Driving Rants!!!

[Think Blue]

I had to bring this back as it is one of the best threads I've ever read.

1.Unecessary Braking- These people have no one infront of them for miles and no stop lights or signs anywhere close, but they need to keep taping on their breaks for no reason and do so for the next 3 miles.

2.Changing lanes and hitting the brakes- I have no idea what is wrong with these people, but they need their heads examined. They cut you off and they instantly slam on the brakes making you almost rear end them. I know you don't want to go that fast but you sped up to get into this lane and you need to keep some of that speed til the people behind you have adjusted, you can't just hit the brakes moron.

3.Riced out cars- Yes you have a Civic, no you do not have to get a crappy body kit a muffler and 70 stickers for team exterme. Fix the F'ing motor and suspension first you idiot, all the stuff you did might get you a sliver more of performance. All that noise and I'm still going faster than you :rolleyes:

4.People who can't turn- When your about to turn off on to a street make sure you get over don't just do it from the middle of the lane. Also use your damn blinkers, otherwise I think your going stright and I don't like slamming on the brakes,but I guess it's my fault I didn't know that you were turning.

[FastFoodFlunky]

1. Drivers who have never heard of "turn signals" before.

2. Loud mufflers/music blaring so everyone within a mile radius can hear it.

3. People who are getting into the left turn lane that kind of just mosey on into the lane without quickly clearing the way for the people behind them. Here's how I get into the left turn lane at a traffic signal:

1. Signal the left turn.
2. Quickly move into the left lane.
3. Begin to brake once the car is fully in the lane.

However, most people usually don't signal, and slowlyyyy drift into the left lane while braking at the same time. I like to do things quickly so I won't PO the drivers behind me. I know that when the person in front of me is leaving my lane, I like to speed up a bit. The lane drifters completely prevent that, and sometimes cause you to stop with them because half their car is still in your lane. :mad:

[Greenday]

I can sum it up in just one word: Benny's.

Especially when two of them pass you on a street with double yellow lines and the turn onto the street you are turning onto, then begin racing and nearly hit somebody.

If you are from New Jersey, you'll completely understand me.

[blas87]

Thank you, ThinkBlue........I'm glad this topic was brought back again! Hopefully we can keep this only about driving rants this time, and not the seatbelt debate and the insurance crap. This thread is too good to get shut down because of petty arguments.

As usual:

Tailgaters. I'm not even driving too slow, rather, I usually go about 5 over, but no more than that.

However, I know which medians the cops sit in and clock people, so I might not always go faster on the highway. Sorry, but going faster to please you isn't worth a speeding ticket. I wish more people would get pulled over for tailgating. Besides, there are people out there worse than me, who will brake-check ANYONE who tailgates them. But hey, if rear ending someone is what it takes to prove to these people to either pass nicely or stay back, then that's what it's gonna take.

Passing.....I hate people who weave/zipzip/zoom zoom really fast into and out of lanes. Just switch lanes nicely. Not too fast, not too slow.

Semi trucks: I respect the job of the semi truck driver, I respect the size of the big rig, and I respect how it can't stop on a dime nor accelerate like a rice burner. However......

Semi trucks shouldn't tailgate. I won't brake-check a big rig because I don't wanna get killed, but if a deer jumped out and I had to brake hard, well, you can imagine......it's NOT worth getting into an accident. It's NOT my fault that you are late. I know you're on a schedule, but, know what? Leave earlier. That applies for everyone on the road as well.

Semi trucks shouldn't "hold hands". Semis should only go into the fast lane if they are passing or need to turn off that lane. I'm not a speed demon or in a huge hurry, but it really clogs up traffic when two big rigs are both doing 50 mph (the exact speed limit) and neither one is passing the other, and it continues for miles and miles.

OLD PEOPLE:
Ernie and Edna........you two better have good insurance. Because one day, one of you are going to run me over at Wal-Mart, and I am going to sue you for every penny that you have left. And then I'm going to make sure that your children/grandchildren take away your Cadillac and make sure that you never drive and endanger another life again! Besides, you don't need a Cadillac anyway.

Young people may drive bad, I'm not saying that they don't.........but these old people and their slow reflexes and their bad hearing.....not to mention their blinker left on for miles and miles with the seatbelt flapping out the door.

[Luna]

I can sum it up in just one word: Benny's.
Especially when two of them pass you on a street with double yellow lines and the turn onto the street you are turning onto, then begin racing and nearly hit somebody.
If you are from New Jersey, you'll completely understand me.

Hehe, isn't that everyone from NJ though? ..and the visiting New Yorkers with their souped up SUVs...

I've learned that:

blinkers are optional
it's okay to drive in two lanes at the same time
don't let people merge - even if they're running out of road. Speed up and block them, then give them the finger
tailgate in the rain - keeps people on their toes
left hand turn only? Don't sweat it - just keep your left blinker on and turn right. The car in the right lane should jump out of your way b/c you are God.
slam your brakes at the yellow light so the car behind you almost hits you - then speed through the yellow light so they are stuck at the red. You've showed them!
Honk at the car in front of you at the red light. They should blow the light - get themselves killed so you can navigate the intersection without waiting for the green.
cut people off and then slam on the brakes
when turning off the highway, make a complete STOP before doing so instead of pulling onto the shoulder of the road and then turning
trucks need to stop tailgating - if I have to stop, I will 99% most likely DIE. Arsholes.
cars with the souped up tailfin, muffler extenders...and the body that is rusting away to pieces with an engine that sounds like my grandmother lawn mower...shut up! No one thinks you're cool
Hang up the phone and DRIVE
if you can't see over the dash, and your reflexes aren't quick enough to swat a fly let alone break or turn - stay OFF the road.

[Phone Jockey]

1. Drivers who have never heard of "turn signals" before.

OMG, that is my ONE PET PEEVE! I mean, I understand if it's midnight & you're changing lanes WAAAAAAAAAAAY down the road from me. However, if it's lunchtime traffic, PLEASE indicate when you're pulling out RIGHT in front of me...that would be most appreciated!!! :mad:

[Crosshair]

I have a good one. I saw someone tailgating a slow moving truck in its blind spot. What makes it even better is that the truck was carrying FIREWORKS. (I saw the HAZMAT label on the truck. The word "Explosive" is kinda universal.) I can just imagine this person rear ending this truck and watching what happens from a safe distance. I have seen people tailgating tanker trucks. I have a copy of the HAZMAT book in my car and I wonder what people would think if I was able to tell them what chemical they where trying to get spilled on their hood.

One of the better ones was some idiot in a Civic who was tailgaiting a truck that was carrying 1052. That is the UN/NA ID number for Anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride.:eek: (BTW, 1790 is the ID number if it is in a solution. 1203 is gasoline.) Nice job numbnuts, your tailgating a truck that is carrying a chemical that will disolve glass, metal, concrete and who knows what else. Not to mention that it can and will turn your bones to dust when it is absorbed through your skin.

People need to learn that if a truck on the road has a HAZMAT label, it means: "STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM THIS VEHICLE AND GIVE IT SOME ROOM".

[Dawnchaser]

OLD PEOPLE:
Ernie and Edna........you two better have good insurance. Because one day, one of you are going to run me over at Wal-Mart, and I am going to sue you for every penny that you have left. And then I'm going to make sure that your children/grandchildren take away your Cadillac and make sure that you never drive and endanger another life again! Besides, you don't need a Cadillac anyway.


Hehehehe...I live in a "gated community" where probably 75% of the population is over 65 and oh man do I feel the pain of this one!

I've mentioned my elderly father before who has macular degeneration and just recently gave up his license. He worked 2 jobs all his life and has always been very active...if he can give it up so can anyone else who needs to.

One of my friends was crossing the street several months ago and got hit by an OLDOLDOLD man. My friend was dazed and sitting there somewhat confused...luckily he wasn't _badly_ injured...just hurt his back, knocked out some teeth, and gave him a concussion. Could've been much worse.

Old dude got out of his car...looked over the group of people that had gathered, looked right at my friend (covered in blood and dirt) and said "Where's the young man I hit?"

Then the cops came and suddenly the story changed and my friend had "ran out right in front of him!" :mad: Luckily there were witnesses and the cops weren't too inclined to believe the old crazy man anyway. I hope his license was revoked, but probably not...

My friend got a settlement of course...not a huge one, but reasonable. Unfortunately his work has a very strict attendance policy and so even with doctor's notes etc. you can be penalized. With this incident and his staph infection, he got written up and lost out on a raise and promotion. Sigh.

My work isn't as strict about such things, and my particular job allows me more flexibility than many of my coworkers...so had it been me, I have all the time in the world to sue people and I guarantee there would've been war waged. I'd be suing his ass off and making damn sure his license was taken away.

