Your Pet Peeves

[BarryC]

I was wondering if any of y'all have any pet peaves, especially regarding other drivers on the road.
I have a few.
One of 'em is people parking their vehicles someplace other than in parking spaces while at the Wawa (convenience store).
Also, holding up long lines of traffic on two-lane roads by a)taking off really slowly from stop signs or after the light turns green, and b)going under the speed limit, or both.
Also, tailgating me when we are the only 2 vehicles on the road.
I can't think of any others, but I'm sure I missed one somewhere.
You see you may think I'm a little strange. Whatever the speed limit is, that's how fast I drive. I stop at stop signs and red lights, wait for green before turning right on red, and stay between the lines. I also wear seat belts and refuse to talk on the phone while driving. Maybe all that makes me strange. I don't know. But I can't help it. :D When I learn how to do something, from then on I do it the way you are supposed to do it.
Anyway, now I got a little off the topic. So do you have any pet peaves while on the road?

[aaron11]

My biggest pet peeve would have to be the police, i know i know, but still! Having a cop come flying up on your tail in the middle of the night, out of no where and riding your azz, as if he is trying to make you flinch, just plain pisses me off.

[Melz]

I drive over a hundrded miles a day to and from work. I have been doing this for 12 years so I consider myself extremely experienced in the land of stupidity (AKA the Freeway).

Do not perpetuate to pass me after tailgaiting me for 10 minutes if you cannot FLY THE HECK BY ME. Do not try to pass me then slow down to my speed only to ride diagonal to me up the road.

If I attemtp to pass one, they should stop speeding up as I do so. Once I have it in my mind to pass someone, I will speed to the limits of my car to continue to do so. These idiots usually slow back down to the speed limit once I finally get past them and move back over. Do they realize that we are not in a race? If they are on their way to my house, only THEN can they pretend to race me up the road. Beyond that, we won't end up at the same place, so who cares who is driving faster at that exact moment?

If you know a lane is ending, do not EVEN think to cheat the system by flying down that lane while the rest of us sit patiently in the lane which is working. This applies to construction and turn only and exit only lanes. If you are from a different state, I will allow you grace and perhaps let you in. If not, I will pretend to talk on my cell phone cluelessly while knowing you want over and dismissing your immediate need from my priority system.

Oh there are so many more. If this thread continues I will be posting much..LOL.

[Conserv_Atticus]

My pet peeve is having to repeat myself over and over again. Another one of mine is, since i'm color blind (red and green, with a blue and purple defeciency) after i tell people that i'm red green color blind, they look for something red and be like... "REALLY!?!?!?! What color is that stop sign over there!" ...... believe it or not someone actually asked me that, i didn't reply, i only slapped them up side the head and said... "gee, its a stop sign u nit-wit, think about it!!!" Man did they feel dumb!!!!

[dPrasse]

If you know a lane is ending, do not EVEN think to cheat the system by flying down that lane while the rest of us sit patiently in the lane which is working. This applies to construction and turn only and exit only lanes. If you are from a different state, I will allow you grace and perhaps let you in. If not, I will pretend to talk on my cell phone cluelessly while knowing you want over and dismissing your immediate need from my priority system.



In Chicago an idiot tried to pass my rig in a lane that was closed ... stupid trucker I am , I didn't slow down to let them in ... the person continues , at highway speed , right into the cones , thru the cones , cones a flyin' too funny !

[BarryC]

I forgot a big one, i.e people turning right from the lane of travel instead of the right-turn lane, or straddling the line between the two while making the turn.
That really ticks me off.

[Apollo5600]

My biggest pet peeve would have to be the police, i know i know, but still! Having a cop come flying up on your tail in the middle of the night, out of no where and riding your azz, as if he is trying to make you flinch, just plain pisses me off.
I don't have to worry about that, my Dad is a cop, our tickets always seem to just dissapear for some reason.... They can mess with me all they want!

[Beowulf]

-People who are chronically late. Once-in-awhile is OK.
-People who take what I say and twist it around.
-Business executives.

[DesertFox]

Liberals. Anytime, anyplace.

[medved]

I was wondering if any of y'all have any pet peaves, especially regarding other drivers on the road.
I have a few.
One of 'em is people parking their vehicles someplace other than in parking spaces while at the Wawa (convenience store).
Also, holding up long lines of traffic on two-lane roads by a)taking off really slowly from stop signs or after the light turns green, and b)going under the speed limit, or both.
Also, tailgating me when we are the only 2 vehicles on the road.
I can't think of any others, but I'm sure I missed one somewhere.

