What drives you nuts on the road?
 

Thought of this while writing in the 'who drives' thread. What drives you absolutely batshit crazy when you are driving? For me, it's people who hold up traffic when turning, cause the lane they want isn't available. Also people who think that merge means stop. We have a lot of merging roads here and people stop all the time, cause they think that they are supposed to jump across the merge lane and get right into the main lane. I've seen people stop on the on-ramp on highways, which is incredibly dangerous and stupid.

Lets see:
Cellphones.
Pulling all the way to the left to take a right (and vice versa).
Cellphones.
Cutting me off and driving at 15mph.
Cellphones.
When the person on front of me is attempting to merge on the highway at 35mph.
Cellphones.
No lane discipline on the highway.
Cellphones.
People that don't use directionals. Especially when they clearly see me waiting for them to pass so I can pull out.
Cellphones.
Rubberneckers.

People who drive with their pet or child in their lap. I can't see how that is even remotely safe. Also pisses me off when someone doesn't check for pedestrians before they turn. I've been nearly hit while walking so many times in this town. I won't even step out into the road anymore until a driver makes eye contact and indicates they will stop.

People who text message and drive.
People who text message and drive with their newborn baby in the car.
People who don't believe in using turn signals.
People who like to pull out in front of me at the last possible second.
Old men that wear hats. It's the sign of a very slow driver, about 85% of the time.

Tailgaters.
Texting and driving. I no longer assume the slowpoke in front of me is an old person. More often than not, it's a jackass texting and driving.
People who honk the very second the light turns green.
People who fly through active school zones.

• Drivers who are turning and don't heed the right of way of crossing pedestrians. Especially those who think if one car turns, it means the rest of them have some kind of invisible advance green turning signal.
• Cellphone users. Most of my close calls as a pedestrian were from cellphone users who were more focused on other traffic (and their conversations) than on crossing pedestrians.
• Drivers who honk merely because they can't wait a fucking second.
• Excessive speeders, especially in inclement weather.
• Drivers who tailgate and then flash their lights at you to get you out of their way, even though you're already 20-30km over the speed limit.
• Drivers who knowingly block intersections due to their case of acute me-firstness.
• Drivers who won't let a single driver in who happens to be stuck in an adjacent lane.
• That smug sense of entitlement and/or ignorance and/or false security that tends to reside in the minds of far too many SUV drivers.

There are more, I'm sure, I just can't think of them at the moment.

I try not to get too upset by anything on the road, but there are a few things that frustrate me when I'm driving.

Left turns from right lanes.
Right turn from left lanes.
People who insist on waiting for the left turn light even though there is more than enough room for them to turn.
Inattentive drivers that don't react to the light turning green

The last two only bother me when they result in me getting stuck at an intersection for another cycle.

Every other person out there? The biggest ones are people driving way too slow on the freeway causing everyone to group up and jackasses who haul ass around all the people in the turn lane and try to merge in last second.

arabs in landcruisers tailgating at 140km/hr

arabs in landcruisers flashing their lights to tell you to get out of the way before they tailgate you at 140km/hr

arabs in landcruisers who swerve through lanes without indicating

arabs in lanscruisers who think they own the road and wont leave the left lane until they force you out of it by tailgating you

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just wanted to clarify that its not arabs in general that i dislike..but living here and driving over 100 miles a day, i see a lot of shit that goes on. and the most dangerous shit just so happens to be done by the local arabs who couldnt care less if they got a fine for 1000 USD. its pocket change for some of these guys

Take a deep breath. Your anger won't change their behavior.

People who mount their GPS units right in front of them, then stare at them instead of the road.
Has anyone else noticed that the more expensive the vehicle, the less likely the directional signals will be used?

I see that nobody has posted about drivers who push through yellow lights as they turn red. Am I the only one?

It sure feels that way. Every time I'm late through a yellow light and feel guilty, I see the next couple of cars push through behind me. Impatient Jerks.

People who cut across 3 lanes so they don't miss their exit.
People who pull onto the shoulder and back up to get to their exit.
People who stop in the middle of the road and hold up traffic to wave you across when they have the right of way. Especially when you're waiting for the left turn lane on the other side of them to clear up.

Doesn't yellow mean "go faster"?

don't forget cellphones...
assholes...

generally in the emergency ward

I will not suffer the police breaking the rules of the road. They speed (not 5 mph over the speed limit, 20 mph over the speed limit. In a 35 zone), they run lights, they never signal, they cut you off, they bully, and they've almost killed me about 3 dozen times in the past year alone. I'd like the authority to pull them over, because they're not stopping murders by not signaling.

Power corrupts.

I haven't driven in over a month so I'm not generally upset by driving habits. However, when I do drive, my biggest pet peeve is people who pull into the intersection during heavy traffic only to get caught there when the light is red and can't move because the pedestrians are crossing and cause traffic in both perpendicular directions to miss their green light entirely.


