[Greyhound]

and not knowing how a god damn four way stop works. I always just go first because people stop and stare at each other at a stop.

^^^This^^^
We have 2 newly installed 4-way stops in an area that previously did not have them in the past.....I dunno, 100 years. Couple that with being in the South in a small town, and you could generate 100 kilowatts an hour from the hand-waving wind speed alone.

For heavens' sake, I couldn't imagine what a roundabout would do to these people.....we are NOT ready for primetime with that.

 

[TN]

driving.

 

[Quo Fan]

I really hate it when people aren't cognizant of their surroundings. Like being passed on the right and then not moving over because you are going too slow. Deciding that it is your job to keep everyone below the speed limit. People that don't let you pass on the highway. They slow down when you can't pass and speed up when there is an opening. People that know that their car isn't powerful enough to climb a hill, but refuse to move to the right and let others pass.

 

[Toshi]

There are a couple I can think of in NY. They are indeed a clusterfvck most of the time.

There's one in Harriman State Park, about an hour and a half north of NYC. Huge cluster**** indeed. I almost got run over there by a guy totally disregarding his "yield" sign.

 

[RUFUS]

Followed a lady doing 20 in a 45 mph zone because she was reading a ****ing book.
Why are we not allowed to get on the edge of someones bumper and spin them into the wall???

 

[Serial Midget]

I've barely hit 12k in the last 3 years combined so no one annoys me... there also the extremely light Montana traffic that helps keep my nerves in check.

I drive way too much...upwards of 25,000 miles a year. Every other driver on the road annoys me. THIS MEANS YOU.

 

[I Are Baboon]

I really hate it when people aren't cognizant of their surroundings.

Applies to all aspects of life imo.

 

[jonKranked]

Once upon a time I went through a NY state thruway toll booth while getting road head.

 

[Westy]

Once upon a time I went through a NY state thruway toll booth while getting road head.

Pesqueeb must have been so embarrassed.

 

[jdcamb]

I really hate when they look at me. I can peel and eat an orange while driving so I think reading the paper isn't that hard. I always stop in time. Maybe at the last possible second.... How was I supposed to know there was small children in that bus? I always drive without pants on. God blessed me with a gloriouslly huge penis so it's my devine right to show it off. Maybe thier parents should teach them not to look into strangers cars... How can you be lude and lucivious in a car? I leave my porn at home....

 

[woodsguy]

Parking is another sore spot with me. The people that intentionally take 2 or 3 spaces with their pos truck are bad but the ones that just can't seem to pull into the CENTER of a parking space straight should be forced to park in the back of the lot away from other cars.

 

[IH8Rice]

 

[jdcamb]

I have seen these. I thought it was warning sign not to cross swords during a threesome. Could never figure why they were on the side of the road and what goverment agency put them there??

 

[IH8Rice]

I have seen these. I thought it was warning sign not to cross swords during a threesome. Could never figure why they were on the side of the road and what goverment agency put them there??

i know right. not crossing swords is a given. we dont need no stickin sign to let us know that

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Late one night while driving down the interstate a dude pulled up next to me with his interior light on and strokin his dick, all the while looking at me with a giant grin. Sometimes Southerners are just too damn friendly.

 

[DirtyMike]

Dont know if anyone said this or not.....

Hate when other divers are picking their noses...

 

[w00dy]

I like it when all of these things happen. It provides a good challenge.

Sandwich, if you're reading this. I love passing on the right.

 

[Sandwich]

I like it when all of these things happen. It provides a good challenge.

Sandwich, if you're reading this. I love passing on the right.

and i love speeding up to close the door on your dumb ass and then going the same speed as the guy in the right lane. did it to a jackass in a porsche last night. Doing 60 in a 35, i zipped up at last moment so he had to slam on the brakes. the look on his face, which i could see because the top was down on his 115k$ porsche was simply magnificent. oddly, even after him cutting through six lanes of traffic, we ended up at the same stoplight together. so weird how that happens.

