On-Road Pet Peeves.....

A friend of mine told me that the way to cure people driving on your ass at night with there brights on in your r-view is to throw a few marsh mellows out the window (they look like golf balls bouncing down the hwy).

 

Along the same lines: People who don't understand the concept of right-of-way. I hate it when people stop on a road to let me in or turn, when if they would have just went, I could have gotten in anyway. Stuff like that leads to accidents as people don't know what the hell they're doing. I had one car sit at a green light at night to let me turn left. There were no cars in front of him or behind him. Problem was I couldn't see inside the car so I didn't know if they were letting me go or they weren't paying attention to the light. Finally he flashed his lights and I realized he was just an idiot who didn't understand the concept of right-of-way.

Four way stops are another. When two cars come up to a four-way stop, the one that stops first goes first and ties go to the person on the right.

Rubber-neckers are real bad out here. Coming up to the point where traffic clears after miles of gridlock only to find that the accident was on the other side of the freeway is especially frustrating. GO, YOU MORONS!!!!!!!

 

For me its:

• People that drive the speed limit or slower in the fast lane or pace the cars in the other lane.
• People that fly up on your ass and then crawl past you. I have not problem getting out of their way but they need to learn to re-apply the go pedal, especially if I'm coming up on traffic.
• Inattentive drivers
• People that pull out in front of you and don't get upto speed so you have to slow down or change lanes.

 

..............I got 1 for this situation too: when you pull over for them, immediately flash your signal towards that lane telling them you want that lane back- almost always they will move on quickly cause you did em a favor

 

This has nothing to do with safety, but I hate seeing people who own convertibles drive with the top down with all of the windows up. If you're concerned with your hair or the ability to talk on the phone while driving, then a convertible shouldn't have been your first choice.

As far as annoying/safety goes...I'd have to say the people that do 35-40 mph when merging onto the freeway. When one jumps out in front of me (blinker or no) then forces me to slam on the brakes. OR when I'm trying to merge and the asshat in front of me goes so slow that I have no choice but to jump out in front of someone and make them slam on their brakes.

 

Windows up in a convertible is sooooo . Believe me...my husband and I talk about how stupid that is ALL the time.

Keeping this on-topic....
The offramp I use everyday gets really really busy at rush hour. You've gotta be alert & not be afraid of stepping on the gas to get out (LEFT Turn).

There's always the timid & scared folks who can't get their asses out ...which makes everyone else wait even longer.

Honestly - I can't blame them for wanting to stay safe. But...if you can't handle the traffic....maybe you should make a RIGHT instead and turn around somewhere.

And the worst yet.....some ASSHOLE (pardon) who doesn't wanna wait. They'll pull up beside the timid driver (on their RIGHT SIDE) and make the left turn in front of them. I swear...I feel like hunting these people down and STRANGLING them!!

 

hahaha! damn dude! where do you find all this stuff? its like you have an endless pit of hilarious pictures

 

You. Read. My. Mind. Scary

add:
People who drive on the shoulder to get around stopped traffic because they don't want to wait.
Two fools driving side by side down the road, oblivious to vehicles that want to pass.
People who think that the 25mph sign on the on ramp is the speed you're supposed merge at into the highway.
People who have oodles and oodles of stuffed animals in the back window. Seriously, can you even see anything in your rearview mirror?
Lane closures for temporary road work with miles of backed up traffic and when you finally get to pass the road work, nobody's there working!
Drivers from out of state who don't know that you can turn right on red.
People who wait until you're almost to them before they pullout in front of you, causing you to slam on your brakes, and then take their leisurely time getting up to speed.
And one of my biggest pet peeves, and I'll probably get flamed for it along with oodles of statistics:

Motorcycles with loud exhausts. I can appreciate your right to do whatever you want to your bike, along with your belief that a loud exhaust makes you aware to other drivers around you. However being woken up at 6:00 in the morning on a Saturday because some clown is driving down my street wot is very irritating. Equally irritating is some fool sitting at a light burping the throttle.