The worst of them all is the guy who buys a hot car to drive slow with; that's totally incomprehensible.

You've got three whole generations of losers who now view the left lane of a highway as one more lane for them to drive slow in, two generations who view tailgating as a way of life... Hard to say which is worse.

Then you have the middle-aged white guy who pays $60K for a car which is DESIGNED to smoke and feels that gives him a God given right to go down the road in the left land at 50 mph. I mean, it's bad enough when immigrants drive cars that smoke because it's all they can afford, but Germans aren't supposed to be STUPID....

My favorite line when stopped next to one of those types:

"Say, you know, the last time I was in Muenchen, I walked into a big Mercedes dealership there and there was a BIG TENT in the back with a couple hundred CAMELS walking around in the tent and I asked one of the salesmen what the hell that was about and he told me those were the trade ins for the diesel cab cars..."


Then of course you have the super losers who drive VOLVOS... A lady driving one of those pulled into my buddy Vaughn's garage looking like a destroyer laying down a smoke screen in Victory At Sea and I said

"Gee, Vaughn, I didn't know El Producto made cars!!"

loud enough she had to hear it. Like a Volvo Panatella or some such...

[PatrioticAmerican]

Having to hear or read anything written by an atheist.

People who walk on the wrong side of the sidewalk when it's crowded, especially in tourist parks (foreigners are the usual suspects; walking in zig zags, hogging the walkways, stop short and look around obliviously, and walking four abreast- forcing others out of the way).

People who don't use their turn signals, or who don't communicate their intentions in any other way.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:smirky: DON'T RIDE MY BLIND SPOT. Lead, follow, or get the #é\\ out of the way. But, don't stay beside me for a long time.

:smirky: And when I was a trucker, I had an incident between San Antonio & Houston with one nitwit. As he was coming up the entrance ramp, I showed a little courtesy, & changed lanes to let him on the freeway. Then, he stayed in my blind spot for 25 miles. I had my turn signal on, & even edged a little to the right as a hint, but he wouldn't budge. In the meantime, traffic was stacking up behind us. He absolutely refused to vacate my blind spot. He probably thought his little joke was a real hoot. The impasse was broken when we encountered a slowpoke doing about 50 mph in the right lane. But then, car after car after car passed me, making all kinds of angry gestures. They all blamed the big rig for "hogging" the left lane. From that day forward, I WOULD NOT MOVE OVER for a car coming up an entrance ramp. I still won't, even in a car. If you can't figure out the proper way to merge with freeway traffic (& it ain't comin' up the ramp at 15 mph & hoping somebody will move over for you), THEN THAT'S JUST YOUR ROTTEN LUCK.

:smirky: Oh, & here's a tip for those of you living in mountainous regions. If you pass a slow-moving truck that has just crested a hill, DON'T CUT IN FRONT OF IT. Guess why he's going slow... He has a heavy load. Guess what that heavy load is gonna do to that truck as it starts downhill...

:smirky: The truckers refer to this as an 80,000-lb. enema.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

How about a top ten list . . .

10. Traffic lights all in a row that aren't in sync.

9. Tailgaters.

8. Round-abouts. I HATE them!

7. People who don't pull up far enough at red lights to trigger the sensor so the light will change (to green).

6. Cars driving in the "fast lane" who won't get out of the way for faster cars.

5. People whose vehicles could be mistaken for rolling concerts. If MY car is moving and shaking because of YOUR music, then YOUR music is WAY too loud.

4. People who putt-putt through green lights at left turns.

3. Not using turn signals.

2. People who speed up to go around you, barely miss the front of your vehicle as they pass, and immediately slow down to turn right in front of you.

1. My mother driving -- THAT should be illegal! :smirky:

[Longhorn_Platinum]

PatrioticAmerican:
Having to hear or read anything written by an atheist.

:smirky: Oh well, if we're gonna talk about non-traffic peeves, I can't stand it when people think they can tell the gender of a tiny baby by how cute it is. The cute ones are girls, the ugly ones are boys. Please... Spare me. I've seen ugly girl babies, & cute boy babies. Cuteness in babies has nothing to do with gender. Please be don't be so uncouth as to tell somebody that you think their baby is a girl, just because it's so cute. One idiot did that to me at an IHOP after Xane was born, & I told him three times, "It's a boy." I don't think he ever got it. He was in his own little world. I'm glad he walked away when he did, because the fourth time for me to tell him wouldn't have been pleasant. And my sister had to put up with that a lot, after her first son was born.

