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I know this is something determined on where your from, but in my city people 'wave' when you let them in etc.
If I don't get a wave I am mad! I actually don't wave anymore I give the peace sign lol, so lame I know! (I work with all british people and when you give a peace sign motion its like your saying 'F-You' in the UK' lol good thing Im not there)
When people run stop signs in parking lots. Just because it's a parking lot, does not mean that the rules don't have to be obeyed. The signs are placed there for a reason - the safety of pedestrians and other drivers.
I also hate people that slow down without reason in order to change lanes. If you have to slow to create space between you and the car in front of you, that's fine. . . but if the lane is wide open, why bother?
ALL of the above.
I hate when people have their turn signal on and never turn!
@Chantellamus -- I AGREE with the wave thing. I think its so rude when people don't acknowledge when you let them in. I go so far as waving and actually saying the words "thank you" out loud (as if the person can hear me lol)
Another "city" driving pat peeve is when you are at a light and people are beeping at you to go before it even turns green. Its like "I'm paying attention! Where would you like me to go? Why are you in such a hurry?!"
Another thing that bugs me is when you are in a BUSY parking lot (like the grocery store on a Sunday or Target on a Saturday) and there are no free spots. But then a person will decide they need to back into a spot... taking up their good old time so people can't continue down the road. Really? are you in that much of hurry to leave that you need to pull in and pull out just so your backed in the spot? Drives me crazy. I understand when its not a crowded lot or if you are talented enough to park in one quick swoop.. but if its going to take you as long as a 16 year old trying to parallel park on their driving test, you need to go away!
mine would be not waving thankyou to acknowledge that i let you in front of me! if people just did that one simple act more im sure driving around sydney would be a much happier experience
I drive a decked out sports car, so people tend to think they have "something to prove" when they drive near me ...
so my pet peeve are the people who feel the need to get in front of me so they can feel like they "drive fast" ... usually slowing me down in the process
I hate when there's a sign that a lane will end, but people wait until the very end of the lane and then want you to let them in. It's the WORST. Happens around here all the time!
A side-note, here in Michigan, even though I think it's technically illegal, almost EVERYONE passes people on the right (i.e. in the "slowest" lane of traffic). It was years after I got my driver's license when I met someone from another state who said it was bad driving!
No blinkers!!!!!!!
(A blinker is also known as a turning signal, I dont know why I call it a blinker but I've been told that it's weird.)
People riding my A**!!!!!! UGH it drives me nuts!! Especially when I'm going 70 in a 60 to pass someone, then someone gets behind me going like 80 and I can't get past the person fast enough so they FLASH THEIR LIGHTS, omg it pisses me off! hah!! I drive on a really dangerous road on the way to work, two lane only, and the limit is 55- there have been hundreds of wrecks on this road, so I do 55 MAX, and 45 on really nasty days- and people that ride my butt on that road irritate me like crazy!
Yup, I'm with frenchie and humarock - that little thing by your steering wheel...IT'S A BLINKER....USE IT!!!!! So flipping annoying!
This has been bothering me recently but it's hard to explain.
There are a lot of those 4-way intersections with stop signs on my way to work. I've noticed that sometimes, I'll pull up to an intersection where a person is already stopped at one of the other stop signs. I'll slow down and come to a complete stop and they will wait for me to completly stop before they will go. It drives me crazy!! It's like they are checking to see if I'm really going to stop. Seriously people, stop for your 3 seconds, then go, don't want to see if other people are stopping for the full three seconds.
Did that make sense? Am I crazy for being so angry about an extra 3 seconds??
I hate it when people refuse to use the turning lane to slow down... there are a lot of these in my city, including up and down the entire length of the frontage roads along the main highway. On the frontage road, folks routinely go 45-50 mph, but when someone needs to make a turn they'll slow down to 15mph and do it IN THE MAIN TRAFFIC LANE, moving to the turn lane at the last minute. I hate it.
I also hate people who won't accelerate on onramps, but get to the end of the ramp and then stop dead waiting for a good spot on the highway. Learn to merge!
FH and I were just talking about this! After driving in Los Angeles for so long, bad drivers don't really bother me anymore. I just ignore/avoid them for the most part. FH on the otherhand! EVERYTHING bothers him. He "talks" to other drivers, calling them out on their blunders.