[Lace Neil Singer]

1. Chavs and their chaviots. Basically, those are crappy old bangers that are souped up with extras and stupid stuff like blue light underneath and massive sound systems pumping out their sh***y music. I absolutely hate them as they always tailgate me and beep me cuz of course me and my moped are so inferior to their crapmobile. :rolleyes:

2. 4by4s and people carriers. Basically, unless you plan to drive offroad; you don't need a 4by4. Unless you have several kids, you don't need a people carrier. If you are incapable of controlling a large vehicle, you should stick to a small car for the sake of all other road users.

3. Jaguar and Beemer men. Basically, these men see their car as a penis extention and see being behind a woman as being an insult to their manhood. Ditto goes for anyone on a smaller vehicle, ie a moped. I've had a Beemer man (BMW man) driving right up behind me in a manner that would severely endanger me was I to make an emergency stop all the way up a road... I only escaped him by zooming thru an amber light so he got stopped by the red.

4. Anyone who guns their engine or does dangerous stunts when they overtake me. :rolleyes: I am not impressed; I just think you're a prat.

5. People who don't view me as traffic, or who don't look when coming out of a side turning. The first people annoy me cuz they come up to a junction, look, see me coming and then zoom out anyway... causing me to slam on my brakes and put my hand on my horn. Obviously they're suffering from selective blindness (this also affects customers who don't see signs) or look at me and see a pushbike. If your idiocy causes an accident, you will be sorry. The last person to hit my bike cuz of his own stupidity ended up paying me 5 grand. The second people need to use the sockets in their head and actually look before driving onto the main road. I shouldn't have to use my horn to tell you that I exist.

6. Parking in the middle of the road to chat with someone either coming the other way or walking on the pavement. The road is not a cafe; park somewhere and meet the other person in a real cafe somewhere instead of causing an obstruction.

7. Old people. Not only do they drive excruciatingly slowly, they also swerve from side to side so you know that even if you are able to overtake, seeing as they drive on the edge of the lane, they'll probably swerve just as you're doing so and crash into you.

8. Lycra louts. In other words, cyclists who dress from head to foot in lycra and insist on riding right in the middle of the lane. I can get past them but people in cars would have a real problem.


I'll probably be back to add to this later. XD

[LadyMage]

Oh man. I live in New York, enough said...*cracks knuckles* Seen it from the pedestrian and driver and passenger standpoint. HOI.

1. Okay, crazy insane drivers. I am a PEDESTRIAN. NOT a shrub or a mailbox. You DO NOT mow me down or attempt to. Doing so encourages me to smack you someplace painful with a frozen haddock.

2. Bus drivers: I don't know what heavy metal your foot is made from but I don't appreciated trying to get to the front doors in a nearly empty bus and finding myself nearly kissing the windshield because you braked roughly. neither my feet nor my face appreciate it and YES, that glare was for you.

3. Ricers: Unless you want me to rip off your rims and place them somewhere very painful, do NOT tail me, do NOT blast your music and DO NOT hold your drag races on my quiet, residential street with parked cars at three in the morning. Mom and I have to sleep. Mom and I also won't hesitate to call the cops on your psychotic asses, but unfortunately, you drive too fast to catch the license plates. Also, please, with cherry on top, don't futz around with two militant Russian New Yorkers in the wee hours of morning. Not a wise idea, mkay?

4. Figure Skaters on Wheels: it's a HIGHWAY. Not a skating rink for cars. When traffic moves 60 mph, YOU move 60 mph. NOT 160 mph. I've seen you some mightily impressive maneuvers, but this ain't safe or healthy. Mkay?

5. Cell phone talkers: Oh, this is a favorite pet peeve of mine. I've been nearly T-boned while in a cab when some bint in a HUGE white Yukon tried to pull out while talking on the cell phone. She somehow missed the huge clunky Linc that the cab is. I was in the passenger seat on her side and if not for me screaming profanity out the window, I'd have the morgue picking out metal shards from my cooling corpse. I don't normally curse people out loud (no matter what people think, I may be a militant b**** but I keep my mouth closed...mostly) but if I didn't, I'd be dead now.

That said, to those people I say, that if I could confiscate and resell all the cell phones that nearly jeopardized someone's life because their owner refused to detach them from their ears, I'd retire. I'm thinking of actually DOING that, but it'd be considered theft. Drat.

6. Most importantly....DO NOT, ever, at all, attempt to run a red light in any direction and when you mow someone down, claim that you "didn't see them." Bull. My friend's mother got mowed down like that and I myself had to dodge several cars that way. People are NOT part of the scenery and most certainly do not belong under wheels. Bonus if you're not licensed (as in case with friend's mom) - because then I call the cops. DO NOT f*** with the NYPD traffic unit. EVER. Especially when the person calling knows several officers and a judge.

[Becks]

One of my biggest problems (aside from some that have already been mentioned) are the winners who, in attempting to merge into your lane ahead of you, almost merge into the hood of your car, instead.

[Dawnchaser]

Dealt with idiocy on the way to work today. Husband was driving. We'd hardly gotten away from the house at this point too.

Waiting to turn, left turn only lane. Car in front of us. Light turns green. Car sits there. And sits there. Guy/gal in car looks around. Stares ahead. Looks around some more. Stares ahead.

Husband has had enough of this nonsense and honks. Person in car takes off like they've been shot, across the road (not turning left mind you), pulls over to the right and flips us off.

Oh yeah that's some class right there.

I can only assume s/he was lost...but damn don't just sit there blocking the way for everyone else! (There was really no space to just go around...if such a thing is even allowed?)

[Slave to the Phone]

People on cell phones scare me to death. When I see the hand at the ear, I drop back, pass or speed up to get away from the vehicle. I know some people think they can safely talk and drive, but back in the day I knew people who didn't think drunk driving was wrong, either.

Drunk/impared drivers. I have a cell phone and I'm not afraid to pull over to the side of the road and use it.

SUVs. If I hit a car, chanches are good that I will fly over the car and spend a lot of my momention in the air. I won't have a soft landing, but the ground hurts a lot less at 45 mph than at 65 mph. If I hit a SUV, I will spend all of my momention at impact. And likely die. Harley Davidson stickers on SUV's make my brain hurt.

Idiot bikers who make the rest of us look bad. Besides, they clog up the Emergancy Rooms and drive up the cost of health care for the rest of us.

Morons on big sport bikes who want to race me. Its not going to happen for 2 reasons:

1. I'm smarter than you. Street racing is incredibly dangerous and I didn't live this long by riding stupid.

2. I'm nicer than you. I can tell by looking that you haven't had that machine long enough to know how it reacts at different speeds. I don't want to see you blow up your engine and/or tranny because you fumbled the controls at high torque. I also don't want to watch you die, even though it would clean up the gene pool a little.

2b. I'm smarter AND nicer than you. People who know nothing about bikes can tell by looking that my Sportster is heavily modified. People who know a little about bikes can tell by looking that I've modified the exhaust and carboration systems. Stock Sporties already have an insane power ratio and anyone with half a brain would be able to guess that I haven't limited myself to external modifications. If you are so insecure that you need to race little old ladies on Sportsters to prove your worth, you'll be devistated when I smoke you.

[susan]

Here are some of mine:

-People who insist on double parking, even though there is an empty spot a car length away. I don't care if it is only for a minute...there is no reason to block everyone else, not when there is a spot so close!

-People who drive past several signs warning them that a particular lane is going to close and insist on waiting until the very last second to merge into another lane. Especially when they speed past the big gap in traffic I purposely leave just to make it easier for them to change lanes. YOU are the reason traffic has slowed to a standstill, not the construction.

-People who honk their horns the instant the light turns green. I swear some people put their hands on the horn button as soon as the light turns red. Inertia is a pretty powerful force and it does take a car a second or two to overcome it. I'm losing those seconds from my life, too.

-Pedestrians who step out into the street without even looking and/or cross as if they have all the time in the world. Especially ones who cross against the light, futz around in the middle of the road, and then complain loudly to their friends about the "white b****" who tried to run them over. I'm sorry you hadn't completely finished crossing the road, but I am not going to miss my light because you are an ignorant cow. (I just want to make it clear that I wasn't even close to hitting her. I just moved the car as soon as I safely could. She just thought it was too soon).

[Pagan]

Here's a few -

- People who drive with one foot on the brake and one on the gas, thereby having the brake light go on and off constantly. Not only is it incredibly annoying, but it's distracting as all get out.:hairpull:

- Soccer moms in their huge SUVs that can't back them properly, I've seen some take about 5 minutes to get out of the stupid space. If you can't back it, you shouldn't be driving it!

- Please, please, for the love of all that's holy, look behind you before you back up! I've had this as a driver and as a pedestrian. And then, on top of it, they have the nerve to get mad at you! The worst place is in the parking areas of my apartment complex. Like they can't believe that anyone else could possibly be driving or walking there!

