Most annoying types of drivers

Post Reply New Topic

They are, almost everywhere. Some guy in Massachusetts just went down for vehicular homicide for texting and causing a fatal accident. Beyond the fact that you can be ticketed for it, it's a huge civil (and now criminal) liability if you do have an accident.

People are 29 times more likely to have an accident while texting than while not texting. I don't think there's anyone walking this earth who can do it safely.

My peeve is people who block the box. This is a huge issue in NY during rush hour and it's supposed to be a $250 fine and 2 points. However the NYPD generally doesn't enforce traffic regulations at all unless you're doing something so insane as to test the laws of physics in addition to the ones of the State of NY. This is fine by me in most cases but blocking the box... grrr.

My second peeve is when I leave the city, and I'm on a multilane highway and people don't observe lane discipline, which is pretty much everywhere in North America. If we're both in the passing lane in light traffic and you see me coming up behind you and it's safe to do so, your ass needs to merge right - and you need to have completed your merge by the time I am near you. I do not understand the thought process behind camping out in the left lane. It's explicitly and deliberately rude, and people are doing it to someone they've never met before and don't know so they have no reason to be rude. I don't do that to people, if someone is coming up behind me I make sure I'm out of their way by the time they reach me. Why wouldn't I?

@MyFuturSelfnMe: It looks like brilliant minds think alike. In New Jersey lane discipline is generally good (relative to the rest of the US) and traffic moves quickly. I understand that sometimes people get a little bit carelesss and block the left lane. However, when I come up behind them and politely flash my high beams rather than tailgating them, I would expect them move right without giving me the finger or brake checking me. Typically poor lane discipline goes hand in hand with people who are distracted by their phones. I don't think that people understand how camping out in the left lane significantly increases your risk of an interview with the police either, you are much less likely to get a ticket when you are not in the left lane because police do not think to look their for speeders. Overall, I think that unrealisticly low speed limits are the primary contribution to poor lane discipline. If we increased our speed limits on the highways to 81- 92 mph as in Europe (depending on the country), or in soem countries no speed limits, I believe that lane discipline would improve and as a result, the roads would be safer (yes, faster and safer). However, the ticket writing business is very profitable, by increasing the speed limits we would deprive the police departments of funding. This is why I believe speed limits are so low in America, lane discipline is poor and fatalities are high compared to other western countries.

What about those people who go like 30 miles an hour when they're in front of you and then go at monster speed when you try to pass them just to piss you off and keep you behind them?

Most annoying type of drivers is pretty much everyone except me.

But even more annoying are truckers and bus drivers who innocently think they are allowed to do everything, since if there's a crash, THEY are safe inside their giant box of metal. While us car owners s**t in the bed.

Ah, and cabbies. Nuff said.

Overly aggressive drivers who just want to get ahead of you in traffic. Drivers who want to show off and drive fast.
Drivers who tail gate you and you are in the slow lane. Drivers who get an attitude and act like they own the road. Drivers who pass you and then go really slow.
Drivers who use their cell phone and drive slow in front of you, egads.

Hillbillies.

One of the advantages to having a really fast car is that nobody can do that to me. I've had people try that a few times since I got my current car, failed, and had to live with looking like an idiot.

This type its easier to show you.stupid bikers

Any one who drives faster or slower, signals sooner or later, turns slower or faster, hogs the left lane or the right when I'm trying to pass there and the slow walking pedestrians that make me use the brake when in driving on the side walk. Every one but me.

That was a TBI waiting to happen. When guys like that fall down, suddenly they don't have so many friends anymore

I really hate drivers who cut in front me of just to turn quickly afterwards, especially when there is no one behind me.

Last edited by AJ89 on 05 Jul 2012, 8:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.

The kind that are very quick to pull out in front of you just to turn or drive really slow & then speed up whenever you try to pass them so you cant

- Those who drive slowly in the right lane (Australia - the fast lane) and have no reason to be there.
- Those who cannot stay in their lane when going around a slight bend.
- Those who swing out into your lane from their turning lane because they think for some reason their brand new car with power steering as standard can't make the turn without swinging out.
- Those who stop in traffic and get in the way of everyone because they missed a turn but they STILL HAVE TO TURN THERE, because it's somehow too difficult to keep going and do a U-turn.
- Slow drivers out in the country who speed up when you get to an overtaking lane, because it it nice and wide and they don't feel so scared anymore.
- Most taxi drivers.

I'm not bitter at all

As a driver, cyclist, and pedestrian, I've had more than my fair share of bad drivers.

Tailgaters - especially when the passing lane is open. I was once tailgated dangerously close by a bus when on a bicycle, even though I was barely under the speed limit and had to pass through short section of road where there was no bike lane. I've also had semis do it to me on the interstate/motorway (in a car, of course), and that is just dangerous - at night when they are blinding you with their lights, it's even more dangerous.
Honkers - On the bicycle, I was once honked at by another bus driver in the same section of road. Legally, a bicycle is a vehicle, and I have every right to the road as you do, and if you give me a few seconds, I'll let you pass when we get to the section of road that allows you to safely do so. I've also been honked at for no apparent reason at all (also on the bike) despite being in the bicycle lane and out of the way.
Drivers who block the bike lane/sidewalk
"Weavers" - people who weave though traffic across multiple lanes, especially those who do not know how to use their indicators/turn signals
Cell phone users - those who talk or text behind the wheel
Drivers who do not yield/give way to pedestrians in the crosswalk.
Thumpers/rattlers - Need I say more? If the stereo costs more than the car, you obviously have problems

My husband and I came up behind someone who was stopped 20 feet from the actual intersection, and it was one that had a pressure plate, so the light wasn't changing. We wanted to turn right, so we beeped, waited, beeped again, then finally went around. The lady stuck her head out of the window and yelled, "You nappy-headed white boy!"

Why did you even stop behind her? Just drive right around. Don't wait for idiots.

Well, we didn't think she'd just sit there if somebody came up behind her. We didn't wait that long, and there wasn't any other traffic around. BTW, her car was running, so we knew she wasn't broken down. And after we went around her, she finally went on, so she didn't have a flat. And this was before cell phones were ubiquitous, so she wasn't on the phone.