[medved]

One other thing I forgot to mention...

Over a long period of years I've noticed several common denominators to all of the very worst driving I've ever observed, and one of those things is Connecticut license tags.

I don't claim to know the underlying reason for that and would appreciate any insights anybody might have.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

HomeschoolrsRUs:
8. Round-abouts. I HATE them!

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:smirky: Oh, & has anyone mentioned people who can't park between the white lines?

:grin: I have a cure for those losers. I ask my wife to get out, just before I park, then I park right alongside the offensive car. With any luck, my wife will take her time shopping.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

medved:

Over a long period of years I've noticed several common denominators to all of the very worst driving I've ever observed, and one of those things is Connecticut license tags.

:smirky: Yeah, & people from MISSISSIPPI-HINDS drive like bats outta Hell. I used to get passed by them all the time on I-20 in Shreveport, which is about 200 miles from Hinds County, Miss.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

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[Longhorn_Platinum]

:unsmile: Is that supposed to be a traffic circle? The only thing I dislike about those, is that people want to exit them from the middle lane. That's illegal, but it never gets enforced. Just get used to it, & watch out.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

:unsmile: Is that supposed to be a traffic circle?

Hmm, I guess so. I've never heard them called that down here, everybody calls them round-abouts. We have one at the most unbelieveable spot in town, and it's horrendous! It used to be my favorite cheat for getting into Gatorville, but now that they've put that there I have to find a new way.

[Trevelyan]

My pet peeve is having to repeat myself over and over again. Another one of mine is, since i'm color blind (red and green, with a blue and purple defeciency) after i tell people that i'm red green color blind, they look for something red and be like... "REALLY!?!?!?! What color is that stop sign over there!" ...... believe it or not someone actually asked me that, i didn't reply, i only slapped them up side the head and said... "gee, its a stop sign u nit-wit, think about it!!!" Man did they feel dumb!!!!

Hah, I hate it when I say I am legally blind, and then someone asks how I am able to read what they say and type on a forum.

Anyway, it just annoys me when people misuse "farther" and "further." I swear it is almost as the word "farther" does not exist anymore.

I also hate those three security strip things they put on DVD's. Also, when they put a million stickers directly on the DVD box, instead of on the outer plastic wrapping, and then when you try to peel them off, they leave all of that residue and torn paper behind.

[BEST45CAL]

1. People who drive the speed limit in the far left lane. That is the PASSING LANE!
2. Tailgaters.
3. Wimmin puttin' on makeup.
4. People reading the newspaper while driving in fast, heavy traffic.
5. Hit and run jerks.
6. Rubberneckers.
7. Noisy little tuner cars with their little fart pipes and stupid little wings in the back.
8. People who slam on the brakes to slow down at highway speeds. Just take your foot off the gas, homey. You'll slow down.
9. Those Toyota cars and trucks with the flashing center brake light.
10. Slow drivers.
11. Drivers in front of me going 80 MPH and then slamming on their brakes so they can let merging traffic get in front of them, even though the merging traffic is supposed to yield.
12. Timid drivers.
13. Drivers who don't look over their shoulder to check their blind spots before jumping into the next lane.
14. Motorcyclists who don't realize that they're "invisible."
15. Nutbags who swerve violently in front of me to keep from running over a paper cup or plastic bag that's in their lane.
16. Having to swerve violently so I can keep from hitting the loveseat that's in my lane.
17. Having blocks of wood hit my front bumper.
18. Driving through the thick white smoke from the grass fires because someone threw a lit cigarette out the window.
19. Cars that pull up next to me as I'm driving on the freeway and just stay there, even though there aren't any other cars around them.
20. Replacing 4 windshields in 5 years from the rocks that the big rigs chunk at it.
:soap:

[UnkHiram]

Yankee Drivers in Dallas

[Beowulf]

5. People whose vehicles could be mistaken for rolling concerts. If MY car is moving and shaking because of YOUR music, then YOUR music is WAY too loud.

You would really hate me then, Sister Homes. Since I haven't totally grown up yet, I play my classic rock, hairbands and Eagles CD's LOUD!!
I do that so that I don't have to listen to horn happy Bostonians.

