Ok. While we're ranting about driving/car pet peeves....

[NMMNG]

1. People who think they are too darn special for a parking spot. :wtf: is it with those people who park right at the curb in front of a store or other business, then go in and shop, get their coffee or whatnot? Why do they think that they, above all others, should not have to walk from the parking lot? And worse yet, why do they think it is ok for them to park in the freaking fire lane??? (where applicable).


2. People who get proctological on me when I am already 10 miles in excess of the speed limit on the highway. Hello! I am already speeding and I am not going to go any faster. Go the eff around me.

3. People who have those obnoxiously loud cars. You know the ones--they sound like a lawn mower roaring in your ear. Like I am sooooo impressed because your car can be heard from half a mile away.

Not. :eyes:

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. Yes! #2! I hate when I'm going to speed limit(or a little over) and the

person gets right on my ass. GO AWAY!

[huskerlaw]

2. Ok, I'm joining

the parking rant. If the fucking stall is labeled "motorcycle" don't try to park your BMW SUV in it, asshole. Same goes with the stalls labeled "compact"...your Hummer DOES NOT FIT. Jackass.

Hey, I kinda feel better now. :)

[Alleycat]

3. How to you put those cut emotioncons into your post?:

[NMMNG]

6. When you have your reply window open

Just above the subject line window you will see "Smilies lookup table". Click on that and it will open up the Smilies table. Once they load simply click on whatever smiley you want to put into your message (make sure your cursor is where you want the smiley to go) and viola!. :-)

[Alleycat]

7. Wow !!

I have really been missing out.


Thanks for your help!

[LaurenG]

4. All of the above

It hasn't always been this bad has it? I am either in denial or have amnesia but it seems it gets more aggravating every year.

[SeattleGirl]

5. God, I'm with you on these, Buffy!

1. Seems there are so many people these days who think they are so much more special than anyone else, who seem to have no awareness that there are other people who inhabit the good Mother Earth. That parking-in-front-oft-the-store stuff happens all the time at my neighborhood supermarket, blocking the flow of traffic. :grr:

2. Oh yes, the speed demons. I admit to having something of a lead foot, but for crying out loud, folks, in most places in Washington, the freeways are between 3 and 5 lanes wide, each direction. I can understand someone being mad if I'm in the fast lane going slow (I don't do that), but if I'm going the speed limit or a bit above and you don't think I'm going fast enough, GO AROUND ME! There is no law that says that you can't go around me, and you do NOT have the right to drive up the trunk of my car to try to get me to go faster! :grr:

3. I don't run into the loud-motor phenomenon too much, but there are so many cars around here that are nothing more than speakers on wheels! MY car starts vibrating because of the massive sound waves coming at it from another car. Hey folks, if you want to ruin your hearing, be my guest, but please do it in the confines of a sound-proof room, NOT out on the highways and byways inhabited by thousands of other people! :grr:

[Strong Atheist]

8. As far as #1 goes, I don't like to park near other people, so

rather than circling the lot for ten minutes trying to get the closest spot, I usually park in Siberia so I am near no one (and then walk...)

As far as #2 goes, you saw my post on that...

[NMMNG]

10. My friend has a leased car

So she is uber-paranoid about getting scratches and dents in it. She does the same as you when parking. I myself have no problem with walking if I can't quickly find a spot near the business I'm going to. I don't understand the type of person who will sit for several minutes stalking a spot someone is going to vacate (eventually), or the ones who endlessly go up and down the aisles waiting for a "good" spot to open up when there are open spots further down. (Assuming they have no physical disabilities or other reasons that they can't walk a bit)

[Strong Atheist]

11. I'm just impatient. Would rather walk than circle endlessly. Plus,

I don't like to squeeze into spaces ...

[SethInUpstateNY]

9. I have many pet peeves about other drivers,

but my biggest has to be when you're at a red light and you're sitting in the left lane (not a left turn only lane) and the person in front of you suddenly decides to put on their turn signal.

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Buffy, I gotta take issue with you about no. 3

My truck has exhaust headers and low-restriction mufflers — and not those cheap-assed "glass packs." I suppose some might consider it "loud" — it's certainly louder than, say, a Ford Escort — but it bumps a decibel meter only when I get on it. The mufflers are designed that way.

In any case, it isn't about being loud, it's about performance. A low-restriction exhaust system is the most cost-effective modification you can make to an internal combustion engine. It increases horsepower and gas mileage by five to 10 percent for about $300.

From what I've noticed, many of the newer full-size trucks have low-restriction exhaust, as do some newer performance cars.

