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Driver's Pet Peeve Poll

Which driver annoys you the most?

  • Drivers who drive slow in the fast lane

    Votes: 38 34.9%

  • Drivers who speed up to make it through yellow light

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Drivers who leave their directional signal on

    Votes: 4 3.7%

  • Drivers who tailgate

    Votes: 34 31.2%

  • Drivers who abruptly change lanes

    Votes: 11 10.1%

  • Drivers who take on their cell phone

    Votes: 18 16.5%

  • Drivers who speed and "blow your doors off"

    Votes: 4 3.7%
  • Total voters
    109
I'll cast my vote for 5'0 sorority girls driving an Expidition or some other insanely large vehicle who can barely see over the steering wheel and feel it's necessary to yak on their cell phones, yet not necessary to pick a lane and keep to it and don't think to look behind them before backing out of their two (or more) parking spaces.
 
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. :(
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-devilot

If a Silver BMW 330Ci (see Avatar) somewhere in San Jose ever do this to you, you'd tell me right?

Lic Plate Frame: Steven's Creek BMW.
 
Thought of Another One!!

How about that driver that yells, screams, shakes fist, etc. at you because you happened to be in the way of his attempt at tailgating/passing/weaving/blowing doors off/going through a yellow light/turning.
 
Everything apart from the last one! Around London I'd say leaving your indicator (turn signal) is not a problem so much, never using them is much more of an issue!
 
slow drivers that are not using their indicators and change lanes all of a sudden piss me off most.

people who stop before entering a highway are close to the top of the list as well.
 
Yeah, Denver drivers are pretty bad.

I mean, in most places drivers are dumb or stupid, not both. I've seen drivers perform stupid actions not out of stupidity, but out of spite. It sucks.

I voted for #1 because I think this is the biggest problem on Denver highways. I've gotten on 1-25 in the slow lane going southbound and passed everyone in every lane to my left. It's dumb. People think because they are in the fast lane that makes them better than everyone else, and they can't stand that anyone might want to move faster than them. They're the center of the freaking universe, after all.

I think most traffic problems on 25/70/225/470/etc would be solved if the "left lane for passing only" rule were enforced. Unfortunately the one time the cops tried it there was such an uproar by the collective prats that they had to stop.

I've weaved before. In anger, even. But when you've got two lanes going the exact same speed (5 under) and a perfect "third lane" going between more than a dozen cars... I'm telling you, it was straight out of a movie car chase - they were lined up that perfectly. I don't regret it at all.

I also want to hear the definition for getting "cut off". I've jumped in front of people before with little room to spare, but I always make sure they don't have to hit their brakes in order not to hit me. They never have to actively avoid me you see, I've already compensated for their driving style.

You see, I always assume that everyone else on the road is a moron and drive as if they're Darwin's mistakes. I've heard that driving as if they're actively trying to kill you works too, but I think that's giving them too much credit.
 
Thanatoast said:
Yeah, Denver drivers are pretty bad.

I mean, in most places drivers are dumb or stupid, not both. I've seen drivers perform stupid actions not out of stupidity, but out of spite. It sucks.

I voted for #1 because I think this is the biggest problem on Denver highways. I've gotten on 1-25 in the slow lane going southbound and passed everyone in every lane to my left. It's dumb. People think because they are in the fast lane that makes them better than everyone else, and they can't stand that anyone might want to move faster than them. They're the center of the freaking universe, after all.

I think most traffic problems on 25/70/225/470/etc would be solved if the "left lane for passing only" rule were enforced. Unfortunately the one time the cops tried it there was such an uproar by the collective prats that they had to stop.

I've weaved before. In anger, even. But when you've got two lanes going the exact same speed (5 under) and a perfect "third lane" going between more than a dozen cars... I'm telling you, it was straight out of a movie car chase - they were lined up that perfectly. I don't regret it at all.

I also want to hear the definition for getting "cut off". I've jumped in front of people before with little room to spare, but I always make sure they don't have to hit their brakes in order not to hit me. They never have to actively avoid me you see, I've already compensated for their driving style.

You see, I always assume that everyone else on the road is a moron and drive as if they're Darwin's mistakes. I've heard that driving as if they're actively trying to kill you works too, but I think that's giving them too much credit.
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So you're saying that you're a third party to the Onizuka-Mr. Durden alter-ego phenomenon? Your the third?

