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| jimmy |
Posted - 04/27/2006 : 20:48:43
It's a topic we've had before, but it really is a classic. What do other drivers do that you hate.
My suggestions:
Drivers who are first in line at a traffic light ( especially those short green-arrow lights ). It turns green and they hesitate before starting and then they go through real slow- What do they care? They know they're gonna make it through.
People taking a left-hand turn who pull out and block the lane of cars coming from their left.
The classic: I don't know how people can block the left-hand passing lane on the highway. They must see the line of cars behind them that want to get by. Do they really not care? I would die of embarrassment if there was just one car behind me that wanted to go by. Even when people start passing them on the right they don't get it.
Picture it: You're in the left-hand lane going at a good speed, people are coming onto the highway and they're not yielding to the cars in the right-hand lane. So instead of speeding up or slowing down to deal with it, a car in the right-hand lane will simply cut directly in front of you, so that you have to slam on your brakes.
I don't go around doing kind deeds or waving people in ahead of me, but I am courteous, I always use my signals, I never cut people off, and I never get in other people's way or slow them down.
That's really all I expect from other drivers: Don't get in my way, you don't have to speed, just drive with a sense of purpose. Drive as if you've done it before.
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| coastline |
Posted - 05/26/2007 : 17:05:03
Greatest use of brackets EVER, shine. And not just on this forum, but in the whole entire history of the whole entire universe. Let's say, however, that you needed to embed a fourth set. What would you use then?
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| shineoftheever |
Posted - 05/26/2007 : 16:12:45
had a lamborghini tailgating me today. came up behind me doing 160km/h or so, i was doing 110, i was stuck behind a minivan. funny thing is we were in the fastlane (middle of a 3 lane highway, outside being HOV [high occupancy vehicle {2 people minimum}]). after a couple minutes i just jumped in the HOV lane, passed the minivan in about 5 seconds and continued on my way as the lambo tailgated the ignoramouses in the minivan, sure i risked a ticket but the lambo was pissing me off.
why i hate this guy: he'll break the speed limit by 70km/h, break the law by tailgating (he was fucking close), but he won't go in the HOV to pass the minivan like i did - idiot!
ps - you see my triple brackets up there? that was kinda cool.
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| vilainde |
Posted - 05/25/2007 : 02:10:48
quote:
Originally posted by rocknfire
I really don't have to deal with many of them. I have a 5 min drive to from work. Lucky me.
Why do you drive then if you're 5 minutes from work? You should ride a bike instead.
Denis
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| pixiestu |
Posted - 05/24/2007 : 15:39:42
I usually walk most places, since my college is only a couple of miles up the road as is the town centre.
I've only just starting learning to drive, but I'm sure in time I will master the art of being a truly annoying driver. I'll still try to walk most places when I can drive though.
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| trobrianders |
Posted - 05/24/2007 : 15:10:25
A pedestrian's two cents. You should all treat us like they do cows in India. The one thing I hate the most is when drivers know they've done you wrong and they just look away. Sickening.
Cars alienate.
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| awestruck |
Posted - 05/24/2007 : 10:51:42
I have to pick up my son from pre-k everyday sometime between 230 and 245. What I hate is when the people picking up
their kindergartener or first grader begin to line up before 245 and block the way to get to the pre-k line. I called the office to complain but they said well yeah they do that. they didn't care. so i hate inconsiderate drivers that do not care about others, because they obviously have to secure there place in line 25 minutes early so they don't have to wait a long time at pick up time. Stupid logic.
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| kfs |
Posted - 05/24/2007 : 10:21:02
Wanna know which driver I HAAAAAATE?
It's the old lady who, instead of slowing down, came to a complete STOP in the middle of the highway when she saw a child near the road. I crashed into her. Don't Get Me Wrong, I know you have to be careful when you see a child near the road but come on!!!
I got a ticket for following too closely and I had to go to court yesterday.
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| jimmy |
Posted - 05/23/2007 : 14:34:21
Very rarely do I follow another car closely- I'd like to, but it's just not safe.
Whenever I hear people complain about tailgaiters, though, I can't help thinking that they deserve it. If you find that other cars are following you too closely, on a regular basis, it's probably something you're doing wrong.
It's not just driving too slow- sometimes drivers are just generally slow: slow going when the light turns green, slow starting up again after traffic resumes, ect.
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| kfs |
Posted - 05/16/2007 : 05:34:05
I have a State Trooper friend. Recently, I was driving and got behind a Trooper vehicle and didn't want to pass. There were several other cars behind me. Well, it was actually my Trooper friend and he recognized me. He stuck his arm out the window and waved me around so I sped up and passed him. No other cars did. They must've thought I was crazy! It was pretty funny!