[NMMNG]

14. That's not what I'm talking about then

I'm talking about those cars you can hear coming a good quarter mile away (sometimes more). As they drive by you they are nearly deafening. I've got one that goes by the house I'm based in at my weekday job, plus the guy who relieves me has the same darn thing. I can hear him coming the moment he turns into the neighborhood--two streets away.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. What kinds of cars are they?

I'm trying to get a fix on what you're dealing with. Are they little imports or Merkin muscle cars?

[NMMNG]

16. The guy who relieves me has a little Amurkan convertible

The other is a little white thing that I've never looked close enough at to see what make it is(I've only seen it once) . I just hear it roar by every morning as it leaves the neighborhood.

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. Okay, I'd guess the second one, anyway

has a megaphone-tipped exhaust. They're really popular with the rice-burner set, and they make a godawful noise at RPM. To me they sound like vacuum cleaner motors with worn-out bearings. (Or, if you've ever seen the classic W.C. Fields short, "The Dentist," like his drill.)

[RubyDuby in GA]

13. People who don't seem to know that

cars nowadays come standard equipped with a freakin' turn signal. You're not giving away launch codes you assholes, you're just changing lanes. Use the damn blinker!!!!!!!!! :banghead:

:rant:

[Strong Atheist]

19. I do, all the time... nt.

[ContraBass Black]

34. Seconded.

[yellowdogintexas]

17. or the ones who run up on you, pass you and damn near take

your front bumper off when they pull back in front of you and then TAKE THE NEXT FREACKING EXIT!!!Like they just couldn't bear to have someone in front of them/
very common in Nashville, made me nutz when I lived there.

People who stick the entire front end of the car out into the street when they are checking for traffic before turning into the street. ( this was real common in Evansville Indian when we lived there. I still say "learned to drive in Evansville when I see someone doing that)

And the ones who think just because they have a big heavy pickup or a 4 wheel drive something or other they can still drive 90 in the rain/snow/sleet/fog


and if you drive a grey, silver, or pale blue car, for God's sake turn on your damn headlights when it is foggy, misty, raining, cloudy or close to sunset. We can't seeee you and don't want to run into you.

and I am so with you on the proctologists..I have a leadfoot and seems like everyone else still wants to drive faster than me....

the turn signal will not bite you or do damage to your car if you use it.

the farleft lane is not for sissies, if you are going to drive 50 mph, get over to the right, pleaase.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

20. OMG---

Those are too damn funny....

:rofl::rofl:

[TroubleMan]

24. Agree with you about signals

Some of my fellow leadfoots don't give signals - in fact a large majority of us don't. Makes the rest of us look bad.

I drive extremely fast, but I drive politely.

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. I've done the pass-and-exit bit

but only when there was little other choice. It becomes sort of necessary when you're in the left lane and traffic in the right lane is such that you can't make a safe lane change in a sufficient distance before your exit. In such a case, I'll nail it to pass the lead car in the right lane.

I hate doing it, but sometimes the only option is to miss the exit.

...or get in the right lane a helluva lot sooner, no matter how slow the bastards are going...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

18. Also:

(I don't drive yet, but these are just some annoyances I notice as a passenger and a pedestrian...)

• People who crank stereos up to full blast--I live on a busy road, so I must get that twice a day, at least.... :eyes:
  
• People who chit-chat on the phone all day while driving, narrowly avoid a collision, then have the nerve to yell at the other person--as if their lack of attention is automatically everyone else's problem.
  
• People who feel the need to slow down to a crawl to pass a pedestrian--I'm on the sidewalk; just effing hurry up and get past me so we both can get on with our lives!
  

I'm sure there's more that I just can't think of right now...

[Dude_CalmDown]

21. I kind of need some clarification on your second point.

Are you in the left lane? If so then it doesn't matter how much faster than the speed limit you're going, if you're not passing anyone and I'm willing to go ahead and get the ticket for you then move the fuck over and let me by. I can't stand people who just prop their ass in the left lane and sit there with the mindset of: "I'm going fast enough" or "I'm going over the limit, I should sit my ass here all damn day" Um no, I really don't need you to decide how fast I'm going to go. Get off your power trip and get out of the way. If people are doing this to you in the right lane then shoot the bastards - there's absolutely no reason to tail someone in the right lane.

Your first point - do people really do that? What a bunch of assholes. I park my car as far from anyone as possible just to avoid the careless idiots that can't comprehend that some people don't actually like having dings and scratches all over their car.

Cars with the fart-can exhaust... Yeah - that's just irritating and especially so to me as a complete idiot for anything Honda. It's just really embarrassing when I see a Honda with a coffee-can duct taped to the rear bumper.

