OK, having worked on the streets for years, the one that really gets me is people drive right off the front of their car hood. In other words, morons that don't look down the road a ways and drive/plan accordingly.

You know who I mean, the ones that somehow miss 2 or 3 roadwork/rightlane closed ahead signs, 500 feet of cones, and a huge arrowboard or two and come to a screeching halt when they suddenly run out of room. You would not believe some of idiots I have witnessed.

 

1. People who swerve their cars into the opposite direction before pulling into a driveway.
2. People who make a right turn without pulling all the way to the right even though there is plenty of room to get the hell out of the way of the rest of the traffic.
3. People who don't pull into the left turn lanes, but instead s-l-o-w-l-y m-e-r-g-e into them leaving half the car still in the number one lane causing other drivers to move around them into the number two lane.
4. People who pull out of the driveway only to stop in the middle of the street because they just experienced a brain fart and forgot which way they were going.

 

All Drivers. The road is mine. Get off. How else am I going to really get to "Drive" my MINI

 

Cell-phone oblivions. The guy who creeps to the green, then speeds slowly to catch the yellow I can't have. The guy this morning eating a large burger with both hands.

 

Ooooh, I forgot one. True story. The crack addict at a dead stop in the middle lane of a freeway taking a hit of her pipe.

 

I once witnessed two tractor/trailer rigs going after each other most of the way around Chicago. I was in an express lane (no trucks thank god) but I was running parallel to the two a**h***s. They were weaving in and out of traffic (this was in the evening - dark) moving into lanes that already had a car forcing the cars to slam on its brakes, etc. etc. etc. and all at about 80 miles an hour. Cell phones weren't prevalent back then so I believe they got away with it. It was only sheer luck they didn't kill someone.

 

Oh yeah. Lifted SUVs with HID headlights driving behind you.

 

I have plenty of patience w/ slower drivers, but less for the self-absorbed or arrogant. This goes for MINI drivers, too.

 

All of the above. And all of the below too.

 

Greatbear on the road.

 

 

If you come up behind someone driving the speed limit, why should they rush to get out of your way to allow you to break the law and drive over the limit? That is unless you're in an emergency vehicle with the lights flashing.

If I get caught in the left lane (which I try to avoid) and someone comes up behind me driving way over the speed limit, they tend to ride my bumper and flash lights. Have some patience...I'll get over as soon as I can so you can go on your merry way.

Oh...I hope you get a ticket for speeding.

 

Wait a sec....

Down you get 10 points for each worker you hit? Or is it 20 points ...

Oh Wait a second, that was the movie Deathrace 2000

 

I admit I live a sheltered life....I never have stuff like this happen on the roads I frequent. Keep in mind, though...I purposely don't frequent the crazy ones if at all possible!!

 

Pfft. You should only wish for more like me on the road.

 

S L O W DRIVERS!!!!! If you're
afraid to drive....STAY HOME!!!!

 

People who don't want to wait in the appropriate lane to make a legal turn, so they go all the way to the front, put on their signal (or don't), and cut everyone else who's waiting.

The only thing that bugs me more than that is the people who let them into line.

Oh, and people who don't stop for crosswalks.

And people who honk at me for stopping for crosswalks.

 

4 way stops. When it's their turn, they sit there like they're trying to figure out how long they can make everyone else wait. Plug up a busy 4 way and back them up. We have some with HUGE long lines waiting to get through them.

 

I've committed that sin once or twice (only in dense urban settings--read: downtown Chicago or anywhere in Manhattan), but if I can adequately prepare for a turn or merge, I'll do so. However, I do note that sometimes it's more efficient to have multiple cars abreast turning...

Not sayin', just sayin'.

 

minivans

those are always annoying.

 

left lane hoggers, non stop here in Nebraska.
Also most drivers here do not give advance warning (flash lights) to on coming traffic for a speed trap or any police.

 

What driver attributes irritate me the most?

My Own.

 

This one irritates me too.

 

It's not a driver attribute, it's a passenger attribute. Nothing irks me more than someone getting into the passenger seat and then fiddle with all of the buttons without asking (i.e. radio, AC, pushing buttons and then asking what does this do?)

 

Not using turn signals ---- Are you too weak to move the lever, or too stupid to know how????? (a MD and NJ specialty) AND creeping in the left lane (a PA and Va specialty).