What are your DRIVING PET PEEVES?

[Papa Deuce]

I have 2.

Number one..... when a car is at a stop sign, waits 3 seconds. then pulls out in front of you, when if they had waited 2 more seconds there would be nobody behind you..... and you don't have to put your brakes on.

Number 2..... Driving on the highway, in the left lane doing LESS than the speed limit, while everybody passes you on the right. If you want to drive slower, cool!.... just do it in the SLOW ( RH ) lane!

What are yours?

 

[ilovepcot]

Your #2 is my #1 pet driving peeve. When it's *urgent* that I get to my destination in a hurry (WDW) I get furious with people on I-4 doing this! Sometimes I dream of having a tank and being able to drive right over them and continue on my merry way!

 

[dmslush]

It would have to be cell phones. I drove to the next town today for a meeting. On the way down, there was a truck in front of me, the driver had a cell phone in his left hand and a smoke in his right. He was all over ther road. Eventually, I was able to get around him, and hope that he made it to his destination okay. On the way back was another truck in front of me with the driver on a cell. He was also all over the road. He actually ran off of the road, over into someone's yard and then swerved back on the road across two lanes of traffic. The clincher, he NEVER put down his cell. Don't hang on to the wheel, but better not let go of the cell

 

[va32h]

One of my peeves is when I have my signal on, trying to change lanes, but impatient people behind me keep passing me on the right instead of allowing me to get over.

Also people who drive in the far right lane, and act stunned and annoyed when cars try to merge from the onramp.

People who insist on coming to a complete stop (when there is no intersection or stop sign) before making a right turn.

People who ignore all the "left lane ends 200ft" signs, and try to horn in, at the last possible second.

 

[Kimberly]

Drive right, pass left. No matter what. I love tickets in Germany that the goverment gives out for not abiding by these traffic laws on their Autobahns. Still is a very hefty fine, in the thousands of Euros. There is no slow lane. One lane for driving, one for passing.

People who talk on their cell phones. It's illegal and you're not paying attention to the traffic around you as you could be without one. So unless you're bleeding to death, hang it up.

People that cannot merge properly. One car after the other... we all move faster that way. One person attempts to cut in front of someone else, everyone brakes, and it causes traffic.

Don't touch my car stereo ever when I'm driving... it's MINE.

Last but not least... New York City cab drivers. That's all I need to say.

 

[Honu]

People that wash their windows while driving down the freeway, spraying all the cars behind them with bug crusted crudy water.

 

[FreshTressa]

people who don't allow enough time to get where they are going, then they tailgate you and get all stressed and angry at people taking their time.

 

[stemikger]

1. People who don't use their change signals when changing lanes.
2. People who tailgate. I understand the left lane is for passing and people who want to go faster, but cars now want to go 20 miles over the speed limit in all lanes and if you don't go as fast as they want you to and they are behind you they try to ride in the backseat with you.

 

[jonestavern]

1) not using directionals
2) 65 (or more!)mph 2 blinks of the directional &, room or no, the other car cuts in front of you--"well, I used directionals", Sure you did you pip! the 1st blink your left side tires were over the line & I have to slam on the brakes-
3) idiots who think they have a God-given right to drive up the emergency lane during a traffic jam up. Just makes things worse for everyone--last summer we actually witnessed a very nasty accident due to some cretin's self-centered mandate to pull that stunt.

Can you tell I am an avid highway swearer? we call it 'car talk' in our family. apologies to the Tappet brothers!

Jean

 

[PixieDust32]

Your # 2
The cell phone on one hand and the smoke/make-up or food on the other.
Tailgate
When people doesn't respect the the HOV lane and they go in and out the pass you all fast and then hit the brakes in front of you. We love going to the Braves game or to the aquarium in Atlanta but the driving is scary.

