Other drivers' habits that irritate the %&$! out of you

[RM7]

Phones have ruined everything about driving.

[jabrax]

I'm sure this describes a few of aggressive drivers!!

I hate those waiting to make a left turn against oncoming traffic, or exiting a parking lot... and sticking the F'ing nose of your car in the lane while your waiting

Whew, I feel better now

[eluded]

People that Roll through a red light especially on a right hand turn that think they have the right away. This isn't Europe!

[wtwo3]

I'm not sure how exactly to explain this... but I'll try my best.

When a 2 lane road turns into a 3 lane road at an intersection, and then back into a 2 lane road after the intersection... and as you're coming up to the red light, people who get into that 3rd lane as if they're going to beat the other 2 lanes to get ahead. But then they end up going so slow that you end up behind the other 2 lanes anyway. Why the F!CK did bother getting into that 3rd lane??

[spielnicht]

Drivers that have no skills or manners when it comes to two lanes merging into one. How f-ing hard is to so simply follow the "zipper" pattern?

[OkieSnuffBox]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Man it is brutal out there right now. So man horrible drivers, WHAT is going on? Folks just seem oblivious, no hustle to make the green and get stuck for 10 minutes at two consecutive lights as a result. People taking an EXCRUCIATING amount of time to take a corner, say turn into a mall, almost come to a complete stop, just unbelievably slow. WHAT IS WRONG???

I think they just released estimates that vehicle fatalities in the US for 2021 were the highest in 16 years.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/17/us-t...-dot-says.html

[Boosted_8]

Originally Posted by GOLFFRR

Im sure this has been posted before in this thread but the one thing that drives me nuts is the driver who drives super slow when its single lane then as soon as the single lane turns to two lanes or a passing lane they turn into Dale Earnhardt so you have to go ridiculous speeds to pass them. Drives me nuts! Happens every time.

Its like mother of fuck you were super happy doing 40mph for the last half an hour and now you need to do 95 for what reason exactly?

[XutvJet]

People who use their brake pedal to modulate their speed on an open or mostly open highway bug the hell out of me. It makes me think they are braking for something in the road.

[impinth_llq]

People who drive at the speed limit on freeway, and then ONLY accelerate when you are trying to pass them.

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by XutvJet

People who use their brake pedal to modulate their speed on an open or mostly open highway bug the hell out of me. It makes me think they are braking for something in the road.

This. A lot of people do it, including the wife.

[VipinLJ]

Originally Posted by wtwo3

I'm not sure how exactly to explain this... but I'll try my best.

When a 2 lane road turns into a 3 lane road at an intersection, and then back into a 2 lane road after the intersection... and as you're coming up to the red light, people who get into that 3rd lane as if they're going to beat the other 2 lanes to get ahead. But then they end up going so slow that you end up behind the other 2 lanes anyway. Why the F!CK did bother getting into that 3rd lane??

+1. We have a few of those (lanes) here and loads of those (types of drivers) too! Irritates the crap out of me.

[billnchristy]

People that pull out in front of you while you're happily doing 10 over and proceed to do 10 under when there is nobody behind you.

[RM7]

Originally Posted by billnchristy

People that pull out in front of you while you're happily doing 10 over and proceed to do 10 under when there is nobody behind you.

Yeah, I had one yesterday, on the straights…except I ain’t slowing down for the turns in a 1LE, which they did. Annoying as hell. If you are going to do a certain speed and pass people, you better keep it up.

[grannyknot]

Originally Posted by spielnicht

Drivers that have no skills or manners when it comes to two lanes merging into one. How f-ing hard is to so simply follow the "zipper" pattern?

Apparently it's much too hard, but this is what really steams me up.
An entrance lane is merging into the far right lane on the highway but there is some guy in the far left lane who can't wait until everyone from those two lanes have merged into one lane before he tries to enter it, NO, he MUST enter exactly at the same time!
His exit isn't coming up for 2 more miles but he has to cram his car in no matter what.
I've never understood why they don't just paint a solid line on the road until those 2 lanes have merged into one.

[tranquility]

Those who zip past me just to cut me off to make an exit, not sure if it's just to get a rise outta me, check me out, impatience or whatever. Not cool or safe.

[3002 tii]

Slow drivers in left lane who refuse to move. After enough waiting, I maneuver to pass from right/middle lane. They conveniently speed up and then have the audacity to flash/honk once you do pass them.

