's no such thing as a passing lane here (the posted passing lanes tend to be in the mountains where two lane roads widen to three to allow traffic to pass slow moving vehicles).

Does this mean that a driver can sit in the left lane all day long? Not neccesarily. The CHP will still pull you over and cite you for impeding traffic if you try to sit in that lane and do 55MPH because you're creating a traffic hazard. If you're doing 70 and have 15 cars stacked up behind you, on the other hand, they won't do a thing...those drivers should move right and pass you.

[A HERETIC I AM]

70. "Passing on the inside is pretty essential given the lack of lane".....

discipline in California."

In other words, they have given up on trying to have logical passing rules because the drivers education system is so deficient that it produces drivers that don't have a clue as to how to properly use a multi-lane highway.

[Gormy Cuss]

88. Lane-splitting by motorcyclists is legal in California too.

There are few thrills like having a big bike roaring by the window about two feet away when the freeway is clogged.

The code here encourages behavior deemed unacceptable in much of the country, especially on the freeways.

[grace0418]

114. Not saying you do this but sometimes some yahoo locks

himself in the left lane and goes 10 mph under the speed limit. You'd think they would get the hint when MULTIPLE cars pass on the right, but they never do.

[Shine]

27. I hate it when they drive for miles and miles with their turn signals on

so you don't know what the hell they're gonna do next.

Makes me crazy...and greatly annoyed. :mad:

[Dave Reynolds]

28. For me,

it's the fact that they are breathing.

That fuckin' pisses me off.

[rustydog]

29. I hate all those faulty ESP turn indicator systems on vehicles

I wish people would put down the cell phone and coffee cup and eyeliner and put their left hand onthe manual turn indicator activator! The new ESP system is not working, I have no clue what fucking direction you are turning.

[Redneck Socialist]

32. Failing to dim headlights to oncoming cars

That one really, really hacks me off! :nuke:

[w8liftinglady]

33. crotch rockets who drive between lanes going 100 mph

Lot of them here in Dallas

[-..__...]

34. Queue jumpers

You know... traffic is backed-up in the right hand lane (say at a highway on ramp or off ramp). Rather than getting in behind the waiting traffic, Mr/Mrs asshole has to travel and pass the waiting vehicles, get as close to the front of the line as possible and try to merge in. It pisses me off more when they roll down their window and either gesture or ask to be let in.

Second pet peeve... the 'considerate' assholes who let them bump the queue.

:nuke:

[SeattleGirl]

41. I hate that too.

People try that all the time here in Seattle, but by some kind of "psychic" agreement, those of us in the lane into which the queue jumpers must merge, while we will let in those whose turn it is in, we bunch up (very carefully of course) and DON'T let the jumpers in. I just crack up when I see their faces all contorted in anger and self-righteous indignation! Well, serves ya right, ya punk! :rofl:

[Mutley]

72. I hate that, and I never let those people in!

If I had to wait in that line for ten minutes, you do too.

[raccoon]

89. Yeah, those queue jumpers get on my nerves, too,

like they think their time is more important than everybody else's so they shouldn't have to wait.

My Main peeve is people who don't use their signal indicators.

And people yakking on the phone in heavy traffic.

[Ferret Annica]

35. Cars, they are always in the way

I get around by bicycle exclusively. I have a DL, but don't care to spend so much money on automobiles. It is dangerous out there even if you also obey traffic laws.

There has been a record number of bicyclist deaths from cars in Portland, and I just try to do my best to stay alive as people speed, drive aggressively, and in a distracted fashion.

Not to mention people are far more ruder these days out there on the road.

[SeattleGirl]

42. The other side of that coin, though, are bicycle riders who

don't obey traffic laws, swerve in and out of traffic, etc. I think most bike riders are responsible, because they are not very well protected in the midst of tons of moving steel, but there are those who seem to think they are immune from laws and immortal as well. I always get very nervous when a bicyclist around me seems to be riding in a reckless manner. It makes me mad, because should they make the wrong move near me, I could end up hurting them unintentionally with my car, which would devastate me. As I said, most cyclists are responsible, but those who aren't -- please stay off the road!

(And stay safe, Ferret!)

[Ferret Annica]

59. Some education is needed, and some laws need to be changed.

There should be training in regards to the use of bicycles in traffic. Both for those who take unnecessary risks while riding, and for motorists who feel too imperialistic concerning the road.

Bikes are traffic. We are not subservient to any automobile user. We have an obligation to yield the right of way when possible, and motorists are legally responsible not to use horns merely to harass another vehicle merely because he or she feels (wrongly) that they should not be there.

Idaho has a law bikes can go on a red light after a stop. Most stop signed intersections the superior visibility and audible sense of a cyclist makes stopping foolish. I slow, look, and go if no one is coming.

I have ridden in and helped organize local Critical Mass Rides. I know things can be frictionous between bikes and cars. They are more rancorous then usual currently in Portland, Oregon as there has been a huge jump in bicyclist deaths from impact.

Both parties in this have responsibility to learn what is right and wrong to do on the road. Both have an obligation to listen to and respect the right of the other.

[SeattleGirl]

93. I agree with you.

As I said, I am very willing to share the road with bicyclists, as they have as much a right to the road as I do. But they are more vulnerable than someone in a car, so when they are reckless, I get angry because I don't want their recklessness to cause me to hit them! Conversely, I have seen drivers deliberately close in on a bicyclist, honk at them for no reason, etc, and that pisses me off too. I want to yank the driver from their car and shake some sense into them!

Both drivers and bicyclists have to be aware of each other, and respect each other so no one gets hurt.

[grannylib]

36. lack of signals; left-lane hogs; distracted drivers; Cops who don't think

the rules of the road apply to them; dumbfucks who seem to have gotten their licenses out of crackerjack boxes...
I could go on but those are my top 5 pet peeves.

[Clintmax]

38. When I'm on the highway...

I leave a safe driving distance between my car and the one in front of me (usually 2 car lengths). What I hate is those idiots who pass me on the right and then immediately pull in front of me so my safe distance is ruined and I'm forced to slow long enough to regain it! :nuke:

[Scout]

83. me too!

I was taught you're supposed to leave one car length for every ten mph that your travelling.

I alwasy want to smack the person who jumps into the empty space "hey! I left that space there for a reason, not for you to take it up!" asswipes.

[jonnyblitz]

39. people who take long forever to go when the light turns green. nt

[Dervill Crow]

53. That's typical for Portland. Look both ways even if the light is green.

You just never know how many cars are running that yellow light.

[nytemare]

43. Asswipes who try to merge at 25 mph onto an interstate

When traffic is moving 65 mph plus, you need to accelerate to just above the speed of traffic in order to merge properly. I always get stuck behind these guys on the entrance ramps.

Then, there are the dickweeds who decide that rain and darkness are still not sufficient reasons to turn on their headlights. Seeing these fuckwads make me understand how the hell Bush could actually get "re-elected".

[Aimah]

47. I've got a list.

1. People who run red lights. I've been the next car behind a car hit by a red light runner 4 times. It's insane.

2. People who get in front of you only to abruptly turn right even though there weren't any cars behind you. Why not get behind me so you can turn and I don't have to smash on my breaks.

3. People who drive cars that can't go over 40 miles on the interstate. Why not just take the street?

4. 2 cars that can't touch the speed limit driving next to each other on the interstate or city street. No one can get around everyone is late for work. Maybe you should avoid rush hour traffic.

5. People who honk at you the very sec the light has turned green. I don't go, I stop. I've been known to sit there a little longer. Let it simmer.