Will, do you report them when you see them breaking traffic laws? If it's a smaller town, they'll definitely hear it from the shift sergeant. If it's a larger town, it's a toss-up. If it's Chicago, they'll probably tell you to go fuck yourself.

Soccer moms, in huge SUV's, on their cellphones, holding up traffic in the school parking lot, while their child visits with friends, instead of entering the vehicle. :)

PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO MERGE!

I'm sorry for the caps. I realize it's taboo... but... those fucking non-merging sons of...

My dad has taught me how to respect motorcyclists and keep a safe distance when driving behind them. It bothers me when others don't do the same. It also bothers me when I see some motorcyclists drive on the white line in between the cars. I am sure there is more, but I can't think of them right now. I will let you know after I drive to work tomorrow.

The SJPD is very, very good at fighting crime. They're at about the same level as Batman. Unfortunately, they're not so good at self-regulation. As a matter of fact, they enjoy a rather bad reputation when it comes to self-correction. We're in California, so they wouldn't tell me to go fuck myself, but I'd get the friendlier, sushi version.

I dislike:

Drivers who leave their ass sticking out into a lane of traffic while they wait to get into the left turning lane, leaving you to wait through an extra light cycle because they are entitled to make you wait for their convenience. Go up the street and make a u-turn people, it only takes an extra five minutes.

Drivers who, trying to merge into traffic from the left-turning lane in front of my apartment, will suddenly speed up when they see my left blinker on, effectively blocking me from the lane in time to make the turn into my complex. Apparently this is due to a mortal fear that the mere sight of my rear bumper will turn them to dust.

Like Baraka said, tailgaters on the highway who get right up on your ass and do that blinkie thing at you when you are already well in excess of the speed limit.

Drivers who block intersections and then sit there pretending not to see you.

Drivers who will not pull over for emergency vehicles. Has anyone else noticed this trend?

UPS delivery van drivers. They are all fucking insane.

Parents at my daughter's school who will nudge along side me in line in an effort to drop their kid off first.

People who attempt to use the bike lane as a right-hand turn lane or a parking spot as a right-hand turn lane drive me nuts. They're just asking for it!

Drivers who don't look out for bicyclists drive me crazy! Being a bicyclist has made me a more cautious driver. I cringe every time I see a near-miss--thankfully I only see near-misses. Near-misses seem to happen most frequently when cars are attempting to take a right across a bike line and do so without checking for a bicyclist. Please, for the love of Pete, LOOK.

The drivers who come barreling down my street also drive me nuts. It's a 25, yet people consistently go 35.

Drivers who are impatient. Relax, we'll all get there eventually. Best to get there in one piece!

parking lots - that reminds me:

People who drive like a bat out of hell in parking lots.
People who will beep and speed past you like a bat out of hell even though you are almost completely backed out of your parking space.
People who deliberately park in two spaces in small or crowded parking lots without a lot of extra slots (like where I work).

People driving in the far left lane on the highway, but going less than the speed limit.

Not using turn signals.

Tailgaters, most definitely. But even MORE so when it's a cop attempting to get you to speed up so they can pull you over. Ugh.


Oh---and definitely the people that take up two parking spaces, or park diagonally. I always want to park diagonally as well, right next to them.

People who stop in the street to have a conversation with someone in another car or on the sidewalk, stopping traffic.

On top of what you all have already said, the two things that bother the hell out of me are people who need to come to a complete stop to turn right into where ever they're going even though they can turn in just fine without stopping at all and bikers who bike against traffic. Hell, most bikers around this city piss me off because for some reason, they feel like the traffic laws do not apply to them....fucking idiots.

Bad roads drive me bananas. Hitting deep potholes and the BANG it makes.
Being stuck behind garbage trucks.
People turning without turn signals.
Things flying into the windshield at Mach 3 that first scare the shit out of you, then leave permanent chips/cracks.
Washing the car and it rains the next day.
Running over animals. I ran over a squirrel once and the crunch (and smell) messed up the rest of my day.

all of you should go driving in thailand or somewhere in asia...... LOL These are all common things
Turning without light signal is essential in some place (aka bangkok + other place) if you dont peak the nose in first then you dont get to go.
Motorcycle are all in between cars because there are no extra space for them, so you need to be careful when you turn and have to look out for 10s of motorcycle at any given time.
Pedestrian doesnt have way in big cities in asia, because if car wait for pedestrian then all of them wont get to work on time. (instead many cities have overhead pass, in which people are generally lazy and tried to jaywalk which is a equation of accident and end up in ER)


... Personally things that drive me nuts depend on where i am driving
If im in canada, i get irritate with all those things you guys/girls have suggested
If im driving in thailand, i wont mind it at all because i know whats its like to drive there.

In some states, it's legal to use the white lines, generally when traffic's at a snail's pace. I don't like and my partner knows not to try-smacks to the helmet are very loud and can cause whiplash :p
We've come close to getting hit a few times-something like 80% of car/bike accidents are caused by the driver of the car.