Drivers who leave their hi-beams on intentionally or unintentionally.

Drivers (not motorcyclists) who lane split, incredibly dangerous/stupid

Drivers who refuse to wait like everyone else for exit and try to cut the line last second

Drivers who don’t pay attention and drift into your lanes

Drivers who don’t know how to approach a roundabout or recognize who has the right of way

Local volunteers or even LEO who will turn on their stobe lights to get by but conveniently turn them off 2 seconds later. No real emergency whatsoever.

Drivers who don’t yield/stop to pedestrians at crossings. I will stop, pedestrian thinks it’s safe to start walking but oncoming car or car adjacent to me will continue to barrel down

Owners who park over 2 spots when parking is scarce to begin with and their cars are not anywhere close to exotic, not that should justify it. Or people who parallel park by ‘feel’ (more common in NYC).

Drivers who are too lazy to clear snow off their roofs

Drivers who purposely roll up to a light, roll down their windows and blast their music obnoxiously loud, when nobody is impressed or gives 2 shits about their circuit city kicker subs

And the worst are kids who street race and risk others lives

[RM7]

Drivers that adjust their SIDE mirrors to see the rear of their car, which is incorrect. One damn near merged into me today and only didn't due to me laying on the horn.

[dradernh]

Drivers who, after you've passed them, insist on both matching your speed and following too closely. These are the unconscious drivers who will stick with you until you're going tens of mph over the limit to try to get them off your tail. Eventually, they wake up; I imagine it's because they finally notice how fast the scenery is flying by.

When chilling in the right-hand lane on an interstate, the driver who is congentially incapable of passing. Oh, she'll move into your blind spot, all right – she's good doing that. But she cannot pass, and you've got to lift before she can manage it. Only her momentum and total lack of awareness let her accomplish it. Note: I say "she" and "her" because I've only seen women driving like this; no doubt there are men doing it, too.

Drivers in the left-hand turn lane at a light who insist on waiting until the car in front of them has almost cleared the intersection before they'll move forward. At best, four cars might move through an intersection with a light that is set to let ten cars through. The traffic engineers then adjust the left-hand turn lights to stay on way too long, further screwing-up the entire intersection. Alacrity, people, a-l-a-c-r-i-t-y, please!!!

Drivers who for no earthly reason give up their right-of-way. I get it, believe me, I do – it's a form of politeness. However, it's unsafe and is only made safe when everyone is moving so slowly that it doesn't matter if you take your right-of-way or not.

[RM7]

Originally Posted by dradernh

Drivers who, after you've passed them, insist on both matching your speed and following too closely. These are the unconscious drivers who will stick with you until you're going tens of mph over the limit to try to get them off your tail. Eventually, they wake up; I imagine it's because they finally notice how fast the scenery is flying by.

They seem to do it the other way too, if there's a bus or large slow truck in the other lane, they seem to "match" the other vehicles speed for no apparent reason, totally disregarding the speed limit. Especially from a stop. If vehicle goes slow, they go slow. If vehicle goes faster, they go faster. In the next lane. It's annoying as hell.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by RM7

They seem to do it the other way too, if there's a bus or large slow truck in the other lane, they seem to "match" the other vehicles speed for no apparent reason, totally disregarding the speed limit. Especially from a stop. If vehicle goes slow, they go slow. If vehicle goes faster, they go faster. In the next lane. It's annoying as hell.

You're right, and I think those are the same people that are unconsciously tethered to another vehicle.

[OkieSnuffBox]

In most places here in OK, we have LONG onramps. And people still can't seem to realize they can press the gas pedal to get up near the speed limit to merge in.

No, they'd rather go twenty under, stick to their speed and force people to change lanes, speed or slow down. I've seen countless people so incapable of merging they will maintain there speed as the onramp has ended and just keep driving through all the debris on the shoulder.

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox

In most places here in OK, we have LONG onramps. And people still can't seem to realize they can press the gas pedal to get up near the speed limit to merge in.

No, they'd rather go twenty under, stick to their speed and force people to change lanes, speed or slow down. I've seen countless people so incapable of merging they will maintain there speed as the onramp has ended and just keep driving through all the debris on the shoulder.

1000 times this. People FLYING by at 120 and muppets in front of me trying to enter a freeway at 80, good god man get on it!!