What are your pet peeves when driving?

Question

I am usually a real laid back, patient person, except for when I am driving. I hate the way people drive, and I have a serious case of road rage! What kind of things make you cuss people out in your car?

1. Not using your turn signals

2. Darting out in front of me, then driving slow

3. Driving slow period

4. Sitting at a red light where you can turn on red, but the person in front of you waits for the green light to turn. uugghh!

5. When people pull up on the right side of a car, but are not turning right. That stops the cars behind you who are actually turning right.

6. People who block the intersection

7. When I let you in front of me and you don't give me a "thank you" wave.

and last but not least:

8. Old People! I think there should be a federal law in place to make seniors re-take their drivers test when they turn a certain age. They just drive, and don't have a clue of whats going on around them.

I know I have alot:)

Answer 1

I really like your list, there are only two things I can add.
1)People who drive slowly in the left lane
2)People who are driving slower than you, until you attempt to pass them. Then they speed up to keep pace with you.

Answer 2

we share a lot of the same ones, but I would like to add a few of my own.

People on cell phones and not paying attention to what is going on around them. It is 2007, every cell phone made is either equiped with a speaker phone or is capable of having a headset used with it. There is no reason to have a phone to your head while driving.

People, it's called a fast lane for a reason. When you get on the highway and some numbnuts is driving 45 mph is the left lane, i want to drive over them! Here's the rule...left lane = fast lane, middle lane = driving lane (normal speed), right lane = slower traffic and merging onto or off of the highway.

Answer 3

Your choices are all pet peeves of mine, except for #8. I have a few more, too:

* unrestrained children
* Driving behind a SUV, van, or panel truck.
* Tailgating

And the BIGGIE:


* Me first. ME FIRST. ME FIRST!
Why? What makes you so damn important? What makes you want to speed excessively? Tailgate? What makes you so damn important? YOU ARE NOBODY! You know all those traffic laws? They're written for all of us. You may be something within your circle of friends or at your job, but on this piece of asphalt, you're squat, nothing, bupkis. You're not special. You have no right breaking laws and endangering the people around you. Screw you. When you're dead on the pavement, being first in line won't mean a hell of a lot, will it?

Answer 4

Mine are people who do 20 mph in a 25mph. People who stop on a green light to turn right. Idiots that think they can drive how they want. People who get in the fast lane doing the speed limit 70+ for the fast lane always. 64 is never ok in a 65 mph zone.

Answer 5

Hitting anything large enough to bend bumper or bodywork.
Being hit by things falling off vehicles of other people. Being
mooned by roadside transients. Watching people with clubs
scurry beside Interstate hoping to rob drivers stuck in grid-lock. Having street people run alongside throwing a cup of
whatever upon my vehicle; watching these same people emerge from urban street manholes and not replace the metal cover. Children who drop things from overpass.

Answer 6

People that are in left lanes and you need to pass in the right.

or

People that drive parallel to someone in a 2 lane freeway. I got stuck behind this for almost 2 HOURS! I swear this guy was trying to piss people off. It put another 20 min onto my drive time. I don't usually get angry but I was so close to flashing my highs and honking.

Answer 7

WOW! We have a pretty comprehensive list of bad driving habbits outlined here. I can't even think of something else to add. I used to freak out about probably all of these, and tried to take a revenge, too :)

But now I got much more patient with this, I guess I just trained myself not to care. Those misbehaving drivers can't spoil my mood any more.

Answer 8

I like every-ones answers and i agree with all of the above but my pet peeve is the people that come out of side streets to the main streets and don't hit there brakes till the last minute.
you think there coming right threw the stop sign.
someday there brake line will brake and they will.

Answer 9

1.People who ride with their feet on the breaks and the gas at the same time.
2.People who pull out in front of me and then turn.
3.People who tailgate.
4.People who drive with their brights on all the time.
5.Slow drivers.
6.People yaking on their phones, and not paying attention to what is going on around them!

I think that is it!

Answer 10

Drunk drivers that weave all over the road You don't know if it's safe to pass. If you pass them, there's always a chance they'll run into you. If you stay behind, they might hit their brakes too fast and you'll end up rear-ending them.

I know it's silly but they need more strict laws especially when too many people die because of them.