What drive me nuts:
Cellphones
Cellphones
Cellphones
HANG UP THE DAMNED PHONE AND DRIVE!
Lost drivers
Old women in Buicks, specially if there's more than one in the car. They can't do the speed limit, they don't pay attention at all and they take forever to start moving.
Anyone else notice that people in big ass Lincolns and Mercedes never yield, never use their signals and don't know what the line in the middle of the road is for?
Tailgaters. If you're gonna ride my ass, at least know my name. I'm doing 80 already, how fast do I need to be going?
Trucks governed at 65 who get into the left lane to pass another doing 64, thereby making me slam on my brakes.
Riding in the car when the spouse drives.

Y'all would kill me!!!

**Hides away from thread**

I live in small-town America where people are overly polite at times. We have our share of bad drivers including all of the ones you have mentioned. However, what bothers me the most these days is when I pull up to a 4-way stop after the car across from me has pulled up and we sit, and sit, and sit. It's not my turn to go, so I wait. If I wait long enough the other driver will proceed and then give me a bad look that I didn't go first. What the other driver doesn't realise is that I couldn't see them waving me on to go first because of the glare on their windshield or the tinted windows. Why can't they just go when it's their turn??? This happens alot. Small-town America.

-Bicyclists who don't obey traffic laws! They think they own the road here, it's annoying.
-Motorists who move into open lanes with out looking, my boyfriend took off someone's mirror who did this the other day with his motorcycle. I've done the same on my bike.
-Squids! Sport bike riders who wear no gear and ride like idiots, they make the rest of us look bad.

After reading all of these, I'm having a hard time making up my own list of peeves while driving, which is funny, as I drive for hours daily.

The one that gets to me actually scares me, as people doing it nearly killed me, and now, I'm incredibly cautious.

Years ago, when training for my G2 driving test, I was told by my instructor that it is safe and ok to turn right if there are two lanes, while oncoming traffic has a green left turning signal.

More recently, it has become popular in my city to turn left, and not turn into the left-most lane, but the right or center lane, making wide turns like a truck or city bus. Its regularly done by vans, SUV's, and small cars.

I was nearly hit on my side (driver's side) by a huge van because of this dangerous maneuver. And I was watching, like I always do! The driver was turning fine, so I take my foot off the brake and start to turn my tires, when the van speeds up mid-turn, and makes a move for the right lane, just to speed by the other drivers in front of him that had turned left.

Scary. Shit.

The more I drive, the more cautious and observant I become. I do my best to stay off high traffic roads, move away from dangerous drivers, and always ALWAYS signal.
I love love LOVE driving on the highway/freeway. I think I could be a truck driver, as its almost thrilling to me. I make regular summer road trips now, driving across states, fun times.

Anybody that is not paying attention. Pedestrians, cyclists, drivers, riders, anyone. The guy in front of you who's looking for something, but somehow misses the mass of cars behind him. The guy walking across the street as the light is turning yellow, and takes his sweetass time because he has the "right of way." The guy on the freeway that merges between cars that are probably 1.5 car lengths away and stays there, even though the next lane over is EMPTY and safe to merge into. The guy who keeps going when an ambulance/fire truck/cop car has their lights and horns blaring (and the people who just stop in the middle of the road instead of pulling over). I'd like to believe these people aren't intentionally doing these things, but I can't think of any other reason that would make it better.

To me it seems like these people have nowhere to go, like a big group of sunday-drivers on vacation. In big crowded cities, people are on a mission to get somewhere; hauling ass to get to work, to get to some emergency or just to get home. I'm rarely in a rush to get anywhere, but I still make sure I'm not in anyone's way. The guy next to me is speeding up, I'll take my foot off the gas cuz he more than likely wants to merge. Someone wants to turn as I'm crossing the street, I'll pick up the pace a bit. I wont break into a sprint, but at least I'm acknowledging them.

What drives me nuts?

Kentucky.

Seriously! Since moving here a few years ago, I am constantly shocked at the level of ridiculously bad driving.

• Failure to move when the light turns green. It is like the entire STATE has slower than normal reaction times. I've been 5th in a line of cars at a light and had to wait through 2 cycles because of this.
• Pulling out from a driveway onto the highway, only to turn into the next driveway 100 meters up the road. This usually happens RIGHT in front of me when I have absolutely no one behind me for another 1/2 mile.
• Huge amounts of traffic accidents at the slightest hint of snow or ice. Seriously! Every damn year, there are literally hundreds of accidents around the county on the first day of snow.
• False courtesy at 4-way stops. 'No you first. No you. No you, I insist' Somebody FUCKING GO!!!!
• False courtesy at letting some driver (usually a pretty girl) turn into traffic ahead of you, while 35 of us are stuck behind you waiting to move forward. Here's a tip, she's not going to sleep with you. I will, however, punch you in the throat.
• People on bikes who make real cyclists (like me) look bad by not obeying traffic laws.

