Traffic bingo

[ADoyle90815]

People who can't read signs that say "No right turn on red" who honk when you obey those signs. Bonus points if one reason you follow the sign is that there's a sheriff's office a block ahead.

Anyone texting or on their phone wile driving. (I was almost hit head on in my neighborhood by one of those assholes this week)

Anyone who honks because you're not turning right on a red light just as someone is making a legal U turn in front of you.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Another one: people who can't wait for the car in front of them to turn and squeeze past them ON THE RIGHT!!!!!

Hit my fence or my tree b/c you are stupid enough to make an illegal pass like that and don't be surprised if my mom runs your ass over with her wheelchair.

[EricKei]

People who can't read signs that say "No right turn on red" who honk when you obey those signs.

This! o_o We have a bunch of these in the City Proper, so to speak. Most people obey them and don't get go nuts about them. The ones who ignore/honk are generally the type who are stupid enough to PULL AROUND YOU to make a right turn, from a NON-turn-allowed lane, on such a Red light...

There are also a few major streets where 9 intersections out of every 10 are "no left turn at ALL" (even when not leading counter to a one way street).

There's also one specific LEFT TURN ONLY place -- with plenty of "no U-turn" signs -- that has become a popular place to have car wrecks due to the fact that, on any given light "cycle", chances are that at least one person will make a u-turn anyway. This is dangerous because the street they're *supposed* to be turning left onto has a green turn light, so there will almost always be large metal things with wheels and the Right of Way in the way of such a U-turn, who would very much like it if others did not actively try to T-Bone them on their own green. You'd think they'd just ask the local traffic cops to camp out there. It's a major intersection anyway. Even the newspaper has taken notice of this. Didn't help. x.x

[dragon_wings]

The people that inch forward at the red light even though they are first in line anyways.

[EricKei]

The people that inch forward at the red light even though they are first in line anyways.

Or worse, the ones that do so when they're NOT first in line >_> I've dealt with a few of those geniuses before.

They're right up there with the people who think that EVERYONE in line needs to stand on the accelerator the instant the light turns green...They wanna do it, so, of course, everyone else should naturally want to (after all, They're Always Right...). My brother used to be bad about this in his younger days. Wore out his brakes pretty quickly with the 10-inch acceleration jumps and sudden stops from 8 cars back in line, and then he honestly seemed to be confused why not everyone was moving until a second or two later...

[DGoddessChardonnay]

People behind you at the stoplight who start honking for you to move, even though the light is still RED.

[Lovecats]

I had someone honk at me at a red light because he wanted to turn on red. I however was going straight not turning so did not move. When the light turned green I did move straight ahead. I hope he felt ashamed but probably not.

[Kogarashi]

I had someone honk at me at a red light because he wanted to turn on red. I however was going straight not turning so did not move. When the light turned green I did move straight ahead. I hope he felt ashamed but probably not.

Probably not. Though those were always the times when I'd snark at the car behind me, "Just because you don't know what a turn signal is for doesn't mean everyone else is turning without signalling too."

[PepperElf]

I had someone honk at me at a red light because he wanted to turn on red. I however was going straight not turning so did not move. When the light turned green I did move straight ahead. I hope he felt ashamed but probably not.

I had that happen on base once back in Virginia.


And from the original list: Things often seen on the roads & highways here on any given day

Heap'o'crap car
- we have no state inspections so these are common. The ones that stand out are the ones that are particularly broke-dick. or the ones with pimped out tires that are worth more than the rest of the car.

Tractors: we have some roads specially designed with wide grass shoulders so you can pull over to let the tractor through, though usually not on the highway unless they're specifically cutting grass or something.

Nervous driver who does 30mph in the 60mph zone and 40mph in the 30mph villages
- I kinda wish we had this. Unfortunately the speeders tend to do 60+ in the 55 zones and ... still speed in the villages.

Someone on a bicycle. Bonus point if they're not wearing a helmet.
- not so much here, but the helmets are optional here.

An army truck - we live near an army base. So it's more about picking out which KIND of truck it is and what the setup is.

A flash car that tailgates aggressively
- fixed cos our aggressive tailgaters drive all sorts of cars & trucks

tailgater gets stuck behind whatever is holding traffic up
- I always and laugh. Cos yeah, who'd have thunk that there were cars ahead of the cars in front of us right?

pack of motorbikes cars that pull really stupid manoeuvres to overtake everyone
- sometimes we see bikers doing this but more often it's the regular cars. Often in conjunction with the aggressive tailgating.

Actually speaking of the army base... yeah, those aggressive drivers are most often in cars bearing "Pass & Decal" stickers.

[wolfie]

Actually speaking of the army base... yeah, those aggressive drivers are most often in cars bearing "Pass & Decal" stickers.

Just curious, but what is a "Pass & Decal" sticker?

[PepperElf]

Just curious, but what is a "Pass & Decal" sticker?

It means the driver is military, a contractor, or a spouse. I think the army & air force have done away with them, but many cars still have the stickers. Red is for enlisted, dark blue is for officer (which is how we knew the vehicle in this story was an O or the spouse of one), and teal = civilian contractor.

So yeah, we can usually tell when the aggressive drivers are military.

[EricKei]

More bingo entries

People who make a point of passing you on the right (which is illegal in the US) even though you're keeping pace with the rest of the traffic

People who, in effect, cut you off from your intended exit by doing the above *^$%$#^@#^$@!

People who stay in the far-right lane at a merge when you want to merge in, even though the lanes to their left are clear (they're supposed to slide over). Bonus points if they speed up/slow down to keep you in your quickly-disappearing lane

[PepperElf]

People who make a point of passing you on the right (which is illegal in the US) even though you're keeping pace with the rest of the traffic

Passing on the right isn't across-the-board illegal. However if they're just using the right lane to speed through and then cut people off, yeah that's fucked up.

I mention the first part cos around here we often get that one driver who sets the cruise control to the speed limit (or below) and just sits in the left lane and zones out.

[EricKei]

This is true. I was referring to the act of making an intentional effort to pass on the right when there is no need to do so. I have found that most people who do this are doing 10 or 20 mph faster than the current "speed of the herd" anyway, not using their blinkers, not allowing more than a cat's whisker of space between the cars, slaloming, etc...

[Merriweather]

Little old men in hats. Hubby and I noticed that in the UK, if the little old man in the car in front of us had on a hat, he would drive at least 10 mph slower than a hatless little old man. I swear, 90 - 95% of the time this held true.