Pet peaves on the road

[Catman]

People who enter the highway at 30mph.

[CALL_911]

People who have cars with excellent sounding motors but do not go WOT for me to hear them.

[Nebtek2002]

People who pull out from the stop sign/parking lot/ driveway before I'm quite through the intersection. This might be slightly justifiable in situations where the driver has waited a long time and the gap between  another long string of cars and me is small, but I can have nothing behind me and these idiots are halfway to colliding with my rear quarter in nothing flat.

One idiot leaped out of a parking lot when my driver's door was even with him. Had I been the skittish sort and hesitated or braked right then, he would have hit me where I was most vulnerable. One of the advantages of trying to keep > the minimum 2 seconds interval between me and the car in front is that I had room in which to nail the gas.

Again, next car behind me was a good 1/2 block away. The idiot coulda, shoulda done things right.

[Rupert]

I don't like drivers who don't bother to check for bicycles before they turn, or who don't care about the bike that they have seen. I also don't like drivers who stop to let bikes cross in front of them. In fact, any driver who doesn't respect bikes and their status as a mode of transportation (as opposed to a toy) gets my goat (and my finger and some really mean words).

Also, left-lane campers and etc.

[dazzleman]

People who enter the highway at 30mph.

I got stuck behind one of those idiots not too long ago in the acceleration lane to I-95.  I had to strongly accelerate and go to the middle lane once we got on the highway to get away from this person.  Luckily, the traffic wasn't heavy.  People like that ought to stay off the highways.

[sandertheshark]

People in general piss me off.

[The Pirate]

People who enter the highway at 30mph.

Yeah, I can't stand those people.  When I'm stuck behind somebody like that, I'll fall back a bit, so I have some space to gun it up to speed, and merge as soon as I can (hopefully ahead of the dumbass).

On a somewhat related note (had this happen to me today), people that see a small break in traffic and make the turn, then leisurely accelerate up to speed really suck.  Jeez, that one really burns my ass.  You see a break and want to take it, fine.  But be prepared to get your car up to the speed of traffic as soon as possible.  It should not take a 1/2 mile to work your way up to 40 mph.

[280Z Turbo]

I don't like drivers who don't bother to check for bicycles before they turn, or who don't care about the bike that they have seen. I also don't like drivers who stop to let bikes cross in front of them. In fact, any driver who doesn't respect bikes and their status as a mode of transportation (as opposed to a toy) gets my goat (and my finger and some really mean words).

Also, left-lane campers and etc.

Get the fuck off the road, you slow poke hippie!!

[The Pirate]

Get the fuck off the road, you slow poke hippie!!

When I used to ride a lot, I was able to keep up with traffic fairly easily (on my road bike) on residential type streets.  With some congestion, I was easily quicker than cars.

[Rupert]

When I used to ride a lot, I was able to keep up with traffic fairly easily (on my road bike) on residential type streets.  With some congestion, I was easily quicker than cars.

Verily. I brake more than cars do going through downtown so I don't pass them and get nailed by some idiot who's trying to park.

[Lazerous]

People who think

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mean the same thing as

Oh yes, we have a couple those here and people always stop! It annoys me to no end!

[Lazerous]

People who enter the highway at 30mph.

I hate being stuck behind those people while I am also trying to enter the highway.

[Rupert]

People who enter the highway at 30mph.

A little while ago, I was behind these Canadians as I was trying to get on the freeway. It was pretty late, so there, luckily, weren't any other cars. These guys were merging at about 35 mph, and I was naturally right behind them, waiting to dart past. We got on the freeway, and I went to check my blind spot. When I turned my head back, these idiots were slowing to a stop, right in the middle of the lane! WTF? I swerved and passed them, and they actually honked at me!

[CALL_911]

Here's another one:

It's "Pet Peeve", not "Pet Peave".

[hounddog]

Here's another one:

It's "Pet Peeve", not "Pet Peave".

Here is another one, people who think they are the grammar police.

[James Young]

Without the grammar police, the world would quickly sink into anarchy of words, people would decide what those words mean and then change that meaning!  Without the grammar police, there would be chaos.  You all need the grammar police to lend order to your miserable little worlds.

[Raza]

Forget to turn on their taillights?

He probably means lights.  It's the combination of high powered DRLs and gauge lights that stay on all the time.  For example, my DRLs run at 80% brightness; I could conceivably run at night without ever turning my lights on if I had gauge lights that were on.  I think he's talking about people that don't realize their lights are actually off even though their cluster is lit up and their headlights are on.

