Drives you crazy.

[aephi alum]

Funny you should post this today.... I am a bad-driver magnet. This evening I had a road rager follow me. It was 110% obvious that he was following me (I made some weird turns) so I called the cops.

My #1 annoyance is tailgaters. #2 is people who blow through red lights - usually they just get caught at the next red light. And then there are the people who road-rage for no reason... don't make your bad temper my problem.

[lilbay77]

1. People in front of me that count to 10 when making a right turn.

2. People who dart out in front of me and drive slow.

3. People who wait until the light turns green to put on their left turn signal.

4. People who dont do the thank you nod or wave, when they should.

5. People who double park on purpose so nobody dents their shiny sports car.

6. I hate driving behind people who do not know how to merge onto the freeway.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by lilbay77

5. People who double park on purpose so nobody dents their shiny sports car.

How does double parking prevent people from denting your car? You know some idiot is going to be speeding down the right lane, and *crunch*. Or they're going to be speeding down the right lane, suddenly realize they need to cut left, and nonetheless *crunch*.

[lilbay77]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

How does double parking prevent people from denting your car?

Maybe I have the lingo wrong, but I'm talking about folks who park really crazy and take up two parking spaces, so there clearly is no room for another car in either space. Perhaps the idiots just can't park properly. Either way its annoying.

[ΑΓΔSquirrel10]

1. Old people who drive at 30mph in a 45mph zone in their enormous Buicks

2. People who speed up to get around me (even though I'm going 10 miles over the limit), then proceed to slow down to the speed of snail.

3. Soccer moms who have their huge SUVs, trying to switch lanes, turn corners, etc. while talking on the phone and giving food to their kids.

4. Gangstas who have their rap music turned up to 2185397213598 decibels

5. Sketchy guys who stare me down at red lights.

6. Old redneck men who pick their noses at traffic lights

7. Preppy 16-year-old girls who are too obsessed with the way they look (for example, putting on A TON of makeup while driving)

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by lilbay77

Maybe I have the lingo wrong, but I'm talking about folks who park really crazy and take up two parking spaces, so there clearly is no room for another car in either space. Perhaps the idiots just can't park properly. Either way its annoying.

Yeah, I don't think that's double parking, that's just straddling the line.

I hate it when people cut me off, almost running me off the road, then when I honk to let them know I'm there (on the off chance they just didn't see me) they flip me off like I did something wrong. Honda's have such friendly sounding horns....I wish my horn wasn't so cheery. I want a mean horn!

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by lilbay77

Maybe I have the lingo wrong, but I'm talking about folks who park really crazy and take up two parking spaces, so there clearly is no room for another car in either space. Perhaps the idiots just can't park properly. Either way its annoying.

That's not double parking. Double parking is when there are no parking spots available on the street, so you just stop your car in the right lane (so your car blocks the right lane, and whoever is legally parked to your right cannot get out), put it in park, get out, lock it up, and go about your business.

The folks who take up two parking spots annoy me as well. Also, the people who invent parking spots that block other drivers... Until a few months ago, I was in daily-parking hell at the commuter-rail station. People often invented parking spots that blocked the exit. Were they ticketed or towed? Nope. I had to play bumper cars on more than one occasion to get out.

[GeekyPenguin]

1) People who make rights on red and almost hit the pedestrians who have a walk signal
2) People who don't let my bus move over to the HOV lane - hello, the driver is trying to get OUT of your way
3) People.who.stop.look.listen. and then slooooowly make a right turn with no signal
4) People who tailgate me when I go 75 in a 55 because that is not fast enough for them

This city is notorious for the exit ramp situation ZTAngel described - luckily my car is tiny so I can go around them on the shoulder! We also have awful awful tailgaters during rush hour - the other day I had to drive downtown instead of taking the bus and I was about to post a missed connection for the nice guy in the Lexus who didn't ride my ass the whole trip downtown!

[AlphaFrog]

My biggest one is people in the right lane during rush hour who put on their turn signal and EXPECT you to let them in. If I have to slow down to let you over, and there's only a half car lenght between me and the car in front of me (in stop & go) I'm not letting you in. There's absolutely no reason why you can't wait for a break to get into the left lane (and there will be one, because someone feels like it's ok to go 25 in a 65 zone during rushhour), it's not like there's an exit over there that you have to get to.