Driving pet peeves

1. Arizonians driving on California highways, GTFO of the left lane you're not in Arizona! There's a reason half of California is on your car's ass waiting to be able to pass you and its because in California you're not supposed to stay in the left lane for hours at a time.

2. Opening car doors while in a lane while I'm lane splitting on my bike. Lane splitting is legal and it ain't hurting jack sh!t so quit being butthurt because I get "there" faster than you do. You want to get there faster then get a bike!

3. Semi trucks passing semi trucks on steep grades. Look I know you're on a schedule but you getting in a passing lane and staying there for 10 minutes ain't doing no one any favors and it's probably only cutting a few seconds off of your arrival time so move the ____ back over and share the road!

Lastly I'd like to thank some of you for your freeway onramp activity. While you cross 5 lanes of freeway in one motion so you can sit in the far left lane and ignore everyone behind you you're actually opening up the far right lane which is where I'll be at passing you by while you're trying to keep others from passing you. Keep up the good work, lol.

 

That's funny because in Arizona, it's mostly the California drivers who drive like morons, they go too slow, they pull in front of you, etc. And there are a lot more of you here than Arizonans in California.

What pisses me off is when someone is driving under the speed limit in the left lane for 1/2 mile to a mile before slowing getting into the turning lane where their turn is. It is still the left lane. Do you not have BRAKES when you get to your turn in a mile? All you have to do is ease into the turning lane, then hit the brakes, but no, you have to go 10-15 mph under the limit for the whole mile before your turn.

Also, in Phoenix the HOV lanes aren't HOV lanes except between 6-9am and 3-7pm Monday-Friday. At all other times anyone can be in it and it is THE left lane. I just love how people who are carpooling or those with the special license plate (electric cars for example) are in the HOV lane at 5am going the speed limit or less. It's like they feel they're a member of this special club or something so they automatically go to that lane, even when anybody can be in it and at 5am this lane is going slower than all the other lanes because these idiots are going 60-65 in a 65 zone. Isn't the benefit of that lane the fact that you're going faster than all the other lanes?

 

I'm really surprised by your comment of California drivers being slow. Around here if I'm not going 15 mph faster than the speed limit I'm getting passed (which is fine with me). Maybe they're driving slower so they don't get a ticket and then have to come back to Arizona for court - I don't know.

Yes, 99% of California drivers are 100% morons hahahaha. "OMG, are those rain drops on my windshield? I gotta slam on the brakes and cause a 20 car pileup ASAP!"

While we're on the topic, in Arizona aren't you supposed to stay in the left lane? Seriously I don't know. Everytime I'm in Arizona (not often at all) damn near everyone is in the left lane so I assumed...

Uhg the turn coming up in a mile, lol so frustrating hahahaha.

 

It's the same over here on the east coast. Slow times of day and not many people on the interstate and someone has to be in the left lane going the speed limit or slower.

You'll think they get there to pass the car in front of them only to pretend they're drag racing them and have to stay neck and neck or a tad ahead to think they're winning. I don't get it.

 

I got say when I was in Georgia their drivers were the most curtious I've ever seen in any state. They'd actually tap their brakes to let me onto a highway which is unheard of here in California. Most here will hit the gas to make sure I gotta slow down getting onto the highway lol.

 

Way over here on the east coast of FL, I am frequently amazed by the Floridiots who slow to a crawl if there is a drizzle. HELLO!! this is FL where it rains EVERY day during the rainy season (roughly 9 months of the year). On the converse, when it a blinding white out rain most Floridiots tend to speed up front he typical 10 over the limit to 15-20 over. My best guess the logic is "If I can't see the road and limit signs I can not be held accountable for speeding and must get to my destination as fast as possible before the rainstorm gets to where I am going."

On the other hand....Snowbirds, who move in to cause traffic problems from Nov to Mar each year, tend to reject any assumption that ANY lane should be going faster than any other and like to "hold hands" blocking 2 or more lanes going under the limit. This typically happens during rush hours as they have no place to be and are in zero hurry to get there, so no one else should be either. while they are here is is acceptable to turn left fro the right lane or vise versa, or so it seems.