[hounddog]

Without the grammar police, the world would quickly sink into anarchy of words, people would decide what those words mean and then change that meaning!  Without the grammar police, there would be chaos.  You all need the grammar police to lend order to your miserable little worlds.

I agree.  Same applies to traffic police.

[Crosswire3]

If people are decent drivers then I have no business with them as they get along just fine.  When they go out of their way to annoy you it's rather fun to play with them for a bit.  Today I had countless entertaining encounters on my way back to school.  My favorites are the young ricer types who are obviously highly skilled drivers piloting the pinnacle of human engineering.

[S204STi]

I have had much worse encounters with tailgaters. I really like to fuck with them.

My favorite thing to do on a two-lane is to slow waaaaaay down, and then blast off in second gear leaving them 50 yards or more behind.  Repeat as necessary till they get the effing point.

[S204STi]

People who enter the highway at 30mph.

Oh boy that pisses me off...nothing worse that hitting the end of a long exit ramp only doing 1/2 the speed of the traffic you're trying to merge with.  It brings out my worst road rage tendencies...

[Byteme]

1.  Tailgaters. 

2.  People who practically come to a stop when making a right turn, either off of the roadway into a parking lot or onto an intersecting street.

3.  People who apparently keep their left foot on the the brake pedal.  You see their brake lights constantly going on and off for no apparent reason.

4.  People who sit on a side road and watch you coming down an otherwise empty two lane highway at 70 MPH and then casually pull out in front of you when you get close.  Rural Arkansas is famous for this.

[Lazerous]

Oh here is another one, people who continue to tailgate you when you have a turn signal on and the road you want to turn into is coming up.

[MaxPower]

Self explanitory title

Mine is the fail to dim highs I'ld like to drill a golf ball into their heads and everyone of them I find gets tickets.

See you're lucky...if someone violates one of your pet peeves, you can pull him over and get immediate relief!

'Course people probably drive like angels when there's a cruiser around...

[sandertheshark]

Here is another one, people who think they are the grammar police.

That comma should be a colon.

[Laconian]

People that run out a merging lane to the very last foot and then barrel into the adjacent lane out of panic.

[L. ed foote]

I agree, I can't stand obstructors whether its a left lane camper, someone hogging the whole lane when waiting to turn left or even people who need to run into the store at the gas station while leaving their car at the pump. 

And to piggyback on the pump issue, those who don't pull up to the first available open pump.

[L. ed foote]

When parking, I don't mind giving up my space when leaving, just position your vehicle so that I can exit the spot safely.

When pulling up to a tollbooth, please have your $$ ready.

If you are unsure of where you are, put on your hazards, and pull over to the right.

If you are in the merging lane, and you see cars attempting to enter the highway, and there's no one in the traffic or passing lane, move to the left.

Leave bus lanes open; a bus shouldn't be in the middle of the street (un)loading passengers because your dumb ass is too lazy to walk a few yards.

When parked, look for traffic before you open your passenger door.

When a bus is unloading passengers, watch for them; or you'll be surprised while passing the bus.

In NYC, we have a lot of pedestrians who wear dark colors at night.  That bugs me.

[Vinsanity]

People who think

and

mean the same thing as

OMG seriously

those people make me wish that I had a push bar on my front bumper so I can start nudging them forward

[VTEC_Inside]

I followed a lady home the other day.

We were facing each other at a four way stop and I had my signal on to turn right. She was pointed to go in the same direction as myself, but no signal. Since we both kinda stopped at the same I made a point of starting to turn just as she did just to play dumb.

Of course that got me some weird looks, as she continued through her turn so I just followed her. 1, 2, 3, 4 successive turns without a signal light and then finally a signal into her drive way.

I passed by, did a u-turn, and stopped on the side of the street right behind her... (All of this very calmly, I never yelled or got agressive)

Me: "Five turns and you used your signal lights once???"
Her: "Yeah whats your point?"
Me: "Um, while we were facing each other at an intersection, how do I know you were turning?"
Her: "Why were you riding my ass", blah blah, starts becoming incoherent..
Me: "I wasn't riding your ass, just following." I really wasn't...
Her: No repsonse. Shes getting like 4 kids out of her van and some other shit...
Me: "Listen, I don't want to cause shit, it just annoys the hell out of me when people don't use their signals..."
Her: Ignoring me at this point.

At that I drove off home.