Driving Pet Peeves

[Warbsywoo]

I love driving, but not enough that I can't hate some things that are associated with it, such as: hmph

1.) Stupid (other) drivers: Cutting you off in the fast lane, going 10 mph below the speed limit, tailgating. Some even use the wrong lanes or get in the wrong lane. On the other hand I love honking the horn when I spot said drivers. I hate this the most and it's the main fuel for my emerging road rage.

2.) Complex Intersections: Especially the ones that give you little room to make decisions.

3.) Traffic Lights: Especially when you need to get somewhere really quickly, it always happens that you get stuck on lights that keep going red at every intersection.

What about you guys?

 

[Æon Flux]

No one uses turning signals in my town. Its kinda anoying when theres a turn and people just sit there...USE your turning signal so I at leaste Know why im waiting

People who stop at EVERY corner because they dont know where they are going . PULL OVER to figure out where your going I dont want to start driving the speed limit then hit your ass because you hit your brakes suddenly to see the damn street sign.

Stop signs are made for a reason do use them as in my town its coommon for people to ignore them

Oh and please do not use your cell phone while driving,I notice females tend to have this habbit more than men simply because every time some ass almost hits me its a female attatched to her cell. Sorry your not that great and voicemail was created for a reason your call is not as impotant to me as my life...it can wait

 

[10th Doctor]

1.) I'm going to have to agree on the stupid drivers thing. i hate it when people always assume that honking their freaking horn at me is going to make things better.

2.) BACK SEAT DIRECTIONS. Jesus! I hate it when my grandma gives me directions. It's terrible. She'll tell me where to turn, as I'm passing by it.

3.) People who are impatient. Look, if it's icy, I am going to go slow. Wait to pass me and get into a car crash, or if you can't= leave me the hell alone.

 

[Espurr]

Really all of these fall under being stupid.

1. When people do not know the meaning of a Red Light/Stop sign. I've nearly been in a lot of crashes thanks to this.

2. Being cut off in general. When I see you're trying to get in front of me, I will usually let you pass provided that I can. I hate it when people just do it just to be an ass.

3. Pedestrians who just don't care about walking in the middle of a busy street. Sometimes these people just tempt me so much to just run them over on purpose it not even funny. There is a crosswalk just a bit further use that when there are no cars coming.

 

[Warbsywoo]

Haha, all of those are good.

I also hate when people cut you off and then drive really slow. That really pisses me off especially when I'm in the fast lane and I have to slow down by a full 10 to 15 mph just to accomodate the guy.

 

[Pandora]

1. Extremely slow drivers. I'm not sure if they're looking for a street or somebody's house or if they're just too afraid to go over the speed limit, but maybe they should do it in the lane where ALL of the slow drivers are or at least put your emergency lights on so I'll know beforehand that you'll be going slow for a long time. I usually just quickly pass by them on the other lane.

2. Drivers who drive like assholes for the sake of being an asshole and not because they don't know how to drive. ESPECIALLY the student drivers at our school. Some of the obnoxious kids can't behave on the street if their life depended on it. And that's bad. I've been twice fooled that some kid was going to hit me, whether if he was going to try and force me into another lane or if he was trying to frighten me by trying to look like he was going to go into my lane when I'm in his way. I eventually cuss them out when I pass by them in the parking lot.
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[Madaraki]

Pedestrians who think they own the streets. Don't get me wrong; I'm quite aware that as the driver I'm the responsible party, etc., but damn...if that little signal has a RED HAND...don't try to zip in front of me and assume I'll break. See, I'll not be slowing down all that much if I've got a green light and you have a "DO NOT WALK" sign.

NOTE: I admit I sometimes dash across a street even when I have a "DO NOT WALK" signal, but I only do that when there aren't any cars coming across the street within a block's distance.


Cyclists who can't make up their minds where they're going. You know, if you wanna bike a teensy ways into the road or stick to the shoulder area, fine...but please don't go weaving in and out of traffic. I like to think my reaction time's good, but it's hard for me to avoid hitting you if I'm going 35 and you've just stopped or swerved about a foot in front of the center of my bumper.


Speed freaks who pass you no matter what. Pass me on the left as allowed. I don't mind. I get a tad annoyed if I'm already going the speed limit and you seem to be attempting to breach the sound barrier, but whatever. Just don't go skidding past me half off the road on my right side only to swing directly in front and blare your horn at me for not skidding my car to the left to make room for you.

 

[Lebreau]

2.) Complex Intersections: Especially the ones that give you little room to make decisions.

3.) Traffic Lights: Especially when you need to get somewhere really quickly, it always happens that you get stuck on lights that keep going red at every intersection.

I hate intersections... so so much. Especially stupid people who pull out in front of you when you've got the little green left turn arrow.