I hate pretty much every driver in MA, except for western mass. CT drivers should simply be banned from the road. If there's ever somebody being incredibly stupid on the road near me, it's inevitably a Honda Odyssey or somebody from CT. I don't understand it. I think they're trained wrong as a joke.

but yeah, pretty much everybody out here has the mentality that they have to go faster and get places sooner than anybody else on the road, no matter what time it is nor what they're doing. Passing in the yield lane? Sure, why not. Passing me on the right before a red light? Yeah, that saves gas, duh. Tailgating me for doing 35 in a 35 in a neighborhood? I'll be sure to slow down so I'm going 15mph UNDER the speed limit.

I pretty much agree that after doing it for a while, you just become numb. I don't really care, I feel like it's inevitable that somebody will do something stupid in front of or next to me...but I just try to pass on that stupidity and make sure everybody else on the road is just as miserable as I am.

 

[narlus]

not using directionals is probably my #1 hate. really, how hard is it? or do people think they are driving a stealth vehicle?

others:

- talking on the phone and being completely oblivious to their speed, or the stack of cars behind them.
- tossing cig butts (or any litter) out the window
- gunning it when the light turns green
- tinted windows
- merging on to the highway and then getting into the 2nd from left lane immediately as if their life depended on it.
- putting their brakes on just because the car 1/4 mile in front of them did (my theory is that if everyone drove a manual, and didn't haphazardly brake, a ton of traffic congestion would never happen).

 

[jonKranked]

not using directionals is probably my #1 hate.

what are you, british?

 

[Toshi]

Late one night while driving down the interstate a dude pulled up next to me with his interior light on and strokin his dick, all the while looking at me with a giant grin. Sometimes Southerners are just too damn friendly.

Was he in a Miata and you a giant pickup truck? Or did his schlong extend up to his mid thorax? (How did you know he was 'batin? )

Finally I see what audience Chevy had in mind for the Camaro when they designed it with such a high beltline and tiny windows: highway jerkers. No one's going to be able to peep in on you doing your business in that car.

 

[bizutch]

There is such a long list of idiocy I hate. Two things of late:
1. BMW, Mazda, Mini & MG 2 seater convertibles driving any and ALL roads at far too leisurely a pace....and staring at others in convertibles all the while????
2. This local guy with a GMC truck and pivoting engine lift in the bed of his truck. It's mounted in the drivers side rear corner of the bed and swivels. He doesn't lock it in place but lets it swivel riding down the road. So it hangs out to the SIDE...like some miniature battle weapon from Mad Max with a hook?

 

[Toshi]

- merging on to the highway and then getting into the 2nd from left lane immediately as if their life depended on it.
- putting their brakes on just because the car 1/4 mile in front of them did (my theory is that if everyone drove a manual, and didn't haphazardly brake, a ton of traffic congestion would never happen).

People here on Long Island just love the left lane as opposed to the second from left up in narlus-ville. In traffic the left lane is typically the slowest overall, is the most packed by far, and has the highest amount of jerky stop-start driving. Bunch of type A assholes together ==> ripples of slowdowns stemming from an incident where someone gets cut off or stabs the brakes by mistake or whatever, that then self-perpetuates and amplifies for miles/minutes thanks to bad driving habits.

I can't find the reference due to lack of sufficient information (title, journal, etc.) but here's a lay-press description of what we've all noticed: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/7544692/Phantom-traffic-jams-explained.html

 

[Toshi]

Here's another habit that amuses/annoys me: people who pull up to the very front of a merge lane then stop. It's exacerbated here in NY and along the east coast in general by old roads with very poorly designed merge lanes that are often 100 ft long if that.

People: no matter how fast your car is, you'll be going faster if you have 100 feet of runup as opposed to 5 feet. If you stopped before the merge lane to wait for a break in traffic, then used the lane to accelerate, you might not get stuck so often as you do. Hell, I've never been stuck like that even with my dog-slow Honda Fit slushbox, so there's no excuse for everyone else whose cars are without a doubt quicker off the line.

Idiots who slept through physics, this bunch.

 

[woodsguy]

People that use the left lane as a travel lane and won't get out of it regardless how fast they are going.

