Driving behind someone, what frustrates you?

[KneeDragr]

Ok for me, I drive pretty slow, 5mph over the limit pretty much everywhere. So I go 60 on the highway, almost always in the right lane unless people are merging there.

What frustrates me, are lots of people who for whatever reason, accelerate briskly by me, pull in front, then immediately put on the brakes and slow down.

Its like, hello? If you want to drive slower, there is plenty of space behind me, idiot!

 

[tuscarora dave]

Hogging the passing lane. Uggghhhh.

Yeah I agree. Especially when they are paralyzed with fear about passing a tractor trailer and (I guess) can't think to get the hell over and follow behind it in the right lane instead of being in the passing lane right at the bumper of the trailer. OH that drives me nuts!!

 

[FUNX650]

The only "pavement" I own is my driveway...if I continue to pay property taxes, that is.
That's enough frustration for me to contend with.


However...
-Putting aside all things that folks perform that are not associated with the proper operation of motor vehicles
(of which most everyone has been guilty of in one form or another, and/or, at one time or another)...

-All other "pavements" have vehicles that emit pollutants/debris that
continually bombard my vehicles at all possible angles.

These include, but are not limited to:

-Hydrocarbon emissions
(Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Benzene, etc.)
-Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons emissions {PAH's}...man-made and naturally occurring.
-Water in its many forms;
-Road-salt/de-icers, etc.
-Expended tire "rubbers"
-Aggregate in the form of rocks, gravel, pebbles
-Garbage
-etc.; etc.


If the "pavements" (other than my "driveway-pavement", of course) were less congested of vehicles...
It'd be smoother sailing for me!!



Bob

 

[SR99]

Old beater cars that spew noxious fumes (and coat your freshly cleaned car with it). And these vehicles are the ones exempted from emissions testing....go figure!

Trucks and hi-rise vehicles without mud flaps or deflectors, which audibly pelt your car with pebbles.

 

[RedXray]

Hogging the passing lane. Uggghhhh.

It's mostly old people... took me awhile to figure out just why old people tend to drive in the passing/inside lane. IMO they do this because they're afraid of hitting the curb on the outside lane

Disclaimer: I may be old, but red can still raise hell in a car :laughing:

 

[shortcut11]

In Northern Virginia drivers will not merge until the lane ends and the force their way over. It drives me insane.

 

[Scott DeBrun]

I've been driving for a living for a while so I could go on and on but here in Chicagoland its the "me first" attitude! I agree with the OP about cig butts, smokers are the piggest, urrr, biggest pigs out there, I see this all day, everyday, there's NO denying it so don't even try to smokers! Another problem is the new cars with DRL's, some must light up the dash and at night they "think" they've got their lights on but they don't and when you flash em' they've got no clue, really urks the hell out of me. I agree 100% about turn signals but here in "me first" land you don't think you need to use the signals....trust me, you do!

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Sorry to burst your all knowing bubble but this smoker has an ash tray in his truck. I don't litter at all so be careful of that big paint brush of yours.:nomore:

 

[Marc Hufnagel]

When your stopped behind a car and they start reversing not turning around to see if there is a car or person behind them.

And your car doesn't have a horn to signal them to stop, so you have to put it in reverse and drive in reverse (on the fly) so they don't hit your car. Lol

why no horn?

 

[Marc Hufnagel]

Sorry to burst your all knowing bubble but this smoker has an ash tray in his truck. I don't litter at all so be careful of that big paint brush of yours.:nomore:

99% of smokers the ashtray is the cracked-open window. Then the trashcan for the butt is the roadway.

 

[tuscarora dave]

Sorry to burst your all knowing bubble but this smoker has an ash tray in his truck. I don't litter at all so be careful of that big paint brush of yours.:nomore:

Yeah right...Might be gross but the ashtray in my car is always overflowing and I often have cigarette butts in my pockets when I retire at the end of the day because I just don't throw them on the ground anywhere I go. That might make me a pig but not the "piggest".

 

[hernandez.art13]

why no horn?

Car was in a big accident and the air bags blew out. Including the steering wheel one.

So the horn never got fixed. (I think)

The car was given to me like that when I was 16, so I basically learned how to drive defensively.

Luckily my car now has a horn.