No one uses turning signals in my town. Its kinda anoying when theres a turn and people just sit there...USE your turning signal so I at leaste Know why im waiting

I HATE that. Fucking hell It's like "... right, are you turning or not... not... wait... you ARE. Fucking hell you're going to kill someone."

3.) People who are impatient. Look, if it's icy, I am going to go slow. Wait to pass me and get into a car crash, or if you can't= leave me the hell alone.

Impatience it was really windy tonight and my car was getting shoved all over, so I slowed down... honking, passing, screaming out windows... it gets ridiculous.

My biggest problem is people flashing their headlights at me to get me to dim them. I rarely drive with my brights on, because my normal lights... look like brights. I get flashing headlights and yelling all the time, just because my car has bright headlights. Not like I made it that way on purpose...

 

[Channizard]

So it's already started snowing here. Overnight we got maybe a good couple inches... just the powdery stuff that glides as you drive by, y'know? But the more than snows, the more it packs..

Roads were fairly clear, but it's only my second year of winter driving so I was going 80km, 60/70 around corners an shit.... had most of the road to myself until some assmunch comes out of nowhere and tailgates me home. Winter driving wouldn't be so bad, but it's the people who still think it's summer that make it awful.

Anyway for some actual pet peeves...

Driving Etiquette. What not to do:

It is NOT okay to be riding someone's ass at night so close that you can read their plate clearly. Even with your brights off, there's headlights in all mirrors, I hunch over the wheel like an old woman just so I'm not blinded.

It is NOT okay to go 10km slower than the speedlimit... and then at a passing lane, go 20km above the speed limit so that no one passes you... only for you to resume turtle speed.

It is NOT okay to wait at a stop sign, as you see someone coming and decide for a minute or two whether or not you have time to pull out in front of them... only to wait until they're so much closer and then pull out right in front, causing them to brake hard. EITHER WAIT YOUR TURN, OR GO WHEN THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM.

....I'm a very angry driver.

 

[Æon Flux]

I Just expierienced this on my way home today
Turning right on a redlight
OK yes I know I can do this but one must also STOP at said red light first to make sure its safe to go
Dont honk your horn at me when oncoming trafic is turning infront of me No im not going to pull out infront of them,THEY have the right of way.
Im sorry your late for work but being as its a redlight im going to stay there untill its safe for me to turn....Unless you honk at me then i'll sit there till it turns green and make sure to drive the EXACT speed limit after. I dont take kindly to people wanting me to cause an accident because your in a rush

 

[Linnaete]

Well, traffic jams are a huge part of my driving peeves. Whenever I drive to college in the mornings, I waste around half an hour in traffic queues alone that's worsened by a combination of roadworks (that take an age to actually complete around these parts) and the train crossing junction where there's a train passing by nearly every 15 minutes or so.

Meanwhile, I see quite a few drivers who just don't use the indicator turn signals even though they're only...there. They're not optional things or anything and it's not like it requires a lot of effort to use them, you know? I don't want to guess what the driver is going to do. Is he going left or going straight forward? And even worse is, there have been a couple of people who have left them on (unknowingly, hopefully) and yet don't even turn.

Tailgating - that's a common peeve. That's just happened to me this morning. Another car got so close to me from behind I could almost clearly see the driver's pimples through the rear view mirror. I know I'm not exactly going very fast here, but I can't really go any faster on that damn road, so it's not quite my problem that you're in a hurry.

 

[Clerkin]

I don't mind slow speed cause its not like the person in front of me is at fault cause I didn't leave the house earlier and blowing the horn is useless if they are driving slow then they are driving at a speed they feel comfortable at.

People who turn at the very last second without even using there indicator if your going to miss your turn off then drive further on till you can find a place to a u turn then come back and take your turn off don't try and kill a load of people just cause your about to miss your turn.

Any pedestrian that walk's out in front of you without looking both ways them pricks deserve to be hit and whats even worse some of them keep doing it.

I hate when I am driving along and someone pulls out in front of me and they jam there foot on the brakes why did you even pull out in front of me if you were just going to brake so unless you want me to make your car three foot shorter find the fucking accelerator. This happens to me way to much and am surprised if it doesn't happen at least twice a day.

I was helping a friend deliver materials in a lorry to a construction site and we got stuck in traffic and after 20mins people started to blow there horns but it wasn't like it was going to do any good and after a while the noise became unbearable so my friend decided press the horn. He had four air horns installed on the lorry so it didn't take long for the stupid pricks in the cars to stop blowing there horns. That had to be one of my best memories of getting back at pricks that blow there horns for no reason.