Non-Kentucky related driving complaints are pretty much everything surrounding cell-phone use while driving. People who are using a cell phone prior to being involved in an accident should automatically be found at fault for the accident.

people who think merge means slow and stop.

people who don't understand the right of way.

people who refuse to get into the right lane when they are going the speed limit or below.

people who don't understand flow of traffic.

people who don't know what a turn signal is.

people who assume their car is invincible and switch lanes without even a casual glance.

/me is a roadrager.

Wow, this could have been written by me. Except, you know, better.

add one more to my list

people who are cubs fans.

People that change lanes just so they can pass an extra 2 cars before moving back...
People that drive 5mph below the speed limit...
People that come to a near stop to make even the slightest turns...
People who dont use their turn signals when changing lanes or turning...
People who wait till the last second to move to the complete other side of the freeway for their exit...
Pedestrians who cross in front of you with the dont walk sign when your light is green...
People who choose to completely ignore yield signs...
Bicyclists who ride in the road until they get to a light at which point they move onto the sidewalk and keep going...
Waiting 10 years because no one will let you in at a stop sign turn onto a busy road...

I chose not to add people who tailgate because I actually get some amusement from this as whenever someone tailgates me I either slow down considerably or simply start swerving and 90% of the time they back off :p

surprised no one said this one...

1) Gutter Sneaks: these are people who use their imagination to create an extra lane on the right either through a light to quickly merge over to the left or onto a freeway where they frequently go 50 yards into the breakdown lane before they finally merge.

2) bicyclists who ride on the wrong side of the road. i don't think these people realize how easy it is for someone making a right turn in their car to be looking at oncoming traffic on THEIR left, thereby not seeing the cyclist coming when they make the right turn. i know this because i hit a fool this way once. it was even worse because the fool was biking on the sidewalk on top of being on the left road.

I forgot to add that I absolutely hate when people pull out in front of you when you're going 60 miles an hour and there's nobody behind you. Double that hate when they don't hit the gas. Triple that hate when they pull out and there's really nothing you can do but stomp the brakes.

also, there's one stretch of road that I drive on that is 2 lanes and 55 miles an hour, if you're walking with your child in a stroller down that street for some odd reason, how about instead of you walking next to the ditch, get your fucking stroller out of the road and put yourself there instead. (yes this happened today. I almost got out to bitch them a new one about how to protect their children..)

There are many pet peeves of mine, but one that people here need to be aware of. Slower Traffic Keep Right. I don't care if you are already going over the speed limit. If somebody is approaching faster, and you can safely move over without being really impeded, then get the fuck out of the way. Stop trying to drive the car behind you. If they flash their lights, it means move over. If they are in a hurry to get a ticket, more power to them. It might save you from a ticket.
Also bicyclists who impede traffic, like riding in packs, cutting lights and stop signs and so forth, particularly in Boulder, CO.

I disagree. If I am already going over the speed limit, why shouldn't the driver behind me who wants to go faster be the one to safely move over...and pass me?

I know the reason why that is in my neck of the woods: because it means they get caught up in the the net of slower moving traffic to the right that I also don't want to get caught up in.

If there is no traffic in the right lane(s) I will and do move over, I still think it's rude to tailgate and flash your lights, though.

Because passing on the right is more dangerous. Note I also stated that if you can move over reasonably. Obviously, if I am sitting in a line of cars then I cannot pass, with the assumption being that the person in the front should move out of the way of everyone else. Many times a person will be passed three or four times on the right hand side until they finally move over. This forces faster drivers to weave in and out of slower lane traffic. Also, if people respected the light flash then maybe there would not be so much tailgating. Best situation, the one I try to follow, is to be cognizant of approaching traffic and safely move aside.

I agree with new man. I am one of the folk who drives fast because I drive with a purpose!! I know where the heck I'm going and I don't get lost. I know when to look for cops and when to anticipate speed traps.

Slower traffic should drive on the right. Period. Also, why the heck would two cars be driving neck and neck???? This pisses me off. Get the heck outta the way!!!

specifically, passing on the right side is dangerous because it's where your biggest blind spot is with your mirrors.

i find a good rule of thumb if you want to go fast is to make sure you don't have any negative effect on the drivers around you. if what you're doing causes anyone to hit their brake or swerve even a little bit then you probably should have picked a better spot to make moves. if you're already a mile ahead of them before they noticed you, then you passed correctly, and if someone gets all huffy, it's their own problem.

Driving with my father one night on a deserted four lane road, someone started tailgating us. My father decelerated slowly from 35 mph until we were nearly at a stop. Eventually the driver moved to the left lane and passed us. The driver was blowing his horn as he passed.

About ten years ago,
I was one of those people traveling at 8 miles over the speed limit in the
left hand lane, when I noticed a convertible coming up behind so quickly
that I didn't have time to move to the right.

He was enjoying his intimidation and weaving around all us 'others'.

Five minutes later I saw his car flipped over on the side of the road,
with his almost severed head sticking out from under the vehicle.