One night I came up on a guy in a Dodge Ram doing this on the Mass Pike right after the Weston tolls and he was doing 60mph. I pulled up because oddly enough we were passing someone. But after we passed he didn't move over so I gave him a quick flash of my lights. Nothing. I tried a few more times and he wasn't budging. So instead of just passing him on the right I decided to get into the middle lane and match his speed. I would drift up and back but never let enough space for someone to get through us. So everyone that came up behind us saw him as the jerk and had to go all they way to the right lane to pass us. It was great! LOL! We did this all the way to the Millbury exit where he guns it and nearly hits me to get over to exit (I was a bit in front at the time just in case he was exiting). It was my exit too so I got to laugh at him all the way through the tolls.

 

[IH8Rice]

So instead of just passing him on the right I decided to get into the middle lane and match his speed. I would drift up and back but never let enough space for someone to get through us. So everyone that came up behind us saw him as the jerk and had to go all they way to the right lane to pass us. It was great! LOL! We did this all the way to the Millbury exit where he guns it and nearly hits me to get over to exit (I was a bit in front at the time just in case he was exiting). It was my exit too so I got to laugh at him all the way through the tolls.

uhhh, this pisses me off when people do this too

 

[woodsguy]

I'm probably going to catch some flak for this but I don't care.

As is well documented I don't like to exceed the speed limit on the highway. I've done experiments in several cars and the mileage drops off significantly after 60mph at a rate of about 1mpg per mph. I did a trip in my CRV to PA and on the way down I did 7-10mph over and got 27mpg for the tank. On the way back I did exactly the speed limit and got 35mpg. Did the same thing with our Mini and it was 37/44 respectively.

So what I like to do on is get into the middle lane and set the cruise to exactly the speed limit. I don't like the right lane because I'm constantly having to slow down or move over for people merging on and off the highway (if there are only two lanes I use the right). Its great because just about everyone else is going faster so I can just sit back and relax. I almost never have to adjust my speed or change lanes.

What I hate is when I come up on someone that doesn't use cruise control and their speed is all over the place. I will catch up to them and have to pass only to have them pass me back and we play leap frog down the highway. Worse yet is when they decide to go faster while I'm trying to pass them and I have to merge back in behind them. Pain in the butt. Cruise control is one of the best features of a car. I can't believe more people don't use it!

 

[-BB-]

Yeah, some times when a dude is a jerk on the highway I'll get around them and then find the slowest car I can and match their speed just to piss off the guy who F'd me. It is even better when they are in a fancy sports car.

Heck, I was a little late leaving for an after work ride and the drive involved a long 2 land back road. Guy in front of me slows down to turn onto a side street and as he does this another guy in a corvette zr6 pulls out in front of me. Ok... no biggie... but then the corvette guy (with a Vanity tag that said "C BOS GO") proceeds to do 40 in a 55 where most folks do 65 or more. And bc it was about a 15 mile long stretch I was held up an additional 10 min.

 

[jonKranked]

I'm probably going to catch some flak for this but I don't care.

As is well documented I don't like to exceed the speed limit on the highway. I've done experiments in several cars and the mileage drops off significantly after 60mph at a rate of about 1mpg per mph. I did a trip in my CRV to PA and on the way down I did 7-10mph over and got 27mpg for the tank. On the way back I did exactly the speed limit and got 35mpg. Did the same thing with our Mini and it was 37/44 respectively.

So what I like to do on is get into the middle lane and set the cruise to exactly the speed limit. I don't like the right lane because I'm constantly having to slow down or move over for people merging on and off the highway (if there are only two lanes I use the right). Its great because just about everyone else is going faster so I can just sit back and relax. I almost never have to adjust my speed or change lanes.

What I hate is when I come up on someone that doesn't use cruise control and their speed is all over the place. I will catch up to them and have to pass only to have them pass me back and we play leap frog down the highway. Worse yet is when they decide to go faster while I'm trying to pass them and I have to merge back in behind them. Pain in the butt. Cruise control is one of the best features of a car. I can't believe more people don't use it!

don't be that guy. some states you could be cited for obstructing traffic.


also, i don't use cruise control because I can't use cruise control.

