Here's a pet peeve of mine: assholes who tailgate you in a PARKING GARAGE!

[charlie and algernon]

:grr:

who the fuck wants to drive fast in a fucking BUILDING?! a building with a winding road, lined with cars ALL The way up. Yet I always seem to have some asshole riding my bumper all the way up. Have we completely lost all patience in this country??

:rant:

[bamademo]

1. My pet peeve is people who drive too slow in parking garages.

[TZ]

2. My pet peeve is nearly being RUN DOWN by the assholes

who drive that fast coming around BLIND corners in a parking garage when one is walking to their car (this happened to me recently)..:grr:

[charlie and algernon]

3. not to mention cars coming the other way

Makes it nearly impossible to go fast in those garages, 'cause you gotta make sure there are no cars rounding the corners coming at you. Not that that deters Speedy McSpeedster. :eyes:

[redqueen]

4. What's the movie where the guys pull over and beat the hell outta some guy

for tailgating?

Your OP made me think of that scene.

[redqueen]

21. Seriously?

Nobody remembers this movie?

This is driving me nuts. x(

[SteppingRazor]

5. Guilty.

My pet peeve is people who insist on driving 2 mph all the way to the top of the damned parking garage. Move your ass! :grr:

[charlie and algernon]

6. well that's fine, but there's no need to go over 10mph

[redqueen]

8. Question: do you honestly believe that driving too close

will make anyone drive any faster?

[SteppingRazor]

24. Well, I should point out that I really only do this in one particular parking garage.

That being the garage at my office. I've gotta get to the 7th floor of it, and most other people know exactly where they need to go, but it is technically open to the public, so occasionally you get some wanker in there who doesn't know that the first few levels are all reserved, and they drive like molasses up the ramps, looking for a space where there is no space for them. Drives me batty. But in any other parking garage, I'm a lot more forgiving.

[skygazer]

7. I hate the ones who tailgate you when you're walking because they want your space

It's like being stalked. Newsflash - I am not going to hustle my ass to my car and hurry to get out of my space just because some impatient asshole can't bring themselves to park a little further away.

[charlie and algernon]

9. and what's funny is that it takes them longer to crawl behind you and wait

than it would if they just passed you and went to the next spot.

[rcrush]

17. LOL I stop and smoke a cigarette outside my car when people do that.

I see red faces all the time

[LibDemAlways]

19. One time I had two cars approaching from opposite directions

both wanting my space. They had me blocked in and neither would give an inch. Finally I got out of my car and walked back into the mall where I stayed for a few minutes until I was sure they were gone.

[LeftyMom]

20. I intentionally walk somewhere other than my car when that happens.

Or I stop, "answer" my phone and have a pretend conversation while they wait.

[Solon]

10. I hate tailgaters, period...

One time, on the highway, I was driving to work, and a fucking semi, with trailer, was tailgating me, I'm saying I couldn't even see his headlights, just a grill behind me. I was going 60 mph, for crying out loud, if I needed to stop in a hurry, he would have crushed my car like a tin can. So, to get him off my ass, traffic was clear ahead of me, but I couldn't change lanes, was going from one highway to another in the exit lane. So I sped up to get some distance behind me, semis are slow to accelerate, he started to get up on my ass again, and that's when I slammed on my brakes, and then floored it to get the fuck away from him. Next thing I know, he's damn near a dot in the rear view mirror, I must have scared him to death.

Was it dangerous as all hell, yes, but then again, if I hit traffic, or an accident up ahead, with him still on my ass, I would have been toast, I figured the risk was worth it. He should no better, Semis take forever to come to a halt, I swear, I wish my state had a "truck only lane" like other states do.

[LibDemAlways]

13. A couple of years ago in Orange County CA three

small children all under 5 from the same family were killed when a truck crashed into their mom's mini van because the driver was following too close and couldn't stop in time. I, too, hate tailgaters, but tailgating while driving a big truck is especially irresponsible, stupid, and dangerous.

[charlie and algernon]

18. serves him right

Hell, I've gone 80 on highways and have been tailgated. I especially hate when the highway is obviously congested and no one is going fast yet there are ALWAYS a few idiots who make it a point to attach themselves to your bumper. As if doing that will magically make the 12304 cars ahead of you disappear.

[flvegan]

11. They're drafting.

[jobycom]

25. Nice post, Dane Cook.

:spray:

[Roon]

12. Road rage,fights on the bus, ,etc

Is all because everyone is in a damn hurry.

[edbermac]

14. I'M LATE FOR WORK AND YOU'RE SLOWING ME DOWN!!

PULL OVER NEXT TIME!! :grr:

[LibDemAlways]

15. I'm with you. Happens in regular outdoor parking lots as well.

And don't even get me started on people who speed through parking lots. No one seems to have any patience anymore.

[Puzzler]

16. Or, how about...

... drivers who instantly become tailgaters when you are slowing down, with your turn signal on, to enter your own driveway?

[FloridaJudy]

22. I hate the ones who honk at you in the drive-through

Before you've had a chance to count your change or check that you got the right order. Sheesh. It only takes about fifteen seconds, but Ready Quick won't even give you that. Get a clue: this isn't the Emergency Room, the battlefield in Fallujah, or the Daytona raceway. It's the drive-though at the Credit Union or Whattaburger. You'll get your money or your food, and laying on the horn won't make it any faster.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

23. I think they've all had too much coffee.

They have to tailgate and then WHIP around me and SLICE in front of me to save five seconds.

And prove that they are superior because they are twenty feet ahead of me. B. F. D.