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    K this is more of a rant than a question, but I am sure some of you if not all of you will feel the same way. Have you noticed how bad people are getting on the road. I don't know if it is just around here, or maybe I am losing patience a little quicker than normal. I find besides the whole road rage thing, Drivers on the road absoltuely SUCK! not ot mention the fact that they seriously need to retest old people. I am sure when I get old I will curse the person that wants me retested but lets face facts, They or most of them are awful drivers.
    I had some old lady back into my truck...Life WTF, we were in a line coming out of a parking lot, she I assume didn't feel like waiting, and puts her car in reverse...I honked not once not twice but 3 times and she still reversed...how she didn't see the truck in her rearview or hear the honking is beyond me...Then she persists it wasn't her fault because the car infront of her blinded her vision....????
    Then her comment "that's why you have a bumper" and told me to "suck it up"...I've never been told by a 70yr old lady to suck it up...that kinda made me laugh
    Had to rant about this...anyone else have issues with drivers or am I the lone sucker.

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    My pet peeve are the people who can't just sit in their lane when there's traffic. Seriously, unless they need to merge or get off or something, just STAY THERE! What's gonna happen, they might get two car lengths ahead of where they'd otherwise be? They totally make it worse! Oh, and the ones who don't even use their blinkers when they do it, ugh.
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    And my pet peeve is the ones who will not move over to allow people to merge.

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    Totally Agree, oooo ooo oo And the Have to speed out in front of you then go really slow....why was it soo damn important to get out so quick and cut people off.....

    Not to mention...how do traffic jams start when there is no accident?...grr can you tell I have some rage..lol

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    People have more distractions now with cell phones and such. You just have to be a defensive driver. Expect people not to use their signals or have one on and not actually make a turn. Expect people not to look in their blind spot before switching lanes. Expect people to pull out in front of you. Everything is much more faster paced these days and people are just so wrapped in their own world they just don't pay attention.

    Road rage is pretty bad too, I agree. I have had people honk their horns and get pissed at me for not getting out of the parking space they want quickly enough. I just laugh and keep moving about like they aren't there. Don't give them the pleasure of knowing they bother you or exist.

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    Usually if someone honks at me, I wave excitedly like I know them. That really confuses them, LOL

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    Come drive in Jersey, I guarantee you'll leave grey and shaking.

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    One time, I saw some guy cut someone else off and the guy who got cut off started weaving around, got in front of him, and waved a gallon jug of water out the window so that it would splash onto the car. I was like, "Did I just see that?!"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyndi08 View Post
    Usually if someone honks at me, I wave excitedly like I know them. That really confuses them, LOL

    hahaha that's funny!

    I was in a parking lot heading up the aisle and this old man in a car was headed kind of crooked towards me. I kept wondering if he was going to move and he headed straight towards my car and I had to veer out of the way! My car was clearly visible as I was the only one in the aisle a good 100 ft away! I couldn't believe it!

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    I remember a time driving with my buddy, both of us in the left hand lane with a bank on our right, two lanes per direction on the road.

    This girl comes flying out of the bank, talking on a cell phone, nearly drills us. We had to swerve into the left turn lane in the middle of the road to avoid her and avoid damaging his car.

    As she came along side of us you could see her swearing at US like we were the horrible drivers that don't know how to let a person pulling out of a parking lot into 50 MPH traffic going across two lanes into traffic.

    The idiocy on the road is appalling.
    Guy #1: I'd totally hit that.
    Guy #2: Dude, I'd hit that so hard whoever could pull me out would become the King of England.

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    Another pet peeve.

    Taxi Drivers.

    Why do they all suck???

    I was driving down a straight road, with a taxi in the lane next to me. All the sudden, for no apparent reason, he swerved over into my lane, scraping the whole side of my car.

    I was so shocked, confused and shaken up, I pulled over to calm down and examine my car, and he kept going.

    I wish I thought more clearly and got his plate number.

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    That sucks! Oh yeah, and they think they can pull over and park anywhere not caring about holding up traffic....What makes them better than anyone else??

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    Quote Originally Posted by pacman View Post
    That sucks! Oh yeah, and they think they can pull over and park anywhere not caring about holding up traffic....What makes them better than anyone else??
    last month i was driving on a freeway and i was in the middle lane which slowed to a stop but both lanes on the sides were flowing fine so i got over and kept driving and then i found out why the middle lane was stopped some moron stopped in the middle lane and put his flashers on. didn't pull over just stopped right there in the middle of the freeway like nothing was wrong with what he did. dumbasses.

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    People cannot drive. I wrote a thread on here awhile back about it..how stupid they are on the road. Seriously it wont freaking kill you to put down your cell phone freakos. I have some road rage lol...when i drove from FL to philly..holy crap driving in i didnt know where i was going(first time there) and i got beeped at left and right, some guy screamed GET OFF THE ROAD FLORIDA at me and my friend hahaha. We wernt even going extremenly slow or anything either. A couple days later we wanted to go to this mall in cherry hill, and we seen 2 accidents, 1 car jacking within a 20 or so min. drive over the bridge from philly.

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    Don't get me started.

    seriously. I see so much shit on the bike it's not even funny. When you ride you have to be so hyper-aware.. but the shit people do in cars makes me want to scream... and I do.... in my helmet... and I make all kinds of evil gestures to people who cut me off... but I justify that it's their fault anyway, and as long as I'm not actually flicking them off....

    But I LOOOOOOVE me some lane-splittin'..... and gettin' in front of all of the people who are acting like dumbassess in rush hour.

    Or the little boys who think it's cool to race me. Go ahead, try. Even if you win I'll still beat you at the next light, bee-yotch.

    The other day some enormous lady in her SUV flicked ME off because I wouldn't move over for her fast enough so she could fly 60 mph in a 40 mph... ok then... thanks mrs. stereotype.

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    Or the little boys who think it's cool to race me. Go ahead, try. Even if you win I'll still beat you at the next light, bee-yotch.

    The other day some enormous lady in her SUV flicked ME off because I wouldn't move over for her fast enough so she could fly 60 mph in a 40 mph... ok then... thanks mrs. stereotype.
    lol @ bee-yotch and mrs.sterotype

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    The last 2 days in a row that I've worked I've had 2 separate people slam their door into mine that would have walked away without saying a word had I not been sitting in the car and witnessed it. An each hit was on a different side!!!

    Yes, I bitched out both people.

    1st person. Pulls in, let's his door fly open into mine. I'm sitting in the driver's seat writing down my tips. I get out and tell him to fucking be more careful. He says:

    "Oh, I didn't know you were in the car."

    WTF, you mean he would have just walked away had I not been there to call him out? Yup.



    2nd person:

    I'm sitting in front of work, getting ready to leave on a delivery and am writing stuff down in my log. Big truck pulls up. Woman opens her door and bang, hits my driver's door hard. It was unmistakable. I open my window and scream "Watch what the fuck you're doing!!!". I had just had this happen the day before. I was livid. She says "I didn't hit your door". I insist she did. It hit my driver's side door. I'm ON the driver's side. I heard it clearly and have a dent that wasn't there before. This bitch refuses to believe what I'm saying, so I slam the door on her face and get ready to pull away.

    Get this: she was laughing all the way into the restaurant about the situation.

    What an inconsiderate bitch!!!!

    On the way home that day, my day was complete when some bitch started changing lanes-into my door. Argh.

    And before anyone asks "Why didn't you get their insurance info?"... unfortunately my car is banged up already, so proving that they made a specific dent would be pointless. But still, the poor car doesn't deserve inconsiderate actions against it like that!





    I also don't understand people who are waiting to pull out into traffic and wait until you are practically ON TOP of them to pull out and narrowly miss a collision. Hello? You had plenty of time to pull out in front of me, but you wait until I'm almost on top of you to pull out? My car has no ABS asshole! It also doesn't make sense when people do this WHEN THERE'S NOBODY BEHIND ME. They could have waited 2 seconds to pull out behind me!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bella21 View Post
    One time, I saw some guy cut someone else off and the guy who got cut off started weaving around, got in front of him, and waved a gallon jug of water out the window so that it would splash onto the car. I was like, "Did I just see that?!"
    Oh! I had some ignoramous change lanes into the lane I was already pulling out into. Instead of acknowledging they were to blame, the stupid girlfriend passenger threw cherry tomatoes at my car! WTF?