6. Cell phones. I'm sure it's not that important. If you can't keep up your speed and stay in your lane just hang up.

7. People who don't use turn signals. Do you realize how lazy and dangerous that is.

8. People who still try to make their turn even after they've obviously missed it. I can't tell you how many times I've almost been run off the road. Slow down, look out your side mirror, take a glance back, if you don't see any cars then go.

9. People who drive with no insurance. My neighbor recently hit my car. After fleeing the scene and then coming back like nothing happened. He played the nice guy role. He doesn't have any insurance but he's still driving even now.

10. SUV road demons. Just because you're in a huge car doesn't mean you own the road.

[NoSheep]

48. Tailgating. period.

[In_The_Wind]

49. *WARNING* If I can't see your headlights in my mirror ~ you're too close!

Why Don't People Drive With a Safe Distance Between Cars!

[Dangerously Amused]

51. People who don't understand basic traffic rules.

Like who has the right-of-way at an intersection.


Also... and I have no idea why this bothers me bc it really shouldn't, but... people who are stopped at an intersection and will WAIT for me to pull up AND come to a complete stop BEFORE they proceed through the intersection. I just don't get that.

[Dervill Crow]

54. Probably because they don't know the basic rules,

or maybe they don't trust that you do.

[LibDemAlways]

57. People who speed down residential streets.

The sign says 25, not 45. I've seen many, many close calls when some moron is in a big hurry, and a kid darts out from a driveway and damn near gets nailed.

Speeding through parking lots is another one. You'd think the local grocery store parking lot is Daytona the way people gun it through there.

[vard28]

60. People who don't understand...

... the concepts of YIELD and MERGE! :spank:

[XemaSab]

61. 4 pet peeves:

Tailgaters. Sometimes I am not going as fast as the person behind me would wish, but if there's a car behind me I'll generally pull over when safe and let them pass. Tailgaters are hard to pull over for; I'm afraid they'll rear end me.

People who won't let ME pass. If I'm behind you, it's because I was going faster than you were and I caught up with you. If I was going slower, you would have left me behind. I don't care if you want to drive 20 MPH as long as you let me pass. Even if there's only one car behind you, be nice...

People who speed WAY up in the passing lane or when there's a dotted line. SCARY, SCARY, SCARY trying to pass someone like this! Especially when they don't SLOW DOWN to let you pass! Damnit, you've been going 20 MPH for the last hour, but now that the road has straightened out a bit, you're going 70??????

PEOPLE WHO CAN'T STAY ON THEIR SIDE OF THE ROAD!!!!!!! VERY SCARY!!!!!!!!! There's nothing worse than rounding a corner to see someone 3 feet over in your lane! Again, if you have to go 20 MPH to stay on your side of the road, that's cool, but be considerate of others!



(I sent a nasty-gram to the people in charge at Yosemite that they should give a copy of these to everyone entering the park. I have seriously almost eaten it MULTIPLE TIMES in the last year by people speeding up when I'm trying to pass or by people WAY over in my lane... one night I had to swerve so hard I hit the rocks my the side of the road and cracked the s*** out of my hubcap, but it's better than the alternative :scared:)

[TBreeze]

62. there's so many

I think the biggest one lately is people trying to turn in to some imaginary place. It was a 4 lane road with a center turn lane. I was in the turn lane waiting to turn left. A lady approached in the turn lane (our cars were facing each other) and was right up on my front bumper. She was giving me the evil eye and yelling something out her window. I backed my car up just a bit because I couldn't turn with her that close, and was fully planning on ignoring her and just waiting for the traffic to clear. But I couldn't stop laughing and I kept eyeing over to my right (where she was intending to turn) and she finally followed my gaze. She had been getting all huffy puffy because apparently I was preventing her from jumping a curb, going through a ditch and turning into a large field. (I have no idea where she was actually trying to turn, there are a few shops on that side of the street, but she had already passed all those). The funny part is she pulled away first when the traffic was clear, and she was still yelling out her window that I was in her way. :crazy:

[mwdem]

63. Ummmm, that they're on the f**ing on the road with me!!!

Helllllooooo?

