Driving pet peeves

I refer to them as stupid fucks. See post 1610
Above.

 

Lol

Oh man, I'm glad no one records videos to show me of myself driving. They'd probably think I'm possessed with all that comes out my mouth.

 

Speeding in neighborhoods

 

these new cars with these bright ass LED headlights

 

When the guy in front of me runs the light. Then local LEO next to me doesn't do anything & I look over at him & make eye contact

 

another one for me. Im sure someone has already listed this one.
When im going to work and im stuck in traffic and I see all these people cutting into the carpool and they are solo. Im sure if i was to do that i would be getting pulled over in a heart beat

 

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This is something I've noticed a lot more of in the last few years, and that something would be people either pulling out of side streets or pulling out in front of me when it is really not safe to do so.

Usually, it's people making lefts out of side streets and not accelerating to keep up with traffic. What's really annoying is that there is sometimes nobody behind me and the coast would be clear if they would just wait a few more seconds!

Right outside of my neighborhood, there is a fairly busy road, and a large neighborhood directly across the street. One time, I was going straight through the intersection and I had a green a light. A woman in a black Infiniti SUV was coming from my right and tried to make a right on red directly in front of me; I laid on the horn, and she stopped but gave me the finger. Once I cleared the intersection, she continued turning and pulled into the driveway of a house that was right there. I see that Infiniti in the driveway all the time, so I know she lives in that house. Like, you're seriously going to get your panties in a bunch because I delayed you not even a minute in getting back to your house?!?!

 

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This happened back in late 2018 or early 2019, when I was doing Uber Eats as a side hustle and I made the stupid decision to drive into Philly. I had to get gas, and I ended up stopping at a station in a sketchy area. It was dark out, and I didn't feel unsafe, but I wanted to get the hell out of there. I had just swiped my credit card and was about to put the nozzle in the tank when this middle-aged black woman decided to walk between the gas pump and the left side of my truck. She looked like she was on something, and didn't even bat an eye as I stared at her.

 

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@ColoradoTJ
@Just_A_Guy
@shakerhood
@steelcity2
@TnShooter

A big pet peeve of mine is when people block the road so they can talk. It can be one in a vehicle and one on foot, or both in vehicles. This was prior to 2016 because we still lived in the townhouse, but one time at night I was just down the street from my house and all I wanted to do was go to bed. Actually, I don't remember if it was day or night, but I was in a bad mood and I wanted to go home...

These two women, one in front of me and one driving in the opposite direction, were clearly friends and stopped to chat. The neighborhood had nearly 400 homes, and in 9 9 years of living there, I probably knew less than 20 households. I wasn't having it, and I didn't feel like turning around and going the other way, so I laid on the horn and ended that conversation in a matter of seconds.

Another time in 2016, within days of moving into the new house, I came home and found two guys in work trucks blocking the only way to my house; I live on a culdesac with only one way in and out, and both of these guys were in commercial trucks that I couldn't drive around. I laid on the horn, they moved, and I didn't think about it again. However, there was another incident a short time later involving another construction worker blocking the road that I do not want to discuss publicly (I did not get in any trouble, but it is not something I am proud of). This incident led to a visit from one of the construction supervisors, who told me that a couple weeks earlier the guys I'd honked at had complained to him. Needless to say, after the second incident, construction workers would move their vehicles and/or get out the way when they saw my truck coming.

 

^ and you're the bad guy for wanting to DRIVE on the street.

 

Lately I have noticed at times a complete and utter disregard for red lights. And I'm not talking about when I'm in a small nearby city for work, it's the wild west some days so whatever...

But in my small town people will be super aggressive, get up to a red light and I can SEE them just itching to go. Stale red light, bam they just take off. This last time the person just pulled into a strip mall (while also driving on the WRONG side of the road for about an eighth of a mile before the turn). One other time I was coming up to a red, I noticed the person next to me was frequently looking at their phone (again, in the middle of this small town's "main street"). I slowed for the red light, this person didn't even flinch, bang right through it, had been red for a solid 2 seconds prior.

I don't get it but whatever.

 

It really is incredible