I drive on a 4-lane interstate highway. Every day. 1 hour one way, two trips, for 30 years now.
These are the things that make me crazy;
Nobody drives the posted speed. Either 5-10 miles over, or 5-10 miles under.
Slow drivers drive in the LEFT lane.
People who pass you on the left, get in front of you, and then slow down SLOWER than you were driving. Either slow down yourself, or pass them and get in front of them!
Slow down because a car is on the side of the road. Slower if the hood is up, slower if they are changing a tire.
Drive FASTER in construction zones.
I am in the right; so drive on my bumper! because I am driving the POSTED SPEED. Do not try to go around me, just follow me very closely to some-how try to FORCE me to drive faster.
And my favorite; speed, but slow down quickly and match my speed beside me (I am in a van) for miles. When they do that, I slam on my brakes and get real slow. Then they slow down to try to match my slower speed. ???
What drives you crazy?
2007-01-11 12:11:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
As a sales rep, I do a lot of highway driving.
True..most people DON'T drive the posted 55 or 65 MPH speed limit...usually most are pushing 75-85+. Cops REALLY can't enforce this that well, because they'd be pulling over a majority of people which it impossible and dangerous to even attempt on a major highway.
Slow Drivers in the left lane ALWAYS get flashed by me with the high beams, most but NOT ALL will move out of the way.
I hate soccer moms in minivans who are on the cellphone, putting on makeup, not concentrating on driving because their mind is on picking up Susie from school and taking her to piano lessons and deciding which meat to defrost for dinner.
Also, geriatric folks in humongous Mercury, Oldsmobile, or Buicks who drive 20 miles below the speed limit....I pull from behind them and pass by them ASAP!
Then, you have people who apparently seem to be afraid of their cars....They seems super nervous behind the wheel and probably would be better off taking the damn bus!
2007-01-11 12:34:28 · answer #1 · answered by David 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Way too many morons out there. I love tailgaters. I drive a 69 F-100 with a 1/4" steel "C"-channel bumper and a Class-IV trailer hitch. I dare you to run into it with your plastic fendered Saturn. I like to slow down and my brake lights don't activate when I downshift. I am evil incarnate, and life is good. My truck pulling a 7000 pound travel trailer can out pull your minivan up the 7% grade, so please, don't try to race me on the downhill side, just to get in front of me and slowdown again. Whoever coined the term "SUV" should be shot. The word "sport" should NOT be involved with a vehicle that can barely get out of its own way. This is not a 'sports' car. It is a large version of what I used to ride in when I was a kid. We knew them as station wagons. That is all it is, and people are no better parking a Ford Excursion then they were trying to park that Ford Country Squire. Oh, and then these same people want to b**** about gas prices. Well I got news for you Jack, When you are shelling out a C-note to fill your huge POS, I am walking in and paying 12 bucks to fill my wife's 2002 Kia Rio, and I will go further on a tank of gas than you will. I will be sure to honk at you and wave while you sit on the side of the road, or have to make your third pitstop for gas on your way across town. Thank you for letting me vent some! I really needed that.
2007-01-11 12:43:16 · answer #2 · answered by Doug K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
David, I don't know where you are but here in Wisconsin we have all of the above....almost entirely with Illinois plates, from May 1st until the first frost of November. I was in L.A. at Thanksgiving, and I refused to drive with those suicidal maniacs! My sister and brother-in-law drove us around. I guess my least favorite, is when nobody will let you into the traffic even though they can't go anywhere either, and it would only mean one car length's difference to the length of their trip. Go figure...
2007-01-11 14:30:52 · answer #3 · answered by piper54alpha 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh the usual... cell-phone drivers and those lovely individuals who won't move over to allow anyone onto the interstate. There's not a car anywhere for miles in the passing lane and they KNOW you're trying to merge and they still continue to drive parallel to you until you're forced to either slam on your brakes or drive in the breakdown lane. Assholes.
2007-01-11 12:27:03 · answer #4 · answered by jan 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
When you're going the same speed as everyone else and the person in front of you brakes for no other reason but to apparently read the billboard exit signs. I could've sworn the billboard signs warns us ahead for at least two miles and a half when the road is about to exit.....
2007-01-11 12:19:18 · answer #5 · answered by sansa 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
reads like your from Oregon How about the speed up get in the way just because i signaled
2007-01-11 12:17:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about when you exit the interstate and go to a gas station and six cars follow you? It's like, DUH, can't you people think for yourselves?
2007-01-11 12:20:46 · answer #7 · answered by gabriel3791 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