Two things that get on my nerves

[captainm27]

Don't ask me why, but these two things really irk me. Are you one of these people?

1. Inching Forward While Stopped Waiting for a Light

Are you one of those people, who while waiting for the light to turn red, keep inching forward, closer towards the car in front of you who is also stopped by the way? Why do people do this? Do they feel that by "pressing on the car" the light will change faster? ugh!

2. Shifting From Reverse to Drive Without Coming to a Complete Stop

I cringe when someone is giving me a ride somewhere and they do this. It just gets to me. I feel like they are putting uneeded stress on the tranny. Is it really so hard to stop, then shift? Gurr!

[eric81]

Yeah, that red light creeper ticks me off too, like it will make the light turn green faster... I find by sitting on the sensor it works better, but that is just me.

[supmet]

Yeah, that red light creeper ticks me off too, like it will make the light turn green faster... I find by sitting on the sensor it works better, but that is just me.

Some sensors are retarded. I don't creep on people, but I've sat at a light until someone did creep 2 inches from my bumper, which finally changed the light.(no it didn't just cycle through, the "smart" light finally realized there were cars there)

Pretty insignificant things to get "irked" by considering the world around you these days.

[Carrot Top]

Okay, I have to admit to #1...sometimes. The reason I will edge up at a stoplight is if I see a car behind me coming up fast, especially in bad weather or if my kids are in the backseat.

As for #2, that drives me nuts too. I have a niece who has a Corolla and she does this all the time! I thought after 5 years of doing this her transmission would of been toast.

[eric81]

Cell phone talkers REALLY tick me off, but that's because blu-tooth is so readily available, and easy to use, and nobody uses it.... I know it's not expensive, and it doesn't cost per month... guess I am too tech savvy or something. STAY OFF THE STUPID PHONES WHILE YOU DRIVE!!!

[supmet]

Cell phone talkers REALLY tick me off, but that's because blu-tooth is so readily available, and easy to use, and nobody uses it.... I know it's not expensive, and it doesn't cost per month... guess I am too tech savvy or something. STAY OFF THE STUPID PHONES WHILE YOU DRIVE!!!

STAY OFF THE STUPID BLUETOOTH WHILE YOU DRIVE

http://news.siuc.edu/news/March06/030306tw5142.jsp

"The bottom line of their study is this: If you are using a hands-free device with a cell phone, you are four and half times more likely to be in a serious accident than if you are not talking on the phone at all."

[DandiDani]

my step dad doesnt stop at all. i sware he pulls out of the driveway at like 20..no not pull out of the driveway i mean thud out of the driveway then he slams into drive while he is still moving backward! i hate riding in the car with him... i am just waiting to die. he will be going sixty and see all red lights in front of him and then he slams on the brakes when he gets there and u think u will fly out the windshield. i always make sure everyone has seatbelts on when hes driving. they have a 2002 ford escort and it was nice once upon a time. it sounds like it is going to fall apart now...sad:brokenheart:

[Sidicas]

Don't ask me why, but these two things really irk me. Are you one of these people?

1. Inching Forward While Stopped Waiting for a Light

Are you one of those people, who while waiting for the light to turn red, keep inching forward, closer towards the car in front of you who is also stopped by the way? Why do people do this? Do they feel that by "pressing on the car" the light will change faster? ugh!


:eek:Guilty as charged. Though I usually stop 10 or 15 feet behind people and then creep forward to about 5 feet or so.. If I don't creep, then somebody is likely to go AROUND me and try to wedge themselves in right in front of me.. I give plenty of room because I'm forgiving for people who need to get into the left lane for the next stop light.. So if they're in the right lane trying to get into the left lane they can do so, but creeping forward prevents people behind me from doing a right and then left just to get ahead of everybody else..


It's not like I get crazy close, I've had cars get so close to my old Coupe that all I could see out the rear window is the headlights from their truck..

I'm surprised something so little annoys you..
These kinds of driving habits are inherited or somethin.. My dad drives an automatic and he'll take his foot off the break and flip it into neutral at a stop light and the car will start rolling backwards and then he'll flip it into drive to get back to where he was before and keep going back and forth between neutral and drive...

