Can we talk about...

Steph0871

... pet peeves? Specifically driving pet peeves? Because every.single.person on the road this morning was a moron.  for real.

My favorite are the bikers who can't decide whether they want to be pedestrians or cars.  You have to pick one, you can't ride in front of me going 20mph and then still run red lights, jerkface.

raynes

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[QUOTE]... pet peeves? Specifically driving pet peeves? Because every.single.person on the road this morning was a moron.  for real. My favorite are the bikers who can't decide whether they want to be pedestrians or cars.  <strong>You have to pick one, you can't ride in front of me going 20mph and then still run red lights, jerkface.</strong>
Posted by Steph0871[/QUOTE]

There was a guy on a scooter doing that yesterday.  ANNOYING.

I have so many driving pet peeves.  I hate it when people continue to turn left after their advance has expired.  My light is green, you should not still be turning.  I honk at them. 

JenGin74

OMG! I have road rage like you wouldn't believe.  Mostly slow drivers and people that don't use turn signals piss me off the most.

I also don't like when I'm doing 80 and the guy behind me is up my ass. There's really no need for that. If my 80 isn't fast enough then go around.

ccdaisy

My driving pet peeve is people not using their blinker..it did not come on your car as an option- use it!

[Deleted User]

I hate people who drive with their brights on when there are cars all around, especially when they are determined to ride my ass. It's an isntant migraine for me and makes me want to slam on my brakes in hopes of destroying their hood.

People who tailgate when I clearly have nowhere to go on 95 is also a pet peeve. I get that you want to pass me, but if tehre are cars on either side, I'm not going to speed up to 100 just so you can pass. A-hole.

betrothed123

I hate the douchewads that take walks, on roads without sidewalks, before the sun comes up, wearing all black.

Steph0871

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[QUOTE]OMG! I have road rage like you wouldn't believe.  Mostly slow drivers and people that don't use turn signals piss me off the most. I also don't like when I'm doing 80 and the guy behind me is up my ass. <strong>There's really no need for that. If my 80 isn't fast enough then go around.</strong>
Posted by JenGin74[/QUOTE]

<div>As long as you're in the right lane.  If you're in the left lane, I'm on your ass and probably honking. That's my biggest pet peeve.  People who don't move over to the right lane to let me pass, even if you're going 20 over the speed limit.  Usually, I only run into this problem on the way back and forth from MN to WI (a 3 hour drive through nothing.)</div><div>
</div><div>I also hate people who don't use turn signals, and who don't turn them off after they turn/ change lanes.</div><div>
</div><div>aaand this morning I got honked at for turning right on red. By the guy in front of me turning left. There were two lanes. You're turning left, you get the left lane, which means there is a right lane for me to use, buddy.</div>

K Byte

Theres this one section of highway where there is a fender bender every morning I swear. Nothing major most of the time and the cars can be moved to the shoulder out of the way... Except that no one ever moves off the road despite signs starting to do so! So minor accidents manage to create HUGE back ups. It's so annoying.

dmiller9274

OH I have a ton of these, I have terrible road rage.

I hate when people won't let a semi over on the freeway...if there's an accident or something.  I understand that they are big and slow, but if they can't get over neither can anyone else and it just makes the back up worse.

Rubberneckers...I'd like to junk punch them.  If you feel like checking out what's on the other side of the road fine, but do it while maintaining your speed.  Don't slow down to 20mph on the freeway to be nosey.

Texting drivers, seriously, just stop.  If you want to kill yourself fine, but you swerving all over the damn road and hitting me is not fine. 

A-holes that know a lane is going to end and still stay over until the last possible second and cut off all of the people who got over when they were suppose to. 

JenGin74

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Can we talk about... : As long as you're in the right lane. <strong> If you're in the left lane, I'm on your ass and probably honking. </strong>That's my biggest pet peeve.  People who don't move over to the right lane to let me pass, even if you're going 20 over the speed limit.  Usually, I only run into this problem on the way back and forth from MN to WI (a 3 hour drive through nothing.) I also hate people who don't use turn signals, and who don't turn them off after they turn/ change lanes. aaand this morning I got honked at for turning right on red. By the guy in front of me turning left. There were two lanes. You're turning left, you get the left lane, which means there is a right lane for me to use, buddy.
Posted by Steph0871[/QUOTE]

You would honk at me  :(

Steph0871

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[QUOTE]  A-holes that know a lane is going to end and still stay over until the last possible second and cut off all of the people who got over when they were suppose to. 
Posted by dmiller9274[/QUOTE]