Another pet peeve concerning motorcycles is someone who rides only wit the bare minimum of protection, i.e. a helmet. I have seen people riding with no shirts, no gloves, in flip flops, barefoot, in shorts, helmets with no eye protection, itty bitty helmets. I especially like the ones who wear helmets, leather gloves and jacket, but are wearing dockers pants and docksider shoes. Guess they don't care about their feet.

And yes I do ride.

 

School buses. Don't kids walk to school anymore? And if its too far, why do buses have to stop in front of every other house on the busiest streets to pick up one kid waiting INSIDE the house? And don't even push safety for the kid crap - these parents are just too damn lazy to walk their kids to a centralized bus stop.

Not yielding the right-of-way. It's like these morons think their sh!t don't stink so they can do whatever the h3ll they feel like doing. Especially pisses me off when they pull up from a side road, stop, and wait for you to get closer before they pull out in front of you. WTF?

Traffic light engineers. With all the modern technology in computers that exist, why can they not design and maintain synchronized lights? If one goes green then it shouldn't be rocket science to make the next go green instead of going red - which happens more often than not. Just blows my mind.

ZipSplats. I ride a 700+ pound bike, so I can comment here. But why do these kids feel the need to tailgate, then hang back, then race up onto your read bumper over and over sometimes pulling wheelies. Only way to slap them across the nose is to brake them on approach to wake them the f**K up. Stupid kids...

Minivans. They always have the typical mom driving fast while turning her head 180 degrees to yell at the kid while still on the phone talking to another mommy and still carefully applying layers of makeup to her scowling orange-peeled face. Are they that self-centered? No need to answer.

Oh ya, almost forgot Rindgelines. WTF was Honda thinking?

 

• People who tailgate law abiding citizens. The speed limit is the same no matter which lane you are in. There is no such thing as being able to drive faster than the speed limit in the "fast lane."
• People who get impatient when I refuse to turn right on red from the left turn lane. Right on red from the right lane is legal in some states, but it is NEVER legal anywhere to cross a lane of traffic on red, only to join a lane.
• People who lap parking lots or stop and wait for someone to put groceries away and leave for their parking spot. While you are waiting for prime blacktop estate, I can't go anywhere and my legs are still capable of walking.
• People who double or *gasp* quadruple park their "nice" cars so no one can ding their car. I usually take fifteen minutes and completely encircle these cars with shopping carts.
• Merging traffic that doesn't yield. I don't care if your on ramp is ending and you are running out of pavement, It's my lane and if you want to join it, you'll have to get in line behind me because my cruise control is set and I shouldn't be the one to slowdown.
• People who think daytime driving lights are the same as headlights. I kind of need to see your taillights in fog/rain/tunnels too. I really hate not realizing I'm behind a car only to discover this when brake lights appear unnervingly in front of me.
• People who speed from one red light to the next. If you drove the posted speed limit, the lights are timed. Because you get there too soon and have to stop, it disrupts the flow of traffic and causes me to stop so I can wait for you to go again.

 

x1000!

 

I also do this, and love it. It is hilarious to see how angry people get at you, for not letting them drive illegally.

I also can't stand people who: drive in the fast/passing lane, and aren't doing either of those things, don't use blinkers, people with piece of crap sound systems that think they sound good, and most of all, anyone who almost hits my truck!

 

Wal mart parking lot. enough said!

 

You are waiting to turn onto a busy street and you lose a rare opportunity to do so due to some idiot who turned before you, but couldn't be bothered to comminate their intentions with the turn signal due to his / her hand being glued to the cell phone.

 

I have a slight case of road rage.. I've pushed people into the median for trying to cut me off. I especially hate the kids who get mommy/daddy to get them the Evo or the WRX and think they're hot shit.

One such individual learned the hard way not to screw with other drivers when I was borrowing my friend's 3/4 ton pickup to haul something.

 

Almost anyone driving on 95 in Northern Virginia.
They do everything on these lists and then some!
I am having second thoughts about riding anymore due to these tards.

 

One, besides many, that really pisses me off is when you are the only car on the road with three lanes when someone turning on the street your traveling on pulls out directly in front of you. I mean, two of the others lanes not good enough that you have to use the one I'm using. Get your own fucking lane, this one is taken!!

 

ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (except the over 30 shit) You'll all get there too, if you're lucky.