10 most annoying motorists

San Antonio Express-News ^ | 08/22/2010

[Responsibility2nd]

1. Drive really slow

2. Go first at an intersection when you were there first

3. Beep when you don’t instantly start after a green light

4. Tailgaters who easily could go around you

5. Don’t pay attention at traffic lights

6. Lane changers

7. Write text messages while driving.

8. Turn in front of you without using a signal.

9. Tailgate when you’re behind someone else.

10. Wave you through a stop sign even though they were there first.

Source: www.wedolists.com/2010/08/top-10-most-annoying-types-of-drivers/

[SoothingDave]

To be fair, how many ramps are actually that long in SW PA?

[Responsibility2nd]

People that drive northbound in the southbound lanes. I really hate that.

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Me too. Now driving westbound in the eastbound lanes. That’s different.

[Le Chien Rouge]

1) Females putting on makeup while driving.

2) The SUV with a fading No Blood for Oil bumper sticker.

3) The old folks who do 30 in a 45 during rush hour traffic

4) The X-Games wanna-be motorcyclists who weave through traffic.

5) The self appointed traffic cop

6) EVERYONE who slams on their brakes at the first raindrop

7) Cops who speed on their way to the donut shop

8) The pickup truck with 15 Mexicans inside

9) Those who eat while driving.

10) Smug a—holes driving green friendly cars.

[conservativeharleyguy]

Sorry, but your #12 is the legal procedure in most jurisdictions - ‘’Maintain traffic flow, and alternately merge at the point of constriction’’ (paraphrasing, but close enough). Done correctly, it can be a beautiful thing.

The real hazard is the self-appointed ‘’lane monitor’’ who uses the bumper of a motor vehicle as a penis extension to force his personal traffic code on everyone else.

That, and all the hammerheads who merge so early that they create a single-lane traffic jam for 2 miles.

[montyspython]

nor = not

[ozarkgirl]

Don't accelerate up to highway speed on an entrance ramp and expect everyone on the highway to deal with you merging in at 40 mph.

That's my pet peeve - well my 2nd pet peeve. I've had people come to a full and complete stop on the on ramp - duh - you're supposed to be speeding up to merge in with the others driving at 70 mph.

Top pet peeve, idiots talking on the phone and not paying attention to driving.

[Betis70]

“10. Wave you through a stop sign even though they were there first. “

I really don’t like these people. I had one guy wave me through an intersection when I had a stop and he didn’t. I was on my motorcycle and if I had followed his ‘wave’ I’d be dead because there was a car coming around him right in my path of travel.

I shook my head ‘No’ and then he yelled at me as he went by. Stupid sh!t.

[kevkrom]

Really? You mean the pass on the right in the entrance lane? I’ve never seen that myself. Pretty dangerous I’d say.

Oh yes, dangerous and annoying. And commonplace on my commute.

It's typically less dangerous than it sounds, because they do this in heavy, slow traffic. What really makes it annoying is the whole "I'm more important than everyone else on the road" attitude that this bonehead move requires.

[eXe]

1. Drive really slow

(In most cases this means going the speed limit, if you are not over the limit someone is tailgating you)

2. Go first at an intersection when you were there first

(Translation, they wave you through, and then jerk their car like you cut them off)

3. Beep when you don’t instantly start after a green light

(Conversely, those who make it a challenge to see just how long they can SIT at a green light)

4. Tailgaters who easily could go around you

(See #1, if you are not speeding, they will tailgate you)

:) lol just what I have learned in Nevada driving over the years..
5. Don’t pay attention at traffic lights

[DManA]

The worst part of the practice is it is often unclear what their intentions are. Are they waving to me? Are they gesticulating to a passenger? Are they swatting at a fly?

I usually don’t consider that they are luring me into a trap but I suppose thinking like that can keep you alive on a bike.

[HereInTheHeartland]

There is a basic lack of knowledge by many people of how to drive on an interstate correctly.

The slow left lane drivers are the most common. They don't realize that interstates are designed to have traffic FLOW. It's ok to drive at different speeds; just don't plug up the passing lane if you prefer a slower speed.

[Personal Responsibility]

The Far Side comic strip - which is not available for posting on the Web due to Gary Larson hating such things - once had a strip that showed the three levels of hell as follows:

1. Murderes
2. Rapists
3. People who drive slow in the fast lane

I couldn’t agree with him more. If you are in the left lane and someone behind you wants to go faster than you - move out of the way.

[kevkrom]

Co-worker’s buddy (from Bangladesh) gets new license. Drives from NY to VA, slowly and not too surely, to visit ... all the way down I-95 in the left lane.

That must be the most-hated man in all of NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, and VA.

[ansel12]

My beef is this: Let’s say there are two lanes and the speed limit is 70, and there’s a good bit of traffic, so not much opportunity to pass safely. The right lane is clogged with people driving at 65 mph, so I’m in the left lane. But I have a guy tailgating me in the left lane because my 75 mph is too slow to suit him. He is in a hurry and likes to do 85, and I am a problem.

Yes, you still need to move over, you cannot simply squat in the passing lane and force the world to comply with what ever speed you are deciding to enforce in the fast lane, on any given day.

[DManA]

Here’s one. When the road narrows from two to one lane due to construction. People here think you’ve got to merge as soon as you see the warning sign. They get angry if you stay in the left lane up to the merge point. But the highway authorities tell us, and now they actually put up signs here, that tell you to use both lanes and take turns at the merge.

[montyspython]

This one is the most annoying and why I admire how its done on the Autobahn. If a vehicle hangs too long in the left lane they will get a ticket.

In Illinois there is a law that states that the left lane is for passing only and is enforceable with a ticket, but I have yet see it actually enforced.

[mbynack]

We get a lot of tourists here, so people aren't familiar with the roads and frequently are distracted. It's common to see a distracted driver come to a complete stop at a green light. It's also a daily experience to have them drive 15-20 mph under the speed limit while looking for a cross street or business.

One of the worst things I've seen involved an RVer from Alabama. Apparently he had problems dumping his sewer before he left town because he pulled over on the shoulder and uncorked his sewer dump and climbed back in his truck and drove off letting his sewer dump all over the cars in the oncoming lane.

[Vigilanteman]

You are correct, but damn few people know how to use it, even when the road crew posts signs. It isn't that hard: the lane closure spot is like a four way stop-- you just alternate who goes. I've been in the closed lane where these signs are posted and the morons in the unclosed lane are clueless, even when you signal and nose in.

8-10 cars later somebody thinks they are doing a big favor by letting you in and, of course, I give them a friendly honk and wave, even though we just passed signs saying "Use Both Lanes" and "Take Turns Merging".

[ansel12]

4. Tailgaters who easily could go around you

I hope that you don't mean for them to have to pass you on the right.

[a fool in paradise]

Nothing is worse than 4 morons pulling up to a 4 way stop sign and then wondering who got there first. Wondering who should go. I often see someone at a 4 way first. But since they weren’t paying attention, I pull out first while they are still stuck on stupid.

One of the Texas outlaw comics had a joke in the 1980s that if you get to a 4-way stop in Houston and you don't know who's turn it is, it isn't yours. And you should probably pack a lunch because you're going to be there awhile...