<div>This is me.  But, MN-DOT says to do so. Why wouldn't you use ever possible foot of driving space/lanes?  If you try to merge a mile back when you first see the signs, it just backs up the congestion even further.  Wait until the end and go every-other on the cars. The few times I've seen that regulated, the congestion was significantly decreased.</div>

dmiller9274

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Can we talk about... : This is me.  But, MN-DOT says to do so. Why wouldn't you use ever possible foot of driving space/lanes?  If you try to merge a mile back when you first see the signs, it just backs up the congestion even further.  Wait until the end and go every-other on the cars. The few times I've seen that regulated, the congestion was significantly decreased.
Posted by Steph0871[/QUOTE]

<div>If it happened that way, I would agree that it could work.  They are doing construction where I get on in the mornings and it's a clusterfuck every.single.day.  Occasionally there are cars that drive in the median to cut off the people who are cutting off others. I just need to buy a helicopter, my life expectancy would increase by a couple of years lol.</div>

MeaghanandMichael

How about people who merge onto the highway doing 25mph. I have almost died a few times because of this. In fact, I think a super slow merge is on of the toughest things to get caught up in on the road.

K&J64

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Can we talk about... : <strong>As long as you're in the right lane.  If you're in the left lane, I'm on your ass and probably honking. That's my biggest pet peeve.  People who don't move over to the right lane to let me pass, even if you're going 20 over the speed limit</strong>.  Usually, I only run into this problem on the way back and forth from MN to WI (a 3 hour drive through nothing.) I also hate people who don't use turn signals, and who don't turn them off after they turn/ change lanes. aaand this morning I got honked at for turning right on red. By the guy in front of me turning left. There were two lanes. You're turning left, you get the left lane, which means there is a right lane for me to use, buddy.
Posted by Steph0871[/QUOTE]

I would slow down just to piss you off and then speed up when you get fed up and try to pass me, sorry lol. I rarely drive at or under the speed limit, I can't stand it when people ride my ass, especially if you have a decidedly more expensive car than I, cause maybe then I'll just slam on the brakes and let you rear end me. Tailgaters should have left their effing houses earlier. If someone is going too slow in the left lane for me I go around them, I don't expect people to get out of my way like Moses parting the traffic red sea.

I also hate people who slam on their breaks when it starts raining, people who do not know how to properly navigate: a jug handle, a circle, a four way stop, and people who do not know how to or how to allow people to merge. OH and the m-effers who turn the shoulder into a lane when there's traffic because they have a profound sense of entitlement which clearly makes their time more valuable than the rest of ours.

bellaxanthe

"A-holes that know a lane is going to end and still stay over until the last possible second and cut off all of the people who got over when they were suppose to. "

Sorry - I hate this one too though. In one particular spot - it blocks all the traffic headed in the opposite direction. Every single day,  I have to slam on breaks and avoid the people going from 65 to10MPH  to merge. I don't think those drivers realize what impact they are having on everyone behind them unfortunately. And the anger they incite with the people who have been waiting in the correct lanes for 2 miles.

My biggest one is people who smoke that throw their butts out the window. I want to get out at the stoplight, pick up the butt and chuck it back in their window. It may be small but it's still litter. Stop it you digusting person who feels entitled to fuck-up our world. I hate litter.

marissa_claire

There's a really nice bikepath on a winding road near my house... and bikers still bike on the road!  It drives me insane.  I don't care how skilled or awesome you think you are, they poured tons of money into that damn bikepath so use it!

Not so much a driving issue, but I get irrationally angry at stupid license plates.  Really?  You love shoes?  You think the world should know?  

JenGin74

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Can we talk about... : I would slow down just to piss you off and then speed up when you get fed up and try to pass me, sorry lol. I rarely drive at or under the speed limit, I can't stand it when people ride my ass, especially if you have a decidedly more expensive car than I, cause maybe then I'll just slam on the brakes and let you rear end me. Tailgaters should have left their effing houses earlier. If someone is going too slow in the left lane for me I go around them, I don't expect people to get out of my way like Moses parting the traffic red sea. I also hate people who slam on their breaks when it starts raining, <strong>people who do not know how to properly navigate: a jug handle</strong>, a circle, a four way stop, and people who do not know how to or how to allow people to merge. OH and the m-effers who turn the shoulder into a lane when there's traffic because they have a profound sense of entitlement which clearly makes their time more valuable than the rest of ours.
Posted by kcullen37[/QUOTE]

Are jughandles a New Jersey thing?  When I first moved here it was weird not being able to make a left turn.

allisong23

People who don't pull over for ambulances and fire trucks, or who try to get behind them so they can pass everyone who did pull over.

Steph0871

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[QUOTE]People who don't pull over for ambulances and fire trucks, or who try to get behind them so they can pass everyone who did pull over.
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]

<div>oh this too.  I pulled over in a right-turn lane yesterday to let an ambulance pass. When I tried to pull back out (with signal and everything) to go straight, some ass honked at me.  Nevermind he was running a red light.</div>

K&J64

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[QUOTE]Um, what's a jug handle?
Posted by jcbsjr[/QUOTE]

The little loops at the intersections. Instead of making a left hand turn you need to exit to the right go around the jug handle and cross over the road you just were on to make your left... get it?

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lilianne22

- Not using your turn signal.

- Tailgating and then not passing me when the opportunity arrises. 

- When you are behind a truck or trailer and you finally get to a passing zone and the people behind you start passing right away and you don't get the chance.

JenGin74

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[QUOTE]Um, what's a jug handle?
Posted by jcbsjr[/QUOTE]

A jughandle is like this half-loop that you have to go around instead of making a left turn. Apparently, New Jersey does not like left turns

Steph0871

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Can we talk about... : I had to look it up, too!  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jughandle">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jughandle</a>
Posted by ILoveMilkDuds[/QUOTE]

<div>I think I'm more confused now after reading that.  So kind of like a clover on the highways?</div><div>
</div><div>ETA: These also confuse me. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_u-turn_crossover">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_u-turn_crossover</a></div>

JenGin74

New Jersey also has circles. They're lots of fun :::eyeroll:::  I think they're starting to get rid of the circles though. Good riddance

Blueyed228

I hate when people don't yield in rotaries. When people pull out in front of me just to go 25 mph less than i was going but there was no one behind me. When people cut off big rigs or just generally are jerks to them. My family owns a trucking company and it's so dangerous to cut them off.

mmw8780

Like people have said before, I hate people who don't wait their turn.

Everyday during rush hour there are idiots making left turns from the right lane because they can't stand to wait in line for 1 light. They skip waiting in the left turn line and when the light turns green they slam on the gas and cut over to turn left. Not only is this illegal, but really dangerous. They cut off cars and even worse trucks who need to make wide turns. It is obviously marked that only the left lane can turn left, but they still do it. I do my best to lay on the horn and make the widest turn I can to keep them from cutting in, but they look at me like I'm the person doing something wrong.

marissa_claire

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[QUOTE]Like people have said before, I hate people who don't wait their turn. Everyday during rush hour there are idiots making left turns from the right lane because they can't stand to wait in line for 1 light. They skip waiting in the left turn line and when the light turns green they slam on the gas and cut over to turn left. Not only is this illegal, but really dangerous. They cut off cars and even worse trucks who need to make wide turns. It is obviously marked that only the left lane can turn left, but they still do it. I do my best to lay on the horn and make the widest turn I can to keep them from cutting in, but they look at me like I'm the person doing something wrong.
Posted by mmw8780[/QUOTE]
I hate this with regards to construction, when it's down to one lane and some people drive that route every day so they know it's one lane, and yet they think they're entitled to go all the way to the front and cut in line.  Lame.

SCBojangles1138

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[QUOTE]I hate when people don't yield in rotaries. When people pull out in front of me just to go 25 mph less than i was going but there was no one behind me.<strong> When people cut off big rigs or just generally are jerks to them</strong>. My family owns a trucking company and it's so dangerous to cut them off.
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

This! I think half the people who do it are @$$es and the other half are too stupid to realize that what they are doing is dangerous. A friend of mine cut off a big rig hauling an super heavy load on a down hill slope and when I said something about leaving them some extra space, she was like "Why?"

And I'll reitterate the turn signal thing - even the state troopers down here in TN don't use them! Wtf dudes - you're in law enforcement!

zippityb

People driving really slow and when you pass them, you see that they're either talking or texting on their phones. I wish those people would spontaneously combust.

MeaghanandMichael

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Can we talk about... : I hate this with regards to construction, when it's down to one lane and some people drive that route every day so they know it's one lane, and yet they think they're entitled to go all the way to the front and cut in line.  Lame.
Posted by marissa_claire[/QUOTE]

Not to mention this makes the work zone SO much more unsafe when people come zooming up a closed lane to cut off everyone else at the last moment. My husband works on construction sites so I get bonkers when people try to cheat safety rules.

I also hate people who make decaff coffee in the caff pot. Really? That is a cruel joke.