- CELL PHONES - don't really need to say more....but I will! It's to the place where I can tell the difference between someone yakkin' on a cell or someone drunk. Honestly, I'd rather have the drunk, at least they're trying!

[stickycoins]

People who think they are invisible when they get in the car. You wouldn't believe how many I see driving past my store with their fingers knuckle-deep in their noses!

[angelkirie]

1. Ok picture this: You're driving in the far right lane after just having merged from one freeway to another...Less than 100 yards ahead of where you have just come from is ANOTHER lane merging on. Just then a semi decides he needs to be in your lane and begins his move just as the other cars are merging as well. Then of course the semi doesn't get off the freeway (which would almost make that irresponsible merging disaster understandable) he just keeps going, mindless of the 20 car pileup he just almost caused.

2. Seattle drivers. You'd think we'd be used to the rain. But NO! Every time a single drop falls from the sky, all hell breaks loose.

3. When it's raining SO hard that you can barely see the road even through the hi-speed setting on your wipers, there's traffic and it's dark... some dipshit thinks it's okay to go 90.

4. Optional blinkers. I once rode with a friend down to the mall and he starts swearing up a storm, cussing out the guy behind him in the other lane because he wasn't being let in. I look over and sure enough, he doesn't even have his blinker on.... How is anyone supposed to know you want over if you don't use your blinker! duh!

5. People that have to crank their steering wheel really really hard to change lanes really really fast. Why? Can't you just make it a gradual thing like everyone else?!

6. People that KNOW they're going to piss everyone off by what they're doing (i.e, driving on the shoulder to get around people merging and then finally cutting someone off to merge way up the road) and then get pissed at you when you call them on it and won't let thim in.

7. Bad drivers on cell-phones, with kids in the car. The trifecta... I want to sterilize these people! I really don't care if your conversation is so important that you miss your turn, hop a median and then almost side-swipe someone that who got off the exit legally and conscienciously. That's your own stupid-ass fault. But doing it with a four year old in a car-seat behind you? :burnup: <-- (new favorite smiley btw)

8. I'm driving an 85 Jeep Grand Wagoneer... It's heavy and made out of very sharp, very hard metal. You're driving a 2002 Honda Accord, made out of plastic. You really thing you're gonna cut me off and slam on your brakes? Puhleeze.

9. Weaving back and forth in a lane when you want me to go faster. It's not intimidating. It makes me want to brake-check you.

I seriously consider driving around with a box of the Washington State Drivers Ed handbooks so I can hand them out at stoplights. Or follow people home and leave it on their windshield.

[Bella_Vixen]

My biggest pet peeve when I was learning how to drive, and one of which I am now guilty is...not turning into the proper lane. It freaked me out when people would turn into the far lane, and now I do it myself. Some influence I am on my nephew, who just got his temps, huh? :eyewaggle:

[Slave to the Phone]

I agree with everything you said, just want to address these points.

2. Seattle drivers. You'd think we'd be used to the rain. But NO! Every time a single drop falls from the sky, all hell breaks loose.

Thank you for posting this. The same thing happens here in central Arizona, so I thought our idiots were special. Its a little scarey to see that they aren't.

8. I'm driving an 85 Jeep Grand Wagoneer... It's heavy and made out of very sharp, very hard metal. You're driving a 2002 Honda Accord, made out of plastic. You really thing you're gonna cut me off and slam on your brakes? Puhleeze.

HAHAHA!!! I can feel another rant coming on.

My other car is a very lifted jeep. Its a toy, we rarely drive it on the road. We actually use it for its intended use and have installed heavy duty skid-plates under the gas tank (the factory skid plates under your gas tank are a joke), tranny and engine.

We have extra metal under the fenders, a full roll-cage, I-beam bumpers with rock wheels and all the extra's that mean we could roll down Camelback mountain and walk away.

Its not a Jeep anymore, its a beat up tank. A street legal tank. When we do have to use public roads, we stay to the right lane on freeways and pull over to let people pass on single lane roads.

So...to the rants:

Do not tailgate tanks. Should they be able to stop faster than you in an emergancy, your car will stop with the engine right under the gas tank. Guess who will walk and drive away from this one?

Do not breakcheck tanks. We can't stop as fast as you can and our vehicles are designed to go over car sized rocks without damage. You might be in the right, technically, but I'm the one who will back my tank off your car and walk away.

If I am in the slow lane and a slow semi is passing me, do not tailgate me and flash your lights. It tends to annoy the driver in the car ahead of me who usually responds by slowing down. (I only see the lights by reflection, but the driver in front of prolly thinks I'm the ass, not you.)

[bars.of.a.rhyme]

-The kids in the SUV at that red light last night. We both had our windows down and they decided to inform me that my music (which I was playing at a low, tasteful volume) sucked. Hmm. They're right. Having the radio at such a low volume doesn't do Dire Straits justice at all. This does suck. I crank it all the way up for the duration of the stoplight, as per their request.

-People in SUVs with halogen headlamps who drive with their brights on no matter how well lit the street is. This is annoying enough in my car (a Volvo), but it is more annoying in my dad's car, which is a Saab and is much closer to the ground. It's like having a spotlight on you, I feel like getting out of the car at an intersection and singing a goddamn aria.

-People who sit on my car when it's parked. And I'm in it. And the engine is on.

-People who don't let you merge even if you're running out of lane. I had one guy the other day who purposely matched my speed - very well - so that I couldn't get into his precious lane.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Anyone doing anything while they're driving. This includes the following:

* Applying makeup
* Shaving
* Lighting a cigarette
* Yacking on a mobile phone
* Fiddling with your CD player/CDs
* Fiddling with... um, you get the picture
* Eating

Honestly, either me or my friends/parents have seen people doing these.

[ArenaBoy]

For those who live in Michigan, we all know how bad some people are in the hand state. On to my rant:

1. Tailgaters, I almost got into a :censored: accident because of them. It's winter, roads are icy, and I'm in my little Saturn. Guy in a SUV is tailgating me, and I had to turn without slowing down because of him. Guess what? I fishtailed and almost collided head on with an oncoming car. What an asshole.

2. Not going when the light is green. When it's green, it's green. No need to remain there when people are getting pissed at you.

3. SUV drivers, I do not care if you have a bigger car than me. If you're using it to imtimidate me forget it, it's not working.

4. Guys with fancy cars, ever see Mrs. Doubtfire? There's a certain line about compensating for inadequecies and you're doing it.

5. Tailgate me, I'll slow down even more, on a one lane road, no passing, for the next 20 miles. :devil: If you continue tailgating, I'll be your worse nightmare.

6. FOR THE LOVE OF HUMANITY, GET OFF THE CELL PHONE!!!!!

7. Please stop speeding up when I'm changing lanes.

8. Quit cutting me off.

9. Ricers, you're a pain in the ass. Street racing on my street NEAR the police station is a dumb idea. Get a life morons, Fast and the Furious is a movie, not your life, and I'm trying to sleep.

10. There is no need to block up two turn lanes so you can get to the left turn lane.

[ditchdj]

Is it any wonder that the signs in road construction zones in Michigan say: "Injure/kill a worker: $7500 + 15 years"??? And I'd still hear about road construction workers on the news all the time getting blasted into the pavement by idiot drivers going 70mph in the zones up there.

[One-Fang]

1. Failure to indicate. Obviously a biggie for lots of people. :)

2. Evidently, when one is going to turn off a road again very shortly, one doesn't need to give way when turning on to it.

3. The teenagers last week, a carload of boys and a carload of girls (each driving a car I couldn't have possibly contemplated being let near when I was a teen), who drove along the main thoroughfare having a conversation. Between cars. Across lanes. Driving slowly. And giving *me* dirty looks for honking my horn at them.

4. Drivers who want to turn left (Americanising this for your convenience) but there's not enough of a gap. So they cross both lanes, turn left anyway, and pull onto the shoulder. Technically safe, but when I see a car turning left right in front of me without room to fit, I panic. On one road they frequently do this, there is a turning lane on the left, not a shoulder. So they pull into the turning lane - but then what is the traffic behind, doing 80kph, supposed to do if they wanted to turn? They can't use the lane, because they'd have to slam the brakes far too hard because you've blocked it.

5. (related to 1.) - Yes okay, so you're going to indicate. More than one 'tick' please? Drivers who do use their indicators, after they've already started to turn. You get one blink, and that's it. It's off again. Yeah, that was really helpful. Thanks man.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

OMG, that is my ONE PET PEEVE! I mean, I understand if it's midnight & you're changing lanes WAAAAAAAAAAAY down the road from me. However, if it's lunchtime traffic, PLEASE indicate when you're pulling out RIGHT in front of me...that would be most appreciated!!! :mad:

Oh yes, the "Turns Signals are Optional" people. . .

