Driving pet peeves

Hazy is more of a sun damage thing, and they probably just aren’t adjusted right.

 

U-Turns at busy intersections.

Lights seem to be too short in a lot of circumstances, so people taking their time to do a U-turn often prevents a couple cars from catching that light. Go past the busy intersection, and do a U-turn at a less congested area!

 

I lowered my Mustang so the ride height is about 2” closer to the ground, and I noticed a BIG difference in the brightness of the headlights on other modern vehicles. Some of the high intensity lights on the newer SUVs and trucks are just painfully bright, even though that’s entirely not their fault.
It’s gotten to the point that I don’t even drive that car at night anymore.

 

People who use high beams on streets that are in town. There isn't anything to see where their highbeams are shining. Most of the time it's a ride share driver.

 

In the same vein...in Michigan (not sure if it's a common law in other states) you can turn left onto a one way from a two way, but people here just will not do it. Even if traffic is clear for miles. The only exception is if the lane has a directional arrow/light that tells you when you can go.

 

They are the worst.
Whenever I see a car with “Lyft” on the windshield, I am on high alert. Chances are they are about to do something mindless.

 

My peeve is when I’m sitting at a red light and a lifted Tacoma pulls up next to me. It makes me feel inadequate. If I see a lifted Taco pulling up, I just run the light.

 

You’re overreacting. You only need to worry if it raises a rear tire to piss on you.

 

What? You're not allowed to make a left turn in your state? If the light is green, you can turn left when there is no oncoming traffic in any state.

 

I read that wrong at first as well, he said it is legal. As long as the lane is available and you yield to anyone else that has the ROW, I doubt any officer anywhere would have an issue. What I recall from the handbook is taking the "first available lane," but if both are available, I don't see what the issue is.

 

Here in Iowa we have a huge bicycle ride called RAGBRAI( Registers annual great bike ride across Iowa). I used to live in the country off a two lane county road that was quite hilly. I was heading home after work and met this horde of cyclists coming the other way( think of thousands of drunk bicycle riders in a pack up to ten miles long).I slowed down to about 35 mph when I met them as you never know what they will do. So I`m doodle bopping along watching the girls in their skimpy bicycle outfits riding along and popped over a fairly steep hill about a mile from home and coming up the hill were about twenty five cyclists taking up both lanes. I locked up the brakes and pulled over to let them by and to check my shorts. This group of mental midgets finally went by and I proceeded to my turnoff. Sitting there was an ambulance with it`s lights on. The cyclists wouldn`t let them on the road. A highway trooper finally showed up to stop the herd and let the ambulance go on it`s way. Don`t even think of going into town when they are there. Stop signs? What are those? Hundreds of bikers on foot crossing the road anywhere they want while stepping out on the road directly in front of you. Thankfully they are gone the next day. Pick up their trash? Not them. Ah well, they do spend a lot of money in town. Not all Ragbrai riders are jerks. Quite a few will pick up after themselves and some will even obey traffic signs. It`s just a clusterf... when they are around. Thankfully I am now retired and don`t have to go out when they are around. I can just sit in my yard and bitch at them to " get off my yard".

 

Out here bicyclists believe they are a privileged caste. With a bike riding governor and LA having two in a row it’s gotten ridiculous. They have taken entire lanes over for bikes. The traffic results have been disastrous.

Now before someone freaks out I ride have for over 60 years. But I understand the traffic laws. The current climate makes the vehicle driver automatically at fault in an accident.

Is it any wonder there is such animosity between the groups?

 

How good were the skimpy bike outfits though? Worth the hassle?! Hahah!

 

Traffic lights where the left turn operates independently of the other lights!

Note that there is clearly NOBODY coming, and I was forced to wait...



I actually got pulled over for making left turn against the red arrow at this very intersection three years ago while driving home from my Grandma’s old house; It was midnight, there was nobody around, and I was tired and impatient...

Warrington police are like ninjas in the sense that you never know where they are! I was polite and BS’d my way out of a ticket that time, and now I wait...

 

Just an fyi...don't forget about the PA red light law. I'm not saying that it's right or wrong but you do have an option.

 

What’s the PA red light law?

 

Hold on let me find it.

 

On September 18, 2016, Pennsylvania’s red light law was amended. The bill singed into law, called the “Ride on Red law,” allows any vehicle (truck, car, bicycle, motorcycle, scooter) to go through a red light with caution at an intersection if the traffic signal’s detection system fails to recognize it. The signal should be treated like a stop sign in this situation. Representative Stephen Bloom of Cumberland County introduced the bill. This bill was originally advocated by motorcycle and bike organizations such as the Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education (ABATE) about changing the law to address the situation where bikes and motorcycles are stuck at red lights because the light’s sensor fails to trigger the traffic light to change. In some cases, traffic lights depend upon traffic activating sensors under the road that detect when a vehicle has approached the intersection. The weight of the vehicle causes the light to turn. But sensors may not pick up motorcycle and bike traffic; hence the law was passed to hopefully address this problem. However, the law applies to all vehicles, not just motorcycles and bicycles.

 

Quarantine driving then back to regular made me realize that what I really hate is every other car and driver on the road. Every single one.