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Steven Steele Chief of Staff 1868 Posts |
Running red lights
Running stop signs Passing in a double yellow Driving through parking lots like they were then only person there. Cell phones don't bother me in the least. However, the chowderhead (19 year old)that killed two people last week because he was TEXT MESSAGING his friend has to take the cake for stupidy (at least for last week).
Coram Deo
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mstick85 Regular user Gahanna, Ohio 151 Posts |
Cellphones. You can't tell me it's a call that just can't wait until you're finished driving to take it or make it. Geez, that's what answering machines are for, and I can remember when you weren't hip if you didn't have an answering machine. In fact, I just got my first (answering machine, not cellphone) for Christmas. Who says I'm not keeping up with technology? (i'm kidding, of course)
If you don't think people are crazy, watch them 1) drive on a public roadway, 2) drive in a parking lot, 3) shop at 'special' sales And express lane checkout? Every one I have ever seen has a, what, 12, 15, or 20 item limit? Not for some folks who are either illiterate or just don't care what the sign says. I've pointed it out to a few people, "Uh, sir, this lane is EXPRESS, 12 items or less." And I saw one guy one time, and I am not making this up, and the cashier even said something to him, he had like fifty cans of soup in his cart taking it through the express-check. She said, "Sir, this is the express lane for 12 items or less." You know what he told her? "It's all one item!" Yeah, and this is just one finger, too! Put that in your cart with your fifty cans of soup. And it wasn't a thumbtip, either! Running red lights. If you're in that big of a hurry, leave earlier. Tailgating. Again, if you're in that big of a hurry... I think the public just has a NASCAR mentality when it comes to driving, and as Chris Myers from ESPN would say, "Oh, you don't wanna do that..."
"Go Browns!"
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On 2005-12-31 22:35, mstick85 wrote: I live less than an hour from the Talladega Super-Speedway. Could I tell you some stories about NASCAR mentality... 40+ legitimate drivers and 500,000 wannabes, twice a year.
~michael baker
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pkg Inner circle The City of Ithobaal I son of Hiram I 1356 Posts |
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On 2005-12-31 13:59, Patrick Differ wrote: u've never been in beirut or even WORSE cairo....as for public transportation, we call them "erasers".
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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2475 Posts |
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On 2005-12-31 10:51, Corey Harris wrote: Agree, but when you're a relative, and they keep passing their Motor Vehicles Dept license-renewal test (heaven knows how) what are you gonna do in the face of an enraged Grandma when you tell her she's not safe ... tie her down and cut up her license? Push for laws requiring annual re-certification for everyone (since the Geritol set won't sit still for laws requiring it for just over-70's) - maybe some kind of test machine at the Motor Vehicles place so you can get recertified without a three-hour wait? |
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Skip Way Inner circle 3771 Posts |
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The worst drivers I've ever seen are right here in Guadalajara. They'd drive on top of each other if they could, and often do. Too fast, too erratic, to blind to see the big picture. Don't even ask about the public transportation system's bus drivers. We simply call them "killers." Quote:
u've never been in beirut or even WORSE cairo....as for public transportation, we call them "erasers". When I first arrived in Athens in the early 70's I took a Taxi from the airport to the military base...which was about a mile on the right from the airport exit. Of course, the taxi took me to the left and on a 15 mile trip around the airport...the long way. Meanwhile, the taxi jumped a curb and drove down a sidewalk to get around an armed police checkpoint. Then on a visit to Naples, Italy, I noticed that right-of-way was dependent on the size of the vehicle...the bigger the vehicle the greater the right-of-way bestowed. And a green traffic light in Naples simply meant that you could begin to gradually inch into the intersection and fight your way through the steady stream of cross traffic totally ignoring their red traffic signal...and hope that a bus didn't come along. Thank God for the semi-sanity of our native U.S. drivers...cell phones excluded. Skip
How you leave others feeling after an Experience with you becomes your Trademark.
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Corey Harris Inner circle Kansas City, MO 1229 Posts |
Oh, I hate tail gaters too. Every time I have a car on my rear I start tapping my breaks to get them off me. I actually had one end up going into the ditch because he wouldnt get off my back so I slammed on my breaks.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On 2005-12-31 12:42, Lambertmoon wrote: That's on the same tape. Along with a perfect response to your "road rage" comment. "Y'ever wish, instead of those cute little turn signals you had fixed twin high-caliber machine guns mounted on your car? Or just give me a rental car for one hour... &#$% I'll pay the deductible. *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* 'What are you doing?' Just trying to get him up to second gear!"
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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hoodrat Veteran user Southern California 388 Posts |
I hate it when drivers direct traffic at a four-way stop intersection by waving their fingers to tell another car to cross the intersection. It's usually the person waving his/her fingers who legally has the right-of-way and who should be crossing the intersection at that moment!!
