What annoys you most on the roads?
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Agreed teenages with sports cars generally suck. We had a highschool senior kill his GF when he wrecked his honda S2000 on the way to school.Duck Sandwich said:
THough parents don't always buy their kids sports cars. I bought a Mitsubishi 3000GT with my own money
Still have it with 193K miles on it.
You are absolutely right. I detest all truck and SUV drivers...period. I do understand if they are carpenters or landscapers or otherwise use their trucks for their jobs because that's how they make their living. But if you use your Land Rover or Suburban or F-150/250/350 Powerstroke V8 to commute to your cushy office job and the closest thing to off-roading is a gravel shoulder then you can go to hell. I am sick of the way fellow Americans think: if you have plenty of money then show how big your dick is by buying a goddamn Hummer. What's even worse is the arrogance that is fueling those un-armored tanks on wheels. Trucks and SUVs are symbols of class these days and it's really a testament to how far we've come since the 1973 Oil Crisis. Although I do not share your hope for the loss of the American automakers, at the same time I don't think they will learn anything from the current economic crisis and soon-to-rise fuel prices.turchenko said:
I have a hatchback Focus and I get just under 30 miles a gallon. I don't need a truck to give off the illusion of how big my dick is. When it's time to trade in, I'm getting something even more efficient like a Mini Cooper or a Prius. Why? Because I dont want to be a part of the problem and I am damned tired of how decadent and materialistic people become.
People that don't yield to traffic, that don't use turn signals, and don't obey the speed limit. Don't get me wrong we all make mistakes and miss the signs sometimes, but please for the love of everyone using a turn signal isn't that hard.
I can't count the number of times I've said this. I mean, the lever is right there, next to your hand. How lazy to you have to be not to use it?
People who are a little behind me on the freeway, see me signal to change lanes and speed up so they end up ahead of me. Wow, now you'll get there one second faster and made a crash more likely if I didn't check again on your reaction to my signal, when I was trying to let you know not to crash into me.
See, this is why some of us don't signal. At least, not on Southern California freeways. It's actually safer for me to just check and change lanes than deal with these people.
Oh yeah, people (mostly women it seems) who drive trucks so that they can try to intimidate anyone in a smaller vehicle off the road and have obviously never used their truck for what it's really intended as it has not one dent in it.
People who slow down to 5 OVER the limit when they see a cop car when they were doing 15 over a moment before. You're still speeding, brilliant!
See, this is why some of us don't signal. At least, not on Southern California freeways. It's actually safer for me to just check and change lanes than deal with these people.
Oh yeah, people (mostly women it seems) who drive trucks so that they can try to intimidate anyone in a smaller vehicle off the road and have obviously never used their truck for what it's really intended as it has not one dent in it.
People who slow down to 5 OVER the limit when they see a cop car when they were doing 15 over a moment before. You're still speeding, brilliant!
Good lord, some of you might despise me although I must admit from my perspective some are a tad picky; to each there own I suppose.
First for those complaining about SUVs, I drive a Santa Fe and not because it grants me a feeling of superiority - my ego is large enough - I simply prefer that type of vehicle, not to mention my height makes it impossible to drive small vehicles comfortably and my comfort comes miles ahead of your incontinence. Furthermore I have no idea where some of you drive however I for one do not drive slow in aforementioned SUV. In actuality I can count the number of times I have driven the speed limit on one hand. I am usually between ten or twenty above it unless something is their to hinder my path or cops happen to be without the vicinity. Fastest I have pushed in 170km on the Trans Canada highway driving from Ottawa to Montreal and amazingly enough I was still burned out by someone else.
With that aside, I shall add?
- Old people in wheelchairs that believe themselves vehicles and drive right in the middle of the bloody road.
- Cyclists who are similar
- Pedestrians who put their hand up as if they are commanding me to stop for them. Would not be the first time I have retaliated by pretending I had no intention of stopping. Very amusing.
- Obnoxious brats who intentionally walk slow to irritate prevent from continuing once the light turns green. (Mom let up on the break once when a group of teenagers did this. Scared them all to death despite the fact the car barely moved)
- Getting blindly cut off, as in they suddenly zoom in front of you.
- People who pass you, only to slow down
- Driving with nervous passengers
- Nervous drivers
- People who stop at the drop of a hat if they see something
- Passengers who critic my driving or complain if I fiddle with stereo, do not have both hands on the wheel, drive over the speed limit; basically if I am not perfect (see nervous passengers)
- Driving below the speed limit yet prevent you from passing (I will tailgate you)
- Failure to turn on signals
- People who brake way before the stop sign/traffic light and those who immediately brake at yellow lights.
