What kind of drivers do you HATE most?

re #8: Flying along in the fast lane ~80 back when the limit was 55. Saw an officer and pulled over car in the median. Several miles later flashing lights. First words outa his mouth 'didn't you see me'? Ummm, ahhhh......yeah, but thought you were busy? Cha-ching!!

I hate those making right turns who slow down and block the lane even though they could move over a bit so traffic can still flow. Also hate those blockers at a stop light who could move left a foot or two an allow you to pass on the right to make a right turn.

What I really hate, those who cross a double solid line and overtake you to get to a left turn lane, even though traffic is STILL flowing AND I am also going to make a left turn, AND the left turn light is red. WTF!??!

Just remembered George Carlin did a bit about the 'other driver'. Either a moron or maniac.

 

Very entertaining (and accurate!) description of who we must share the roads with. These road hazards are also lurking on a highway near you, perhaps you've seen...

1. The "variable speed" driver: most noticeable on two lane state or county roads with a 55mph speed limit. Most stretches have limited sight distances and minimal passing opportunities. Passing lanes occur every dozen miles or so, sometimes not at all. The car ahead constantly varies the speed... 55...58...53...50...48...50...55...59... you know the drill. However, when the road widens for the passing lane, they take off as if Michael Knight activated "turbo boost" so that no one can get ahead of them. Deceleration begins shortly after traffic is forced to tuck back in behind them and the variable speed driver continues as before.

2. The "on-ramp-to-left-lane" driver: on divided highways (2 lanes each side) with light traffic moving at or slightly above posted speeds. You're in the left lane passing a few slower cars on the right when a car merges from an on-ramp you passed a short time ago, goes immediately to the left lane, then right up on your bumper and stays there until you move to the right once you've passed the cars in the right lane. Once they pass, they get right several hundred feet ahead and slow until you eventually catch up forcing you to match their speed - something they couldn't do when they merged into traffic.

3. This one almost goes without saying...The "DWD" driver: Driving While Distracted... by their kids, cell phone, reading, shaving, talking, gawking, you name it. They're everywhere at all times.

 

In Florida it has been the rapid and unexpected lane switch at the last minute to make a turn syndrome. I'm talking from 2 lanes over and past you then one lane to the right of you at the exit and then off. It happened to me 5 times yesterday and it happens so fast you don't have time to do anything. If they miscalculate then it's your butt. What ever happened to planning to exit and get in the lane before the turn? I'm surprised more people don't get killed.

 

I had an older guy, late model Cadillac STS, in front of me today on the George W. who was apparantly a "brake light blinker".

Nobody else is using brakes, but this guy just taps on his about once every 30 seconds...not really slowing down, but just enough to light up all those red LEDs every so often.

Very annoying, and I can see where this could very well make up the start of a big chain reaction slowdown in heavy traffic, if not an actual accident.

 

Believe it or not, this behaviour is actually mandated by Texas state law these days. Vacate the lane next to the cop, or go 20 MPH under the posted speed limit, otherwise you're risking a nasty ticket.

 

Tillman has a point...the traffic cop at the side of the ride with another car pulled over has to be statistically one of the most dangerous things they do in their line of work. I don't know about 20mph, but moving over slowing down a little just seems like common courtesy to me.

 

My Vote

Why do guys in 2 ton trucks think they need to race me in my sports car?

Why do guys in SUV's think they need to race me in my sports car?

I guess that extra 100hp they bought (for pulling their boat) is burning a hole in their pocket...and they need to use it somewhere since they never seem to have a boat hooked to the back.

Best trick ever, is slowly increasing speed, and leading these Yahoos into a off-ramp at a speed that they can't match. Its like boiling a frog on the stove in a open lid pot. Letting the water heat up so slow, that its too late by the time they realize whats about to happen


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All excellent, Mike. I have a few more to add;

-Mr. "It's my G*d-given right to stay in the passing lane" idiot. This is regarding anyone who refuses to move out of the left lane when faster traffic is approaching. Usually they are driving right at the speed limit, or sometimes even below. Regardless, they need to give way to faster traffic.

-Mrs. "I like to drive below the speed limit". Really only annoying on 1-lane roads where you cannot easily pass. If there is a lot of traffic coming the other way, you usually see a line-up a mile long behind such a person.

-Mr. "I'll take my sweet-a$$ time to get out of the passing lane, and then I'll speed up to match your speed" jacka$$. You ever have these guys who have a clear middle, or right lane, yet take forever to get out of the passing lane? Some then actually speed up as if the fact you are going at a faster speed than him insults, or offends them?

 

I did not know about that law regarding police officers that are pulled over--a good one. Thanks for sharing!

This goes back, but it's a good story. I was heading downtown on I35 when a truck pulled in behind me, closing the gap to a very tight margin. As we headed down the highway, I realized he was so close there was no way he could stop if I hit my brakes. So I decided to move out of the Fruck's way to avoid any possible accident. Just then a lady in a Fairmont steers directly into my path forcing me to slam on my brakes. I look in my mirror and here comes biily-bob hill billy in his jacked-up truck swerving all over the road as his Rancheros do their best to stable the beast. He misses my bumper by inches and hits the wall, bounces off and hit the car in front of me and two others. I was sure to give the cops my statement. Oh, he had the balls to ask me what I was going to tell the cops. I said; the truth, you're an idiot with a truck and a poor driver. He got nailed for wreckless driving, speeding, failing to yield, and a couple of other items.

I don't haul boards and concrete in my Ferrari, why would you think your truck could behave like a sports car????

Only in Texas~

 

In front of the high school... its 20mph school zone

Yesterday....I'm turning left at light (I'm out in the middle of the intersection) the light goes yellow and one more car goes through, I start to turn left and some guy runs the red light and would have hit me...if I don't slam on the brakes!

