5 things other drivers do that irritate me....

[poltr1]

I was going to expand this list to 10 items, but I couldn't come up with enough items to fill the list. Maybe later.

5) Not using their turn signal.
4) Driving slow in the passing lane.
3) Tailgating.
2) Driving on the shoulder. (What's your hurry, people?)
1) Tossing lit cigarette butts out the window.

What are your driving peeves? Let's hear 'em.

Comments

[billroper]

People who merge early when a lane is closing. Once traffic has ground to a halt, best behavior is for cars to merge alternately at the point where the obstruction occurs. This is called a "zipper merge". Merging earlier simply slows down the traffic in the lane that isn't going away -- and it annoys the drivers in that lane (who see cars sliding ahead of them in the closing lane) so that they tend to not allow the folks to merge at the obstruction point!

[poltr1]

Oh yeah. Especially when they cross solid white lines to do so.

I think one of my next 5 items on the list would include "people who don't follow the rule of alternating merging".

[debmats.livejournal.com]

cell phone or other distractions (putting on make up? shaving!)

[daisy-knotwise.livejournal.com]

Having just negotiated the Mt. Prospect Commons parking lot...
People who don't look, they just go. This applies to drivers and pedestrians. People in such a hurry that they trust a moving vehicle to stop so they don't have to.

Yeesh!

GHR

[elvensunhame.livejournal.com]

I call these people lemmings. Just dive right out where they can get squashed.
My peeve is when someone is down the street and sees you pulling out, speeds up and cuts you off. Same in parking lot. Also goes for merging. They think they lose points if they use courtesy and wait for a moment. Yea to alternate merge.

Jason - right?

[urban-terrorist.livejournal.com]

5 - yes
4 - yes
3 - yes
2 - yes
1 - well he doesn't smoke.

In Canada many of us now call any bad driver a Jason. There's a TV show called Canada's Worst Driver, and Jason, well won I guess. Though I don't really want to think of him as a winner. The idea of being on the road with Jason terrifies me. Luckily he decided to retire from driving at the end of the show...

[athenawindsong.livejournal.com]

RUBBERNECKERS!!!

If it's someone you know, someone will call you regarding the accident. Otherwise move on, folks, nothing to see here - the crews will take care of things just fine. Besides, if you're that interested and it's bad enough, you'll get quite the eyefull on the evening news.

:oP

[shining-woman.livejournal.com]

I will tolerate an awful lot on the road but one thing that absolutely pisses me off...

cell phone usage while driving.