[IntravenousDemilo]

64. Tailgaters!

GET OFF MY ASS! I am going to drive the speed limit whether you like it or not. If you think I'm going too slow, go around me, or better yet, find another frickin' road!

That's when I'm in a car, which is seldom. Except in winter, when I use transit, usually I'm on a bicycle, and I have LOTS of peeves about bad motorists. They compromise my safety by parking in the bike lane and I have to venture out into a car lane (woe to them if they leave the driver-side window open, because I carry a squeeze bottle of my own urine; if the window is shut, there's the door-handle). When there is no bike lane, I drive right smack-dab in the middle of the right-hand driving lane, to avoid another door-prize (ow, my nuts!) and to prevent cars from passing me IN THE SAME LANE (more cyclists are killed by blow-bys than pretty well any other way, and if you're struck by a side mirror at 50 Km/h, you're dead meat).

BTW, when I'm on my bike, I obey all traffic signs and lights, signal for my turns, and get really pissed off when other cyclists flout the traffic regs, because it only makes it harder for the rest of us to get respect from motorists. I drive assertively, but not aggressively (well, except for the urine thing), and above all, legally.

[Mutley]

74. There are some very short acceleration lanes in MD, and

you can't stop on them because they are also the deceleration lanes for the exit ramp. So you have about 30 feet to get onto the highway, and people in the right hand lane won't let you in. I've been forced to take the exit that way sometimes.

People who tailgate at all, but especially people who tailgate in the right lane, or on surface roads.

People who read while driving.

People who won't let you in front of them, but then further down the road want YOU to let THEM in!

People who make left hand turns from the right lane, and visa versa (if you've missed your turn, go around the block! DO NOT cut off three lanes of traffic because you aren't paying attention).

People who THINK they are in a straight lane, but are actually in a turn lane, and act like you cut them off when you go by them.

[atomic-fly]

75. S P A C E

If we all drove with space between us and the other cars, we could greatly reduce traffic jams, stop and go traffic, merging issues, save fuel and reduce accidents. This is the biggest problem with our driving habits and if we really cared about resources and safety we would make it mandatory.
An above person commented that he was annoyed when people leave space in standstill traffic, but not leaving space is what creates the inchworm effect.

[Borgnine]

76. Besides people who ride my ass even when I'm going 80...

...it's Bush/Cheney stickers, which tend to make me see red and drive as irrationally as the other people on the road.

[Scout]

79. trying to merge at the very last possible moment...

people who fly by three or four miles of "lane ends, merge right (or left)" signs and then try to cut in at the head of the line of traffic that has already merged into the proper lane.

I don't let them in, fuck 'em if they can't follow directions. I love it when two trucks or a truck and a car ride together next to each other to force them to merge.

[SarahB]

80. Aggressive, SUV drivin', alpha-male wannabees. (nt)

[TK421]

81. Dipshits who tailgate me and when they manage to get ahead they

end up at the red light with my car on their bumper...imbeciles

[TK421]

82. I would like to add another...how about these fuckwads who rev their

engines next to you at the light? Am I supposed to be impressed or something? These people need to grow the hell up

[tjwash]

85. When I have a comfy cushion of space with the car in front of me...

...and some fucking shithead has to just pull their beast right in there.

[Initech]

94. My biggest one occurs in the parking lot...

When there may be an entire ROW of empty spaces and one jackass has to take the space in front of your car so you have to back out of the space rather than pulling through. :grr:

[-..__...]

95. There's an easy solution to that.

Pull forward to the empty space, or back-in to your parking space.

On a similar note, one parking lot peeve that pisses me off (well, two actually), are drivers who take up two spaces when parking is scarce, and drivers who don't park in between the lines... they park far to the right preventing the driver of the car next to them from being able to open the drivers side door more than a few inches.