 

[Sleepy]

1. People who want to turn 2 lanes into 3 or 4.
2. Motorcycles and scooters that can't wait at a stoplight, so they weave through traffic to be first in line....if they even decide to wait for the green light.
3. Motocycles and scooters that want to pass you and do so between your car and the 6 inches to the guardrails.
4. Cars that back up on the interstate because they passed their exit. (we have no emergency breakdown lanes). The car that went back up a curved ramp facing the wrong direction in the dark was quite a shock to me!
5. Cars that refuse to wait for a redlight and almost hit a car with the right of way.
6. Cars that "share" your lane because they can. Lines on the road are merely a suggestion here.
7. Cars that use the oncoming lanes because their lanes are congested or just plain not moving. It results in the oncomong traffic to have to stop because there are no more lanes left.
8. Cars that wait until the last second to cross 2 lanes to make that exit ramp....and nobody is behind that person they cut off.
9. People here honk their horn for everything. There can be congestion and traffic is not moving and they think if they honk their horns continuously, it will make traffic move. Oh, and the ones who honk their horns 2 seconds BEFORE the light turns green
10. People who feel the need to cut in front of others at a toll booth line. You have to let them in because they WILL hit you and it will be YOUR fault of they do.

Why do the people here have to be sooooo impatient? Driving is very stressful.

 

[John VN]

Great ones so far.

People who go faster as you try to pass them.

People who stop 1 or 2 car lenghts from the white line at a traffic light so they don't trigger the left turn signal.

People who have to pull 5 feet ahead of the white line like it is going to make them that much farther down the road when the light turns green.

Your approaching 2 trailer trucks and pull into left lane to pass. #2 truck pulls infront of you to pass #1 truck and it takes forever because you start to head up a hill and #2 can't pass #1.

 

[Kteacher]

hmmmm....

no turn signals

tailgating

not stopping for pedestrians in the crosswalk ( I just had someone make a turn in front of me from the other lane because I had stopped for a pedestrian in a crosswalk-he almost hit the pedestrian and my car )

double parking in front of stores so they can " just run in to buy something "
leaving little room for cars to get by

driving through stop signs if there are no cars coming -I'm not talking about a " California roll ", I'm talking about not hesitating at all . When did stop signs become optional?

people who read while they're driving- I've seen people with a newspaper balanced on their steering wheel

 

[LindsayDunn228]

I don't think I've seen this one mentioned yet. I see it ALLL the time in this area:

People that start to turn before you've passed them completely. Here's an example: you've got a 2-lane road. You are going one direction, there is a car in the opposite lane with their signal light on waiting to turn. Before you have completely gotten passed them they start rolling and almost cut your tail end off. Does that make sense?

Every time I drive through town this happens to me at least once. The first person that hits me because of this is going to get a foot up their rear.

 

[JPN4265]

Where to start?

People who come to a complete stop at a flashing yellow light.
People who throw their cigs out of the car window.
People who tail gate.
People who drive slow in the left lane.
People speed up to get in front of you, and then slow down.
People who refuse to yield to cars on the interstate when they are entering the interstate.
People who don't drive as well as I do.

 

[Marseeya]

People that wash their windows while driving down the freeway, spraying all the cars behind them with bug crusted crudy water.

It's also a good way to annoy tailgaters.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

It's also a good way to annoy tailgaters.

Tee hee My husband does this ALLLLL the time, not to annoy anyone. He just figures anywhere is a good place to do it. I tell him it's annoying but he doesn't get it. Poor Pooh.

 

[Marseeya]

Tee hee My husband does this ALLLLL the time, not to annoy anyone. He just figures anywhere is a good place to do it. I tell him it's annoying but he doesn't get it. Poor Pooh.

For the longest time, I didn't realize that the droplets actually travelled over the back of the car, so I just did it anywhere too. Then one day this guy was tailing me because I was driving too slow for him (only 10 mph over the speed limit, sorrrry ). I cleaned off my windows and noticed that he backed off and had to turn his wipers on.

Sure beats braking to make them back off!

 

[tevagirl]

It's also a good way to annoy tailgaters.

Oooo, I never thought of this! Good one!

 

[mskani]

1) Tailgaters!!
2) People who weave in heavy traffic.
3) People who do not signal before they change lanes.
4) Impatient drivers.
One time I was driving on the Ike (I 290) and this guy was so impatient, he couldn't be bothered with driving in heavy traffic like the rest of us. Anyway, he decides to merge onto the shoulder and speeds up. Wouldn't you know it, the shoulder had a ton of debris and he ended up with I think two flat tires.

I'm sorry for his misfortune, but he learned an important, albeit expensive lesson that day.