If he's on a hill and he rolls forward when in neutral, then he does it between neutral and reverse. But if the hill is steep enough, it won't go backwards so no rocking and he just leaves it in reverse.. He has mumbled something about if you get rear-ended it's better to have it in reverse at a stoplight, you're less likely to hit the car in front of you.. But that sounded more like an excuse to me.



2. Shifting From Reverse to Drive Without Coming to a Complete Stop
I cringe when someone is giving me a ride somewhere and they do this. It just gets to me. I feel like they are putting uneeded stress on the tranny. Is it really so hard to stop, then shift? Gurr!
I don't see why it would bother you, it's not your car.. IF it was your car, yea that'd drive me nuts..

[YAR1S]

I do #1 all the time, Im determined to creep as far to the person in front of me.....

then I do #2 when I realize how far i've gone and that the person in front of me might very well be a manual.

LOL
but seriously, I creep. :p

[yaris-me]

:eek:Guilty as charged. Though I usually stop 10 or 15 feet behind people and then creep forward to about 5 feet or so.. If I don't creep, then somebody is likely to go AROUND me and try to wedge themselves in right in front of me.. I give plenty of room because I'm forgiving for people who need to get into the left lane for the next stop light.. So if they're in the right lane trying to get into the left lane they can do so, but creeping forward prevents people behind me from doing a right and then left just to get ahead of everybody else..


It's not like I get crazy close, I've had cars get so close to my old Coupe that all I could see out the rear window is the headlights from their truck..

I'm surprised something so little annoys you..
These kinds of driving habits are inherited or somethin.. My dad drives an automatic and he'll take his foot off the break and flip it into neutral at a stop light and the car will start rolling backwards and then he'll flip it into drive to get back to where he was before and keep going back and forth between neutral and drive...

If he's on a hill and he rolls forward when in neutral, then he does it between neutral and reverse. But if the hill is steep enough, it won't go backwards so no rocking and he just leaves it in reverse.. He has mumbled something about if you get rear-ended it's better to have it in reverse at a stoplight, you're less likely to hit the car in front of you.. But that sounded more like an excuse to me.



I don't see why it would bother you, it's not your car.. IF it was your car, yea that'd drive me nuts..

:bellyroll::laugh:

[nemelek]

I find that if I am stopped at a red light and inch foward, the car next to me will also inch foward. Even if you start into the cross walk.

[Sidicas]

I find that if I am stopped at a red light and inch foward, the car next to me will also inch foward. Even if you start into the cross walk.

I hate when that happens at a stop light and you're trying to turn right on red... And you've got this big SUV blocking the entire horizon. It's like.. I can't SEE and then they start creeping forward with you... FFFFFFFFUUUUUUU~~~

But yea, now I've got a Yaris most of my serious visibility problems that I had in my Coupe are gone..

[rningonfumes]

Guilty here of creeping up.

Most all the lights here in Socal have magnetic triggers installed into the road, sometimes you have to make a bit of motion for the light to trigger.

[DandiDani]

we got a light by my house that is the same way. you will sit there for like 4 minutes waiting for it to turn green but once you inch forward it switches

[JBIZZ]

What about people who stop w/ 3 to 5 car lengths from the line at the light or from the car in front of them. That pisses me off. I'll pull in front of them if I have the chance.

[jambo101]

I get ticked off at people who insist on leaving a 3 car length gap at the left turn light then when the light turns green these people do everything in slow motion so the line up for the light just gets longer as only a couple of cars make the light,not much i can do about it but it sure is irritating. Then theres the other extreme where the light turns green and the guy behind starts blowing his horn before you have a chance to put the car in gear.
Lots of ignorant drivers out there some of whom have no business behind the wheel of a car..

[Shroomster]

---people who follow you into the center lane i.e. // or \\ they double up next to you, they follow you out of the exit into the center lane and then try to go around you/before you into the traffic flow, very ignorant and dangerous.

---people who drive with their high beams on. if you can't see you shouldn't be driving.
if you have a broken/burnt head light get it fixed, it's different in every state but some states are supposed to give you fix it tickets or even fines for driving like that.

