Top things that other drivers do that annoy you

[drjeff]

I drive up and back from NY to the MRv every weekend in the winter and avoid the interstate. If people would drive at a constant speed I could deal. want to drive 50 in a 55 fine, I'll pass you, no problem. But dont drive 50 when there's no passing and then shoot up to 65 when there's passing. That drives me absolutely nuts. I wish I had Gatlin gun on the hood to blow those bastards to smithereens.

Its actions like this that have me more and more convinced each day that there are just plain and simply put, WAY more ignorant, idiotic, inconsiderate, just flat out clueless people out there than there are people aware of their surroundings! :using:

 

[ctenidae]

Its actions like this that have me more and more convinced each day that there are just plain and simply put, WAY more ignorant, idiotic, inconsiderate, just flat out clueless people out there than there are people aware of their surroundings! :using:

Inconsiderate explains a huge proportion of people's actions- people who simply aren't aware of their surroundings because they don't want to be.

 

[HowieT2]

Its actions like this that have me more and more convinced each day that there are just plain and simply put, WAY more ignorant, idiotic, inconsiderate, just flat out clueless people out there than there are people aware of their surroundings! :using:

excuse me? all I'm asking is for people to decide what speed they are comfortable driving and stick to it, not go faster and slower preventing me from driving in my comfort zone. what's wrong with that???

 

[bvibert]

excuse me? all I'm asking is for people to decide what speed they are comfortable driving and stick to it, not go faster and slower preventing me from driving in my comfort zone. what's wrong with that???

I thought drjeff was agreeing with you?

 

[HowieT2]

I thought drjeff was agreeing with you?

Oh! never mind. I thought he was ripping me for the gatlin gun thing, which would be really cool although possibly illegal, except in Texas.

 

[ctenidae]

Oh! never mind. I thought he was ripping me for the gatlin gun thing, which would be really cool although possibly illegal, except in Texas.

Even better if it were a Gatling gun.

/sorry, couldn't resist

//http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Ev19NsDQ4 Check out what the gunner is doing at 2:35...

 

[WJenness]

Even better if it were a Gatling gun.

See, I just thought he wanted a gun that fired world class sprinters at other cars...

I wasn't sure what the impact would be, but I thought he might have a good reason.

:lol:

-w

 

[neil]

NO!

If it's a section of highway with a lot of exits, using the right lane for travel causes an excessive number of lane changes and ends up creating more havoc than it solves. If everyone knew how to drive and took into account entering traffic from multiple lanes over, people didn't slow at all before exit ramps, etc., it would be one thing. But in reality people don't accelerate like they should, and using the right lane for merging is a necessary evil.

It's this attitude that causes all the problems. I'm sure your biggest problem is more of a "too lazy to change lanes" than any actual problem.

So you're doing 60 in the middle lane, there's 5 miles till the next exit, and you think that's acceptable to just mosey along in the middle lane even if you see someone in your mirror approaching at 65?

Driving in the US I find the fastest lane IS the right hand lane. Which is all kinds of retarded.

 

[Geoff]

Driving in the US I find the fastest lane IS the right hand lane. Which is all kinds of retarded.

Part of my speeding ticket avoidance strategy is to avoid the left lane at all costs. On a 3 or 4 lane road, I pass on the right all the time. On a 2 lane road, I'm only in the left lane for passing.

 

[mondeo]

It's this attitude that causes all the problems. I'm sure your biggest problem is more of a "too lazy to change lanes" than any actual problem.

So you're doing 60 in the middle lane, there's 5 miles till the next exit, and you think that's acceptable to just mosey along in the middle lane even if you see someone in your mirror approaching at 65?

Driving in the US I find the fastest lane IS the right hand lane. Which is all kinds of retarded.

Where are there 3 lanes with 5 miles between exits? Anywhere with 5 miles between exits is a 2 lane highway. The one or two places around Hartford where there is more than a mile between exits with three lanes, I move to the right lane. 91 North after the 5-15 exit is the only place I can think of off hand. Between exits 25-24-23-22, there's enough slow traffic that I'm passing anyone in the right lane, and there's more traffic in the third lane than the second. Usually weaving between lanes 2 and 4 as much to prove the point as anything.

The problem isn't that I'm too lazy to change lanes, it's that the people in the middle lane aren't paying attention to the fact that there's someone entering the highway going 15 mph slower than the flow of traffic, and block me into the lane and force me to change my speed. Which causes everyone else to slow down. Which causes traffic jams. I change lanes more than you do, I guarantee it.

 

[Geoff]

Where are there 3 lanes with 5 miles between exits? Anywhere with 5 miles between exits is a 2 lane highway.

Not true.

The Hooksett Toll to the I-89 exit is 5 miles unless you're counting the liquor store rest area as an exit. I-95 south of Portland, ME has areas with 5+ miles between exits. There is about 5 miles of NH I-95 north of the Hampton toll with no exits. The Mass Pike has several sections of 3 lane highway with no exits. Sturbridge to Auburn is 12 miles. Millbury to Westboro is 10 miles. The Jersey Turnpike springs to mind as another wide highway with very few exits.

 

[deadheadskier]

Part of my speeding ticket avoidance strategy is to avoid the left lane at all costs. On a 3 or 4 lane road, I pass on the right all the time. On a 2 lane road, I'm only in the left lane for passing.

yup. Only pass in the left lane if I absolutely have to. Always in the right and I do so because for the same reason - ticket avoidance. Not sure how real that is, but I have to assume most cops look for speeders in the left lane first as that's the lane people are supposed to be traveling the fastest in.

 

[Geoff]

yup. Only pass in the left lane if I absolutely have to. Always in the right and I do so because for the same reason - ticket avoidance. Not sure how real that is, but I have to assume most cops look for speeders in the left lane first as that's the lane people are supposed to be traveling the fastest in.

The speed traps are almost always in the median. There will be cars between me and the radar gun. If you're in the left lane, they have a totally clear shot at you. Even if somebody is passing you on the right, they will assume it's the car in the left lane that is going the fastest.

 

[ctenidae]

The speed traps are almost always in the median. There will be cars between me and the radar gun. If you're in the left lane, they have a totally clear shot at you. Even if somebody is passing you on the right, they will assume it's the car in the left lane that is going the fastest.

They do, apparently, occasionaly give tickets on the Merrit here for passing on the right.

 

[wa-loaf]

They do, apparently, occasionaly give tickets on the Merrit here for passing on the right.

That was the law in Mass for a long time. I think they revoked it in the 90s at some point.

 

[bvibert]

They do, apparently, occasionaly give tickets on the Merrit here for passing on the right.

That was the law in Mass for a long time. I think they revoked it in the 90s at some point.

Yeah, the law in CT says you can't pass on the right unless it's 3 travel lanes or more on a limited access highway.

 

[ctenidae]

Yeah, the law in CT says you can't pass on the right unless it's 3 travel lanes or more on a limited access highway.

Which really sucks for getting past school busses trying to load slow moving kids.

 

[Geoff]

Which really sucks for getting past school busses trying to load slow moving kids.

That's why they install sidewalks for you to drive on.

 

[legalskier]

People who drive while using a laptop and drinking coffee at the same time frankly scare me. So do motorists who drive while eating a pear with a knife. I also get nervous around drivers who write down the answers to a quiz on the radio:

Driver caught using laptop in crackdown in Hampshire
Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-15166546

 

[roark]

Colorado drivers, waiting to turn left against oncoming traffic without a left turn signal... will NOT enter the intersection! They just sit there and wait for the light to turn red, then green, then red again... !!!!