Yeah, it pisses me off when people are doing 50 on i-25 in the left lane and everyone else is doing 70. One day, I swear to god I'm going to run some dumb bastard into the barrier. That's what they deserve. Or the ****ing socker mom chatting away on her cell phone in her SUV that's 9 times bigger than any vehicle a woman that size needs to drive, doing 34 in a 40.
HEY LADY! YOU CAN DO 9 MILES ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT IN DENVER! MOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In fact, I hate SUV's period. People that drive these should be forced to park in the very back of every parking lot and mall. If they want the urban-commando vehicles, then they can hike to get their godamn Prada sandles! And they should also be FORCED by the federal government to conserve gas: i.e: one tank per two weeks. :mad:
 
Why do people get so vitriolic about women driving SUVs? Why is a solo man of slim stature driving an SUV not as big a peeve as a slight woman? Seems a tad sexist...
 
mactastic said:
Why do people get so vitriolic about women driving SUVs? Why is a solo man of slim stature driving an SUV not as big a peeve as a slight woman? Seems a tad sexist...
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-mactastic

I think it's a pattern thing.

There seem to be more issues observed with the slight woman versus the solo man of slim stature.

So the pattern becomes the stereotype, Q.E.D.
 
patrick0brien said:
-mactastic

I think it's a pattern thing.

There seem to be more issues observed with the slight woman versus the solo man of slim stature.

So the pattern becomes the stereotype, Q.E.D.
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Sure, but isn't that the basis of all stereotypes?

In my experience men and women across car types and body sizes can be equally bad drivers.
 
Drivers that tailgate me when I'm in the slow RIGHT lane.
Distracted drivers not paying attention to the road and attempt to change lanes while I'm right there. (yes, I've had that happen not just once but several times).
 
mactastic said:
Sure, but isn't that the basis of all stereotypes?
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-mactastic

Yep! But this one I'd call 'still alive' as the pattern that created the stereotype is still in full force.

-Another one!

Not checking blind spots!
 
I picked #1:

1. Drivers who drive slow in the fast lane
HATE THEM

2. Drivers who speed up to make it through a yellow light
I'm guilty of that, I won't be a hypocrite :D

3. Drivers who leave their directional signal on
Annoying as hell, but they're not #1

4. Drivers who tailgate
Same as 3. If I can, I'll speed up to get them off my tail

5. Drivers who abruptly and often change lanes
Guilty as charged (I do it safely and with turn signals though. I just like being in front)

6. Drivers who talk on their cell phone
#2 pet peeve. Hell, maybe tied for #1. If the call is that important, pull off into a parking lot and do us all a favor

7. Drivers who speed and "blow your doors off"
I'm usually that driver ;)
 
The cell phone yakkers make my blood boil, but it turns out its the damn rubberneckers causing most of the fracking problems.

In 2004, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, over 40,000 Americans died because of traffic crashes....With the high number of Americans that try to use their commutes as a time to multi-task, the car accident statistics involving such things as cell phones has increased. The use of cell phones causing car accidents have been under a lot of scrutiny, but the largest study on crashes involving distracted drivers has found that rubbernecking causes more accidents than cell phones related accidents.

Car accident statistics indicate 98 percent of reported accidents involve a single distracted driver. Rubbernecking was the highest percentage of single distractions, followed by driver fatigue, looking at scenery or landmarks, passenger or child distractions, adjusting the radio or other music form, and cell phone use.

I'm bad w/ links but here goes Car Accident Statistics

I still hate the cell phone people with the heat of a nova. :mad: - Never let the facts interfere w/ your convictions -
 
Boggle said:
...I still hate the cell phone people with the heat of a nova. :mad: - Never let the facts interfere w/ your convictions -
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A while ago I saw a girl riding a step-thru moped in shorts going round a round about while riding one handed so she could text someone on her cellphone!:eek:

OT: This morning I saw a guy walking down the street with a white cane texting on his cellphone:confused: Have we got to the point where sighted people are using cane to feel there way around so they can text?
 
What about people that pull out onto a main road when they shouldn't, as in if the driver of the car that I am in has to slam on the brakes not to hit it.

Or people that try to make U-Turns in the middle of a busy road.


Here is a good story:

My mom and I were driving to one of my soccer games. We were on the highway, passing the colt gun factory in hartford, durring rush hour. This gang of motorcyclists on crotch rockets and driving inbetween cars that are packed together driving 70mph. It scared the crap out of my mom cause she didn't even see him coming and cut right in front of the car. There were about 5-6 people that did this.
 
emw said:
It's interesting we all hate people who drive slowly in our lane, but also hate tailgaters (who are probably thinking "who's this ass driving so slow in my lane?").
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Interesting, indeed. Almost a tie between (them and us).
 
Today I got behind some old fart doing 20 in a 40, and it was 1 lane each direction and a double yellow line so I couldn't pass :mad: I looked up in my mirror and saw a line of about 10 or 15 cars behind me just slowly crawling along thanks to this man.
 
puckhead193 said:
*all of the above. I get very pissed off when driving:D
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Yep driving has changed me for the worst, now whenever someone does something remotely bad a swear and curse at the top of my lungs like there is no tomorrow. Before I use to be a nice inocent teen :cool: :rolleyes:
 
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