Bad Habits You Have When Driving

[Onslaught]

Passing on the right. - Too many left lane campers here, so I simply must do it in order to get anywhere around here.
I take cloverleaf ramps at entertaining speeds.

I don't speed much anymore. I used to when I was younger. I was pretty bad actually. Now I find myself going over on the highway, but that's about it.

I'm just like this.

[Secret Chimp]

Carrying what could be deemed as overzealous speed into corners.
Last Thursday I ghost-doriftoed a wide 45mph left hander almost right up into the ass of a 240SX (I thought I was just going to go left fast but I realized halfway through my rear end had come loose without making a noise). I blamed the slippery-ass white marker paint and the downhill offcamberness but I really should just disconnect my rear bar...

[Byteme]

Carrying what could be deemed as overzealous speed into corners.
Last Thursday I ghost-doriftoed a wide 45mph left hander almost right up into the ass of a 240SX (I thought I was just going to go left fast but I realized halfway through my rear end had come loose without making a noise). I blamed the slippery-ass white marker paint and the downhill offcamberness but I really should just disconnect my rear bar...

Silent But Deadly?  

[Secret Chimp]

Silent But Deadly?   

Well almost, kind of leaked out until I caught it then it made a noise as it finished up. We've all had that happen...

[S204STi]

I think I follow a bit close sometimes, when I want to go faster and there is a blocked passing lane, especially.

+1

[S204STi]

Carrying what could be deemed as overzealous speed into corners.
Last Thursday I ghost-doriftoed a wide 45mph left hander almost right up into the ass of a 240SX (I thought I was just going to go left fast but I realized halfway through my rear end had come loose without making a noise). I blamed the slippery-ass white marker paint and the downhill offcamberness but I really should just disconnect my rear bar...

Hah, last month I totally spun around on a corner.  Except that was because I was doing 45 in a 25mph corner...

Lucky it's a lightly-traveled section of road, mainly because it allowed me to split before anybody saw me.  Also put the fear in me again.

[Secret Chimp]

Hah, last month I totally spun around on a corner.  Except that was because I was doing 45 in a 25mph corner...

Lucky it's a lightly-traveled section of road, mainly because it allowed me to split before anybody saw me.  Also put the fear in me again.

Beauty of all-wheel drive my ass

[S204STi]

It turns out if you fly into a corner too fast you'll still lose your ass.

[Secret Chimp]

It turns out if you fly into a corner too fast you'll still lose your ass.

My car has a nice grip-to-light-ass ratio that usually means an ungraceful but quick reverse-snap-oversteer where the tires grab back on once they slow down enough.

[S204STi]

With the new sway bars the car is easier to control with the throttle.  Generally it's opposite to your car though; applying throttle creates more under-steer or keeps it neutral if I came in too hot.  There are limits of course... If I bomb in off the throttle the back end will eventually come around.  Honestly though I am not a good enough driver to exploit those limits, so since then I haven't done that.  But in everyday driving and cornering in the twisties it is much more fun to drive than before.

[68_427]

On my way to and from school sometimes I drive under the speed limit with out realizing it.  I can't afford to get 20mpg right now, so I'm ok with it as long as I'm the only one on the road.

[hotrodalex]

On my way to and from school sometimes I drive under the speed limit with out realizing it.  I can't afford to get 20mpg right now, so I'm ok with it as long as I'm the only one on the road.

Sometimes I drive under the limit so I don't get there as quickly.

[dazzleman]

Sometimes I drive under the limit so I don't get there as quickly.

What if you're running late in the morning?

[68_427]

I like getting to school before the mass rush of students, and I also I make sure I leave before the buses start getting near the school.  Also I took a really tight left hander at 35mph today.  I kinda felt badass, but then I remembered I drive an Outback sedan.

[dazzleman]

I like getting to school before the mass rush of students, and I also I make sure I leave before the buses start getting near the school.  Also I took a really tight left hander at 35mph today.  I kinda felt badass, but then I remembered I drive an Outback sedan.

How much before school opens do you get there?  Do you ever have to stay late for any reason?

[68_427]

I get there around 6:55-7:00 and class starts at 7:25.

I get out at 12:10 everyday.

[dazzleman]

I get there around 6:55-7:00 and class starts at 7:25.

I get out at 12:10 everyday.

12:10??  Can I go back to being a high school student, at that school?  What a sweet deal.

[68_427]

Lol I take two math classes, journalism, and economics.  Imagine the money I could make if I had a job.  I could work 5 hours and be out by 6.

[BimmerM3]

12:10??  Can I go back to being a high school student, at that school?  What a sweet deal.

I got out around 1PM every day for my last semester of high school. They call it minimum day. We had 7 periods per day: 6 classes and a lunch. If you could fulfill your graduation requirements with only 5 classes, they'd schedule them in the first five periods with your lunch as the 6th (normally lunch was either 3rd, 4th, or 5th) so you could leave early.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

12:10??  Can I go back to being a high school student, at that school?  What a sweet deal.

