Driving pet peeves

Not really the other drivers fault but still annoying on a daily basis. I live on a corner with my driveway just past the side street. I turn on my signal and cars at the stop sign assume I'm turning on the street and pull out in front of me. I expect it and am cautious and haven't had a crash yet. Anyway, it annoys me.

 

Following several cars in the left lane to pass a big rig on a two lane freeway when some jackass decides to pass us in the right lane all the way until the big rig and then just cuts in forcing everybody to slamon our brakes. Happens on i-5 all the fucking time. Ugh

 

Tail gaters when merging, you flunk kindergarden or what? Take turns, idiots.

 

May have been stated....but at an intersection with multiple lanes going straight and the far right lane is both straight and right. If you're the only #@$% car at the intersection and are going straight.... DON'T park your ass in that right lane and make me wait the entire traffic light sequence before I can proceed.

 

People driving massive SUVs or trucks without the skill to handle them. It's fine if you want to drive something like that, but you have to pay attention to what you're doing. Nothing like having some tool in a Suburban cut across 3 lanes of traffic and almost smack you right off the road.

On a similar note, people who think that 4WD makes them invincible in the wintertime. Sure, it's nice to have, but it won't help you much if you're riding on bald all-seasons.

 

People with electronic toll transponders who still insist on coming to a complete STOP at the toll booth!!

 

Didn't know that was a thing? I was just up in Maine and the rental car had the box that I needed to slide over to activate, I figured I didn't need to stop and I got it right the first time.

 

Tail gaters in general can get fucked.

 

People who when driving in the left lane. Who for no reason drift into the fast shoulder.

Control your vehicle, or slow down if you can't keep it in the lane. There are rocks and shit over there, and you are flinging that shit at the vehicles behind you.

Also people who brake hard in the left lane, and cut into the fast shoulder.

If you are hauling ass using all lanes and shoulder available through the turns, like a race way when the road isnt crowded, that is excusable.

 

Tractor trailers in the left lane.

That is total douchbaggery.

 

It happens much more frequently than one would think. And I seem to always be behind them.

 

One time I lost my mind. I was driving a delivery truck. On a narrow one way, where vehicle park on both sides of the street. On the end of the street wax a roll off dumpster on one side. On the other side was a fucktards truck two feet from the curb. My truck was not going to fit between the two. I had to back up the 800 feet or so to the top of the street. Not a problem, accept the girl behind me couldn't back up a single car length with out having to pull forward and start over. People kept turning down the street making things worse. I think it took fifteen to twenty minutes to back up the street between her inept backing abilities and the other idiots turning down the street.

About a week latter, management asked me why I spent close to a half hour on that block.

 

When you're driving with someone who's reading out directions and they don't tell you about upcoming turns until you're right near them, which forces you to skid at a Tron-esque right angle instead of turning in advance like a normal person.

 

I'm gonna amend your post a bit... from the perspective of a truck driver.

Tractor trailers that RIDE the left lane. The only time I get out the right lane is to pass.

Also, when I pass I prefer to get back in the right lane as soon as I can... but a lot of times I get impatient morons who as soon as the smallest of gaps open up they want to squeeze back by me on the right lane. When I pass I try to give the guy a proper spacing before I merge in front of him again... when you see a truck passing give him a minute to get his spacing and if he is a competent driver he will get back over.

Truth be told I don't like the left lane in a semi.

 

When you're driving the speed limit or even exceeding it a little, like 55mph in a 50mph zone. Someone is tailgating you and swerving back and forth to look ahead of you like they desperately want to get around you.
Then there's finally a safe place for them to pass you and they don't..only to continue said activity.

WTF is up with that?

 

That's when my foot gets lighter on the throttle.

Most of the time I drive pretty conservatively...right at the speed limit, early turn signals, easy stops, etc. But once in awhile an ass hat like you described above will get a dose of subtle passive aggression from me.

 

When I have the right of way at a stop sign and a pedestrian or other driver who is in a rush or speeding and creeping up on the crosswalk waves me through to hurry me up but actin like they’re doing me a favor. I’m like, “I know, it’s my turn” and I cruise by real slow.

 

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I've said it before and I'll say it again...

People who seem to completely forget they are on a busy road and mosey through a right turn, holding up traffic behind them and/or almost getting rear-ended...

It's one thing if you are on a deserted residential street, but you can't just go from 45 MPH to 15-25 MPH at the drop of a hat!