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    Okay. I'm not a perfect driver by a long shot. I doubt anyone here can say that they have an immaculate driving record. We all have been a bad driver here and there.

    At the same time, we are all allowed to vent.

    It's not a pet peeve. It's a curiosity.

    The lights at the main intersection where I live currently.. you can go straight, left or right. Well, when you get the green arrow to go right there are some lights a little further (at another intersection) down the street you are turning right into that ALWAYS without fail go red.

    I know for a fact that these lights are red. You also can see that the light is red when you turn right into the street as the lights aren't that far down...

    now my "why" question...

    Why do people rush to a red light?

    It really confuses me. It is red, you can see that it is red once you have turned into the street and you are rushing towards the red light... only to have to wait there for it to go green. There is no rush.

    Usually these people are behind me, zoom to over-take me and get in front of me because I have chosen to slow down for the red light... and try to stay moving and not stop... um... what's the rush? you can't go anywhere anyway as it's a red light?




    I have to agree with Embyr. Thanks to riding a moped motorcycle for awhile prior to learning how to drive manual (and thus drive my current car) I've become extremely skeptical about how "good" other people are in re driving. I try to not 'lax' in knowing where everyone is on the road.

    Yes I look in my mirrors often as I just do not trust ANYONE else on the road.


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    I'm buying this for my new car next week:

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8e9a/


    just because of all my fricken driving peeves.

    Another peeve... SIRENS IN MUSIC OR COMMERCIAL ON THE RADIO! How many tinms have I effing checked my mirror or pulled over only to realize it was the effing radio!


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    I don't understand people who inch so far at stoplight they're almost in the fucking intersection, but the light isn't even close to turning green yet. Usually when people do this I stay put and STILL end up ahead of them.

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    i just had another bad driving incident. i exited the freeway and was stopped at the red light waiting to make my left onto the main road. their light turned red, and mine green, i started to pull out right when this bitch ran the red light, she nearly missed my car, literally by a foot. i know i shouldnt wish this, but i wish she'd hit me, that would have taught her a lesson. my car would have been totalled (i have 2 so it doean't matter) but she'd learn.

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    I'm sitting in front of work, getting ready to leave on a delivery and am writing stuff down in my log. Big truck pulls up. Woman opens her door and bang, hits my driver's door hard. It was unmistakable. I open my window and scream "Watch what the fuck you're doing!!!". I had just had this happen the day before. I was livid. She says "I didn't hit your door". I insist she did. It hit my driver's side door. I'm ON the driver's side. I heard it clearly and have a dent that wasn't there before. This bitch refuses to believe what I'm saying, so I slam the door on her face and get ready to pull away.

    Get this: she was laughing all the way into the restaurant about the situation.

    What an inconsiderate bitch!!!!

    see i would have had a hard time not punching her in her face...i hate people like that!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyndi08 View Post
    Usually if someone honks at me, I wave excitedly like I know them. That really confuses them, LOL
    Haha I do that too! Sometimes I'll even blow them a kiss.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CorsicaFire View Post


    I also don't understand people who are waiting to pull out into traffic and wait until you are practically ON TOP of them to pull out and narrowly miss a collision. Hello? You had plenty of time to pull out in front of me, but you wait until I'm almost on top of you to pull out? My car has no ABS asshole! It also doesn't make sense when people do this WHEN THERE'S NOBODY BEHIND ME. They could have waited 2 seconds to pull out behind me!
    OMG I cannot stand this either. My car pretty much sucks, so not only are the breaks crappy, it takes me 10 minutes to get back to the speed I was going because I had to slam on my friggin breaks!

    Sorry about your car, btw, that really sucks. Just remember: Karma!

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