So the bad driver goes around the cement lane blocker (indicated by the curved solid line) and then makes the right turn? If that is what Lori meant and you interpreted, then "Ah! Now I understand." If not, then "Huh?"emw said:
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Driver's Pet Peeve Poll
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wordmunger said:
Thank you! I forgot that one. I've always wanted to throw nails in the breakdown lane when I see some a**hole trying this crap.
And wasn't it George Carlin that said "Anyone who drives faster than me is a maniac and anybody slower is an a**hole."
Ah! Now I understand! It is like the right turn from Van Dusen to 198 where I almost guaranteed to lay on my horn because of some moron...Ha Ha! I hate them so much, I seem to have blocked it from memory...emw said:
yellow said:
This happens to me EVERY SINGLE DAY!
I travel the west coast of Florida for business... Naples to Crystal River...
Tons of drive time on I-75....
ALWAYS some 125 year old person in the left lane going 60 when the speed limit is 70... then they look at me like im crazy for blazing by them in the right hand lane....
By no means do i drive dangerously... but when im driving 1500- 2k miles a week, i want to go faster than 10MPH UNDER he speed limit!
ok... rant over...
Tailgaters.
I've slowly been working on my anger management so I try not to let it get to me if some basTurd is driving slowly in the fast lane... but I have yet to figure out how to ignore those jerks all up in my personal space. >(
Plus I had one really scary incident involving some total jerk tailgating me.
I've slowly been working on my anger management so I try not to let it get to me if some basTurd is driving slowly in the fast lane... but I have yet to figure out how to ignore those jerks all up in my personal space. >(
Plus I had one really scary incident involving some total jerk tailgating me.
Do I ever hear that. It's an act of aggression. Had my "scary incident" driving late in the back roads of Alabama with a "pickuuuup" on my tail at 55-60 mps for over 15 minutes chase. Luckily, I came up on a state trooper who'd pulled someone over, and I pulled right in behind him and reported the pickuuuup.devilot said:Tailgaters.
I've slowly been working on my anger management so I try not to let it get to me if some basTurd is driving slowly in the fast lane... but I have yet to figure out how to ignore those jerks all up in my personal space. >(
Plus I had one really scary incident involving some total jerk tailgating me.
Drivers that speed and drive recklessly. When someone is switching lanes 2 feet from cars, while going 60 miles an hour just so they can reach a red light before I do, I get annoyed.
However, I just get slightly annoyed, I have next to no road rage whatsoever. My Dad turns into a cursing maniac when someone is going slow in the left lane. I don't mind.
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However, I just get slightly annoyed, I have next to no road rage whatsoever. My Dad turns into a cursing maniac when someone is going slow in the left lane. I don't mind.
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For the record, I don't tailgate.. there's always at least 2 car lengths between me and the car in front of me. I'm just not that nimble enough to get my giant foot from the gas to the brake in time.
You know, this must be a Southern thing. I live in NC and everyday I see people doing this.. Just tootdling along in the left lane for no good reason. Not another car for 1000s of feet (besides me). Totally oblivious. Maybe that should be my #1.. Totally Oblivious Drivers. <die die die>
Electro Funk said:
You know, this must be a Southern thing. I live in NC and everyday I see people doing this.. Just tootdling along in the left lane for no good reason. Not another car for 1000s of feet (besides me). Totally oblivious. Maybe that should be my #1.. Totally Oblivious Drivers. <die die die>
I hate timid drivers. People who drive too defensively, leave waaaaay too much room between themselves and the car ahead, who hit their brakes far sooner than you could possibly need to. To me, these folk are as unpredictable and dangerous as the idiots who change lanes at high speed without looking or signalling.
That being said (and yes, I feel better), my personal pet peeve is people who, when merging onto a crowded highway (Baltimore Beltway) keep running beyond the end of the merge area and drive for a mile on the shoulder doing 40, passing 100's of cars moving 5 mph in a back-up, then abruptly slam on their brakes and cut off some poor sap. Because they are special.
When I see someone coming up the shoulder like this, I will swerve out to block their illegal progress. Because I'm a dick.
That being said (and yes, I feel better), my personal pet peeve is people who, when merging onto a crowded highway (Baltimore Beltway) keep running beyond the end of the merge area and drive for a mile on the shoulder doing 40, passing 100's of cars moving 5 mph in a back-up, then abruptly slam on their brakes and cut off some poor sap. Because they are special.
When I see someone coming up the shoulder like this, I will swerve out to block their illegal progress. Because I'm a dick.
Around here it's 'tailgate or be cut off' on the freeways. Unless you jamb yourself right up someone else's tailpipe, someone behind you will take that as an invitation to pass you on the right and cut you off.
yellow said:
Its funny you say that ... i used to live up north and it didnt happen much up there... slower people stayed in the right hand lane (for the most part)....