Because in all states, it is illegal to pass on the right and may be illegal to drive continuously on the left. Cops can and will give tickets to someone who creates a left lane line. Just because you are going over the speed limit doesn't mean you must do so in the left lane. Here, we call them Left Lane Louies and you will get some irate people around you.
Karma's a bitch, but he won't be doing that again....the stupidity gene pool gets reduced quite often, but there's a lot more of them out there.
I'd love to have a bumpersticker that says: Being an asshole kills.

I've seen one out there that says "If I'm passing you on the right, you're a moron."

I'm not exactly a slow driver myself, and I agree that if you're not actively passing someone you should move right. That said, if I am actively passing someone in the left lane and some lunkhead starts tailgating me, he can cram it. Driving quickly is one thing, but this is not Formula Idiot, and if you start acting like you think you're a race car driver, it only proves that you shouldn't be on the road. Period.

I wonder if most people have a grasp of what, 'horse power', truly means.

Impatient assholes. Seriously people, you aren't getting there any more quickly. The extra couple of seconds might save your life. Go ahead and honk, I don't care.

If I'm turning on to a two lane road, I'll usually wait until BOTH lanes are clear. How do you know the driver in the left lane isn't about to switch lanes and smash into you?

If I'm the first car at a red light, I'll probably wait a second after the light turns green.

I'm not going to rush a left turn over 4 lanes of traffic to spare your a few seconds.

I'm not going to be the one who follows the guy ahead of me in a left turn after the light has turned red just because the other cars will wait for me.

People get so worked up while driving what is the point of it?

One more:
those individuals who are behind me in the left turn lane and then fly past me on the right just to get back in front of me so they can turn before I do? What? Get a grip?

Passing on the right is legal on freeways in California.

So the rule is drive over 85 or drive under 60? Because those are basically your two choices going with this point of view.

I believe I stated in my original post that I would move (and well in advance of being tailgated, too) if the roads are clear, but I don't buy that its my place to be stuck in the lane of SLOW traffic when the roads are full because I am not driving 90+ miles an hour. Slow the hell down. There's no reason to go that fast.

You guys should come down here and drive. Where stop signs, lane markers and one way road signs are a mere suggestions. A land where cars seemingly have two options- full accelerate and instant stop. A place where the middle of the intersection is the proper place to stop and SEE if traffic is on coming. A culture where if you can see the tail lights in front of you you're not following close enough.

But hey tacos are cheap! And so is the bus.

No one forces anyone to weave in and out of traffic at high speed.
It is a choice.

I wonder if this sense of entitlement carries over into other areas of a persons
life.

"The road is mine and everyone get the fuck out of my way."

Perhaps the road is the only arena in which these wimps can exercise their 'powers.'

That's quite the road rage there buddy. I'd hate to be a passenger in your car, or a driver anywhere near you. Calm down, or you'll get killed.

Lots of us drive with purpose, but we're not invincible. Stop driving like you own the road. Seriously.

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Pretty good rule of thumb there. :thumbsup:

One of the first things I was taught: if someone else has to react to your driving (and by that I do not mean stopping/starting at signs/lights, rather highway/freeway driving), you're probably doing something that is a possible threat on the road. And when you're flying on a strip of ash at 110kph, you need to have complete control of your vehicle. "no funny business" my teacher used to say. heh.

Haha, yes, you have made a funny, through a thinly veiled innuendo. Now it is my turn:

I hate it when people assume that I have the same inadequacies that they do. Just because they suck at driving they expect me to be at that level. I don't live my life by other's low standards. Maybe they should strive to improve theirs.

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Now you could say "some people's need to speed is inversely proportional to their penis size".
Then I could cry for a little while (the truth hurts) and then respond with "women can't drive", then your comeback could be "dick", followed by my "bitch", followed by the yellow writing of a moderator.

Or do you want to end it now?

How about a big cup of chill out?

Seriously you took Rings posts as an threat? I don't really read it that way, maybe I'm wrong but I see no need to have this go to "dick" or "bitch" mode.

People who fail to use their turn signal.
People who stick the nose of their car into the traffic lane when leaving Dunkin Donuts.

no cup of chill for me tomorrow, I am driving into a blizzard tomorrow and need my complete focus for a shreddin day of killing pow on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

I was simply responding to a comment from Ring, and I stayed at that level. For a driving thread, you could say I stayed on the low road.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h..._slope_hid.jpg ;)


It saddens and frightens me to see people that are too old
to be driving.

My mothers neighbor just lost his license because of this.
He is 89.

I should call and offer to transport him, wherever need be.

Very numerous things anger me on the road.

Just this week I was CLEARLY about the step on a pedestrian crossing when this cunt in a white van came tearing across and would have knocked me down if I had kept walking as I was in the right of way to do.

I hurled the (plastic) bottle of coke I was holding at the time into the side of his van. He stopped and got and a few words were exchanged, but I didnt physically strike him or anything - I guess Im a kind of a coward like that sometimes. I lose my temper but then dont back it up.