How about those who use them, but then turn in the OPPOSITE direction? Don't these people know left from right anymore or did Mommy and Daddy not teach them that?:confused:

While I don't drive, I've been in the passenger's seat long enough to learn what NOT to do. These include:

1) Cell phones and driving go togther like peas and carrots. So does coffee and driving/putting on makeup while driving/et al.

2) A main road through town is definitely the place you want to slow down at least 10 miles BELOW the speed limit and sightsee as if you're buying the neighborhood. Bonus points if you can't see over the dashboard/have a cellphone to your ear/eating/drinking/whatever. It's also considered good manners to ignore the ten cars behind you that are honking their horns and yelling and cussing at you to get out of the way.:rolleyes:

3) Again, turn signals are an option on vehicles, not a requirement. Gotta test out the brakes on the vehicle behind you, right?

4) Passing another vehicle will get you noticed, especially on a road that has a double line. Nevermind the signs saying NO PASSING ZONE - the state doesn't enforce anything. Bonus points if it's early in the morning . . . gotta get that adrenaline rush going for all concerned.

5) Parking lots are for speeding through. Those speedbumps are fun to fly over, aren't they? Nevermind pedestrians - they need to get their excercise by dogding out of the way. Same goes for other drivers.

6) Oh, and let's not forget the Mobile Carnivals (those little riced out cars w/the thumping and/or booming car stereos that can be heard in the next state.) Yeah, you're cool but you'll be cooler when you're pushing fifty and wearing double hearing aids.

7) Looking both ways before crossing an intersection is for sissies apparently. Moses didn't have to look both ways, he simply parted the sea. So can you w/your vehicle as you dart out there in front of oncoming traffic.

8) Those stop signs are for show. See rule #7

9) See rule #7 for the Yield sign as well.

10) Don't forget to cut in front of traffic so you can be real cool sitting a foot over the white line at the stop light. Nevermind that common sense tells you that you're still going to be stuck at the red light for the same amount of time - YOU MUST BE FIRST.

Did I leave anything out of the Driving Handbook for SC's?:wave:

[thegiraffe]

I know we have this thread somewhere, but I'm not going to search for it...I have to leave for work in 20 mins.

I was stuck behind a dry-pool diving team member yesterday leaving work. The school I work at is in a neighborhood, so it's 25mph until you get to the main road. That wasn't a problem, he was doing 22 or 23...I can live with that. HOWEVER, the main road is a highway. It's 55mph. 20 in a 55 is NOT cool, especially when (a) I have somewhere to be, and (b) I'd really rather NOT get hit from behind at 55mph. He insisted on doing 20. It's a 2-lane road with a double yellow line, so I couldn't pass him. Instead, I tapped my horn. He SLOWED DOWN. Grrrrr. So I laid on it. He pulled off into a turn lane (I don't know if he was really turning or what), and rolled his window down. I floored it, laid on the horn (I like my horn :devil:), and sped past him.

Don't people understand how dangerous it is to go less than HALF the posted speed limit? It's really hard to tell a pokey car when you're coming up behind them, and I would be the one to get hit because of his stupidity. Grr.

What are some of the dumbest, most inconsiderate drivers you've encountered?

[MadMike]

Merged with the original thread. :)


Don't people understand how dangerous it is to go less than HALF the posted speed limit? It's really hard to tell a pokey car when you're coming up behind them, and I would be the one to get hit because of his stupidity. Grr.


Even worse is when they cut out in front of you, from an intersection or whatever, and then proceed to go half the speed you were originally going. Why do people act like they're in so much of a hurry to get ahead of you, but then go all slow?

[ditchdj]

What's funny is that last summer when my scooter was stolen, it was recovered by the police pulling over someone on it for running a stop sign. :lol:

[protege]

Even worse is when they cut out in front of you, from an intersection or whatever, and then proceed to go half the speed you were originally going.

I had some crackhead in a Neon do that to me this morning. Apparently, she didn't realize that *both* lanes can turn right...and just *had* to get in front of me for some reason. I didn't hit her, but the guy in the right lane (behind me) nearly did when she cut him off...

BTW, what's the deal with the BMW owners locally? It's like their turn signals don't work, and the car can't stay in one lane very long :rolleyes:

[blas87]

Ahh good memories of this thread.......

Lately I have been experiencing a lot of the people who prevent you from merging.......people who purposely speed up with you and match your speed so that you cannot get in. One night I had to take the wrong exit, turn around, and make a 2nd attempt at getting onto the highway because some asshole decided that I was NOT going to get into HIS lane.

On the way home from the mall, I only need to merge 1 lane left, and my exit is a mile away from there. Some random retard thought it'd be hilarious to not let me in, so I had to keep braking and braking until I could get in. Once I was down to about 40 (in a 65....rrr....nearly causing a pileup) the retard had his laugh and kicked it to 75, and I could finally get in and speed up. I couldn't beat a Cougar, and I wasn't going to try. I hope that made his day. Freak.

[iradney]

You guys would never survive driving in South Africa - you'd kill all the taxi drivers!
Seriously, these guys are a law unto themselves. If traffic is slow or backed up, they go up on the shoulder (if the pavement isn't too high) or in the emergency lane. When they get to an obstacle, they just push right in, and woe betide you if you don't let them in! They feel no problem with tapping on your car (yes, they lean out their window and rap on your car), pulling up next to you to shout at you, and even in some instances, drag you out of your car and assualt you. (Luckily the last one never happened to me).

Following distance does NOT apply to them. Yep, they just love to crawl up your butt, and you pray and pray that their brakes are working! Speed limits don't apply to them as well, and if you're keeping to the limit, heck even if you're going 20 above the speed limit, they flash their lights and hooooooooooot. I even saw one swigging from a bottle of beer while driving :eek:!

And yes, I go through this every day when I drive to work, to gym and home again.

[nick1091]

Two that really stuck in my craw this morning:

1. Exit only lanes - They give you notice a mile ahead of time that a particular lane is exit only. Why in the world does it only occur to some morons at the absolute last minute "Hey, this isn't the lane I want?"

2. Merge from two lanes to one - A smart as a whip gentleman this morning figured that the twelve people braked in the left lane were only doing so because we were idiots. By all means, jerk yourself right into the right lane and zoom ahead of all of us. Clearly your Mercedes SUV entitles you to line-jump all of us sedan driving peons.

[ditchdj]

Hey iradney, you ever have any problems with baboons crossing out into the street like we do with deers??? I hear that they're a really big nuisance in some neighborhoods down there. :lol:

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1542542,00.html

As a tourist I think it would be really neat to be able to interact with these animals, the kind that you only see in zoos that you dont get a chace to do here.

[iradney]

Hey iradney, you ever have any problems with baboons crossing out into the street like we do with deers??? I hear that they're a really big nuisance in some neighborhoods down there. :lol:

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1542542,00.html

As a tourist I think it would be really neat to be able to interact with these animals, the kind that you only see in zoos that you dont get a chace to do here.


LOL
maybe on the more coastal regions. Here in the city you don't see baboons.
And no, you don't want to interact with baboons. Those things have HUGE SHARP TEETH and they have no problem with biting.

[Tanasi]

Dry-pool diving team

OK I give what's Dry-pool diving?

[Rapscallion]

Something people who aren't very clever do, I think.

Rapscallion

[It's me]

Two lane road (one in either direction).

Construction.

Rush hour.

Bumper-to-bumper traffic, crawling along.

Takes twenty minutes to cover a distance that usually takes less than one minute.

Jerk driving on the shoulder blasts by the line of crawling cars.

Some twenty-odd minutes later I get to a place in the road where the shoulder is blocked by a bridge abutment.

There, on the shoulder, with his signal light on was our friendly neighbourhood jerk trying to squeeze back into traffic.

TWENTY minutes he must have been sitting there. And NO ONE let him in!

SWEET!

[MMATM]

This past summer on the way to a Crosby Stills Nash and Young concert, traffic was backed up for about 3 miles before the concert exit. Despite this, plenty of poster children for license revocation were rolling merrily on by in the breakdown lane, and you could hear them coming because of the rumble strip (fun stuff).
About half a mile from the exit, however, the breakdown lane was stopped completely, rather than our stop-and-go status. Turns out the police had blocked off the end of the breakdown lane and were ticketing every single car in the lane. And then holding them. Until everyone else had gone in to park at the concert and the roads were clear again. Must have been 8 or 10 cop cars holding a couple hundred people in the lane, but of course nobody was going to let them the hell into the stop-and-go lanes, though most had their indicators on. The result? Everyone that waited in line made it to the concert reasonably on time (my friends and I had pretty decent seats) whereas the line jumpers weren't released until the roads were clear and therefore missed about a third of the concert, what with walking time from the far end of the humongous parking lot.

[ditchdj]

Don't people realize that everytime you get a ticket for a moving violation your insurance goes up??? And dont think they're not gonna find out about it.