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| awestruck |
Posted - 05/15/2007 : 18:51:38
quote:
Originally posted by fbc
people who slow down to 30 when they see a speed camera even though the road is a 50. duhhh!
What I hate is getting behind drivers taking up both fast and slow lanes that refuse to pass the police officer that is leading the pack. What makes me mad is the speed limit is 45 and the police officer is doing 40. I think they do it on purpose just because they know people won't pass them and they think its funny. Surely I am not the only one who has experienced this.
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| rocknfire |
Posted - 05/11/2007 : 21:34:55
I really don't have to deal with many of them. I have a 5 min drive to from work. Lucky me.
cause space between the oddballs is so very looooooooooooong. |
| kfs |
Posted - 05/10/2007 : 10:13:57
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Originally posted by s_wrenn
Should you be taking pictures while you're driving? I HAAAAAATE drivers who do that
We weren't moving. That's why I was annoyed.
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| fbc |
Posted - 05/09/2007 : 10:28:36
people who slow down to 30 when they see a speed camera even though the road is a 50. duhhh! |
| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 05/09/2007 : 10:08:33
People who open their doors without making sure nothing is coming past! Nearly hit someone (and their door) yesterday when driving back, didn't really know much about it as I was passing a big line of parked cars, suddenly a door opened in my path, came pretty close!
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| s_wrenn |
Posted - 05/09/2007 : 09:46:30
Should you be taking pictures while you're driving? I HAAAAAATE drivers who do that
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| Carl |
Posted - 05/09/2007 : 09:43:05
Maybe Freddy Kruger was driving it!! |
| kfs |
Posted - 05/09/2007 : 07:40:40
Here's the driver I HATED this morning
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| awestruck |
Posted - 05/08/2007 : 09:41:25
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Originally posted by hammerhands
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Originally posted by houstonguthrie
I just can't get inside their heads. Some people's whole strategy to driving is to drive up two inches away from the car in front of him until he moves, then on to the next one until he moves, and then again and again and again
It's The NASCAR Strategy. They're drafting and saving gas.
Hating tailgaters means loving the enemy, shame on you.
This is what my 11 year old suggests that I do when coming up behind a person driving slow. I hate talegaters so I don't do it myself.
Once when a woman was talegating, I slammed on the brakes. It pissed her off and she was shouting at me (from the inside of her car, like I could really hear her) and giving me the finger. I thought it was funny. She thought she would piss me off more by inching closer, but I just slammed on the brakes again. When she finally got passed me I just laughed at her. This has been several years ago. My son was with me and I was taking him to school and when the lady passed me, my son was embarrassed b/c it was a friend of his and his mother. He was scared she was gonna beat me up or something when I got him to the school.
This was not one of my greatest mom moments, but I thought about it later and decided that probably was not the maturest behavior for my son to witness.
BUT IT SURE FELT GOOD.
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| houstonguthrie |
Posted - 05/06/2007 : 16:21:51
legs yell at bikes and bikes yell at trucks -
I bike all over town and I have to laugh at myself sometimes because I get ticked off at the dad gum pedestrians!! They're completely oblivious!!! They think they own the sidewalk!!
I think I'm going to start tailgating them |
| vegan |
Posted - 05/06/2007 : 16:13:20
"drivers you HATE, HAAAAAATE"
yes, I do.
-bicyclist
Just kidding, I don't hate. But I get pretty frustrated with drivers who risk my life to gain a few measly seconds, only to have me pass them at the next traffic jam.
I don't like to have to listen to fat people complain about being fat, or about bicyclists riding in "their" lane, when the solution to all their problems (being fat, anger at the healthy bicyclists, their planet about to self-destruct to bow out of hosting humans any longer) is to just ride a bike themselves.
Or when cool guys share some hard thought utterance from the safety of the passing vehicle.
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| darwin |
Posted - 05/06/2007 : 15:47:33
If you had a 911 you wouldn't need to worry about tailgaters and their guns. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/06/2007 : 12:13:59
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
Yeah, I don't know if stopping is going to end well. Tailgaters are scum and idiots and I would guess often gun owners.
that's why i've been thinking about starting to carry a gun in my car
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| hammerhands |
Posted - 05/06/2007 : 11:53:32
quote:
Originally posted by houstonguthrie
I just can't get inside their heads. Some people's whole strategy to driving is to drive up two inches away from the car in front of him until he moves, then on to the next one until he moves, and then again and again and again
It's The NASCAR Strategy. They're drafting and saving gas.