 

[Rey]

Well first off I do not drive much. I am a shitty driver and nothing pisses me off more than people who just cut you off or honk you "YO WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!!" Or people who have that fucking stupid "baby on board slow down" stuck on that back of their cars. Like I said I rarely drive but if I do drive I try and be carefu. I have encountered people zooming past red lights. This I try and avoid. People are so fucked up sometimes that they just give you the finger out of nowhere on the road. I really am shit at driving... No not shit I just dont like it much.. People who dont indicate when they are turning.... Lets not go there... I really havent driven in a bit..

 

[Moogles]

Tailgaters, cyclists, and expenses.

Those are the most annoying things about driving. I feel like I've been using my middle finger more and more often whenever I drive. I even gave an elderly lady the bird the other day when she had the nerve to start honking her horn at me as she tailgated me. I thought old people preferred a slow rate of speed. She lost even more time off her shrinking life when I slowed down to 15 MPH the rest of the way home. Hag...

 

[Howl]

I feel a seething anger and wrath towards the California Highway Patrol. They nail you for any little traffic violation they can whip out of their asses. The highest ticket I've ever seen was in excess of a thousand dollars for speeding through a DENSE blanket of fog at 3:00 in the morning.
How do you speed through fog so thick that you can't see the road in front of you? Srsly.

Right Turns on Red
Making right turns on red without waiting ten seconds actually merits you a very costly ticket. Yeah, the person that takes ten minutes to cross a small walkway deserves to be hit.

Turn Signals
I don't mind that people don't use their turn signals; I'm actually sort of accustomed to the whole freeway pac-man game. Actually, when you do use your turn signal, people speed up so you can't have a chance. I wait till the last minute, let my turn signal blink twice, then cut everybody off. It's the only way.

 

[Praeliator]

I really hate:

Extremely slow drivers:
On an freaking one lane road, there's this guy who drives 30km/h when the speed limit is 60km/h. Far out, there are no cars, it's all safe and this guy just drives like a slow poke. I mean if there are problems with the car, get it serviced then!

People who don't turn on their turning signals:
Man do people forget about this, especially on the round about. I was at the round about on my way to school waiting until it's safe to turn but this guy who I assumed is going straight decides to turn right at the round about without turning on the fucking turning signals.

People are forget about the basics of driving, it's becoming ridiculous.

 

[Lirael]

Drivers who are impatient and insist on going 10 miles above the speed limit. They keep on coming closer to pressurise you to go faster. Well, I'm a new driver AND I'd like to abide by the law, thanks.

Drivers who insist on going 10 miles above the speed limit or more just because they...find it thrilling or something cheating death.

Drivers who go 20 miles along a 60 mile country road...60 miles is too much, yes, but anything below 30 is a bit excessive.

Drivers who don't signal. Roundabouts are tricky enough as it is.

People who don't understand politeness and actually get annoyed if you wait for them to pass when they're not expecting it... And people who expect you to wait and pull out in front of you.

Back seat drivers who don't trust you.

People who use their mobiles as they drive. This is just dangerous. :/

People who don't let you into the lane when you're approaching a dual carriageway and/or motorway.

 

[Squid]

Oh man, I have the worst road rage ever. Everything angers me when I drive. but the thing that gets on my nerves the most is:

Tailgaters!!!! Mother fuckers, I hate, HATE tailgaters. If I am driving the speed limit (or over as I usually do) then get the heck out of my ass. You don't need to be there, there are other lanes free, go around me if you're in that much of a rush. If someone tailgates me for long enough I sloooooooooow right down and box them in just to piss them off, then I laugh to myself, if they manage to get in the lane next to me I'll then speed up to make sure they can't get ahead of me... >_> they're gonna piss me off so I'll do it back. I plan on getting a bumper sticker some day that says something along the lines of "If you tailgate me I'll slow down" but wittier obv.

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

Ugh, people who stop on roundabouts.

They literally stop and give way to let people on the roundabout. WTF?

I'm like, "WTF! Hurry up and go around so I can get on or turn off!" It's always old people who do this.

Tailgaters obviously. I always go the speed limit or maybe a K or 2 over and for some reason people decide to get right up my ass instead of going around me when they can.

I will not be forced to speed and then get a fine myself because of you thank you. <_<

People who do not indicate until the last minute. They'll put their brakes on and then indicate and turn.

I'm like I could have hit you! You didn't give me enough warning that you were turning so that I could slow down you idiot!

So yes. A lot of things anger me on the road but they would be the main ones.

 

[Lirael]

Ugh, people who stop on roundabouts.

They literally stop and give way to let people on the roundabout. WTF?

I'm like, "WTF! Hurry up and go around so I can get on or turn off!" It's always old people who do this.

How do roundabouts work in Australia?

Over here, we have to stop of someone is coming around from the lane to the right. We have to give way to them as they make their way around and can only feed in when their lane is either free or they are giving way to someone from the lane to the right of theirs... We drive backwards here, remember, so most countries will give way to the left.

You're not meant to wait if there's no one to give way to, though.