In the past I've deliberately driven into someone (at 5 MPH) because he pulled in front of me in slow traffic, I've got out of my car and kicked another cars license plate multiple times, chased after a car shaking my first, jumped out my car waving a tyre iron at someone, etc... obviously I will swear or lay on the horn or wave my fist out the window at least every other day due to the intense frustration the pillocks and fools on the roads these days cause me. Im not an aggressive driver, but I guess driving does make me aggressive. I honestly wonder if the driving test is even being applied in this country today, half the wankers on the roads seem to have got their license out of a christmas cracker.

Strange? I mean this in the kindest way possible.

Deliberately hitting another vehicle no matter how fast you are traveling,
is a definite indication that you have severe anger and impulse control issues.

I know you have mentioned this in other threads.
Have you ever sought therapy for this?

Please...do.

/ thread jill

I can't stand when people drive really slowly in the left lane. If somebody is also driving slowly in the right lane you are pretty much stuck driving slowly for ages.

Everyone else!

Seriously, a-holes in SUVs that always cut me off.

Everything everyone else has said, along with the fact that somehow, in some way, there's traffic in the morning and traffic in the evening. There's traffic at 4pm!! My reasoning is maybe if everyone went the same speed and stayed behind each other the same distance, traffic may flow quite nicely. Maybe. But that's in my fantasy world. Everything in perfect synchronization on the roads. *sigh*

Also, people who decide at the very last minute they need to get in the exit lane and cut you off. That's one huge pain in my ass. Then I'll blare my horn and shine my brights in your mirrors.

TAILGATING! Especially when I'm already going 80 mph!!!

Also.. drivers that seem drunk but aren't.. they're just lame and can't figure out what lane they want to be in.

I've driven down there. It makes bad drivers up here look like saints.

And I've never have had any problems with bicyclists.

But, for the record.

-Tailgaters
-People who merge over with two inches of space to spare
-Trucks who want to pass another truck when they see a car doing 20mph over what they are going coming up in the left lane.

People who use their hazard lights as some sort of magical pass to park anywhere they please. Including in the middle of the street.

People who stay in the right lane even though the left lane is empty and traffic is trying to merge from an on ramp onto the highway. This is driving me nuts lately! The idea is to accelerate from road speed to highway speed and merge into the flow of traffic. The scary thing, is that I have seen people, come to a complete stop on the on ramp and wait for a break in traffic, so they can get on the highway! Get out of the fucking lane and let me merge!

Even before other drivers, some things that piss me off:
-The Speed Limit: the safest speed limit is the speed at or below which 85% of drivers will drive in ideal weather and visibility conditions. Anything lower is solely for revenue generation.

-Poorly Designed Entrance Ramps: Ramps with stop signs are dangerous. If you cannot build a long enough entrance ramp for the slowest modern car to safely accelerate to the minimum speed allowed on the road, there should be no entrance there.
-Poorly Designed Exits: Short ramps are dangerous. If a driver of the largest vehicle that can legally be driven on that road cannot safely slow from the safest highway speed for conditions to a stop at the end of the ramp, or if they cannot slow from highway speed to a speed that allows them to safely round a bend on the ramp, then there should not be an exit there. Forcing drivers to drive below the minimum speed limit while still on the highway because of poor ramp design disrupts traffic flow

those two are embodied by this crossover: Google Maps

Not that traveling south, both exits 40A and 40B require a driver to begin braking well before the exit ramp. If you zoom out 4 steps, you'll see E. Rocks Road to the northeast of this interchange. On a light traffic day during rush hour, traffic will slow to below 10 mph and back up past E. Rocks Road. Pan the map Northeast until you see the intersection with Route 33. On a bad day, traffic will back up to there, the previous exit.

At the first southbound ramp, cars can get up to maybe 30mph because of the uphill slope. Most can manage 50-55 from the second. On the first northbound ramp, there's a stop sign. This brings traffic to a grinding halt all the way to exit 38, which you can find.

Here's the clusterfuck in bird's eye view. The ramp over Route 7 is the top of a huge hill, which interrupts traffic even more.
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That ramp with the stop sign brings me to my issue with drivers. Common Fucking Courtesy. Only after every 15 or 20 cars does someone leave enough distance for someone to merge. During rush hour, instead of letting one car in in front of them, people will ride the next car's bumper so nobody can get into those precious 20 feet in front of them. When someone does get in, the next few cars have to jam on their brakes because they aren't leaving a safe distance between themselves.

This brings me to my next point: following distance. I will drive at any speed I want on the highway as long as I can keep a safe distance between myself and other drivers. If I'm doing 100+, this means I'm not within at least a thousand feet of another car (I let the distance grow exponentially at higher speeds just in case.) At normal speeds, it's about 1.5-2 car lengths per 10mph I'm going. Apparently, everyone else missed this part of driving school, because there's always someone who assumes that I'm not maintaining a safe following distance for safety, I'm keeping a spot open for him to swing his 4000 pound death machine into. If I had my way, these people would be deported (If you're a US citizen, you'd better hope Canada or Mexico will put up with your shitty driving. A Canadian informed me that they'd be fine with this because they have a colony for that called Montreal.)