[ladodger34]

I love these threads... I have some dedications of my own..

1) For the douchebag that nearly hit me head on a couple of months ago. Yes, I know that the semi-truck was slowing you down. However, the entrance to the freeway was less than a mile from where you almost hit me. Passing that truck really didn't save you much time did it? I'd really like to believe that my life (and less importantly, my car) is worth more than 30 seconds of your time.

2) To sweet revenge. It happens more often than not, but some knucklehead will pull a boneheaded passing maneuver because I'm "only" going 65 on a two lane road with a speed limit of 55. Know why I don't jones to pass people on that road or go much faster than 65? It usually happens that after you pass me, I end up catching up to you because a semi-truck is in front of you. You essentially endangered my life to get a car length ahead of me and to go slower than you were when you passed me. Good job!

3) (too keep it). To the folks who can't park because their cars are too big. For the love of god, if you can't park you car, please park towards the back of the parking lot. I understand that your car is expensive and can be hard to park. BUT, it doesn't mean that you should be rude about it. By all means, take up a couple of spaces out in no mans land. I've done it myself when I wasn't comfortable driving my brother's truck or the big truck at work. No one is going to mind your shitty parking if you park out there. I do mind your shitty parking when you take up a couple of prime parking spots (actually I don't mind it so much, but the idea that someone thinks they are shit does bug me).

[BookstoreEscapee]

OK I give what's Dry-pool diving?

Think what would happen if you were to dive head first into an empty pool. Dain Bramage!

Let's see...people who try to get past on my right when I'm waiting to turn left into my street. The "shoulder" is only a foot or so wide, the ground goes up a foot or more on the side of the road, and there is a telephone pole directly across from the end of my street. This is how I got rear ended a few years ago, because some guy sped around me on the right and the guy behind him didn't see me stopped until it was too late, and that is the reason I don't leave room to get around me anymore in the first place. So hold your horses and wait till I turn.

Going from one lane to two...on my way to work I get to a spot that goes from one lane to two. The second lane is a left turn only, but it starts earlier than most turn lanes so that people can also use it to turn into the Dunkin Donuts parking lot. I was just at the end of the two lane part, not quite in either lane yet (hello, traffic!) and some idiot behind me is beeping at me and trying to get past me. As a result I ended up in the left lane when I didn't really want to be.

[powerboy]

When I had my 2003 Ford F150. The asshats, that would be on my ass, when I driving. I cannot see you, if I brake fast, you will get hurt.

The Ricers = Nuff Said

People merging into my lane, and slowing way down.

People that absolutely have to be get in front of me, and only to turn, the way I am. I do have the blinkers on, so please don't go around.

People that blasts their stereos, so loud, that people in another city can party to it. It is annoying when i am trying to listen to my radio, and I can't hear a word of it. Also when my car is vibrating, because of the said radio's sound waves.

People who try to intimidate me, because they have a newer vehicle. It is not working. I like mine, since I am mature enough, to drive right. Also it gets me from point A to point B, just fine.

Asshats, that honks for me to go, right when the light turns green. God forbids, they actually have to wait for about 2-3 seconds.

People that flip me off, when it is my turn to go. I am not stopping because you were yakking away on your phone, and did not pay attention who's turn it is.

Some people can drive good while driving, I am one of them. But I hate the ones, that are asshats, because they are talking on the phone, and not paying attention.

People who speeds threw a red light. I had one to that to me, a couple of days ago. Almost caused us to get into an accident, and I don't need that.

People with the DVD Players in the vehicles. WTF??? I know you have kids, and they are watching it, that is understandable. But for you to have one in the front, so that you are watching it while you drive. That just boggles the mind.

People who not go, when the light turns green. I give you enough time, to move, but after 5 seconds, I will honk at you, so don't flip me off. I don't care if I ruined any chance you had with a HO. Had a guy do that to me last month. I don't want to wait while you are trying to hook up with someone, I do have to be someplace at certain times, also. Plus, no one wants to wait a 10 minute light more then once.

The asshats that thinks that stop signs are just for decorations.

When someone is waiting to cross the street, don't wait til they are directly infront of you, to gun it. That is certainly not cool. Someone done that to me and one of my ex girlfriends once.

People who will see that I am coming, and walk slowly into the street making me come to a complete stop, from 30mph - stop, while everyone behind me, is still coming at 30mph.

[jb17kx]

People who will see that I am coming, and walk slowly into the street making me come to a complete stop, from 30mph - stop, while everyone behind me, is still coming at 30mph.
I have seen that many times here in Melbourne. Most sucky would be the man who walked out in front of tram he knew was coming, expecting it to stop.
Tram kept going.
Tram driver just rings away at the gong, and this guy has to retreat.

Seriously, people, the 30 seconds you lose waiting for tram is nothing compared to the hour everybody looses while ambos and coppers scrape your body off the bumper. Not to mention the time of the 100 witnesses who will say that you stepped out without looking and the tram driver didn't brake so as to protect the passengers.

[Talon]

People who speeds threw a red light. I had one to that to me, a couple of days ago. Almost caused us to get into an accident, and I don't need that.



That happened to me last summer.

I was making a left turn when some needledick floored it through the red light. There was a time when I didn't check my blind spots before turning very thoroughly. Good thing I overcame that beforehand. Needledick was driving a big van, and if I hadn't stopped in time he would have hit me on my driver's side. He was going so fast I didn't have time to honk off.

Wow not every day I get to start work with a near-death experience. Irony was that summer the Toronto Police had a heightened speed-blitz program going on. Where's a cop when you need one?

[ditchdj]

Plus, no one wants to wait a 10 minute light more then once.

Yeah I really don't wish to spend my afternoon wasting gas staring at someone's stupid ass. It ain't like gas is heading back toward 3 bucks a gallon or anything.

People here usually drive like they're the only people on the road. They don't pay attention to anything or anybody on the road and when someone pulls out in front of you and you almost him them THEY give YOU this stupid :wtf: look. Down here it's usually the Newburgh Snobs with their ridiculously oversized/overpriced SUV's that engage in this kind of idiocy.

[Tanasi]

I took the day off to take my Mom out for lunch on her birthday (she's 29 btw.) To throw some nostaglia into our adventure I drove one of my Dad's (Lord rest his soul) old pickup's (66 Chevy Fleetside) that I restored. Lunch went well, I fixed a few things for her and around 18:00 I left to go home. As I entered my home city on I-40 from the west a small ricer car hurriedly came up behind and then swung to my left. As the car was passing the front passenger leaned out the window with a ball bat and knocked my mirror off. The rear passenger took a swing at me but hit the door and put a large dent in it. I swerved to the right on to the shoulder and they followed. A few swings later and more dents I get my pistol out and pointed it at them and they took off. For some reason they thought that POS ricer could outrun my big hunk of damnyankee iron and steel. I was within 10 feet of their rear end to get their tag number and then backed off. I then pulled over and called the law. The law is currently looking for these kids. The kids better hope they law finds them first. I actually thought I was going to have to shoot these goomers. I hope tomorrow isn't as exciting.

[powerboy]

Where's a cop when you need one?

That is what I am always saying.

[sarahj]

jb17kx, I'm sure that happens a lot, with the tram. I get drunks walking in front of my car in the CBD in the early morning. It sucks.

I'm a P-plater, meaning I'm on the first 3 years of having my license, and I have these cute red P-plates stuck on the front and rear windows of my car. It's an adorable little '04 Lancer, with hot pink car seats. And I enjoy loud music in it. I think that's why people love to pass me and cut me off. I get it every time I drive longer than 15 minutes.

My bf lives an hour or two away, depending on traffic. People aren't that bad when it's stop-start, other than the occasional idiots who try to pass everyone then merge back in up ahead. It's late at night, 1-2am, that the drunks drive. They swerve between lanes, stopping randomly and not noticing when a red light changes to green. Last night an obviously drunk driver pulled in front of me into a turn lane. The green arrow appears, I wait a sec then honk. The arrow goes red. I honk again in annoyance and we have to wait another few minutes for it to change again. :(

I have issues with people who don't do the speed limit. There's heaps of fixed speed cameras in the area, and I like to stay right on the correct speed. I only go over if I really need to pass someone. But if you do 10 or 20 less than the speed limit, I'll probably speed right up to your tail then back off, or I'll pass you if I can. If I'm on a long drive, to visit the above-mentioned bf, then being stuck behind a slow car for a long stretch can waste precious time.