As for the upcoming turns... be happy you don't live and work in the land of retirees, or as my son likes to put it "Where old people go to die" I would love to go a full day without seeing a large sedan or SUV being controlled by nothing but blue hair and knuckles above the dashboard.

 

An interesting take on drivers/areas that I've never experienced first hand. It was a funny read lmao.

 

Few years ago someone in Florida won the big lottery, I was talking to an older friend of mine about it and he said "it's probably someone old and whoever won probably forgot they bought a ticket"

 

This shit happens on 2 lane roads around here, people are just putting along forever well below the speed limit then you get to a passing zone and move over to pass and they suddenly turn into John Force.

 

Jersey drivers suck!

 

When it snows in Washington state and then the snow/slush turns into ice because it’s 25 degrees out (I guess people don’t know water Freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit??)... and they drive their lifted f350 with mud terrains 10 over the speed limit, crash and then call police

 

No one would believe the crap I see every single day. I know everyone says their city has the worst drivers.... but man. I need a go pro to do a YouTube series on it. Its unreal.

One big one for me is the guy flying up the right lane which is clearly marked as "ending" to get an extra 3 or 4 spots up. You're not a genius, you're an asshole. Oh, and WAVE for the love of god. A simple raise of the hand when someone let's you in. Too much?

 

I had encounter with a guy like that just five days before the new year...

He was in a late model Ford Taurus and roared past the entire line of cars in the left lane!

He then decided to cut me off and I almost slammed into the back of him; I reciprocated by laying on the horn and turning on my high-beams....

He turned on these white LED flashers in his taillights, as if if he was attempting to intimidate me into thinking he was a cop...

I kept my brights on and laid on my horn until he gave up and kept going!

 

Regarding #1......UHHH what?
People in California sit on the left lane like it's a cruising lane. In fact, majority of people I know will argue back saying it isnt a passing lane, it's the fast lane, meaning that as long as you're going fast in their opinion, they can be there for thousands of miles.
If I drive 60 miles on the highway, I have to pass on the right at least 120 times, or 240 times probably honestly.

Here is how I see the highway:
*cruise on the right
*pass on the left then move back to the right
*if you're going 100 mph on the left, but I wanna go 105, MOVE TO THE RIGHT!! (hypothetical, I would never drive that fast on public roads)

It doesn't matter how fast you're going, left is a passing lane, if not passing, MOVE TO THE RIGHT!!

Where do you live that you think people in this state follow the passing lane rule?

Where I live, the main road is a highway where there are 2 lanes going one direction. 55 speed limit and patrolled by highway patrol. People all sit on the left lane....they create traffic because of this. Sometimes I get really mad because they do 55 next to the guy on the right doing 55. I high beam for them to move right, they then flip me off....

I need to move dude.

 

Going 20 under the limit on a two lane highway in good conditions and not using the many turnouts to let people past!

 

Semi trucks racing each other going 20 mph below the speed limit, uphill in all three lanes, while everyone behind them loses their shit.

 

Turning when not using a signal, all cars have them, use them!

 

This is why I don't trust blinkers anymore. I've been hit because of this. Years ago I was turning left from a side street car coming towards me with blinker on and continued straight into me.

 

See... this is the crap I was talking about a few pages back. Cyclists hogging the road when Walton County spent MILLIONS on a perfectly good cycle path for them to use.

No excuse here. No pedestrian traffic... no heavy cycle traffic... just a douche who wants to take up the roadway.

 

Figuring out which lane you're supposed to be in while driving on the freeway is simple folks.

Rule number 1 - if you're getting passed on the right you need to move over to the right

Rule number 2 - when you're driving along in the fast lane (or any lane other than the slowest lane), take a look to your right. If you see the same car next to you FOR 15 FUCKING MINUTES you're in the wrong lane and you need to move your ass over

No, it doesn't matter if you're going the speed limit. Everyone should be able to go the speed that they are comfortable with. If i want to go 15 over and risk getting a ticket that is my choice and i understand the consequences. I will do the speed of my choice IN THE CORRECT LANE with other like minded drivers. If you're only comfortable going 60 thats fine. Everyone should be allowed to go the speed of their choice right? I'm not here to tell you that you need to go faster BUT YOU NEED TO DO IT IN THE CORRECT LANE, which, on a rush hour morning is usually somewhere to the right...