[philosophie_en_rose]

109. I HATE parking space STALKERS.

The people that can't walk the extra two feet, so wait behind you until you pull out of your space. It doesn't matter if you're waiting for someone or if there are people behind the stalkers. No, it's most important to wait 10 minutes for a closer space instead of talking 3 minutes extra to walk a few extra feet.

!!!

I also hate assholes that like to "race" my little car. It's not a sports car. And I'm a grown ass woman. :grr:

[Initech]

117. YES!!! That drives me nuts, also!

If I'm at the end of a huge parking lot, I'll often go through differemt aisles and zig-zag my way through the place just so I'm not being followed.

[tim2204]

96. My pet peeve

As a veteran Truck driver i could go on and on about this subject.
Lets just say that the biggest peeve there is is when your driving a BIG RIG and some one comes around you and slams on their brakes and then has the nerve to look surprised when the truck can't stop! it makes me think that they figure that if i have eighteen wheels i should be able to stop faster... LOL
but I put it in context that most can understand when i get on the subject i simply say "it amazes me when a person with a 160 I.Q. gets into a car once behind the steering wheel they become brain dead."
All they see is that wheel and the road in front of them nothing else, and heaven forbid they can't be first in the pack.
They will force themselves into the most strangest places just to be the first one to get through.

It makes you want to stop your auto at the light and walk up to them and say what the :wtf: was all that back there.

[SeattleGirl]

97. Some of the people doing that (pulling in front and stopping) are

trying to pull an insurance scam. I'm sure you've probably heard of this scam. Some people have this "business" as a full time job. They hire people to pull in front of big rigs and then slam on the brakes. The idea is, the trucker's insurance has to pay for damage and medical expenses (the "injuries" are usually soft-tissue injuries that cannot be proved or disproved by x-ray, MRI, CAT scan, etc.). There is often a chiropractor involved in the scam. The "injured" parties get some money for medical expenses, but the chiropractor and whoever else is involved get the bulk of money from the insurance company. In some instances, the people who pull in front of the truck get more than they bargained for -- they die when the truck hits their car. Insurance companies are aware of this scam, and if there is an accident, that's one of the first things they look for!

[-..__...]

98. It's called a "stop and squat".

[SeattleGirl]

99. I think it's also called by something else

but I can't remember what it is. Something with "swoop" in it. Regardless of what it's called, it's costly and dangerous!

[Aimah]

106. How do they spend all that scam money after the big-rig runs over them?

[ScreamingMeemie]

100. Hey, welcome to DU fellow Michigander/Michiganian!

I am afraid of trucks ;). And I am positive that you are not one of those trucks that proliferate the freeways here who seem to be unable to move left when traffic is merging on to I-94, I-75 (pick a freeway) and would much rather run a driver off the road into a fiery wreck. :hi: There are a lot of them, but I know passenger cars can also make the good rig drivers'lives hell.

[tim2204]

110. Thank you

Thanks dear for that lovely welcome you gave me. No i am not one of those that do that LOL.
and I am sure that a few that have may not have had a chance to get over, you see sometimes it is what you as an auto driver doesn't see that makes it that way.
Most will move over if given a chance too but sometimes there are other vehicles along side, or in the Blind Zone that you wouldn't see.
So it is quite possible that by the time you did finally get on the highway and went to go around, the obstruction that was making it impossible for a trucker to move over has passed.
I can certainly see how that can be misconstrued.
most of us as a whole try our best to be courteous as much as possible, but i have to agree that there are some who just haven't learned that it is easer to work together than be so pushy or arrogant.
For them i make no apology as it should come from them, but personaly I would go out of my way to help any motorist that needed it if I was in a position to do so.
So once again thank you for your comments i look forward to talking to you again. :applause:

[WillParkinson]

102. A lot of truck drivers....

Are the most courteous drivers I know. We live on a weird street where people can't get around a certain corner. There's a factory down the end of the block that has many trucks coming out. When I pull up to the corner I'll let the truck go out if he's there, simply because it's too difficult to try and get through. The truck driver always smiles and waves. Very friendly. :-)

[SeattleGirl]

101. Thought of another one:

People who honk, flip you off, pound their steering wheel, and drive right up to your bumper trying to get you out of the way when there's no place to go! I'm talking about being on the freeway, jammed with traffic, and some nitwit wants you to get out of the way! Um, excuse me, jerk, but there's no where for me to go to get out of your way!