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
My ultimate pet peeve about drivers???
I hate the fact that my kid can't safely ride his bike in front of my house because of the ***s that insist on driving 60 mph in a 25 mph zone!!! I WILL kill one of them one day... call it road rage.
~michael baker
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Brian Proctor Inner circle Somewhere 2323 Posts |
My biggest annoyance are other male drivers. They have a total lack of respect for fellow citizens on the road ways. I personally get upset when I am cut off, tail-gated, or whatever. I have been known to chase them down the freeway and give them my "regards."
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Glenn Godsey Special user 737 Posts |
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On 2005-12-31 10:51, Corey Harris wrote: Young people who shouldn't be driving. They haven't learned the most important principles: being considerate and leaving space between cars. PS....I am 68, have been driving for 52 years, and I have never had an accident...not even the tiniest fender-bender. You would be very lucky if there were more people like me on the road. Best regards, Glenn Godsey |
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DoctorCognos Elite user 413 Posts |
People who suddenly move halfway into the lefthand lane, stop to turn, and THEN they turn on their turn signal, and they still havent gotten their $%%^ vehicle far enough over that you can get past them safely.
The Doctor Knows.....
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Darius666 Veteran user London 368 Posts |
When it rains, snows or is just icy, people seem to drive faster and more stupidly, cutting over right in front, and getting right up your %$&*. Really annoys me.
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Dennis Michael Inner circle Southern, NJ 5821 Posts |
When it rains or snows, people go into a panic, don't know how to drive in this weather and cause problems for others.
Tail gaters are a pain, but worse are those when you leave a car and a half same, seem to feel their car fits rignt in and cuts you off. I agree with the old person driving, but definately not most of them. (Glen you're OK) I am talking the ones in the eighties. My mother in-law wanted to continue driving...She is blind (Sees things blurry can't read signs), She is deaf, (Can't hear sirens) and has no feeling in her feet (No tactical sensation wals with a walker with difficulty) so we took her keys away before she killed somone. How about the no driver? You know the one who looks through the steering wheel and just barely can see over the dash board.
Dennis Michael
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Anabelle Special user 951 Posts |
Traffic. I hate it. It's such a waste of time.
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Corey Harris Inner circle Kansas City, MO 1229 Posts |
Hot pic Anabelle....ok, back to the topic..lol.. What about people that think they have to slow down to a crawl to make a turn. I hate that. Some one mentioned about people eating and driving. I cant say that bothers me because, well, I eat and drive. I have to when I am on the road traveling from areana to areana. Espescially when I have 2 shows the same day and they are 7 hours away from each other. Man I hate those days. I need to stop over booking myself.
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pkg Inner circle The City of Ithobaal I son of Hiram I 1356 Posts |
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On 2006-01-01 21:17, Skip Way wrote: mediterranean countries have THE worst drivers...must be the air we breathe or something!
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Skip Way Inner circle 3771 Posts |
Nah, PKG...It isn't the air. I prefer to think that the food is so wonderful, the beaches so beautiful and the nightlife so vibrant that everyone is in a total hurry to GET there...NOW! I absolutely love the Mediterranean lifestyle. And living there certainly enhanced my pedestrian reaction time and leaping ability. Little wonder that the finest Olympic track stars come from that region!
:o) Skip
How you leave others feeling after an Experience with you becomes your Trademark.
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GlenD Inner circle LosAngeles, Ca 1293 Posts |
My driving pet peeve(s) mostly center around 4 way stops. These intersections can be so annoying. I am glad that many of them are 4 way versus two way but inevitably there is confusion about who gets to go first.
The guys that irritate me the most are the ones that are like 20 feet from the cross walk but they stop right then and there when they see you as if to indicate that since they "stopped" first they are now entitled to jam on through in front of me. Or you end up doing the stop and go dance with someone, which is usually kind of funny. Then there are those that are facing you and intending to make a left turn but guess what??? They don't signal so when they have to use the other pedal and actually reduce speed so as not to broadside me they get all ticked off because I did not know they were planning to make that left turn. Pet Peeves, there you go! You know since I live only a few blocks from my day job, etc, I spend more time than most on city streets then on the freeways. I guess that's why I have more frustration with the stop sign thing than the other issues already covered so well! One other thing... I swear, one of these days when travelling down a residential street where space is a bit tight with parked cars on both sides and all and some daredevil roadhogging idiot is'nt giving an inch and is crowding onto my side of the street because he can't accurately judge distance between his car and the parked cars on his side of the road and I see him coming I am going to make a swift sideways slash and just sit there in my parked car and block the whole stinking road. Maybe I will make a call on my cell phone or better yet turn up some rap music as loud as it will go as I sit there, not giving a crap about anyone else. SSSSNAP! j/k folks. Happy New Year by the way!
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