I do most of the driving when we're together : )
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Oh man! I feel like I'm a picky driver -- but y'all make me feel better!
I can't stand: tailgating (my mom was rear-ended almost a dozen times and only once was it her fault -- stay off my bumper!), no blinkers (seriously, you don't have to pay extra for it -- it's already installed on your car so you should use it), people driving 10-15 under in the passing lane, folks who ignore right of way.
I definitely talk to people when I drive. It makes for an interesting ride/commentary on the drivers around me. DC/Northern VA/MD is full of really poor drivers!
I absolutely HATE when you are driving and someone pulls out in front of you at the last minute which causes you to brake and then they drive slow or under the speed limit.
Besides all of the above (which annoy me...i'm an overly 'right' driver)
People with dogs on their laps. Really, can you drive with Fido licking your face?!
Honking at me for not going way over the speed limit. If it says 60, I'll go 60-70. But i'm not going 85. You can pass me if you're in that big of a hurry. Speed kills! We only have 2 lane major highways, so needles to say, this happens whenever I drive long distances.
People who "cut in" and get stuck in the middle of oncoming traffic because they're trying to push their way in. I HATE THAT! Wait your damn turn. Or when they try to make the light and there isn't enough room for them in line, so they hang out in the intersection. And then nobody else can go
People who try to beat the ambulances/fire trucks/etc. Um, idiot?
ejs -- OH MY GOSH I hate the morons who try to beat ambulances, or who don't get out of the way. How selfish can you be, these people are trying to save lives!! I just hope that if they ever have to call emergency services that a similar idiot is on the road that day and delays their emergency vehicle.
Oh I also hate when cars follow ambulances to get through the open space! Like, sometimes I understand people who are following ambulances because it is their friend/family but when you see a car up on the ambulances back to get through and once they get a few extra blocks, they slow down and turn into like.... the grocery store parking lot. I hate that!
when you slow down to let a car over and they don't wave to say thank you!
DaisyBride - That drives me crazy too! You don't need to wait for me to get there before you go, just go!
I HATE it when people accidently leave their turn signal on or a girl I saw yesterday didn't know she had her EMERGENCY FLASHERS on and she was just cruising along....baaa!
No turn signals! And people that push into your lane after they've driven up a turn only lane to get ahead. RRrg.
Mine is that I have to do it all the time! My fiance doesn't have a driver's license ;(
I get irritated when people feel the need to pull out right in front of me and cut me off (because they are apparently in such a hurry) and then drive slow. Seriously, you just pulled out like you were on your way to the hospital and now you are driving 15 in a 40?
Another one is when people just back out of their parking spot without looking, or with looking, but not caring. This has happend to me multiple times recently, and it bugs me like crazy! I think it mainly bugs me because I feel like I have the right of way and they aren't "following the rules." Aren't they supposed to wait until the driver that's already out acknowlegdes them, or is that just me?
One last one, like ejs4y8 mentioned, people who insist on going through an intersection because they won't wait a little longer and then they light changes and they get stuck because the traffic in front of them hasn't moved. Then no one else can go because they are stuck in the middle! It's worse when they get upset that other people are upset with them, like they haven't done anything wrong!
Hmm, in Miami there's a lot to get worked up over. I'd have to say folks who speed down the emergency lane on the expressway in order to cut off morning traffic. Yeah, that pretty much tops my list!
I've seen so much bad driving from living in Los Angeles, but the two that annoy me the worst is when someone is making a left turn from a regular lane (because there's no turning lane) and don't bother to put on their signal; also I hate how some drivers seem to not let other cars change lanes in front of them. I can't tell you how many times I've signaled a lane change, only to find the driver in the lane I would have gone into speed up so I can't get in front of them. So rude! When you're stuck in traffic like there always is in LA, letting someone get in front of you isn't going to slow you down all that much! Ugh.
I just moved back South from Boston, and WOW--the driving styles are sooo different! I had gotten used to people *moving* and they are so SLOW here! It drives me crazy!
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What is your biggest driving pet peeve?
Today, mine is, not signaling!