---people who drive with only one headlight low beam GET IT FIXED

---people who decide to only drive with DRL's

---people who think it's cool to drive without any lights at night

---people who neglect their cars and you pull up behind them to find they either have no working brake lights, one brake light or a short that causes all the lights to stay on at all times including the reverse lights

---people who blatantly run the red lights. come on it's already changed to green for cross traffic yet you just have to have been going 60 in a 45 and thought you had the right of way just because you were in the solid lines for the intersection?

---trucks who end up convoying (side by side for any length of time on any street)

---people who think any lane is a slow lane (slow lane means you're going to go the posted speed limit or 5 mph under) it doesn't mean get in any lane and proceed to go 25 in a 50 or 40 in a 55...... and then you get up next to them and they're not even paying attention to the road.

[toad]

i just roll back ,that sends a clear message STAY OFF MY ASS

i do the same thing! i'm really not an aggressive driver by any means, but that's the one thing that really bugs me! i was always taught in drivers ed(and my father) that you should be able to see the bottom of the bumper/part of tires on the car in front of you. this also gives you enough room for an emergency manuever if necessary. it isn't an exact science as myself(6'2") sitting in our minivan-like seating of the yaris vs. my wife(5'2") in our old car('95 civic) will yield slightly different results, but you get the point - STAY BACK!!!!!!!!!!

[RedRide]

Guilty here of creeping up.

Most all the lights here in Socal have magnetic triggers installed into the road, sometimes you have to make a bit of motion for the light to trigger.

The are all over now. They're just simple, basic metal detectors and do not need any movement to detect a car .

All that is required is for a vehicle to be above it.
Motion over it does not help or hinder it.

[jjonrofl]

My pet peeve of driving is when people blatantly cross solid white lines. like there's an intersection like where there is one exit ramp that meets a highway, and the exit ramp turns into an exit for the highway... and people speed like maniacs past the solid line and when i wait for the dotted line to begin and get over, people slam on brakes and honk and glare at me. i know it's hard to explain, which is why i drew a (crude) drawing...

http://i49.tinypic.com/e9gryx.png

I'm the red car, and the butt face is in yellow :)

[Altitude]

People who take shallow turns onto sides streets. You know like making a 90 degree turn at 45 degrees cutting in front of and sometimes into the other lane on the street they are turning onto. Can't tell you how many times I've nearly t-boned someone who wasn't looking at the side street to see if anyone was coming out (me).

[Altitude]

The are all over now. They're just simple, basic metal detectors and do not need any movement to detect a car .

All that is required is for a vehicle to be above it.
Motion over it does not help or hinder it.

I always thought it was weight/pressure that triggered these things.

[yaris2010RS]

-- when 2 lanes make a left and the person in the right-left lane decides to end up in the left-left lane...... god....

-- people who are going straight, see the advance green light and go through the intersection...

-- driving at night with DRL's (hence y i think they are dangerous)

--ppl who think that blue light on their dash mean your lights are on...almost true, it means ure highbeams are on and ure a doucher!!

--driving in left lane on highway doing less then 100km/h...

--doing less then 100km/h in left lane and not moving out of my way!!

the winner of all.... break light issues..... i have seen it all from when breaks are pressed everything turns off and signals turn on to dancing breaklights.....

[RedRide]

Speaking of exit ramps....

I hate all tail gaiters. Tail gaitters are among the most stupid and dangerous drivers out there.

However, the one that really pisses me off is when someone is getting off at the next exit and they suddeny start tailgatting
It does not matter to them if the exit is a a few feet or a few miles down the road, they will be right on your bummper until they exit even though they have plenty of roon to pass you.

[Yaris Hilton]

What triggers the traffic lights is an induction coil buried under the pavement. It senses a large mass of metal over it, like a metal detector but a very insensitive one. If you see white lines across the road where you stop at an intersection, that means to put the front of your car right up to, but not past that white line to trigger the coil. I often see people at an intersection go across those lines before they stop, or while waiting creep up past the line so the computer controlling the light thinks they've gone on and left. The light then won't change till another car comes up behind them and gets over the coil.

[RedRide]

Exactly, the white stop lines are there for a reason.

It's a pitty that some ignor them and then, rely on voodoo tacticts to make the light change.