[erose964]

Beowulf:

You know what Dr. Phil says about people who are always late...it's an ego thing, they're late because in there mind the world can't go on without them, everyone will wait on them, it's there world. I work with a guy like this, we have one meeting once a week. he hasn't been on time yet. Of course the boss hasn't told him to be on time or else, so his being late is being re-enforced in his mind.

[BarryC]

Hey these are some good ones, some I hadn't thought of. Yours numbered 10, 9, 4, 3, and 2 would be on my list as well. 4 is one I particularly hate.

The last road I have to drive on before I get to work has 6 traffic lights. 3 of them were put in just a few years ago. The last light is at a T intersection at Route 9, with no turn on red. That "no turn on red" rule at that intersection should be set for 7 am to 7 pm or something like that. I get to work before 6 and there's almost no one on the roads at that time. Why should we have to wait for green then? (almost no one does anyway, any time of the day)

During the night and early morning the other 5 traffic lights should stay green all the time for the main road until someone comes up the cross street. That would make sense. But I guess we don't want something that makes sense.
As you say, those 6 lights are never in sync. I hate that!
By the way, when you say "round-abouts", I guess that's what we call "circles" here in NJ? I don't mind them so much anymore, since they installed yield signs in them. Some circles have been taken out in the last several years.
How about 1 more:
People who turn their high beams on and forget to turn them off, blinding everyone, wherever they go.


How about a top ten list . . .

10. Traffic lights all in a row that aren't in sync.

9. Tailgaters.

8. Round-abouts. I HATE them!

7. People who don't pull up far enough at red lights to trigger the sensor so the light will change (to green).

6. Cars driving in the "fast lane" who won't get out of the way for faster cars.

5. People whose vehicles could be mistaken for rolling concerts. If MY car is moving and shaking because of YOUR music, then YOUR music is WAY too loud.

4. People who putt-putt through green lights at left turns.

3. Not using turn signals.

2. People who speed up to go around you, barely miss the front of your vehicle as they pass, and immediately slow down to turn right in front of you.

1. My mother driving -- THAT should be illegal! :smirky:

[Beowulf]

Beowulf:

You know what Dr. Phil says about people who are always late...it's an ego thing, they're late because in there mind the world can't go on without them, everyone will wait on them, it's there world. I work with a guy like this, we have one meeting once a week. he hasn't been on time yet. Of course the boss hasn't told him to be on time or else, so his being late is being re-enforced in his mind.
I remember that, Erose. IMO, Dr. Phil is right on just about everything. My wife's family, namely my mother-in-law, can't be on time if her life depends on it. In fact, if she's involved with plans, I plan two hours ahead. Yes, she's that late and the very reason why I can't stand people who are chronically late.

[Melz]

People who don't go when you are supposed to go. This means folks who get a green light and carefully let off the brake for 3 minutes. I mean, they end up flying down the road, but it takes them lightyears to get thru the intersection.

Folks who do not know you can turn right on red. I just bought a car today which has something which was broken on my ex car (well I still have that car actually) for 4 years, a HORN. And I WILL use it!! Someone (on the way to work the other day, bad time to drive bad in my presence) sat at a green right turn arrow. SAT there! I guess she didn't feel it was fair to turn when there were so many other lanes who were not allowed to go. GEESH.

And on a non traffic note (as I said earlier here, I could do that for days), I really have time issues. To the point of being OC about it. Once I get going there is no stopping me. I resent anyone making me late to anything, be it friends, family, or people driving on my freeway. If a schedule thing changes which messes up my daily routine at home, I am a horrible grump until it all works out okay. It is probably something which needs therapy actually, I can tell that I get overwhelmed by any dent in my normal schedule day to day.

But yeah so that is another pet peeve.

And I cannot stand when someone continues to argue with me (during a discussion/arguement) if I have already agreed with them. It's like they are so heated up, they refuse to recognize that I have just admitted that they are right about something.

[grannygirl]

1. The jerk that doesn't use that turn signal, if the car didn't come with them, the owner would be the first to bitch.

2. The idiot that pulls out in front of me, no cars behind me, to go to the next driveway. Or just wants to crawl along.

3. I hear ya on the old people who refuse to go the speed limit. Why buy the car if your afraid of it?

[Melz]

Anyone who cannot even hit the speed limit should not be on the road. If you are that scared of driving, then by even going 10 miles an hour you are dangerous to the rest of us out there.

I am going to do that "adopt a highway" thing. I know it is meant for keeping that part of the road clean, but by goodness if I adopt the highway, then it is officially MINE! Then I can actually say "Get Off of My Road!!"

Makes sense :)