Plenty of bf's friends race around in their fast cars... They attract the police like crazy, so they should know not to do anything illegal to them, but a few are 'unroadworthy' right now cos they're too low or the rims are too big (not sure how that works). Lol. Bf's '99 Skyline will stay completely legal if he's gonna be driving me around in it. Though he just put in some awesome speakers so I'm expecting it to be quite loud. :)

One last thought... INDICATE! Omg, indicate where you're going. And don't park in a clearway (where it's 'no standing' during certain times, like 6-8am or 6-9pm). And hazard lights don't mean you can stop anywhere and check your Melways (Melbourne/Victoria's map book). Do it at a stop light like the rest of us, and at the next stop light you can change your CD. Lol. I couldn't resist that last one.

Also, even though I drive around late on Friday/Saturday nights, I've never been pulled over by the police and drug or alcohol tested. C'mon, I have pink car seats! Why won't they pull me over? I feel left out. Mum once got breath-tested at noon. We were on our way to granny's house for lunch. I laughed for a full 5 minutes.

[blas87]

Where are the cops when you need them?

They are sitting in medians or following people like me around for having a crack in my windshield instead of looking for tailgaters and speed demons.

[ditchdj]

Where are the cops when you need them?

They are sitting in medians or following people like me around for having a crack in my windshield instead of looking for tailgaters and speed demons.

Yep I've noticed that too. That and they too busy manning the "seatbelt checkpoints" because they really do care you get to your destination safely. ;)

[blas87]

I shouldn't rag on the cops, because they had a "stakeout" or something last night in my neighborhood. Three cop cars were parked on the other side of the street from 7 pm until...I'm not sure, they were still there when I left. If they are doing everything in their power to rid this neighborhood of drug dealers and other scum and degenerates, GOOD.

It's a love/hate thing. I cannot thank them enough for everything they did to protect me at the gas station and everything they do to bring down the bad guys, but at the same time, I just want to be left the hell alone when all I am doing is just going to the farking mall, going the speed limit and using my blinkers. I know I have a cracked windshield and a brake light out. You don't have to follow me for miles to intimidate me, and if you are, just farking pull me over and get it over with.

Back on topic, I'd just like you all to know if you are interested in seeing some real life Fast and the Furious losers, come to my city on Friday and Saturday nights. On the main drag, there is a McDonalds and a Wendys. For some reason, they allow hundreds of stupid kids and their rice burners to loiter in the parking lot. There, they catch up on what they did to modify their ricers during the week. You can see as you drive past, all sorts of lights under their cars, all kinds of obnoxious fartcan revving noises, etc., and once it gets to be late, they all head out into the country and drag race. Watching them all take off is like a high speed funeral procession. "Did you bring the NOS tonight?"

[ditchdj]

I know I have a cracked windshield and a brake light out. You don't have to follow me for miles to intimidate me, and if you are, just farking pull me over and get it over with.

I had heard a former cop say that the rationale behind that is that if you haven't gotten around to fixing your windshield and your brake light then it's a good possibility that there are other things in your life that you haven't taken care of also, like warrants.

Also, if you hit the bars and drink in the 'burbs or townships that some cops will have enough free time to go around in the parking lots and feel the hoods on cars. If a car's hood is cold then it means the owner's been in there drinking for a long time and the cop may sit and watch for you to leave. Pull out of the lot and it's anything out of the ordinary and you're getting pulled over.

[protege]

For some reason, they allow hundreds of stupid kids and their rice burners to loiter in the parking lot. There, they catch up on what they did to modify their ricers during the week. You can see as you drive past, all sorts of lights under their cars, all kinds of obnoxious fartcan revving noises, etc., and once it gets to be late, they all head out into the country and drag race. Watching them all take off is like a high speed funeral procession. "Did you bring the NOS tonight?"

Sounds like what the idiots do here. Last night, I could hear them revving their engines and laying rubber...even though they were literally on the other side of the borough! It's so quiet here at night, you can literally hear a pin drop! Yet, the damn cops were nowhere to be heard. Try that crap during the day, and they'll be on you instantly. Where were they? Apparently, since there were no doughnut shops open, cops were scarce.

I never could figure out why you'd *want* to put lighting under your car. Wouldn't it break on the first speed bump you went over? As to the fart cans, they don't do a damn thing for performance. All they do is annoy the hell out of the rest of us. There's a fine line between *noise* and *power.*

Speaking of rice, it's always hilarious to see them get nailed for speeding. Shortly after I bought the Mazda, I took it down to southern NJ on vacation. I'm minding my own business a few miles from the end of the expressway--the road goes from 4 lanes to 2. Because of that, the cops tend to have a few speed traps. Anyway, I'm going a few miles over the limit, when a pair of riced-out POS cars go roaring past me. I'm doing about 65-70mph, and they passed me like I was standing still! As I come around the last bend, what do I see?

Those two idiots slammed on the brakes, as a pair of NJ state police cars put their lights on--too late to slow down, morons!

[blas87]

These people (I shouldn't have said kids because guys in their 20s and beyond are involved) have a name for their little Fast and Furious club...........anyone who is anyone in that gang gets the logo for their gang/club as a decal across their windshield.

Yeah, I don't give the time of day to any guy I meet that has that on his car. I know he's automatically a loser. People who can't differenciate fantasy movies and reality are losers. You want to race, join Nascar. Driving like an absolute moron at extremely high speeds and pulling stunt maneuvers and doing retarded things to modify your piece of crap Civic is NOT going to impress me.

[It's me]

This probably belongs in sightings, but it's SO on-topic to this thread I'm putting it here....

http://sokkapat.blogspot.com/2006/12/stupid-drivers.html

Enjoy

[Rapscallion]

I posted that one in Check It Out some time ago in its own thread. Some of the stupidity evident is hilarious.

Rapscallion

[blas87]

.....loves it.

What's really gotten me lately have been the extreme amount of potholes on the strip.......they are terrible. I know we've had road construction every spring for years, and on the news they even were discussing which roads would be down so that the potholes could be covered......

It's been kind of a speed detourant lately.....some potholes are right at stoplights, so it doesn't pay to floor it :)

[ArenaBoy]

Some people really don't deserve their license at all. I had an idiot pull over in a right turn lane and was looking for something. Took a nice long honk of the horn to get my point across and she glares at me for it. Lady, it's a :censored: right turn lane, of course people are going to be pissed; you don't stop and root around your vehicle for your crap, pull into a parking lot! Yesterday, I was at a light, the car next to me had a driver who was holding their dog. Wasn't driving a little car it was a full sized van. I got away from them as soon as possible.

[BusBus]

This probably belongs in sightings, but it's SO on-topic to this thread I'm putting it here....

http://sokkapat.blogspot.com/2006/12/stupid-drivers.html

Enjoy

:roll: That's hilarious! I must have missed that when it was originally posted, so thanks for sharing!

[It's me]

:roll: That's hilarious! I must have missed that when it was originally posted, so thanks for sharing!

I did find the whole thing rather satisfying! I guess Raps and I both have the same good taste in people-being-idiots vids...:lol:

[Talon]

Uh-oh folks I have a confession to make: I was just a driving dumbass not more than two hours ago. Was I just complaining in this very thread where's a cop when you need one? I should be careful what I wish for :eek:

I'd just dropped off a friend and was headed home. I usually drive 5-10 km above the posted speed limit in the passing lane, on clear weather. Thing is I never accelerate or brake on a dime; I like to take a minute to build up my speed, and when there's a red light ahead I take my foot off the gas well in advance, letting gravity slow me down naturally before squeezing the brakes.

Tonight my driving style backfired. I had just driven up a hill, which slowed me down. At the top I let go of the gas and brakes to let gravity do its thing. I misjudged either how steep that hill was, or how fast I was going. At the bottom of the hill there was an intersection, but the lights were green. For some reason the other cars were slowing down.

Then I saw the cop car in the intersection. Then I heard the emergency sirens blaring. SH************T!

My brakes sang a very screeching song in protest of my slamming on the brakes. I don't think the cops I almost T-boned were very big fans of me either. Good thing they had bigger fish to fry.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to shoot myself :(

[blas87]

Of course I couldn't go a fricken day without morons on the road and sidewalks...

My friend and I were in the parking lot of a big gas station. We were exiting, and I saw a guy in a white Jeep making the rounds around the pumps, and he was headed straight towards me, and I knew he wasn't going to stop for anything, so I decided I'd sit for a second and let him go before me to the stop sign.

As the white Jeep goes in front of me, a tan Camry jets up my ass. Two men were in it, and as it got right up to my rear bumper, the driver wildly honked his horn at me to go (even though the Jeep was inches in front of me). As the Jeep started to go, and I let off the brake to follow it, the Camry suddenly jerks the wheel and RIPS in front of me, and the driver flips me off. The Camry is now in front of me. The Jeep is now at the next stop sign waiting to go right, and the Camry hops the curb on the right (that's right, they were going the same direction as the Jeep, but decided that they were more important and had to hurry), then bounces off of it, forcing everyone in the oncoming lanes to slam on their brakes, and then the Camry idiots immediately floor it to the stoplights, only to have to slam on their brakes for a red light.

