people who tailgate.
people who don't signal turns and lane changes, especially on the freeway when they just 'drift' into your lane with inches to spare at 75 mph
cellphone talkers

and the flip side

when i'm on foot, in the crosswalk with the green walk light and a car decides to try and turn in front of me, missing me by inches. i've seen drivers do this and laugh as i dodge back to avoid being hit.

please people it's not a game it's dangerous, driving is

bkw said:

Oh yeah! That's another one that really vexes me When I pull to one side to allow on coming cars to pass, all I want is a respectful gesture back! Even a blasted smile will do!

senik said:

In Sweden it's the law for other drivers to let you in if you're signalling, so it's something you have reason to expect, not something you're grateful for.

In Canada it's a different story. People don't let you in unless you basically rape their lane, so when they do let me in there I'm grateful.

breathing.

retina said:

Sort of the same in the U.K. but I'm mainly talking about "meet situations" when two cars are maneuvering towards one another, on a road where there's not enough space for both to pass without one stopping and waiting.

senik said:

Oh okay, I thought you meant simple lane changes.

When it comes to the "meet situations" the ultra-orderly Swedes always religiously apply the "zipper" method where the cars in the two merging lanes take turns entering the shared lane. You're more likely to encounter two cars that stop dead to let each other in than the opposite situation. Swedes often signal when their whole lane is turning too, which they think is being a good citizen or something but which actually causes confusion.

Please note that I talk about Swedes as "they" even though Sweden is my country.

retina said:

The Swedes seem to possess great road manners
Driving must be a tantric experience with Volvos in Sweden

senik said:

Yeah, I'm amazed that people's spiritual orgasms don't trigger the airbags more often.

retina said:

They say that Volvo's have the best rear suspensions in the whole world

retina said:

YES! I had this problem driving home a couple of weeks ago. Some jerk was RIGHT behind me on the road I work on (which is a 5 mile road, consisting of over 53 curves, none of which are small curves). He's an employee, and when I figure out which one he is, I WILL make his ears bleed with a verbal beating.

Any how, he was RIGHT behind me, right up my ass the entire road. He might as well have been in the bloody back seat of my car. It was about 11 PM, and I had to roll my window down and put my left hand over my rearview mirror so I could see from the glaring brights on his truck. We then got onto the main road, 127, where he stayed up my ass. So, I sped up in all the passing zones, and slowed down the places in between.

Eventually, that pissed him off enough that he passed me just before the curve going into Greasy Creek Bridge (no the creek isn't greasy...). He had to have been going 85 mph, and I cackled, hoping he'd wreck. Evil, I suppose. I didn't want him to die... just mess up his Toyota.

-Talking on the cell phone without a proper speakerphone.

-Thinking you're the only person on the road and feeling free to drive in zig zags.

-Thinking that even though it just turned red, you can still make it before the cars with the green light get in the intersection.

-Honking at every little thing that is in your way, even when it's not a life threatening situation. Or just honking to call your friends out. People - there are others who are trying to rest! Have some respect and leave the honking to the highway.

-Stopping in the middle of the road to pick up a friend. can't you just move to the side and that time and let the traffic pass you while you wait?

senik said:

I have yet to test that theroy my friend.

- People that floor it to pull out in front of me, and cut me off nearly clipping my car, then slam on the brakes and drive slow.

- People who get in the passing lane and drive ridiculously slow. If they had no intention of passing the person in the right lane, then why do they even get in the passing lane in the first place??

- People that don't bother to get into the left turning lane until the last second. Just as you're coming down the left turning lane, and just when you are about to pass them, they drive right over the solid line and plow right into you.

- Dipshits who slow down instead of accelerate, to merge onto a highway. There's no stop sign there.

- Drivers who spend more time looking at the person in the passenger seat, talking to them, instead of paying attention to the road. If they have that much to talk about, pull over and go sit on a bench and chat away.

I loathe people who deliberately try to pull out in front of fast drivers and block them. Leave the highway safety up to the police, and drop the vigilante routine. It's not your job to control traffic. IMO they are usually the source of the problem, rather than solving anything. If anything, I'm in a hurry and running late because I was stuck behind 5 other retards just like you.

Usually the only driver that pisses me off is my husband, he travels in the passsing lane and it pisses me OFF! Then he complains that everyone is speeding and passing him.