[GeneralDon7]

My pet peeve of driving is when people blatantly cross solid white lines. like there's an intersection like where there is one exit ramp that meets a highway, and the exit ramp turns into an exit for the highway... and people speed like maniacs past the solid line and when i wait for the dotted line to begin and get over, people slam on brakes and honk and glare at me. i know it's hard to explain, which is why i drew a (crude) drawing...

http://i49.tinypic.com/e9gryx.png

I'm the red car, and the butt face is in yellow :)

This annoys me too, i really hate it though when people do the creep up to the light, but when the light actually turns green they sit there :clap:

[DevilGirl]

I hate when that happens at a stop light and you're trying to turn right on red... And you've got this big SUV blocking the entire horizon. It's like.. I can't SEE and then they start creeping forward with you... FFFFFFFFUUUUUUU~~~

+1 (to inifinity). I have this happen to me I don't know how many times.

What about people who stop w/ 3 to 5 car lengths from the line at the light or from the car in front of them. That pisses me off.

Agreed. Not only do they leave that large gap, they also take forever to start moving once the car in front of them has moved.

People who take shallow turns onto sides streets. You know like making a 90 degree turn at 45 degrees cutting in front of and sometimes into the other lane on the street they are turning onto. Can't tell you how many times I've nearly t-boned someone who wasn't looking at the side street to see if anyone was coming out (me).

Again, agreed.

I also hate when people swing wide to the left (often crossing the double yellow on a 2-lane road) to make a right turn; or swing wide to the right (crossing the white line) to make a left turn.

-- when 2 lanes make a left and the person in the right-left lane decides to end up in the left-left lane...... god....

Yep, see this every morning getting off the Turnpike. Frequently it's truck drivers with their large rig that do that. Irks me to no end!!! I don't know how many times I've been almost crushed!

[supmet]

What triggers the traffic lights is an induction coil buried under the pavement. It senses a large mass of metal over it, like a metal detector but a very insensitive one. If you see white lines across the road where you stop at an intersection, that means to put the front of your car right up to, but not past that white line to trigger the coil. I often see people at an intersection go across those lines before they stop, or while waiting creep up past the line so the computer controlling the light thinks they've gone on and left. The light then won't change till another car comes up behind them and gets over the coil.

That would assume the coils are always placed an even distance from the lines, which is not the case. You can see where they cut the concrete to place the coils.

[eric81]

The hail we had destroyed both my cars (which were about to be collected by the bank ANYWAYS) so I am driving a POS Honda Accord right now which has so much hail damage, it's gas mileage is actually improved by the divits and dents it has. (it was hit by softball sized hail that blew out all the windows and more than destroyed the car, but I am still thankful for something to drive, and the windows have all been replaced). I am the guy who has NO fear of hitting his brakes when someone tail gates me for more than 10 seconds. I warn first (flash my brake lights) then I hit them good and hard and watch people learn what ABS stands for in their car, and learn that VSC is a good thing, unless the car in front of you is too close. I dare anyone to tail gate me... I've had old ladys cuss me out, kids flip me off, and everything between. And since I am BORROWING this car, I have even less feelings for stupid tailgaters. Simply put, bad idea.

[slothman86]

What about not pulling to the sensor at the stop light?! Pisses me off when I'm behind them and the light never changes cause the douche is not pulled up far enough.

[eric81]

Here thay al pull up so they are IN the crosswalk. When I am walking and someone does that, I walk into the crosswalk and touch their car... it really seems to tick people off, but I am not a small guy, and I have a lot of anger issues, so even when people say something, I just walk up to the window and yell really loudly (8 years in the army, and I can be VERY loud) and then I walk away. Scares a lot of people, but they just keep on doing it.

[RHDVIPbB]

I hate the people behind me at an intersection that lets me turn right on red. If I have a car blocking my view, you can bet that I am not going to creep up and put my car into the path of an oncoming car that I cannot see. I wait patiently until the green light. I have to get out every now and then and yell at the person honking at me. I will never creep out with my son in the car either. I tell the person that the life of me and my son is not worth the few seconds I might get somewhere faster because I can't see to the left.

I hate people who refuse to get up to speed on on ramps. Does anybody remember what merging means?

[Hershey]

why do people wait until last moment to pull out in front of you so you then have to slow down suddenly and hope there's no numb nut following to close behind you ? :rolleyes:

[DevilGirl]

why do people wait until last moment to pull out in front of you so you then have to slow down suddenly and hope there's no numb nut following to close behind you ? :rolleyes:

Not only do they pull out in front of you so closely, they also go slow too.

My thought, if you're gonna pull out in front of me that closely, you'd better move your ass!

[cali yaris]

post 21 graphic is the best ever. :bow:

[advocate]

I don't mind people who creep in their boring old automatic transmissions.

I never creep because 1) waste of gas 2) waste of clutch

[devinlamothe]

-Tailgaters are the absolute worst. Especially when it's a 4-lane and no one is beside you, yet they feel the need to ride your butt - also the people who feel the need to flash their high beams at you and honk while doing this should have their tires slashed

-If I am turning right at a red light, and the oncoming traffic has an advance green to turn left, YOU DO NOT TURN INTO THE RIGHT LANE. You have to stay in the left lane, put your signal on, THEN change to the right lane. I've almost been squashed by trucks & SUVs who think they can just go to whatever lane they want.

[jjonrofl]

post 21 graphic is the best ever. :bow:

haha thanks, it's something that's been bothering me for a while, it was inevitable that I would create a drawing to show the world my frustration :^)

[Hershey]

why do people wait until last moment to pull out in front of you so you then have to slow down suddenly and hope there's no numb nut following to close behind you ? :rolleyes: well a relative pulled out in front of a pick up truck this evening which totaled the relatives car . Had to be removed with jaws of life . Ended up with a broken arm and neck brace . Not sure about other driver . Thankfully wasn't worst .

[Hershey]

worst yet is when someone passes you on a blind corner that has a double line . Had a few close calls thanks to these bungholes :moon:. That's why
I drive on outer edge of road on corners . Just to give more time to get off it if needed .

[ptitpiffute]

Hi,

I can't put my list, because people who do stupid things on the roads, well it would be so long to whrite, we'll be sitting here until tomorrow morning :D
Here in Quebec and also in France (I'm from there), drivers are as "good" as what you describe, with their cars, a nightmare. I'm not considering myself a good driver, but I'm beeing careful, a bit heavy on the speedo, but otherwise no hectic behaviour.

Let's hope it is going to be better sometimes.

tschuss

[Aothachos]

-People who their right signal on and change lanes into the left lane.

-When your doing 70mph in the middle lane and someone is tailgating you to go faster when both left and right lane is open.

-People who put their hazards on when their car is breaking down and they do 40mph in the middle lane and everyone is swirving around them and a big truck crashes in to the back of them and the truck driver dies and the woman lives and the news says she has family in haiti so we are suppose to feel some sympathy for her after she killed a 52 year old truck driver because she knew her car had problems and insisted to drive on the highway and not the service road.

-People who slow down to 45mph on the highway because a cop pulled over someone (big deal)

-People who drive with their high beams on

-People who drive with their high beams on cuz one light is out, so its only 1 highbeam in your mirror blinding you (thats why I got dark tints not so much for looks, just for the high beam issue and big trucks behind me blind me with their lights lol)

-Drunk drivers

-People who look like they are drunk driving but they are really just on their cell phone.



What is funny to watch is:

-when your at a red light and you see the guys girlfriend yelling at him in your rear view mirror, lol could just imagine what she is saying and what he is thinking

[bankrobber]

Don't ask me why, but these two things really irk me. Are you one of these people?

1. Inching Forward While Stopped Waiting for a Light

Are you one of those people, who while waiting for the light to turn red, keep inching forward, closer towards the car in front of you who is also stopped by the way? Why do people do this? Do they feel that by "pressing on the car" the light will change faster? ugh!

2. Shifting From Reverse to Drive Without Coming to a Complete Stop

I cringe when someone is giving me a ride somewhere and they do this. It just gets to me. I feel like they are putting uneeded stress on the tranny. Is it really so hard to stop, then shift? Gurr!

Yes I agree on first one. I hate when I stop behind a car and then the inch ahead and pretty soon there is 15 feet of open space. I have a manual and do not want to use the clutch more than necessary.

One that I hate more is the cars that stop with 20+ feet of room behind another car. When someone does this to me and there is a turn lane to the left side I just go around them and cut back in the open spot.

[Greenthunder]

-.


-People who slow down to 45mph on the highway because a cop pulled over someone (big deal)

That is a pretty ignorant statement, and people who don't slow down for that officer are one thing that pisses me off. I applaud those who slow down for that officer's safety. He has a family to go home to also. I'm sorry to hear that people doing their job upset you, show some respect the next time you pass an officer making a traffic stop by slowing down

[Yaris Hilton]

In Tennessee it's the law that you must move over to the lane away from the stopped police car, or if that's not possible, slow down and pass very cautiously. Both are simply common sense and shouldn't require a law.

I do find it annoying when people who've just zoomed by me as I drive the speed limit see a police car running radar and slow down well below the speed limit, making me have to brake.

[Former_Neon]

Creeping is a pet peeve of mine also. People are just in too much of a hurry.

[Sidicas]

I applaud those who slow down for that officer's safety. He has a family to go home to also.
Agreed.. Also at night, when a car is stopped with emergency flashers, I'll flick my high beams on for a few seconds as I drive by...

One time there was a car stopped at night with the emergency lights on and I didn't see it until I got real close that the driver was down on the ground lifting his car up with a jack on the side facing the highway.. Scared the crap out of me, for sure... So that's why I put the high beams on for a moment.

Another time, a car was stopped with emergency flashers and I started shifting into the left lane and as I'm moving over my lights start reflecting on this deer that's just standing there in the left lane across from the car with the emergency blinkers. Swerved back over to the right lane and squeezed between the deer on my left and the car with emergency blinkers on the right (he was way far over off the road anyway). Definitely good idea to slow down when you see a car with emergency blinkers, you can't guess what the problem is from afar..

[razingman]

people who take more than 1/10 of a second to go on a green, people with ipods in ears, and finally people who jump onto an on/off ramp to get ahead of a car. I just gas it and force them to either ditch or take it

[Kioshi]

people with ipods in ears,
Guilty---
What's wrong with having an ear bud in one ear or two?

[david_827]

I can't stand when people try to take turns from the center lane.........Boston drivers are by far THE WORST

[jpmck03]

I'm so glad that this thread was resurrected from the dead. Never saw it before today!

My thing that gets on my nerves. Near my house there is a hill you go down with a "off ramp" that goes to the right. However, it merges into a one lane road and the "off ramp" effectively becomes the second lane. So, there's no reason to stop or yield to oncoming traffic, because there isn't any.

At least once or twice a month I get behind someone that decides it's 100% necessary to just stop in the middle of the road there and yield to no one at all. :middlefinger:

47531
Just go!

[edmscan]

I'm so glad that this thread was resurrected from the dead. Never saw it before today!

At least once or twice a month I get behind someone that decides it's 100% necessary to just stop in the middle of the road there and yield to no one at all. :middlefinger:



You would never survive around here .. as what you have described is so minor in nature compared to what you really would have to deal with. It is all about patience ... cause the average driver is just clueless.

What you are describing is a free flow lane and mostly there are signs indicating it as such. The good thing .. is that SOME people actually do the right thing.

Myself .. if I do something stupid, I am doing it on purpose and am fully aware that I am stupid. Fortunately I don't have to resort to driving like this that often.

[jpmck03]

You would never survive around here .. as what you have described is so minor in nature compared to what you really would have to deal with. It is all about patience ... cause the average driver is just clueless.

What you are describing is a free flow lane and mostly there are signs indicating it as such. The good thing .. is that SOME people actually do the right thing.

Myself .. if I do something stupid, I am doing it on purpose and am fully aware that I am stupid. Fortunately I don't have to resort to driving like this that often.

Oh, I know it's minor, it's just one of those "WTF are you doing?" things that just irks me. I'm sure we could all fill this thread with a zillion little things that aren't a big deal but just get under our nerves.

[RedRide]

Okay, I have to admit to #1...sometimes. The reason I will edge up at a stoplight is if I see a car behind me coming up fast, especially in bad weather or if my kids are in the backseat.......... Whenever I see a car cominig up fast behind me when I'm stopped, I aways pump my brake to get their attention to STOP! One never knows if they are paying attention to their driving or not. (see below)

BTW, two things that really gets on my nerves are tail gaiters and cell phone users.

[edmscan]

I hate the people behind me at an intersection that lets me turn right on red. If I have a car blocking my view, you can bet that I am not going to creep up and put my car into the path of an oncoming car that I cannot see. I wait patiently until the green light. I have to get out every now and then and yell at the person honking at me. I will never creep out with my son in the car either. I tell the person that the life of me and my son is not worth the few seconds I might get somewhere faster because I can't see to the left.

This one I understand ... and driving a Yaris it is tough sometimes to see past that truck or SUV. I just wait til it is safe ... no matter how long that takes. I don't care if someone is honking .. as well they are just clueless most of the time.

[edmscan]

I can't stand when people try to take turns from the center lane.........Boston drivers are by far THE WORST

LOL ... he has never been to Alberta. If you have seen the show "Canada's Worst Driver", most of the people come from Alberta. The thing about here .. is that you have to be only 14 to get a drivers license and don't have to take a road test. You just have to have a "regular" driver in the passenger seat.

When I was 16 and was taking driver training .. I couldn't drive at all (it was also winter). I made it about 1/2 block before I got kicked out of the drivers seat. But it helped me learn how to drive . . something I now appreciate. :thumbsup:

I think that learning how to drive when conditions are at the worst .. help people learn how really how to drive.

[charlieXX]

Try to be in the country where I am now, wherein you are at a three lane street you are in the middle and the guy farthest right wants to make a u-turn and even have the nerves to be upset at you when you floor the horn on his BS antics now try that on for size....

Or when you are already travelling at 120kms/h and the big GMC behind you kept flashing and speeding more to almost hit you and let you move away like as if the road belongs to him alone.....we have a lot of class A morons here in this country.

[Idahotom]

Drivers who, for whatever reason, lets assume it's a valid reason, pull to the side onto the shoulder of an interstate hwy. or any busy road. BUT, they don't pull off as far as frigging possible, it's like they are afraid they might roll their car, or like once they are off the white line denoting the side lane they are safe. Stupid, I pull over as far as I can, maybe 10' off the white line, maybe until I DO almost tip over on the berm.... even then I never take my eyes off oncoming traffic as their are too many who will just be on auto pilot and will just drive up your arsehole, not noticing you are pulled over.

People who merge like their parking brake is on, especially annoying if they are driving some powerful rig and then when they finally get up speed they are at 75 or better. I usually cruise the interstate in my area at 60 to 62, but I don't merge at 20, I merge at 55 or higher, sometimes I merge faster then my cruising speed just to blend in better.

One of the busiest intersections in town has a merge lane (35 mph/city streets) so if you are turning left you don't have to wait at the light, often there is traffic coming and like merging on an interstate no problem if you enter the flow at a similar speed. About 80% of our local drivers STOP at the edge of the traffic flow, ignoring the fact the city recently extended the merge lane a 1/4 mile or more, so even if you can't merge you have plenty of time to try to, then you always stop but in 35 years of driving this town I have never had to do that, you can always merge if you keep your speed up.

One last thing, I drive for work a 40,000 lb. crane truck, and we have a lot of hills here on our on ramps. So it is a bitch to enter the traffic flow (interstate) with the speed I'd like, sometimes I am forced to merge while I'm still gearing up and going maybe 35....and now that I am at the decision point and actually pulling into the traffic lane, there may be no room, both lanes may be occupied. In a the Yaris I just romp on it and smoothly merge, I don't have the option in the crane, BUT, I am not afraid to keep building my speed, while on the 20' wide paved shoulder, this freaks some out. I feel it's safer then coming to a complete stop on the frigging onramp. Sometimes I have gone a few hundred yards on the shoulder (again, paved and solid) until finally getting up to speed and finding a slot to enter the actual road. And yeah it is great fun to get back into the zippy Yaris after driving that pig of a crane truck!

[nookandcrannycar]

Guilty---
What's wrong with having an ear bud in one ear or two?

Unless the law has changed, it isn't legal to have an ear bud in both ears while driving in California (one ear yes, but not two).