Driving Pet Peeves

People using their phone as a GPS and paying more attention to it than the road! Lately I see more and more of this, holding there phone up by the steering wheel in front of there face and navigating by phone, usually going 10 mph lower, if not more than posted.
If you are going somewhere new or unfamiliar, get directions before hand or reference a map before you leave to familiarize yourself with where you are going!

Most likely a trend of the future with tech and millennials......

 

People who dont understand what cruise control is.

Had my cruise set on the highway once and passed a truck. 2 min they pass me. A few min later i pass them. They start flipping me off and getting all mad at me becauee THEY were the ones jumping between 90km/h and 120+km/h. My cruise was set at 115km/h....

 

I might be the lone person on this one but the people that move over into the passing lane that are going the speed limit or below to allow people merging on the highway. It is the persons responsibility to merge into the traffic not your responsibility to allow them onto the highway. So don't move your ass into the passing lane going 62.

The second is the same people that pass you then move into your lane and slow down so you are forced to pass them. Had that this morning. So stupid just pick a speed.

 

YES!! I had that happen this morning. This woman passed me going 75. Pulls into my lane and drops speed to 70. My cruise is set to 74 so I pass her. Two minutes later, she passes me going like 80. Gets in my lane and drops speed back to 70 so, I have to pass her again. So mad, the dog learned some new cuss words this morning.

 

These are some just off of the top of my high:
People (usually soccer moms in huge SUVs) blabbing on the phone with no idea what is going on around them.
People who pull out in front of you and don't get on the gas thus forcing you to slow down quickly and significantly.
People who block intersections because they're trying to squeeze through a light before it turns red, but it turns red anyway and they block traffic from crossing.
People who have to drive extremely slow and constantly hit the brakes because the road is wet.
People in the left lane who dart across multiple lanes of traffic to make a right turn or get off and exit.
People who miss their exits and back up to get off of the exit instead of going to the next exit.
People who don't clean all of the snow off of their vehicles and it blows off onto vehicles following them.
People who don't have little kids strapped into child seats.
People who veer to the left to make a right turn (and vice-versa). And they're usually in some matchbox car.
People on crotch-rockets who weave in and out of traffic, especially at high speeds on highways.
People who are afraid to make left turns through openings in traffic so they wait until the light turns yellow and they go but they are the only ones who make it through the light.

 

Totally disagree with #7.
I have no problem with them. IMHO if there's a chance that they'll take one drunk driver off of the roads and thus save one life, they're worth it. And, yes I've waited in lines to go through checkpoints. I'm a very impatient person when driving but the possible benefits of DUI checkpoints definitely outweigh my inconvenience.

 

Biggest one for me.
Cruising the interstate you over take someone, pass them and they speed up keeping with you in your blind spot.
Second, the jackass who flies by you, gets up to a slower driver and then slows down blocking the passing lane.

 

Ugh, where to start? I drive a tri axle dump for my livelihood. I always am amazed how much trust people put in two small pins that hold back 10 tons of material. It confounds me that people can follow so close that I can't see them in my mirrors and then they follow me into the pattern and then flip me off because they can't figure out that the line of dumps are working on the road. My worst day is having to run 81 from Wilkes Barre to Scranton all day. After 4 or 5 runs, road rage starts to build. Fortunately, I'm above showing a beemer or peace sign driver what 600+hp and 2000 lbs of torque can really do.

 

Drivers that have no idea how to utilize suicide, acceleration and deceleration lanes.

 

I can respect that, but I still do my best to avoid them. If I commit a violation while driving, then that's fine. Pull me over. But I don't think I should have to deal with police unless I've requested their assistance or they've witnessed me commit a crime of some sort.

 

What are you running in that dump truck? Cat? Cummins?

 

This is one of my biggest gripes out on the highway. That and people who don’t get out of the way when you catch them in the fast lane. On our local freeways it’s a given that it’s not going to happen. But out on the highway move the F over!

 

C15 Cat 2006 pre emissions, 18 speed, 3.77 rears

 

Also this. When someone is catchy me and I’m in the fast lane. I move over so that they can pass but they take their sweet ass time causing me to catch the person in the slow lane and I lose my roll. It sounds so trivial but it happens a lot. Usually I am going about the speed limit or 5 to 7 mph over. So some people are faster and many people are slower. I try to always move over for the faster cars. But some of them have no brains. No consideration for someone who just did you a favor.

 

Left lane cruisers.

It’s kind of hand and hand but when people get onto the highway and just dive bomb across all lanes to get into the left lane.
And vice versa when the left lane cruisers dive bomb across all lanes to get to their exit that they’ve waited till the last 1/4 mile to get over for.

 

People who don’t use their turn signal’s.

 

My list includes.... Signaling AFTER entering the Turn Only Lane (who does that inform of the 'turners' intentions?) Pulling out into the intersection, when making a left turn, blocking other drivers turning, instead of choosing the direction that gives the best visibility, after it's clear, then easing up to see the other direction. Fueling up with headlights on blasting out into traffic (engine is supposed to be OFF) In States that have "headlights on laws" in inclement weather, people who believe DRL's ARE THE SAME AS HEADLIGHTS, most vehicles on the road today, don't have taillights or side markers with DRL's. "Posers" who drive along no matter what they're towing/hauling or what the conditions are, with their wrist draped over the steering wheel, like they're the coolest beings on the planet. Riding the brakes for a hundred feet before signaling. Turn signals AREN'T Hazard Flashers.

 

I wonder if a DUI check point would have saved your "mint condition" Tacoma.

 

PEOPLE GOING THE SAME EXACT SPEED DRIVING SIDE BY SIDE ACROSS ALL LANES CREATING A WALL OF STUPIDITY.

 

You just described virtually every trucker on the road in my area. I've developed an intense hatred of semi trucks....

 

I hate people that beep me to go when i’m at a stop texting lol!

Seriously, dump trucks that fling stones at my glass when I’m in another lane and six cars behind.
Happened twice and both times were in North Carolina.
Cover your GD load!
And those that like to cut me off WITH NO BLINKERS for crying out loud.

 

I don't think that will get rid of the problem. I think that there should be much stiffer penalties. Like first offense - lose your car. Second offense - jail time and maybe lose a pinky or something....

 

The broke ass fools driving in their new C series merc, 3 series bmw, etc. who think their low end lux car is the hottest shit on the road, and drive it as such.

 

English Driving (aka driving in the left lane) in America.