[NMMNG]

29. I am in the left lane passing those on the right

If and when there comes a time that I can move to the right to let the proctologists by I gladly do so. Otherwise, they can just sit their butts behind me and stew. The times I'm driving there is typically heavy traffic moving at a good clip so moving over is not an option. (The average speed is 10 miles over--hardly anybody does the speed limit) Just going with the flow is normally the only thing to do.


As to the parking thing, people really do that. They just park their vehicles in the fire lane or otherwise right up in front of the business because they can't be bothered to park in the lot like the regular folk. Sometimes I'll see four or five vehicles just lined up at the curb in front of a store with nobody in them. :eyes:

[TroubleMan]

22. Concerning #2

Cool, but don't block traffic if somebody wants to go around you. I understand your point when they get right up behind you and ride your ass, when there is a way around. However, if you're going the same speed as the person next to you and not letting anybody pass (no matter what speed you're going) - that's extremely rude. Please move over and let other people pass.

[NMMNG]

30. I don't play that pr*ckish game

And I detest those who do. But I'm regularly in a rush-hour situation where the right lane is going about the limit or 5 miles over, and the left (which I'm in) 10 miles over. Then Mr./Ms. Impatient is riding me like a mad dog, as if getting in front of me means anything other than getting 20-25 feet closer to their goal. (after all, there is another car in front of me)

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. There's nothing like a four-way stop

to turn otherwise sensible people (I assume for the sake of the argument) into complete imbeciles.

Scenario 1: Two or more cars arrive at the intersection at the same time. The driver who has the right-of-way decides to be "polite" and let the other(s) go first, while those who wish to yield the right-of-way sit there and say "Go on! Go!" But the polite one insists — until one of the others finally throws his/her hands in the air and says, "Ah, cripes. Okay, I'm takin' it." Then the polite one finally decides to go, and brakes lock up, or worse.

Scenario 2: Two or more cars arrive at the intersection at the same time. The one with the biggest car says "I'm going first because I have the biggest car," and brakes lock up, or worse.

Scenario 3: Four cars arrive at the intersection at the same time. While they try to figure out who goes first, summer arrives and * is impeached.

[barb162]

27. How about when some gigantic SUV- pig owner runs you off the

road because he's on the cell phone and not checking his mirrors, let alone doing something as sensible as turning his head to see if anyone is in the lane he wasnts to enter

[Benfea]

28. Regarding #3....

I always imagine this is going on in their heads: "My dick must be HUGE! Listen to how loud my car is! That surely indicates that I have a giant penis! You gotta believe me!"

[NMMNG]

31. Of course

And they're imagining all of the women going, "Oh, that car! (swoon) My loins are dripping with moisture! "

[Fleshdancer]

32. I have a ton of pet peeves....

To the drivers who constantly piss me off:

1. I have my left turn blinker on. I'm about to turn. Get off my ass when I'm slowing down!

2. Speaking of blinkers, I use mine. Please use yours.

3. 2nd biggest pet peeve of all time: it's rush hour traffic and it's obvious that I can't go any faster. I KNOW you can see the 18 wheeler in front of me so get off my ass! How does getting within 2 inches of my bumper get you where you need to go any faster at 5pm?

4. I'm at a stop light. You're at a stop light. Believe it or not, no one wants to vibrate to your bass or listen to your hideous selection in music.

5. Weaving in and out of traffic makes you look like an asshole.

6. Driving in the blind spot of other drivers is stupid and dangerous. Please don't do this.

7. BIGGEST pet peeve: I'm on the road. You are stopped on the road perpendicular to the road I'm already on with the hopes of turning on to my road. There is no one behind me and an empty lane or two to the right of me. DO NOT PULL OUT IN FRONT OF ME LIKE A MOTHER FUCKER! Why do people do this? WHY????? I'm angry just thinking about it. This crap happens to me ALL the time. Pull out in the lane with no cars! Pull out behind me, just please do NOT cut me off!

8. If you keep your bright lights on when there are cars in front of you or coming at you from the other direction, you are an asshole. If you can't see well enough to drive at night without your brights on, then perhaps you shouldn't drive at night.

I'm getting all worked up now. I know there's more that pisses me off when driving but it's Friday night and I'm trying to relax. :)

on edit: spelling and grammer checks are a good thing!

[yellowdogintexas]

33. and another thing: do we all have to slow down to 10 mph in the

morning rush hour because there is an: accident/police car/courtesy vehicle/workman/ on the OTHER SIDE of the Interstate or (even worse) over on the access road????

The rubbernecking disease is unbelievably rampant in my city. I can't tell you how many times I have been held up for 15 to 20 minutes heading for work because something happened on the other side of the 6 lane expressway...