Several years ago, when my daughter was still in high school, she and I and a friend of hers were driving to Oregon to see relatives. We were going through Tacoma, and the traffic was horrendous. It was creeping along at about 2 mph. We were in the far left lane, and this asshat in a Toyota truck was behind us. He was honking, flipping me off, screaming out the window for me to get out of the way, etc. The thing is, there was no place for me to do that, as all 4 lanes of traffic were bumper to bumper. The only thing I could have done was pull off to the left shoulder of the road, which I wasn't going to do because there was no point. There was nothing but more bumper to bumper traffic ahead of me.

I was finally able to move to the next lane to my right and the guy went by. He kept doing the same thing to other drivers, and he started changing lanes, nosing his way in between other cars in a very aggressive manner.

I was pissed by this time. Here I had these two girls in the car with me that I was responsible for, and while the guy was finally ahead of me, I was afraid he would cause an accident or something, and we would still be in danger -- as would all the other drivers on the road. I handed my cell phone to my daughter and had her call the state police (oh, earlier, I had had them write down the guy's license plate number). My daughter told the state police what was going on, and they said they would get someone out after him, as they had apparently recieved another call about him too.

Jerk! I hope he got caught and got a big fat expensive ticket!

[ThatsMyBarack]

104. How about these?

1. People who have to turn their car stereos WAY UP LOUD enough for EVERYONE stuck in nearby traffic to hear it. I've actually felt my car shake sitting next to these bums when their NOISE (NOT music) is turned up to the max!

2. People who refuse to let me merge onto the freeway before I run out of merging space. My heart gets stuck in my throat every time this happens!

:mad: :grr: :evilfrown:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

107. I hate being forced to listen to someone else's music...

especially if I have my kid in the car, and we get an earful of expletives from some "artist".

[cwydro]

105. people who speed up

when you start to pass them (and I don't speed, btw)...people who don't signal for a turn or a lane change...people who pay NO attention to the driving task.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

108. When people react to my turn signal as

an urgent call to speed up, so I can't be in front of them. :eyes:

[CottonBear]

111. Speeders and tailgaters.

Did I mention Mr. CB, his daughter and I were nearly killed in an interstate car accident? Sone idiot pulled into our lane (right next to us) at 65 MPH and sent us into an uncontrolled spin across the median and the southbound side of I-65 in Alabama. We traveled acorss the south lanes going NORTH! By some miracle, we were not hit by oncoming traffic. This was the Sunday after T-DAy and the roads were packed.
:(
I am a nervous wreck on the interstate now. I avoid interstates if at all possible. :scared:

[Divameow77]

112. Not so much auto drivers

but bicylists

In Minneapolis on really narrow Minnehaha Parkway and the bicyclist is on the road, the bike path is 10 feet away, USE THE BIKE PATH!

[schmuls]

115. EEEEERRRRR!!!

I hate it when I'm trying to go home after work (I work downtown in a major urban area). There are all these assholes trying to make left turns right in front of no left turn signs (which are huge!). We are right behind them laying on the horn to try to tell them not to turn (where are cops when you need them?) They fuck us up and everyone behind us!

[billyskank]

116. Hoo boy

(1) People driving right up my arse

(2) People driving with their headlights undipped (behind me or oncoming)

(3) People who join the motorway I am already driving on and pull out into my lane right in front of me as I am about to overtake them.

(4) Most people driving BMWs.

That'll do for now.

[TK421]

118. How about people who don't know what a YIELD sign means?

No, it's not like a 4-way stop :mad: