There is a lot of comments about Driver habits that irritate people. What irritates YOU the most. Here are some examples:

• someone with a cell phone in their ear
• left lane speed limit huggers
• tailgaiters
• someone urging you to race at stoplights
• drivers going to slow on two lane roads (below the speed limit)
• drivers oblivious to whats going on around them
• people putting on their makeup or reading the newspaper while driving

What DRIVER things irritate you?

 

People who drive in the left lane and when you come up behind them they just stick there when it is obviously you would like to drive faster than them. And then you give the lights a flash...nothing. It is like they are oblivious to what is behind them. Finally you get a shot, downshift and go to pass them on the right and just as you do so, they put their blinker on and move to the right lane. Like they suddenly realized that you wanted to pass them when you go to change lanes, not when you come up behind them or flash your highs. That REALLY annoys me.

~ Derek

 

Would I appear to be a snotty b!tch if I said "all of the above", and added those that must eat their breakfast on top of it all?

The only thing you should be doing while driving, is driving - period.

 

People that brake all the way around a sharp corner.

 

With all due respect

There are times when eating while driving is totally appropriate.

Lets say your driving xcountry and your "burning daylight". No time for pit stops and eating. You gotta have that Sausage McMuffin and Coffee or your gonna lose time

 

NOT SIGNALING FOR A TURN OR LANE CHANGES!! Yes, I was shouting.

 

How about the ones that play that damned see saw game on the freeway, where they pass you, then slow down. When you go to pass them again they speed up just enough to not allow you to get back into the lane in front of them. Or how about the ones that pass you on the freeway, and with miles and miles of empty road all around them they merge a couple of feet in front of you. Speaking of merging...what about the ones that dont understand the concept of "merge", and come to a complete stop, they're as bad as the ones that come to a stand still when faced with a round-a-bout. OOWWW, I know another one...I rode with my cousin just a couple weeks ago. Shes a pretty good driver with one huge fault. She can be driving down a highway, at highway speeds, and if she sees someone trying to turn onto the highway from a sideroad or parking lot, she will stop and let them merge in front of her. I thought we were going to get rear-ended several times...what makes someone seemingly intelligent, do something so STUPID??? I'd better stop now, I feel my bloodpressure starting to go up.

 

They drive in the fast lane next to another law-abiding citizen, doing the speed limit (or less) to "control" traffic speed. It makes me CRAZY! :impatient

 

YES, all of these too!

 

Oh yeah, and semi drivers that pull out in front of you to pass in a teeny tiny space and they have no power to get aroung the car they are passing, AND there is NO ONE behind you! By the way, I do alot of highway driving in a conversion van. This makes me kinda nuts.

 

whenever you need to change lanes, you signal and the car diagnally
behind you speeds up like a madman.

 

"Ego drivers": they are the most important person on the road, so you'd better not a) pass them, b) hold them back, c) get in "their" lane, even if you are 100 yards ahead of them.
And all of the above.

 

I just had a combo including above coming home from the grocery store, with the added:

>I'm a Cadillac and belong in front of you complex.
How dare you embarrass my 2 passengers by dusting me from the light. Why do bigger vehicle drivers have a problem with a tiny MINI in front of them, I kinda like a clear view ahead of me.

>Red-light roulette.
So what if I'm the third car turning left on the red, they won't hit me.

 

People that brake all the way around a sharp corner.

 

OOOHHH!! That tweeks my cookies too!! Or the-I have to almost come to a complete stop to turn into this parkinglot-who cares what massive mahem happens behind me crowd. Or the old friends that havent seen one another in a whole day, and have to drive side by side (under the speed limit, of course), and have an entire conversation. Another one, that seems pretty common around here, is the people who stop at intersections (traveling in opposite directions), and just sit there, talking, blocking the entire road. Nice. I passed a guy on the interstate yesterday, he was reading a novel that was pinned open by the spokes in his steering wheel.mad:

 

thanks chows. i am now so angry after reading all of this.AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

 

I don't get irritated Jpb Security

I simply make myself aware of the attributes and exploit them to my advantage. Maybe it's cynical or wrong in some way, but I usually get a laugh out of most of it. Which is good cause I have about 30 miles highway and 20 miles local roads at least twice a day for a bare minimum and porbably see most everything mentioned at least daily including the novel reading (but never using the steering wheel to hold it open always both hands ) And most drivers are kind enough to mix it up and be combo deals as well, my fav is when that I cant be passed by you car earns themselves a court summons for thier speedy pride. V1 and a regular route help with that one

Lighten up enjoy driving

 

Two people driving the same speed side by side, blocking both lanes. Come on folks, You 're going the same speed, haven't you heard of single file???

 

When driving on an empty two lane road, and some a*hole decides to turn out in front of you from a cross street, and then goes 10 under the speed limit, when said a*hole could have easily waited 5 more seconds and pulled out after you pass.

 

What about the ones that NEVER use their mirrors, they just do whatever they want-like merging you onto the sidewalk. Or people who cannot seem to understand the basic mathematics involved on dealing with the length of a parallel parking spot vs. vehicle length. There is no way I could possibly count the number of times I have seen people with 20' long SUVs try and park them into a 10' space, all while blocking a whole lane of traffic. Just move it along, and leave it for the MINI, quit wasting everyones time!

 

One of my sanity-maintenance techniques is to consider each motoring episode as an adventure in obstacle course training. Helps keep the blood pressure in check most of the time. Evasive, nimble driving is a basic necessity in Los Angeles.

 

ive also noticed some people stop in the middle of a figgin' hwy intersection
(50mph) WHILE THE LIGHT IS GREEN.

 

My biggest peeve is:

When changing lanes to pass a slow moving driver on a freeway and he/she then speeds up enough to block you from going anywhere (a car in front of you and said slow driver shadowing you in the next lane). Drives me nuts.

 

+1,2,3 ad nauseum to all the above. And add people driving and painting their nails (their toe nails) while driving! And yes I've seen this on the roads of Houston in my earlier commuting days. The scary thing is - more than once!

 

I hate when people don't use their turn signals when changing lanes, that's what pisses me off the most.