When I was a senior I took OWE (Occupational Work Experience) and was out at 11:30 everyday. But you had to have a job. I worked at Wendys from 1pm to 9pm Mon - Fri.

[dazzleman]

I got out around 1PM every day for my last semester of high school. They call it minimum day. We had 7 periods per day: 6 classes and a lunch. If you could fulfill your graduation requirements with only 5 classes, they'd schedule them in the first five periods with your lunch as the 6th (normally lunch was either 3rd, 4th, or 5th) so you could leave early.

High school is such a racket.  My senior year, I got out at 2:30 or so 2 days a week, 1:30 two other days, and 12:00 one day.  Man, I'd love to have that schedule again.  I didn't appreciate it as much as I should have at the time.

[hotrodalex]

What if you're running late in the morning?

I'm never running late. I get up at 5 for a "bible study" class at 6 at a church member's house. That ends at 6:50 so I have 50 minutes until classes start. School doors open at 7 and I usually take my time so I don't have to sit in the commons for 25 minutes until the hallways open up and I can go to my locker. Sometimes I just go home for 20 minutes and grab a drink or surf teh interbutts before leaving for school.

[dazzleman]

I'm never running late. I get up at 5 for a "bible study" class at 6 at a church member's house. That ends at 6:50 so I have 50 minutes until classes start. School doors open at 7 and I usually take my time so I don't have to sit in the commons for 25 minutes until the hallways open up and I can go to my locker. Sometimes I just go home for 20 minutes and grab a drink or surf teh interbutts before leaving for school.

Wow man, you're up early.  I was always running late in high school.  A coiple of years, I had cool homeroom teachers who liked me and let me slide on it.  But then I started getting in trouble for it so I was more careful after that since that few minutes more of sleep wasn't worth getting kept after until late in the afyernoon.

Have you gone over any other fields?  That could be considered a "bad habit" when it comes to driving...

[hotrodalex]

Wow man, you're up early.  I was always running late in high school.  A coiple of years, I had cool homeroom teachers who liked me and let me slide on it.  But then I started getting in trouble for it so I was more careful after that since that few minutes more of sleep wasn't worth getting kept after until late in the afyernoon.

Have you gone over any other fields?  That could be considered a "bad habit" when it comes to driving...

Sort of. I weaved in and out of trees in a neighborhood, like they were slalom cones. It was on the main road of a neighborhood, with trees every 10 feet or so between the road and the sidewalk. Good times.

[Cookie Monster]

My high school had a rotating schedule and 7 periods. In senior year I only took 4 classes so I was either out super early or I was just passed out in the library trying to catch up on sleep from playing too many video games.

[AutobahnSHO]

I would be a horrible chauffeur. I don't drive very smoothly, I drive quickly. I don't really notice it since I'm holding onto the steering wheel, but passengers that aren't holding on to something notice it a bit more. I guess that's my bad habit.

I get accused of being a speedracer- I try to take corners as fast as possible without braking. (to save gas, right? )
One time at Warrant Officer school I cooked into the dirt/ gravel parking lot and got totally sideways (30mph speedlimit strictly enforced) with a lot of classmates standing around so that only reinforced the image..

I grew up driving in 20mph Evanston, Wyoming. But driving in Germany I got tired of people cutting me off so started tailgating like everyone else.

So sometimes I'm laid back behind the wheel and will be overly courteous to everyone (yeah we all hate being behind THAT GUY) but other times I cut through traffic like a rock tossed into the ocean..

[Morris Minor]

I generally ignore Stop signs unless it's unsafe to do so or it's under surveillance.
Changing music or podcasts on my iPhone.
Speeding
I've been caught daydreaming once or twice - almost rear ending stopped cars. One time I honestly thought I was going to hit - came within inches - stood on the brake pedal like I was trying to break it off - ABS chattering all the way - heart pounding. My driving was dramatically better after that, for a few weeks anyway.

[The Pirate]

I've been caught daydreaming once or twice - almost rear ending stopped cars. One time I honestly thought I was going to hit - came within inches - stood on the brake pedal like I was trying to break it off - ABS chattering all the way - heart pounding. My driving was dramatically better after that, for a few weeks anyway.

I've had this happen once or twice.  Nothing like threshold braking (no ABS for me) to get the old ticker pumping.  And yes, such an event usually puts me on my best behavior for the next few weeks too.

[Rupert]

Wow man, you're up early.  I was always running late in high school.  A coiple of years, I had cool homeroom teachers who liked me and let me slide on it.  But then I started getting in trouble for it so I was more careful after that since that few minutes more of sleep wasn't worth getting kept after until late in the afyernoon.

Have you gone over any other fields?  That could be considered a "bad habit" when it comes to driving...

I was 20 minutes late for high school, every day.

[dazzleman]

I was 20 minutes late for high school, every day.

Is that the best you've got?    Lame slacker.....