Driving pet peeves

What ticks you off most?

[wyweb]

I'm driving down the road. There's nobody behind me. Nobody. I'm coming up on an intersection and moving at a pretty good clip. Some idiot hits the cross road and decides to jump out right in front of me. If he'd waited 2 seconds I'd have been well passed him and he'd have had the whole road to himself. Instead he jumps out, makes me brake, interrupts my pleasant thoughts.

People who won't let other people in. Sometimes trying to get out on congested streets is a nightmare. Give me a break buddy. I'm only holding the line up for 5 seconds and then I'm in line too.

Rude drivers. Drivers who don't signal. Drivers who do three lane drifts on major interstates and just suddenly appear in your field of vision.

There's gotta be more...

I love foo.

[lawman]

>>those jerks who are so afraid of getting a nick on their new car so they take up 2 parking spaces

mea culpa, but I always try to park as far away as possible (I don't mind the walk). Otherwise some beater will pull up right next to me even though there are plenty of spaces. I have a story to illustrate but won't bore you with the details.

[wyweb]

those jerks who are so afraid of getting a nick on their new car so they take up 2 parking spaces

I used to joke to the salesman that I oughta just go ahead and ding it right now so I don't have to worry about it later. Before I even leave the parking lot.

[wyweb]

Police now have the power in the UK to crush peoples cars if they aren't licensed to drive or have no valid insurance cover

Crush? As in literally put one in a car crushing machine?

They have the authority to make you get out and walk home while they're hooking a tow truck up to it here in the states if you meet those qualifications. No license. No insurance.

They won't destroy it though. They'd prefer it if you can't meet tow and lot fees so they can sell it at auction though so they actually need it intact.

[incrediBILL]

I used to have a parking spot in an apartment complex where the jerk next to me often parked his truck so close to my car I had to get in/out the passengers door.

To retaliate, I started parking about one-hair length on my side of the white line, and backing in so I could get out the door.

You would've had to use a can opener to get into his truck when I was done.

After a few days of that crap he never parked that close to my car ever again.

Oh yeah, those guys that take up 2 spots? I've been known to do the same crap to them. Park with a paper thin space between our cars even at an angle ;)

[wyweb]

And one more thing about 150MPH and then I'm going to bed...

It's slightly intimidating to me. I'm not sure my reaction time is adequate to handle it. It gets kind of spooky.

We had a wide highway and it was smooth and straight, the Chevelle I smoked. I couldn't see any lights for miles either. We had the road to ourselves.

Still, at that speed things get kind of surreal. I don't know. It's hard to define.

I had no right going that fast with my girlfriend in the car anyway. It terrified her.

I blew the doors off that Supersport though. He asked for it and I gave it to him.

[rocknbil]

I always try to park as far away as possible (I don't mind the walk).

And do you notice the ones that always back up the parking lot traffic by waiting for someone pull out next to the door, ignoring the honking horns and hollers, are the ones that could benefit most by a brisk walk across the parking lot?

I have a beater Toyo 4WD pickup (that just passed the stringent CA smog control tests, by the way, woo hoo!) I am a fringe parker. I like it. :-)