Don't run Red lights!...its stupid, especialy in a 20mph school zone! No reason you couldn't stop in time.

BUT PLEASE DON"T RUN RED LIGHTS WHILE SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, TURNING LEFT....its double stupid!



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Should read: (pulling their "IMAGINARY" boat)

I'm yet to see these 5 MPG dually-turbo-diesel-longbed-crewcab-cummings-hemi pickups pulling anything besides it's fat-assed owner who complains about gas prices.

Florida has the worst drivers in the nation. I'm surprised I survived my years living there!

 

Fast is people just don't pay attention. Nearly everyday someone guns out of a parking lot or side street in front of me and I have to slow down to avoid collision. When I check my rearview I see no cars behind me at all for several blocks; I'm the only one there. Is the person who cut me off rude and impatient? No; that gives them too much credit. Fact is they are just plain stupid. They don't know how to think far enough ahead to realize that if they were to wait 5 more seconds they could have got out and pushed their car across the road without harm to anyone. Everything is NOW. Nobody thinks ahead.

 

People that don't move over and let others pass.

People that take ages pulling away from the lights.

People on 2lane roads that don't move to the (empty) left lane near junctions/crossings and let me onto the right lane (hope you get what I mean).

 

1) Failing to accelerate entering the freeway.

2) Taking sweet time to change lanes. Blinkers on, I'm giving you 20 ft, move the **** over already!!!

3) Driving slower than 70 in the left two lanes.

4) Driving slower than 65 in the right lanes. Anyone who drives under 65 on the freeway stay on the feeder.

5) Driving too fast in the rain.

6) People who follow the line of the entrance ramp until the lane fully merges. GET THE **** OVER ALREADY!!!!

7) People who take their sweet time to make a turn.

8) People who fail to look out for motorcyclists.

9) People eating, shaving, doing make-up, reading, etc.

10) People who leave 10 car lengths in traffic.

11) People who cut you off, or just flat out are in the wrong and then start yelling at you like you weren't looking out and it's your fault. IDIOTS!!!!!!!

12) People who don't let people in on the freeway during traffic. It's allow one car, move forward, next car, continue and repeat.

I could go on and on.

And why can no one remember, people on the feeder yield to those exiting the freeway. People on the freeway do not have to yield to those entering.

 

#9. Mrs. "NO right on red" you know, the dumb ass that sits at a red light with her blinker on wanting to turn right. No traffic comming either way, then waits for the light to turn green before finally turning!

 

#10, Mr. "Traffic is bad so i might as well go 2 mph leaving 50 car lengths in front of me" this is one of my most hated ones! especially when you are behind him and all you see is people blowing by you and getting in front of him.. AND YOU!

 

#11 Mr. "Get to the yeild sign THEN look" i hate these people too.. cant you be looking to your left to see what traffic is coming BEFORE you get to the damn sign?!?! morons

 

The "Bait and Switch" driver. Light turns green, left turn signal goes on .5 seconds after. Had I known you were going to be impeding our progress I would've opted to take the more crowded right lane. Thanks for the heads-up, dips**t, let's sit here and wait together.

The "turning right, looking right" driver. I don't care about what's behind me, it's what's in front of me that counts!

The "I'm late for an international treaty signing and pedestrians are the least of my worries" driver. Hey assclown, I'm trying to walk through the intersection as fast as possible. I don't like being here either, but would it really kill you to wait 5 seconds while I exercise my right of way? Yeah, apparently it would.

 

Haha I have a few..

My biggest pet peeve is people that drive slow in the fast lane. They know they could get over and let the line of cars behind them pass, but they don't. It makes people that actually have to get somewhere drive like *********s to get around them.

People that leave their blinker on for 20 min even though they have no intention of actually changing lanes. For the record my dad does this more than anyone.

Another one is the people that try to prevent you from passing them on the highway. You are going faster than them, but they just don't want to let you by, so they speed up so you can't, then you get behind them again and they slow down. It makes no sense.

And that brings me to the last one that pisses me off..Road Rage. Any one that gets mad behind the wheel for no real reason. Unless you were just in an accident there really isn't any reason to get that upset. Life is too short to let someone getting in front of you anger you.

 

Anyone who drives a Prius.

 

LMAO!

In regards to Devils post on driving slow in the fast lane. On Wednesday I was in the fast lane (far left) and there was a bottleneck. It then opened up and I took off. Crusing about 72mph. When I look in my review, the car that was behind me is now putting along and is a good football field and a half or more behind.

I just thought to myself, I would be flashing my lights and honking.

Just thought of more:

*People who do not fix their brake lights, or have no lights period.
*People who don't turn on their headlights until well after dark, if at all while in traffic.
*People who don't turn on their lights when it rains.

 

These two had me laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes.

I hate anyone that slows me down, period. There's a 55 mph, 2 lane road on my way to work and if I get behind someone going 40 or 45 it really drives me insane. I HATE SLOW DRIVERS!

Included in the above are the people that have the mentality '55 is the speed LIMIT not the speed minimum.' No, (insert 83 expletives)! It's the speed everyone should be going assuming their car isn't on fire!!!

One more thing...guys in "tricked-out" imports that try to race me. Yes, I'm a girl and my car is relatively fast, but I don't care to waste my gas to rob you of your manhood in front of your buddies...have a nice day.

 

Guys who drive their condo on the street

Guys who drive trucks that don't fit in one parking place
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My favorite is the brake killer who must work for Meineke, NTB, or other brake purveyor. On a particular stretch of US 30 there are 11 lights in four miles. These guys get on it when the light turns green only to slam on the brakes for the next light while I coast up next to them. They keep doing this and I keep coasting up next to them at the next light. You can't win on this stretch. You may as well conserve and be done with it.