From safe following distance comes the natural pet peeve of tailgating. It's not safe, you cannot make any argument to claim that it is, and if you tailgate, you're an idiot. If it's not going to cause a traffic jam, I prefer to deal with these by taking my foot off the gas and possibly downshifting. By the time they figure out I want them to pass me (I only do this in the right lane, if I'm in the left and someone wants to go faster than me, I move over as soon as is safely possible,) they're usually mad enough to give me dirty looks and flash America's Favorite Gesture (TM) at me. I smile and blow kisses. I only do this because I don't have the authority to deport people over traffic violations ... yet.

Then there are the ones who weave through traffic, and the special case of the guy who will move into another lane that gets him ahead, even if it's only by six inches. They're always doing this in heavy traffic where it's impossible to move over to let someone pass, and nobody for twenty miles ahead of or behind us are going more than 5mph. The solution to these is to give them false hope. I have a nice buffer built up because of my safe following distance (in really slow traffic I expand it to 50-60 feet so I don't have to brake so much) and this allows me to fuck with them. Pull up alongside the car in front of lane switching jerk, plus half a car length. Jerk switches lanes. Take my foot off the gas to maintain my following distance. Jerk switches lanes. Repeat until bored or at my exit. My record is a guy in a riced out shitbox who changed lanes and went back 14 times (28 total.) This will keep me amused since I can't deport them.
Off the top of my head, it means the amount of work done by one pound-foot of torque at 5252RPM.
I recall you mentioning one of those incidents here before. You have very serious anger issues and should seek professional counseling.

Or a response to whiny residents without the sense to teach their children not to dart across a four-lane road.

#1 is people who don't get how traffic circles work, and stop before they enter. I actually had someone who was already inside the circle stop to let me enter in front of them... thankfully there was nobody behind them.

A close second happens at least 5 times every time I drive through Quebec: I'll be driving along at a good speed in the left lane, and the very slow driver (relatively speaking) in the right lane waits until I'm 5 seconds from passing them to pull in front of me and sluggishly pass another car on the right.

This one also drives me nuts. Clear, sunny day. Going down the highway. Dork in front of you hits their windshield washer fluid spray and showers your nice clean car and windshield with overspray. If someone is behind you and you are at highway speeds, don't spray your windshield, you will also dirty theirs. If you made it that far on the highway, you probably didn't really need to do it right there.

A lot of things, but most of all tailgating.

1. People going 10 under the speed limit.

2. People not using their turn signals.

3. The worst of all: when you get to an intersection with a traffic light and it's green, the person across from you is turning left, and you're turning left. THIS MEANS YOU BOTH HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY. AS IN GO AT THE SAME FUCKING TIME. I hate when people wait for the other person to turn and then go.

HERE I DREW A PIC!!!!!!!!! /froth

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Earlier this week, I was waiting at a red light to make a left turn. It was a one lane road and I was #1 in the waiting line, so obviously everyone behind me would also need to wait for green. Apparently not the guy behind me waiting to turn right. He inched up SO close to me trying to sneak between me and the curb on my right side that I would have hit him with even an inch of rollback. He then proceeded to lay on his horn and wave his arms angrily... I waved back. Did he expect me to drive out into the intersection so he wouldn't have to wait for green?

An unrelated incident: waiting to turn left out of a parking lot, heavy traffic. Angry guy drives AROUND my left side, makes a right turn in FRONT of my car, and flips ME the bird. I love when terrible drivers think the law-abiding drivers are in the wrong.

The other real menace is cyclists. It literally makes my blood boil when you come to a set of lights and some cock-arse on a bike comes wheeling past and goes straight over the red light. They jump off the pavement without looking, menace pedasterians, wildly swing in your way while going too fucking slow, jump their place, get in the way, show no consideration for other road users, dont have propper lights at night, etc etc. Three Quarters of road accidents are caused by bikes in my guess, and half of them actually want to get run over for the compensation.

What really pisses me off are people so very clever and manipulative,
they are able to fake ADHD, obtaining a script for Adderall,
so's they can drive three days non-stop. ( and be popular with their friends
who use it to cram study..etc.)

Hopped up drivers (of cars and trucks) are easy to spot.

So if a bird shits on my windshield, I should just let it run down my windshield, so that I respect you and your nice clean car? pfft. Fuck that. Cars get dirty, and are dirty most of the time. Live with it.

I do this all the time. After several close calls with drivers who decided to go straight despite having their turn signal on, I've decided it's better to piss off people behind me than risk an accident.

Yeah, this has happened to me on my bike a few times. Scary shit. People need to use their signals.

People who think Yield means Merge.

People who think I left 30 feet between me and the car in front of me so they could pull their 20-foot long SUV in between us.