First for those complaining about SUVs, I drive a Santa Fe and not because it grants me a feeling of superiority - my ego is large enough
- I simply prefer that type of vehicle, not to mention my height makes it impossible to drive small vehicles comfortably and my comfort comes miles ahead of your incontinence. Furthermore I have no idea where some of you drive however I for one do not drive slow in aforementioned SUV. In actuality I can count the number of times I have driven the speed limit on one hand. I am usually between ten or twenty above it unless something is their to hinder my path or cops happen to be without the vicinity. Fastest I have pushed in 170km on the Trans Canada highway driving from Ottawa to Montreal and amazingly enough I was still burned out by someone else.With that aside, I shall add?
- Old people in wheelchairs that believe themselves vehicles and drive right in the middle of the bloody road.
- Cyclists who are similar
- Pedestrians who put their hand up as if they are commanding me to stop for them. Would not be the first time I have retaliated by pretending I had no intention of stopping. Very amusing.
- Obnoxious brats who intentionally walk slow to irritate prevent from continuing once the light turns green. (Mom let up on the break once when a group of teenagers did this. Scared them all to death despite the fact the car barely moved)
- Getting blindly cut off, as in they suddenly zoom in front of you.
- People who pass you, only to slow down
- Driving with nervous passengers
- Nervous drivers
- People who stop at the drop of a hat if they see something
- Passengers who critic my driving or complain if I fiddle with stereo, do not have both hands on the wheel, drive over the speed limit; basically if I am not perfect (see nervous passengers)
- Driving below the speed limit yet prevent you from passing (I will tailgate you)
- Failure to turn on signals
- People who brake way before the stop sign/traffic light and those who immediately brake at yellow lights.
Not sure how to categorize this one, but a few years back my friend and I were on a highway and couldn't remember what exit to take. After 1 wrong exit i happened to glance at the driver next to me and it was a sheriff in uniform but driving a civilian car. I quickly looked ahead but my friend wanted to see why i averted my glance so quickly and I said "don't look" but he looked anyway. Out of the corner of my eye i could see the sheriff turn his head and looking at us. I saw the next exit and took it, and sure enough it was the wrong one too. When i got back on the highway, the sheriff pulled up next to me again and i realized he'd been tailing me. He slowed down, got behind me, and turned on a siren light i think from his dashboard because i don't remember seeing it on his car. He pulled us over and basically told us it was suspicious how we got off the highway when we saw him and then got back on after he got behind us. Fined me $173 for not wearing a seat belt and having a passenger not wearing a seat belt, which was supposed to be a discount because he was being "nice" since the actual fee would have been more than $200.
Maybe police douchebaggery?
Maybe police douchebaggery?
amen. my impreza gets decent mileage, too. I'll probably sell her when i go off to college this fall. Our public transportation system can get you pretty much anywhere from the campus, and with gas prices predicted to rise above $5/gallon, i could use the savingsbrtshstel said:
oh, and to add a few more nails to the casket, i commonly see SUVs and trucks driven by soccer moms with some screaming little shits in the back. not only are they driving tanks, but they are also talking on their cell phone, putting on their makeup, and screaming at those spoiled bastards. one almost killed me on the way home from school today
they can get that done much more safely in a minivan or something, but instead they choose to protect themselves from their own lack of driving skill by driving the biggest fucking thing on the road.
i wish my car horn sounded a bit more manly...
BMW X5 and X3 drivers.
Seriously, they should just rename them the BMW Xtwat and Xwannabetwat. I can't think of a single car so universaly loved by utter bellends.
Seriously, they should just rename them the BMW Xtwat and Xwannabetwat. I can't think of a single car so universaly loved by utter bellends.
Drivers who pass when there's freshly fallen snow on the highway, I've witnessed accidents occur because of this. A car flew by us in the whee hours of the morning, passed the car in front of us and changed lanes, creating an even worse whiteout, a few seconds after that I saw the pickup ahead of us drift to the left, and jerk violently. After which I saw his tail lights, head lights, tail lights, and head lights again. Apparently the driver collided with a snow bank and did a 360 into the median.
I have a little anecdote to add to this. The road I mentioned before has a series of blind curves, so there are only a couple of places where you can safely pass bikers. So I was in the series of blind curves, and as luck would have it I wound up behind a biker. On the road there's a short bridge (about 2.5 car lengths), and though the lanes are even narrower than the rest of the road, there's a sidewalk, and it looked like he was going to use the sidewalk to cross the bridge, so I started accelerating so I could get past him on the bridge. As soon as he got on the sidewalk (was about 10 yards him at this point, and going 20 mph faster than him), he jumped off of it, into the middle of my lane (you know, like 5 year olds do when they want to feel cool), forcing me to slam on my brakes (did I mention it was raining?). And of course after I almost ran his ass over he looks over his shoulder to see if there's anyone behind him.scoobyduped said: