Driving pet peeves

Same reason I refer to a certain hardware chain as "Home Cheapo" and many members refer to a certain auction site as "Fleabay"...

TW is supposed to be a free forum, and I don't want to give corporate America free advertising!

 

Gotcha!!

 

I don't like Walfart, but I don't have a personal beef with them or anything like that...

 

Seen that a few times here the PNW. Something that I'm seeing more often and my least favorite thing to see is people smoking the Mary Jane while driving.

 

How do you know it's Mary Jane?

 

People who pull too far out from a side street or parking lot and force me to slam on my brakes or go into the opposing lane to get around them!

 

The first time I smelled it because the guy next to me in traffic had just rolled down his window. Subsequently the next few times were in lovely Seattle traffic, either out of a bong or rolling a fresh one.

They don't try to hide it either.

 

It is legal in Washington, but not while driving...

 

I know but some people's children don't quite understand the law.

 

I still think texting drivers are worse than drunk drivers or stoned drivers...

 

The left lane is not the "fast" lane. It is the PASSING lane. So if you are not currently passing the person to the right of you... move to the right.

 

Apples. Oranges.

 

That didn't make sense. I was, in fact, comparing similar things... keeping idiots out of the passing lane if they're not passing anyone (I.E. going faster).

 

What are the rules for rush hour bumper to bumper traffic? PASSING isn't much of an option when every lane change forces the driver that is passed to hit their brakes and the person doing the passing also has to brake to avoid hitting the vehicle ahead.

I don't think that fits the definition of driving.

 

HAHA... you must live in TAXifornia, like I do.

 

Nope Maryland taxes are popular here too.

 

Ohh. I already do that. I go fast in the left, passing the people in the right. And when I want to cruise, I go back to the right. I'm not talking speeding, just cruising.

 

What is this 'rush hour bumper to bumper traffic' you speak of? Never seen it. hahahahahahaha

 

People who are clearly in the wrong but get butt-hurt when people call them out on it!

I was not involved in this incident, nor was I was even driving (I was walking my boss's dog)...

A guy parked his silver Saturn Vue illegally on the alley in front of the bar where I work. People do this all the time and most of the time other people don't give a shit. Unfortunately, an impatient woman in a silver Ford Escape happened to be making a left down this alley, and there was a guy in a red Jeep Cherokee directly behind her, also making a left. So, at this point traffic was beginning to get backed up because of an illegally parked vehicle.

The woman in the Escape started beeping her horn, even though there was nobody actually in the Saturn. I believe the owner of the Saturn was picking up his lunch at the nearby Primo hoagie place. Finally, after a minute or two, the guy in the Saturn came out. He exchanged words with the woman in the Escape, and then the woman in the Escape drove past him (amazing, she could actually fit past the Saturn after all!), followed by the guy in the red Jeep...

Typical Doylestown bullshit!

 

1.People who think a traffic circle is a 4 way stop, and get angry that you didn't "give them their turn".
2. School zone signs says 25 mph "when flashing" 7:30pm, not flashing and its Saturday and fools are doing 25mph.
3. Someone on a 2 lane rd stopped to make a left. Entrance to neighborhood or store on the right and people using that to pass the stopped vehicle. I happened to be stopped behind the vehicle trying to make the left and when they did I floored it. Heard a horn blow beside me and looked just in time to see a suburban take an unexpected wheeling adventure into a fairly large ditch. Didn't mean to force them off the road but I got a good laugh anyway.