What really drives me nuts down here is there are signs every few miles on most of the 75 stretch that say slower trafiic keep right, left lane for passing only...
They apparently dont ever read or see those signs.... (just putting along in the left hand lane)
i dont really tailgate either... but if there is a lot of traffic and you are putting along in the left hand land you bet im going to give the lights a flicker and a maybe a beep... (meaning hey old person that probably should not be behind the wheel in the first place... get out of my way!)
Yeah, zelmo!zelmo said:......That being said (and yes, I feel better), my personal pet peeve is people who, when merging onto a crowded highway (Baltimore Beltway) keep running beyond the end of the merge area and drive for a mile on the shoulder doing 40, passing 100's of cars moving 5 mph in a back-up, then abruptly slam on their brakes and cut off some poor sap. Because they are special.
When I see someone coming up the shoulder like this, I will swerve out to block their illegal progress. Because I'm a dick.
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mactastic said:
Its like that up here too, although probably less scary-sounding. I'm suprised at the lack of accidents due to this actually since it happens so frequently, maybe that's just the way people learn to drive around parts like these.
*shrug*
It's not on the survey, but my biggest peeve is those who pay no attention to the Exit X miles signs and realize they have to get across 4 lanes of traffic to make their exit 100 yds before the ramp is walled off by concrete. They'll come to a dead stop in the lane they are currently in and wait for an opening so they can stop the next lane until they get to the exit and cross the double white lines which aren't supposed to be crossed, simply because they failed to realize their exit was coming despite 5 large signs that started showing up 8 miles before the exit. Worse yet when I see the same person do it again the next day...
Another of my favorites are those who drive grey cars in the rain and refuse to turn on their lights rendering themselves almost completely invisible.
Of course the over-agressive weaving morons usually get their fair share of obscenities shouted as well, I know they can't hear me but it feels good.
And last but not least people who use the exit ramp to bypass the traffic lights on the frontage roads and don't let the highway drivers get off at the exit, and as a corollary those who don't seem to understand the "zipper" idea when two lanes merge.
Can't fault the tailgaters here since it's either tailgate or get repeatedly cut off.
All in all I guess I'm not a very happy driver. But on the plus side I can usually get it all out of my system before I pick up my daughter so I don't have to swear with her in the car.
Another of my favorites are those who drive grey cars in the rain and refuse to turn on their lights rendering themselves almost completely invisible.
Of course the over-agressive weaving morons usually get their fair share of obscenities shouted as well, I know they can't hear me but it feels good.
And last but not least people who use the exit ramp to bypass the traffic lights on the frontage roads and don't let the highway drivers get off at the exit, and as a corollary those who don't seem to understand the "zipper" idea when two lanes merge.
Can't fault the tailgaters here since it's either tailgate or get repeatedly cut off.
All in all I guess I'm not a very happy driver. But on the plus side I can usually get it all out of my system before I pick up my daughter so I don't have to swear with her in the car.
iGary said:
*hands iGary the unhappiest man in MD award.
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pathetically that guy took me a while to build.
In Floriduh, it would be a lot of things:
The people using phones are generally the ones who do everything else but there are plenty of people who just can't be bothered. Even when they're caught on camera, they deny that they did anything wrong.
- People trying to find something that's on the passenger side floor
- People who never look forward dealing with the kids in the back seat
- People turning left on a red light
- People who don't stop for right on red
The people using phones are generally the ones who do everything else but there are plenty of people who just can't be bothered. Even when they're caught on camera, they deny that they did anything wrong.
How do you ever get anywhere?devilot said:
Nope, not from LA. Livin' the SLO life - except for on the freeway that is.iBlue said:
Heh, most shopping areas can be reached locally. Same w/ school and restaurants. To get to Santa Cruz? That's what the boyfriend's for.mactastic said:How do you ever get anywhere?
To be fair, I let him drive my car as much as possible so that we can spare the mileage on his poor car.
Yeah, we don't get the freeway-as-a-parking-lot thing (yet), but 101 is an 80mph war zone most hours of the day now.iBlue said:
The wine is sure good though!
zelmo said:That being said (and yes, I feel better), my personal pet peeve is people who, when merging onto a crowded highway (Baltimore Beltway) keep running beyond the end of the merge area and drive for a mile on the shoulder doing 40, passing 100's of cars moving 5 mph in a back-up, then abruptly slam on their brakes and cut off some poor sap. Because they are special.
When I see someone coming up the shoulder like this, I will swerve out to block their illegal progress. Because I'm a dick.
I completely and utterly agree! Those drivers drive me absolutely batty! Kudos to you for stopping their progress! You ROCK!!