I'm not trying to sound malicious, but the men in the Camry appeared to not be from around here. I'm willing to bet that they were those taxi drivers that Iradney was talking about earlier.

Then to make matters worse, a few miles later, we exited the highway and went onto a residential street with a church. Since it was sprinkling outside, people where running out in the middle of the road to get to their vehicles faster. This one middle aged man saw me coming, thought about it, and stood there waiting for a minute, so I figured he was going to wait for me to go by.......then at the VERY last second, he made a break for it, doing the Napoleon Dynamite run (and we all know how lame that is lol) across the street as I slammed on my brakes, came within inches of hitting him, and I screamed "You retarded son of a bitch!" at him. He merrily hopped into his Yukon, pleased with himself.

[ditchdj]

If it's any comfort at all think of it as being able to tell of an SC without it being in your workplace and having to worry about getting written up and fired. Sounds to me like you should set up a camcorder on a tripod and let it film out the window while you're driving.

BTW the jerkoffs in the Camry didnt happen to have Michigan plates now did they???? To them, ANYTHING that's covered in gravel or pavement is considered a "passing lane", including sidewalks.

[blas87]

Nope, WI plates. WI drivers tend to think any type of terrain is driveable. I didn't think a Camry was capable of hopping and bouncing off a curb, but I was proven wrong. Usually it's dumb rednecks in their super sized, pumped up Ford 350s or whatever that pull shit like that.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

What are some of the dumbest, most inconsiderate drivers you've encountered?


There was this one douche nozzle who I encountered on the freeway on the way to work once. I was merging on to the freeway, he was in the right-hand lane coming up behind me. There was nobody in the left lane next to him.

Now, any normal person in this situation would move over to the left lane to allow merging traffic to get on the freeway. Instead, this guy keeps coming, slams on his brakes to avoid rear-ending me, turns into the left lane and speeds up so he can pass me, then veers back into the right lane, slams on his brakes, and flips me off with both hands.

To this day, I almost wish I rear-ended him and didn't stop. Would've served him right. My car at the time was kind of a clunker anyway.

[ditchdj]

I know that this summer when I take my nine year old to see her mother in Arizona I WILL have a digital camera that can record video as well as sound. If ANY road rage jerkoff tries anything they WILL be recorded and a copy will be given to the state police as well as to the local news station.

[ArenaBoy]

BTW the jerkoffs in the Camry didnt happen to have Michigan plates now did they???? To them, ANYTHING that's covered in gravel or pavement is considered a "passing lane", including sidewalks.

As a Michigander I do not consider anything a passing lane unless I see a sign saying so. Trust me Ditch if you want really bad Michigan drivers stop by Oakland County in MI. You would have a gold mine for your videos. I always joke that you can tell which county you are in is by the way people drive.

[ditchdj]

Oh I got a good enough sample when I lived in Monroe County! :lol:

And the Sheriff's Deputies were all up MY ass for stupid crap like not having a seatbelt on or stopping in an empty dirt parking lot! :mad:

[ArenaBoy]

My sympathies, the town I work in is notorious for having police who are jerks. I love the police but when they purposely tailgate me just so they can pull me over that's a problem. Yeah Oakland Sheriff's Department = Big jerks.

[Jack7957]

Here's one from this afternoon, person comes to a full stop on the highway. That's right, full stop. I saw them slowing down, there were two vehicles between me and them, but I'm driving the 4 ton van that can't stop suddenly. They kept getting slower and slower, I can't move over because of traffic, then they just stopped! I'm laying on the brakes, hitting the horn. Nothing. I luckily ended up stopping in time, but they still sat there for about 5 seconds, which is a long time when you have traffic coming behind you. Worst part was the state trooper that drove by us and did not stop to see what was going on.

[blas87]

What the fark why would someone stop in the middle of the highway? Unless a deer jumped out, but that's the only reason I can see.....

An elderly man was asleep at the wheel or something a few cars ahead of me on the highway on the way to Arby's today. The speed limit on the strip is 45 mph. Granted, we were in the furthest righthand lane, but when I saw we were all going 25 mph.......I had to pass. I sped right up and saw who was causing the clog in traffic. A red Ford Escort (most likely an early 90s model) with an old fart with his head back and mouth wide open was "driving".

I got away as fast as I could. God only knows, probably a mile later, he probably crashed into someone's house or restaurant.

[It's me]

I'd love to have a button that I could push hooked to a big speaker that makes the 'buhyuhp buhyuhp' sound that the police sirens make when they want to get your attention without turning them on full....

[Binky]

1) people who beep their horn at you because the light JUST turned green...I'm sorry I don't have reflexes that go at the speed of light, it takes at least a few seconds for most NORMAL people to register that a light has turned green, and a few more to start moving. BE PATIENT!

2) People who honk their horn at you because you happen to be turning right and they want to go straight. I'm sorry, I've had my blinker on for a while, if your to stupid not to change lanes BEFORE I stop...that’s YOUR problem..I gave you plenty of warning!

3) People who put their right hand turn blinkers on AFTER the lights turned green...OMG let me KNOW your going to turn right BEFORE you stop so that I can change lanes!

4) People who beep at you because they want you to go, but there are cars BLOCKING the intersection...I CAN'T MOVE MORON! The cars in front of me ARE NOT MADE OF AIR! I can't just drive THROUGH them!

5) People who tailgate you at night, and flash their lights at you. Do you WANT to cause an accident? are you really that insane that you think I'm going to take your stupidity lightly? NO I will just SLOW DOWN to the speed limit and make you friggen wait! GO AROUND!

6) People who tailgate...it's just stupid!

7) People who don't understand basic road rules....you must GIVE WAY when you change lanes to the person ALREADY IN TEH LANE! NO I will NOT slow down for you! Either speed up, or slow down, but I'm NOT going to automatically stop to let you in, and DON'T YOU DARE force me out of my lane because your to stupid/impatient to wait!

[FemmeAnime]

Drivers who get mad at you because you have no stop sign and they do and you only slow down so that you know they won't hit you and your in the middle of the intersection when they start and are INCHES away from hitting you and then gesture wildily to you.....this is the point where saliors run from the bar.....I called her every name in the book....what the fsck does she think she's doing??? They good part is....my car was waaaaayyyy more goreous than that old biddies.....pwned:devil:

[Alfie]

Driver who drives 50km/h in a 70km/h zone. Okay, I can deal with that, because I can be patient, frustrated but patient.

Driver who then CONTINUES to drive 50km/h when we are going onto the onramp of a 80km/h motorway. NOT COOL! Especially when you nearly make me crash into other cars, because you are driving that slow. Learn to drive, then learn to drive the SPEED LIMIT, and then maybe drive around here.

[ArenaBoy]

Almost got into a head on collison at my school. Coming down a road, guy in a SUV is way over in his lane, took a honk of the horn to get him to move. Gah!!

[shoegirl]

4 Way Stop Signs
One of my biggest driving peeves EVER is idiot drivers who don't know how they work. It's very simple.... one, two, three, my turn. Yet every time I encounter a 4 way stop (at least twice a day), there is inevitably a stupid driver that doesn't know how to count to three- ARRRRRRRGH!!!!:pissed:

[iradney]

I sometimes hate driving home. The offramp from the freeway to a "normal" road has 4 lanes. Two turning right only, two turning left only. Now, the "normal" road is bloody busy, and the two right lines are always full.
No worries, I don't mind waiting, but other people obviously do. They'll go to the outside left lane, and then turn right when the light changes. When I'm next to someone doing that, I pace myself so that they have no way of pushing in front of me.
They end up having to brake and pull in behind me. They don't have right of way, they're turning illegally, so I don't have to yield to them.

[Dreamstalker]

Figure Skaters on Wheels: it's a HIGHWAY. Not a skating rink for cars. When traffic moves 60 mph, YOU move 60 mph. NOT 160 mph. I've seen you some mightily impressive maneuvers, but this ain't safe or healthy. Mkay?
I get those here too...seems to be the ricer set that does this (that can be fun to watch if there are cops in the area).

The Boston-area brand of ricers in general tick me off, especially in Cambridge. I've seen a few cars where the stickers and body kits had to be the only things holding it together (if not for the stickers, the thumpa-thumpa that could be heard six blocks away would shake the car to rust flakes) :roll:
Exit only lanes - They give you notice a mile ahead of time that a particular lane is exit only. Why in the world does it only occur to some morons at the absolute last minute "Hey, this isn't the lane I want?"

Or vice versa. That's fun when it happens on I-93 and/or one of the tunnels. People either wait until the absolute last second before exiting, or decide that the split would be a good place to stop and look at the map :eek: For some reason, the worst offenders seem to be the Asian students in fancy cars.