Hating tailgaters means loving the enemy, shame on you. |
| fbc |
Posted - 05/06/2007 : 11:37:07
I've only ever experienced the stop and confront technique a few times, and once it ended up in a slanging match between the two drivers which, again, I found funny but then pointless as we were blocking a busy road for what? Small Man Syndrome, that's what.
I don't know of any official figures, but as a regular on our busy Motorway 6, tailgating is one dangerous game to be playing.
20 mph over the limit is still not fast enough for some. |
| darwin |
Posted - 05/06/2007 : 11:20:13
Yeah, I don't know if stopping is going to end well. Tailgaters are scum and idiots and I would guess often gun owners.
I use to hit the brakes, but I now prefer having them trying to pass on the left but then speeding up to trap them in the slow lane. |
| fbc |
Posted - 05/06/2007 : 10:50:15
Tailgaters piss me off too, but I have no better fun than slowing down to snail pace with a smile in my rear view mirror. I have a friend who's a bit loco, and anybody up his backside (leave it!) gets one rude awakening when he stops his car in the middle of the road and gets out to have a word with bumper hugger. It's the last thing they expect. As his passenger, it's both funny and cringe worthy. |
| houstonguthrie |
Posted - 05/06/2007 : 09:09:18
Tailgaters are the absolute WORST - and they are EVERYWHERE!!!
I usually drive about 10 mph over the speed limit. Guess what - that makes me just about the slowest grandpa out there. I never ever clog up the left hand lane. I despise tailgaters and so I make every effort to get out of people's way when they come up behind me.
still - going 10 mph over and making every effort to make way - You're still going to get about 10 tailgaters on any given trip down the freeway.
I just can't get inside their heads. Some people's whole strategy to driving is to drive up two inches away from the car in front of him until he moves, then on to the next one until he moves, and then again and again and again
MORONS!!! he's in such a damn hurry that he's willing to risk everybody's lives
I get behind people all the time that I think are going too slow. It happens continuously. But my reaction has never been to try to see how close I can get to the guy to try to pressure him off the road.
this is how teenagers drive. And some people just never grow up |
| jimmy |
Posted - 05/05/2007 : 00:14:16
Other drivers don't bother me as much with the things they do. To be honest the only thing that really bothers me now is:
It'll be midnight, no one on the road except for one other car coming the other way, and it always happens that the exact moment we pass each other theres a pothole or something on my side of the road but since theres that other car I can't really swerve to avoid it...
or...
I'll go visit my parents, who live on a quiet sidestreet that has probably 10 cars go down it all day, but the exact moment I'm backing out of the driveway they'll be a car coming and I've gotta wait.
That makes me so angry |
| awestruck |
Posted - 05/04/2007 : 07:47:06
This morning a young kid (looked like a high schooler) pulled out of a store without even a glance in my direction. Thankfully I was paying close attention and slammed on the brakes and laid on the horn. So, today I don't like drivers who don't look before pulling out.
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| kfs |
Posted - 05/03/2007 : 07:43:00
One thing I cannot stand...
When I'm at a stop sign waiting to turn right...I can't turn until the car coming from my left goes past...then he suddenly turns onto the road where I am waiting and never uses a turn signal.
I HATE THAT!!
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 05/03/2007 : 05:59:55
Just wind down the window and punch them.
Actually, if you do get a convertable, just punch them.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 05/03/2007 : 03:58:11
quote:
Originally posted by cptnpasty
cyclists are environmentally friendly and friends of the earth. however, they do complicate things, and occasionally cause me some slight inconvenience, so i despise them...
They also have the ability to pull alongside you at traffic lights, bang on your window and hurl abuse! 
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| cptnpasty |
Posted - 05/03/2007 : 02:48:51
cyclists are environmentally friendly and friends of the earth. however, they do complicate things, and occasionally cause me some slight inconvenience, so i despise them... |
| awestruck |
Posted - 05/02/2007 : 14:40:23
Now the one thing that drivers do that gives me road rage is when they ride my bumper. I can't stand that.
I want a bumper sticker that says:
"I brake for tail gaiters"
O this morning I was in the left lane passing another vehicle (and yes i was going to get over whenever i got past the car) and this car comes up behind me riding my bumper. She was so close to my car, I could not see until I was able to get over into the right lane and she passed me that she had her hazard lights on.
My question is can anyone have the right to go speeding down the highway as long as they have their hazard lights flashing? (It was Toyota Corolla and there was no other flashing lights)
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| s_wrenn |
Posted - 05/02/2007 : 13:39:27
People need to use indicators, learn how to use roundabouts and back-the-fuck off my bumper.
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