I think some things that bug when people are driving are:

+General carelessness/not being a defensive driver (no turn signal, swerving on accident, pulling too far out into my lane, etc).
+People sitting at a red light, in the right lane, blocking anyone behind you who might want to turn right until the light turns green and you get the heck outta the way.
+People on their cell phones- IT'S ILLEGAL IN CA, PEOPLE! GET OFF THE PHONE!
+People who turn on their EMERGENCY lights while they're dropping someone off at the grocery store- uhm, hello, yes, you can park and walk in.
+People with deep bass music blaring, or playing loud rap/rock music with their windows rolled down. Believe it or not, I (along a lot of people around you) don't wanna hear your trashy, disgusting, and offensive music!
+People who block traffic because they decide to pull up next to their buddy (also in a car), lean out the window, and start yacking.
+People who wave you on at a four-way stop sign because they think they're being courteous. No, you are just disrupting the flow of traffic and confusing things.
+People not letting you in when you have to merge, despite having your turn signal on, so you end up shoved into the shoulder or left to slam your brakes on.
+Bicyclists who don't follow driving rules, but don't get ticketed for it- I mean, come on, I've seen bicyclists riding into traffic ride right past a cop, and they don't get stopped. If I were to do that, I would a) probably die and b) get stopped immediately by police.

And number one (and you see a lot of these where I'm from!):

GIGANTIC TRUCKS! Guess what? Having your ride raised so high that I cannot see around you is not going to make your junk any bigger, so please, do all of us on the road who actually CARE about the environment a little bit a favour and get rid of the disgusting monstrosity.

+1 for this. I feel like I'm the only person on the road following the "1 car length for every 10 mph" rule. Can't tell you how many times people have passed me only to pull right back in front of me, leaving me to slam my brakes and get some distance between us.

This thread is funny because in all actuality no one really knows how to drive. We all do the best we can to not get into car accidents, but I guarantee you've all made silly mistakes on the road from not signaling a lane change to running a red. Stop acting like you're holier than thou.

I'd hope everyone agrees that they aren't perfect. This kind of discussion is usually pretty biased and self-serving, but it's easy to vent about with other people who feel the same way.

Everyone who drives faster than you is a maniac while everyone who drives slower than you is a moron. If everyone could just start being perfect like me, we wouldn't have any problems :rolleyes:

I drive from Boston to Western Kansas several times a year. I've become acquainted with all of these drivers. Let me introduce them to you.

Amblin' Alfred (who just ambles along at 50mph when everyone else is going 70mph+
Blinker Bernese (blink, blink, blink,blink, blink, blink, ....)
Cell phone Cindy
Driving lights Durwood (buddy of high beam Hank)
Extrawide turn Edna, who swings her Durango halfway into the left lane before making a right turn.
Fart muffler Frank (hate those raspberry mufflers)
G-force Georgette (takes the 35mph exit at 65mph)
High beam Hank (buddy of Driving lights Durwood)
I must have three hands Isabel (cell phone in one hand, cigarette in one hand, steering wheel in one hand)
Jalopy Jolene -- unsafe at any speed. Sister of Temp spare Tammy.
Kolache Karen (enjoying that pastry at 80mph)
Left lane Lanny (we all know who he is)
Middle lane Mildred (cousin of Amblin' Alfred, sister of Left lane Lanny -- but she never leaves the middle lane)
Monster truck Maurice
No mirrors Norval
Oblivious Oprah
Puppy loving Paula, who can't stand the anxiety of being separated from her dog, so she drives around with the dog in her lap, even if it's a St. Bernard.
Quagmire Quentin, who pulls his monster truck from muddy dirt road onto the highway, thereby flinging shoebox size chunks of mud onto your windshield
Raised suspension Ralphie (whose headlights shine downward into my rearview mirror) Brother of Quagie Quentin.
SubWoofer Simms (rattling my fillings from 3 lanes over)
Temp spare Tammy (driving along in her Dodge Neon with the donut spare tire -- at 80mph)
Ultracautious Umberto, who, when encountering a pedestrian in a crosswalk or parking lot, will come to a complete stop about forty feet away.
Vacillating Victor (his car keeps wandering back and forth from one lane to the other -- cousin of Weavin' Willie)
Weavin' Willie (in heavy traffic Willie is constitutionally incapable of staying in the same lane for more than one minute)
X:no:
Yellow light Yehudi (who thinks a yellow light means speed up, even if you're in front of him trying to stop)
Zoom-up Zane (who drives up to your tailpipe at 80mph when you're stuck crawling along behind an eighteen wheeler at 55.

Lindy
On the road again. I-70 in Ohio
Somebody come up with something for X

The both of you are wrong, Today as I was driving in my new stick shift hooptie that I own outright and lurching down the road because I've only driven a stick like twice in my life and I intend to not go a millimile over 25 till I get the hang if it, I still think I'm better than all of you.

EDIT:
X for Xerxys then???? :lol:

Damn. You win. :p

I make a conscious effort to be a courteous driver, keep a safe distance, and not disrupt the flow of traffic. I'm not perfect, but if everyone would put a bit of effort into it, we'd be doing a lot better.