Another thing I tend to see are the drivers who either try to beat the T through a crossing (I've witnessed the immediate aftermath of a few messy fatalities caused by this--those trains cannot stop on a dime), or sit there completely oblivious to the stopped train and furious driver. You're not impressing anyone. The train has the right of way (and the weight to back it up).

Best incident I ever saw was when the driver of the train I was on, after blowing the horn repeatedly, started i n c h i n g forward after being flipped off by the SUV-tard. I daresay the front coupling was almost touching the driver side panel when the car owner decided that just maybe getting his ass off the tracks would be a good idea.

[hotelnpa]

I live in southwestern Pennsylvania and we have our own unique driving style.

1. You must speed through parking lots and run through the stop signs. Amazingly everyone understands this and expects it.

2. Drive too slow on the interstate, but fly through the city streets and neighborhoods.

3. Tailgate someone, pass them, and then blow your horn and shoot them a bird. Then slow down. (Yes this happens!)

4. Never allow anyone to merge onto the interstate, even if the left lane is clear.

5. If you are turning left a stoplight, it is acceptable for the first car to pull out in front of traffic. It's called the Pittsburgh Left. It is expected. If you don't it, you will have alot of mad motorists blowing their horns at you, including the car you are pulling out in front of.

[protege]

I live in southwestern Pennsylvania and we have our own unique driving style.

1. You must speed through parking lots and run through the stop signs. Amazingly everyone understands this and expects it.


Bonus points if they're on the phone...and zipping across the lot *diagonally.* Many people in the Century III shopping area do this...and then if they almost hit someone, they flip *you* off. I was always told that if I cut across the lot, do not speed, and be constantly aware of other cars, traffic islands, or other things that can hurt me.

[MadMike]

Ran into an idiot just this morning on my way to work (not literally, thankfully. I have enough problems already.)

I cam to an intersection, where the road I was on split into a straight lane, and a left-turning lane. There was a vehicle in each lane, side by side waiting at the light. The light turned green when I was several car lengths away, but both vehicles just sat there, and were still there when I reached the intersection. I came to a complete stop, and still, neither one of them moved.

I tapped on the horn, and both vehicles pulled forward. Then the idiot in the left-turning lane decides he wants to go straight, and wedges himself between me and the vehicle in front of me. Then he proceeds to go sooooo sloooowwwww..... Then to annoy me even more, he starts combing his hair, and of course, he can't do that and drive at the same time, so he's swerving all over the place.

I swear, they'll give a license to anybody. :rolleyes: :pissed:

[powerboy]

Had an idiot today. I was driving to work. The light had just turned green. I start to go, and the person in the turning lane, decides that he wanted to go straight. But since he was in the left turning lane, he almost hits me. So ofcourse, he has to flip me off. Some how he almost hits me, and I am the one who he blames.

[powerboy]

I swear, they'll give a license to anybody. :rolleyes: :pissed:

That is only because they get their license out of those machines, that you put $0.50 into, and turn the handle

[iradney]

I agree, MadMike. Just yesterday, on the way to work, a taxi driver threatened me with a baton because I wouldn't let him illegally cut me off and push into traffic.

Wonderful people, these taxi drivers. I'm not a very violent person, and I dont like guns, but at that point, I really wished I'd had one so I could've shot his tires.

[altered_reality]

1. Exit only lanes - They give you notice a mile ahead of time that a particular lane is exit only. Why in the world does it only occur to some morons at the absolute last minute "Hey, this isn't the lane I want?"

Had that happen to me the other day. 1 lane must exit and the one i'm in next to that lane can choose to keep going or turn into the 2nd exit lane. This jerkoff decides at the very last minute to pull into my lane so he doesn't have to turn off causing me to have to break. But i'm guessing he didn't notice the cop that was directly behind me :devil: I turn off into my exit and hear this "Wooop" so i turn my head and see the cop indicate to the guy to pull over :D That made my day

[Binky]

Raw! just had to add this little thing

PEOPLE WHO LOOK DIRECTLY AT YOU WHEN YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEN THEY SPEED UP TO BLOCK YOU!

had this happen this morning. Wanted to change lanes as there were parked cars, saw gap and went to go, checked blind spot and the lady behind looked DIRECTLY at me and then accelerated cutting me off before I could get in front of her.....GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[It's me]

Busy, busy road. Busy enough that right now that it is being widened from two lanes each way to three.

Long line of traffic in the left turn lane. Twit sitting in the next lane over, almost at the intersection, with his signal on, wanting to cut in.... all the while completely blocking the lane for through traffic! Two jam packed lanes of traffic having to squeeze into one because this twit. Grrrrr. The really sad part is some dumb-dumb will let him in, which will only encourage him to do it again :mad: If you screw up and miss a turn, deal with it! Find a place to turn around without causing everyone else grief and try again!

[blas87]

My worst part about my morning commute home is the large vehicles. Semi trucks, dump trucks, street department vehicles, caterpillars (not the fuzzy ones!) and tractors..........the last two in that list should NOT be driven on the road, or at the very least, forbidde from highways where speeds are in excess of 50mph.

I was toodling down the strip yesterday and saw every car within 5000 feet in front of me scramble into the other lane. There was a tractor with it's orange triangle going 25 mph on the 45mph strip (where most people go 50 or more).

Every morning it's a struggle to get away from slow semi trucks who pull out into traffic when it's not safe and cause everyone to slam their brakes, it's also a struggle to get around all the old people going 30 mph on the highway. It's an even bigger struggle with road construction, when men are in the middle of the highway in open lanes of traffic.

[MadMike]

I just thought of another one:

When there's a delivery vehicle or similar partially blocking the opposite lane, and the people in that lane going into your lane to get around them, and expect you to swerve out of their way.

I have this really bad habit, but if someone does that, makes a left turn in front of me, or cuts me off, I do not stop, slow down, or move out of the way unless I have to, and even then, not until the last possible instant. I figured I'll put a scare into them, and maybe they'll think twice about doing it again. And a lot of the time, they get out of the way quickly, most likely thinking I'm going to hit them.

I don't know how often it actually scares them, but it scares the hell out of my wife every time. :devil:

[Dreamstalker]

One (of many I have) from the pedestrian side of the equation:

You're standing at a crosswalk waiting to cross (marked, but no signals). A driver stops and signals for you to cross, only to start moving when you step off the curb.

I find that it's most often the suburban assault vehicles that do this (no offense to SUV owners here who know how to drive). The four seconds you gain in getting wherever you think you need to be is not worth the consequences (jailtime and/or being sued for any hospital costs incurred by your impatience).

[Dreamstalker]

But i'm guessing he didn't notice the cop that was directly behind me :devil: I turn off into my exit and hear this "Wooop" so i turn my head and see the cop indicate to the guy to pull over :D That made my day
Many moons ago, my mom and I were returning from our weekly RI visit. We were in the center lane; next to us on the left was a turn lane, but no turn on red (big signs attesting to this fact). As we're sitting at the red light (notably long), we see the car next to us in the turning lane innocently make a left.

The car behind him follows suit...as does the car behind them which was a police car. Who gracefully pulls the both of them over right there :roll: We could hear the arguing as we went through the intersection.

(how do you not notice a cop behind you even with the lightbar off?)

[ArenaBoy]

I was driving around a few hours ago and this idiot was going a good 20 under the limit. As soon as I got into the next lane, lo and behold she's smoking and talking on her cell phone!

[Sharsarannon]

* People who drive "Big@$$" SUV's.
Now I have a teeny SUV -similar to a jeep and a Porsche cayenne's illegitimate lovechild- and this is because the places I drive have very deplorable roads. The car I drive was designed for off-road racing, and I know how to drive it properly on dirt, rubble or asphalt. What bothers me to no end is these people with 2.5 kids and a six figure salary booping down the street in their Escalade, or the soccer moms in SUV's who are inevitably on the phone. Neither of these classes of people can drive at all.

*Little Old People. I don't mean the average respected elder, I mean these teeny frail people who are endangering themselves and others with the way they drive their cars way too slow on CA highways.

*Two Words: Utah Drivers.

*Teenybopper drivers.
Kids who think they can drive, when who knows HOW they passed the licensce test- they're worse than I was and that's hard to do, but to top it off they are either careless or just plain hotdogging in their "pimped ride".

* All of the above mentioned about tailgaters, signaling, and Oh the PHONES!!

*Getting stuck behind a cement truck on the narrow winding road that locals do sixty+ mph on, and spending the whole long way until there's safe passing room praying no one comes up behind us and squishes me against the truck's plates.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The number one thing I hate when driving: People (usually old farts who cannot see over their steering wheel and thus should not drive) who pull out in front of me, forcing me to hit the brakes, and then crawl.

Had one of them today. Made a left turn right in front of me and proceeded to do 10 or 15 mph (and no this was not a school zone).

Yeah, I gave him the horn. :devil: