What's your biggest pet peeve with driver's or commuter passengers?
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People who insist on doing 80km/h or slower on 100km/h freeways bug me.
People who insist on doing it in the fast lane piss me off.
When there's a crowd of them and I'm stuck like @superc0w below I lose it.Aug 25, 2010 00:55 by sclark -
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Here in CA, where it's legal to make a right turn on red, I HATE, HATE, HATE when the person at the red light (who intends on continuing straight) isn't moved completely to the left of his lane. Leave space, please, for the people behind you not required to wait at the light.
And for the people who don't make the right hand turn because they don't think their car(s) will fit (when clearly they will), KNOW THE DIMENSIONS OF YOUR VEHICLE.
Aug 24, 2010 22:56 by zoe -
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Hey hey tweaktoday! Let's be minor friendly here, not all of us can legally drive yet
Aug 24, 2010 18:39 by ltperson -
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@jackcomrie convinced me that this is actually my biggest pet peeve about other drivers...
Aug 24, 2010 18:31 by superc0w-
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Hahaha. That's so annoying.
Aug 24, 2010 19:47 by soarkaios. -
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I was going to come back and add this one. I'm pretty sure the whole situation is a conspiracy to drive us all completely insane.
Aug 24, 2010 21:34 by hardrockhippie.
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Honking when there's nothing honking can accomplish. Long line at a stop light? Honking will not make the light change. Giant traffic accident? Honking will not clean up the mess. In line at a drive thru? You deserve to have your food spit in.
Aug 24, 2010 17:39 by mandy716-
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There's a joke in WA state that we're not even trained how to use our horns. I can't say I've ever missed it :)
Aug 24, 2010 21:34 by hardrockhippie.
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I beg of you, please use your turning signal. If you cut me off while using a turning signal, I'll rage and soon control myself; but if you cut me off without using a turning signal, I'll get on your ass and ride you like a cheap pony.
Aug 24, 2010 16:26 by pensandpencilsgalore-
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You're totally right. I've gotta say though, I don't like it when people use the turn signal as an excuse to cut you off either. Just because you signal doesn't mean you've got free reign to go the way you're signaling.
Aug 24, 2010 21:36 by hardrockhippie.
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Don't we have enough with the "driving-incapable," the "hamburger-eater," and the "I-need-makeup" kind of drivers?
STOP TEXTING!!!!! >=o/Aug 24, 2010 16:18 by leopicado -
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Please do keep to the right.
Aug 24, 2010 15:28 by jackcomrie-
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Wait, wouldn't that be left for you?
Aug 24, 2010 17:28 by kellydna. -
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@kellydna We drive on the left but on the motorway our fast lane is always on the left and the slow lane on the right.
Aug 24, 2010 17:35 by jackcomrie. -
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can't stand this either... the worst however is when two cars are driving the exact same speed right next to each other.
Aug 24, 2010 18:16 by superc0w. -
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@jackcomrie You're in the UK, right? The fast lane is the right lane or I've been doing it wrong for quite some time!
Aug 25, 2010 16:35 by leah.
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The drivers in Oregon/Portland are pretty civil. Of course, there are the drunk drivers, people who get into accidents due to carelessness, etc. But on a normal day, I do not experience drivers such as these, and almost all are good drivers. They let you in if you’re merging, they don’t usually run red lights, they stop for pedestrians at crosswalks, etc.
So.
- It is a given that in any general location, there are some good drivers and some bad drivers
- I perceive that the drivers around me are good drivers
- This suggests that I am one of the asshole drivers, instigating pet peeves in my wake :\Aug 24, 2010 15:23 by athanie -
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I got overtaken by an Ice Cream Van the other day. I was doing 30 in a 30mph limit, so he was speeding. How does that sit with all the parents that let their kids go out to get an ice cream?
Aug 24, 2010 13:44 by essexboyracer-
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he may have had a freezer emergency
Aug 24, 2010 15:47 by rragsbag. -
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I always do 40 km/h in a 30.
118 km/h in a 100.
60 km/h in a 50.
85 km/h in a 70.lol
Aug 24, 2010 19:50 by soarkaios. -
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But I do go the speed limit in school zones which is 30km/h and I DO slow down when I see kids around. Like way down. Because I know how pissed I'd be if I saw some dick speed around my kids. I even get mad when people do it around other kids!
Aug 24, 2010 19:52 by soarkaios.
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When I took the bus to uni at about 8am and people were smoking weed
Aug 24, 2010 11:43 by leah-
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THAT'S your biggest pet peeve?
lolAug 24, 2010 19:52 by soarkaios. -
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It really wound me up! Especially when there were people smoking regular cigarettes and blaring club music out of their phones too! I've been away for a year and am moving back next month, I can't imagine it's changed.
Aug 25, 2010 16:30 by leah.
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I don't do the driving much anymore. Mostly because I've seen some fucked up accidents. For being a pedestrian, this also applies.
Aug 24, 2010 11:11 by discomeg2 -
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Outside: people (pedestrians, bikers, drivers) who don't look where they are going and who just change lanes/direction. Yes, even if you walk, I may be coming up behind you, trying to pass, so pay attention.
Inside/commuting: people on a train or bus who insist on discussing personal problems, especially when said discussion is taking place by cell phone. Sometimes it takes a lot of willpower not to butt into the conversation :)Aug 24, 2010 10:56 by chaomancer -
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When a person cuts you off and then goes slow when there's absolutely nobody behind you. They should have an awards night for that here, everyone's just so awesome at it :)
Aug 24, 2010 09:34 by hardrockhippie -
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Drivers who get highly visible fret about small mistakes! Nobody's perfect!
Aug 24, 2010 09:32 by sayuri -
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Works both ways. Pay attention!
Aug 24, 2010 08:24 by flaccid-
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Cool picture. Funny when you ask someone on a bike what annoys them, it is often car drivers. But if you ask them when they are driving their car, it is bikers.
Aug 24, 2010 13:05 by chaomancer. -
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@chaomancer: Haha. Amen!
Aug 24, 2010 19:53 by soarkaios.
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Commuters who walk towards you whilst looking behind them, then get annoyed when they bump into you. I adopt a policy of deliberately shouldering them now, just to teach them a lesson.
Aug 24, 2010 07:44 by glozboy-
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I do the same thing. I like to brace myself really well for maximum impact.
Aug 24, 2010 09:39 by thedigitalghost. -
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I think there was an "ask marilyn" about this. I think she decided that the reason people do that is because if they have you thinking that they don't notice you, it's okay for them to be rude "unintentionally".
Aug 24, 2010 12:48 by hardrockhippie. -
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So in Canada if you bump into someone the other person will say sorry!
True story.
Aug 24, 2010 19:55 by soarkaios.
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It might be a tie between people who don't use their blinkers (how hard is this really?) and people who merge onto the freeway and refuse to look over, its like they are choosing to get into an accident and they refuse to look over to see that I may just hit them after a bad day! This boggles my mind, they look straight ahead and just cross their fingers and I want to scream at them. Maybe I do, who knows.
Aug 24, 2010 07:06 by shannonsfchef-
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I agree on both things.
Even when there's no cars around I use my blinker. It's a habit now, lol.Aug 24, 2010 19:55 by soarkaios.
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Too many speed (like 40+ over the limit, that's a bit much), tailgate, cut too close when changing lanes, forget there are laws, and other drivers (hundreds! not JUST the person directly in front of them) on the road. I know we have to drive defensively but getting to/from from work shouldn't feel like going into battle every single day. So basically my biggest peeve is that some drivers are total @$$h0l3s!!!!
(http://afrocityblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/asshole.jpg?w=400&h=277)Aug 24, 2010 05:41 by stephie-
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"some drivers" is pretty mild :) These days it seems the majority are just idiots or worse. I like Bob.
Aug 24, 2010 13:04 by chaomancer.
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- people here do not look and will just walk in front of your car. this makes me want to hit them all
-people will stop on the road and chit chat with someone else... and they do not stop when you pull behind them they will just finish the conversation.Aug 24, 2010 05:37 by rragsbag -
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Welp it doesn't bug me but felt it was appropriate: the bus driver taking us to college is currently playing the guitar. I think I like this bus.
Aug 24, 2010 05:18 by thatjazzguy from iphone-
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He is playing the guitar while driving? "Well officer, at least I wasn't texting while driving"
Aug 24, 2010 13:06 by chaomancer. -
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@chaomancer: Not as bad as that London bus driver playing his psp while driving.
Aug 24, 2010 15:30 by jackcomrie.
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People who speed through School Zones is the one thing that will make me go off quicker than anything else. I totally skip the politeness and go straight for my bag of "WTF?!"
Aug 24, 2010 04:43 by thedigitalghost-
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I agree. In general I think speeding should be reserved for the motorway/highway/freeway.
Aug 24, 2010 15:31 by jackcomrie. -
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Indeeeeed!
Aug 24, 2010 19:56 by soarkaios.
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I think of those school kids in the regional trains, most of them are really loud and ruthless.
Aug 24, 2010 02:30 by toterwinkel -
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In most cases it's ignorance that annoys me.. I get most places by foot, and am mostly annoyed by people who walk directly at me pretending not to notice me and expecting me to move out of their way ... Grr... Oh and taxis! If I'm on foot, I'm a potential customer! Please stop trying to kill me!
Aug 24, 2010 00:39 by agsystems from iphone-
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A very valid point about taxi drivers.
Aug 24, 2010 15:31 by jackcomrie.
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