About the only thing that really annoys me on the roads is tailgating - the highly irritating and dangerous practice of driving far too close to the vehicle in front. What about you?
2007-05-01 23:37:15 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Do you always make assumptions about people, RRM? I shall now make an assumption about you - I think you're an inconsiderate roadhog.
2007-05-01 23:55:41 · update #1
Indicating left, then turning right (or vice versa)
Driving up buslanes under taking traffic.
Bus drivers who pull out - then indicate.
People who pull out in front of you then immediately stop to turn right.
People who use their mobile phones whilst driving.
People who refuse to leave any gap at junctions so you can't join the traffic - even though they aren't going anywhere.
Those who pull out in front of you then drive very slowly.
Anyone in a BMW - is the highway code in the "fiction" section of their library?
People in huge 4 wheel drive tanks with one tiny child strapped in the back - they don't even need to know how to drive - their car is bigger than our works lorry.
Any taxi driver anywhere.
And one more thing - not drivers - but schoolchildren who slowly cross the road, cockily staring at you as you approach them seemingly thinking that if you hit them your vehicle will just bounce off them.
As you can tell - there's not much joy to be had driving around where I work.
2007-05-01 23:51:43 · answer #1 · answered by Nexus6 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1 Tailgating > I'm thinking of putting a sign in the back saying There's nothing in the boot worth looking at!
2 Overtaking in dangerous situations (usually Men I'm afraid) When I'm already driving at or near the limit.
3 Mobile phone users (Both sexes are equally guilty) especially 'proffessional' drivers like taxi, lorry or delivery vehicles.
4 People who drive with dog's unrestrained and or hanging half out of the windows. The dog MAY like it but it's dangerous and can cause eye and ear problems for them!
2007-05-02 02:03:35 · answer #2 · answered by willowGSD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to some of those above, I will add the people who have such bad judgement of speed and distance that they are incapable of working out where to pass oncoming traffic in narrow country lanes.
These people will often slow up rather than accelerate or remain at constant speed, thus ensuring that a passing point is not reached simultaneously by both vehicles.
2007-05-01 23:53:05 · answer #3 · answered by Clive 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate tailgaters too. Problem is here in France they try to read you VIN number, however its done so that the traffic cameras cannot get your number and the new IR things are upset.
That does not excuse it or the Gendarme who was 2 metres behind me at 90ks.
I then use the gears and handbrake to slow rapidly at things like speed limits etc. The old gendarme did NOT like it, there were funny squealing noises coming from behind...
Its not speeding that kills, it is silly aerosols, and many of them are tailgaters.
If it were speeding then we would have no police, they would all be dead......
2007-05-01 23:49:01 · answer #4 · answered by rinfrance 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The thing I hate the most is when I'm driving the speed limit, or faster, and then I see someone come up right on my behind and then go to pass me, almost clipping my bumper. Also, people who run red lights, especially right at the last second, because they think no one is going so they're gonna go, but the almost (or do) cause an accident.
2007-05-01 23:49:15 · answer #5 · answered by Tigregrrl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a law enforcement officer for the last 17 years, I have seen a great deal of things that annoy me. To list them all would be counter productive, suffice it to say that all of the things that annoy me can be traced to 1 thing: SELFISHNESS!
I want to do, what I want to do and how dare you (the law) tell me otherwise.
Out of all the things that annoy me, speeding (especially aggressive speeding) & overweight vehicle's annoy me the most. I have stopped vehicle's for travelling well over 100mph on NYC highways (highest motorcycle speed = 148mph & highest automobile speed = 132mph) and vehicle's that have weighed in excess of 300,000 lbs (NYC maximum weight limit is 73,280 lbs).
2007-05-02 02:39:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you are coming to a street a person is coming out of that person is always looking to their right first and not the left which would be the lane you are coming up on them ,
Start watching for it and you will see what I mean.
And people who will blow their horn for you to go thru no turn on red.And also related to turning when it says wait for green. Go to court and when the judge asks what the sign said and you say wait for green he responds guilty and pay the ticket lol
2007-05-02 18:15:27 · answer #7 · answered by paultech6 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There a several things that annoy me, tailgating is definitely number one and the most dangerous, more accidents could be avoided if everyone kept there distance.
2007-05-01 23:52:30 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
* Tailgaters
* No indicating
* Can't use a roundabout properly
When they brake and go below the speed limit for a speed camera and then pick up speed again.
* Foglights on when it's very clear
2007-05-02 18:54:58 · answer #9 · answered by WelshLad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many inconsiderate drivers out there! I think, at least today, the most annoying drivers are the ones who stop before entering the freeway. The sign says merge, not stop! Then they get all irritated because nobody lets them in...cripes!
2007-05-01 23:41:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