 

[GenesisCoupe]

1. When there is a hill and everyone's speed suddenly drops 10-15MPH.
2. When someone doesn't turn right on red.
3. When the person in the passing lane is driving directly next to the car in the lane to its right.
4. When people move into your lane when there are dual turn lanes. I can't even begin to count the number of time I almost got hit.
5. When people don't signal.
6. When you slow down to let someone in and then they don't move over until you speed back up assuming they don't want to get in front of you anymore.
7. When people drive excessively slow in bad weather making it even more dangerous.
8. When people hit their brakes approaching a green light.
9. When people slow down approaching a yellow light and then go through it anyway making me miss the light.
10. When people randomly hit their brakes just to do it.
11. When people text or read the newspaper or shave or apply make up or eat something that requires two hands while driving.
12. When people litter, including cigarettes.
13. When people have their turn signal on when they have no intention of turning or changing lanes.
14. When people in the non-passing lane speed up to your speed as you go to pass them.

I think that mostly covers it.

Road rage much? lol.. all kidding aside, all above apply to me as well.

Reason why i only chose to write about the cigarette butts is because that person mostly has their window open, and that's when i decide to hit the throttle and pass them by, making them deaf in one ear for a few seconds

Yeah I agree. Especially when they are paralyzed with fear about passing a tractor trailer and (I guess) can't think to get the hell over and follow behind it in the right lane instead of being in the passing lane right at the bumper of the trailer. OH that drives me nuts!!

I hate it when people drive right next to semi's and do not pass them. I see this a lot where they are right in the middle of the truck and that leaves me towards the end. I'd like to throw something at those people..

 

[Sizzle Chest]

Just that they are in front of me...LOL!

 

[Mfour]

Road rage much? lol.. all kidding aside, all above apply to me as well.



I hate it when people drive right next to semi's and do not pass them. I see this a lot where they are right in the middle of the truck and that leaves me towards the end. I'd like to throw something at those people..

I hate it when I am in the right lane on a 5 lane hwy doing the speed limit with the cruise set , and a semi truck speeding pulls along side and realizes he can not make his move and just sits next to me .:nomore:

 

[tuscarora dave]

I hate it when people drive right next to semi's and do not pass them. I see this a lot where they are right in the middle of the truck and that leaves me towards the end. I'd like to throw something at those people..

This is/was my last car as a result of driving in the right lane on I-81 beside a big rig. Actually i was in the clear (or so I thought) and the truck driver came up from behind and tagged my driver's side rear quarter. After all the dust settled my car was in the median looking like that. I can identify with being scared to pass them but not with driving beside them.

If you're scared get over!!

 

[SYMAWD]

Road rage much? lol.. all kidding aside, all above apply to me as well.

Surprisingly no, the only time I use my horn is if someone comes into my lane about to hit me, when someone puts me in a dangerous situation (stopping in the middle of a highway because they were lost(I'm assuming)), or they are texting.

Other than that, those reasons bother me, but if it takes me longer to get somewhere, cool. I'm one of those people that leaves early for everything, so I have plenty of time.

 

[Marc Hufnagel]

Surprisingly no, the only time I use my horn is if someone comes into my lane about to hit me, when someone puts me in a dangerous situation (stopping in the middle of a highway because they were lost(I'm assuming)), or they are texting.

Other than that, those reasons bother me, but if it takes me longer to get somewhere, cool. I'm one of those people that leaves early for everything, so I have plenty of time.

My Dad would never use the horn either.. A few interesting moments here and there because he would not. He was a very safety conscious person so we never understood why.

 

[GenesisCoupe]

Surprisingly no, the only time I use my horn is if someone comes into my lane about to hit me, when someone puts me in a dangerous situation (stopping in the middle of a highway because they were lost(I'm assuming)), or they are texting.

Other than that, those reasons bother me, but if it takes me longer to get somewhere, cool. I'm one of those people that leaves early for everything, so I have plenty of time.

My Dad would never use the horn either.. A few interesting moments here and there because he would not. He was a very safety conscious person so we never understood why.

I think i heard my horn once this year, i usually signal with finger Im the MAN

Jk, i will simply move out of the way and carry on

 

[SYMAWD]

My Dad would never use the horn either.. A few interesting moments here and there because he would not. He was a very safety conscious person so we never understood why.

Using the horn for any reason other than they are about to hit you is pointless. If you honk because the person in front of you is going slower, it seems that the horn just makes them slow even more.

 

[runrun411]

Or what about when someone is making a left or right turn and they make the turn really slow like at 1 mph. I'm behind them yelling in my car "how long could it possibly take to make a turn". Boy that makes me crazy.