 

[-BB-]

I'm probably going to catch some flak for this but I don't care.



So what I like to do on is get into the middle lane and set the cruise to exactly the speed limit. I don't like the right lane because I'm constantly having to slow down or move over for people merging on and off the highway (if there are only two lanes I use the right). Its great because just about everyone else is going faster so I can just sit back and relax. I almost never have to adjust my speed or change lanes.

I got no prob with this.. as long as you are not holding up someone else, then go for it!!

 

[woodsguy]

People here on Long Island just love the left lane as opposed to the second from left up in narlus-ville. In traffic the left lane is typically the slowest overall, is the most packed by far, and has the highest amount of jerky stop-start driving. Bunch of type A assholes together ==> ripples of slowdowns stemming from an incident where someone gets cut off or stabs the brakes by mistake or whatever, that then self-perpetuates and amplifies for miles/minutes thanks to bad driving habits.

I can't find the reference due to lack of sufficient information (title, journal, etc.) but here's a lay-press description of what we've all noticed: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/7544692/Phantom-traffic-jams-explained.html

This is why we need automated highways. That would be sooooo cool!

 

[woodsguy]

don't be that guy. some states you could be cited for obstructing traffic.

Every state I've been to if there are three lanes the right two are travel lanes and the left is the passing lane. Besides, how can they give me ticket for going the speed LIMIT. Its not a minimum or even a suggested speed. It is the MAXIMUM allowed speed suggesting that it is only to be reached in extreme circumstances and in most situations you should be traveling under that speed. Its like the weight limit of an elevator.

 

[I Are Baboon]

don't be that guy. some states you could be cited for obstructing traffic.

So he could possibly get a ticket for not breaking the law?

 

[jonKranked]

Every state I've been to if there are three lanes the right two are travel lanes and the left is the passing lane. Besides, how can they give me ticket for going the speed LIMIT. Its not a minimum or even a suggested speed. It is the MAXIMUM allowed speed suggesting that it is only to be reached in extreme circumstances and in most situations you should be traveling under that speed. Its like the weight limit of an elevator.

where did i say cited for speeding? i said cited for obstructing traffic. I've been cited for obstructing traffic before, and only got cited for that despite the fact that I was doing nearly 80 in a 65 zone.

Here in NJ, I travel a 3 lane highway to work every day. Some days the traffic is so bad that the left lane also is used as a travelling lane.

 

[IH8Rice]

Here in NJ, I travel a 3 lane highway to work every day. Some days the traffic is so bad that the left lane also is used as a travelling lane.

thats pretty much all the time....in almost any state. rt80 is the worst

 

[wiscodh]

thats pretty much all the time....in almost any state

have you ever been in a car in china? white knuckle oh **** handle grabbin where ever you are going scary time

 

[Krzr3000]

-Squatting in the fast lane and, even worse, doing so while precisely matching the speed of the cars in the lanes next to you, so people can't get around you even if they are willing to pass on the right.

Yes. Drives me nuts when someone who is doing 65 in the middle lane sees a truck or school bus in front of them and thinks they need to pass. They just end up doing 65 in the fast lane creating a huge pack of pissed off drivers.

 

[jonKranked]

So he could possibly get a ticket for not breaking the law?

obstructing traffic is an offense, and you can get cited for it. It's happened to me, i've seen it happen to others. a while back i saw 2 cars - on a 3 lane hwy, one in the center lane, one in the left lane, both head to head which was forcing people to pass them in the right lane. cop pulled them BOTH over.

have you ever been in a car in china? white knuckle oh **** handle grabbin where ever you are going scary time

yea dude. crazy sh*t. cars so close together you literally can't open the doors, no regard for lane markers, motorcycles driving on sidewalks. Nuts. apparently they don't have drivers licenses over their. they figure if you can afford a vehicle you're smart enough to know how to drive. That's at least what the translator told me

 

[IH8Rice]

have you ever been in a car in china? white knuckle oh **** handle grabbin where ever you are going scary time

Thailand is worse. they have no sense of traveling in the same direction or know what lanes are.

 

[stevew]

never underestimate the cycling communities ability to walk on water.