Bad Drivers

[duffy5018]

1. The left lane is for passing. If you aren't passing, get the hell over. I dont care if you think I'm going too fast, that's for a cop to decide. Your job is to get out of my way. (Disclaimer: I set my cruise on highways at about 7-8 over)
2. Not getting up to speed on entrance ramps. So, you're telling me I have to merge at 45 to a hwy that has a speed limit of 70? Effing awesome.
3. Not knowing how to merge. If someone is trying to join the flow of traffic and is going a speed reasonably similar to you, give them a damn gap to slide into. You aren't being savvy, nor are you going to get anywhere faster by being a dik. BUT! If you're the merger, make sure you're doing everything you can to get to speed. Cuz I won't slam on my brakes cuz you're an idiot. Sorry.
4. Meanderers. Know where you're going before you leave the house. At a stop sign isn't the time to set your GPS. Also, stopping at every intersection, regardless of signs or lights, cuz you're lost isn't the way it works. Pull over and figure it out. And, when in a city, if the speed is 30, that means mothaforking 30, not 20!

That is all. For now...

 

[MaxStout]

Drivers who unnecessarily come to a complete stop before entering a roundabout

I love roundabouts. Because few people really know what to do at 4-way stops. They sit there, looking around like, "is it my turn? Your turn? I just don't know."

But yeah, there are people who manage to screw up at roundabouts.

 

[Abrayton]

Passive-aggressives who camp in the passing lane, thinking it's their duty to slow down traffic.

We need more of this:

It never crossed my mind that could be a reason for passing lane campers. I’ve just assumed either morons or selfish a-holes

 

[MaxStout]

It never crossed my mind that could be a reason for passing lane campers. I’ve just assumed either morons or selfish a-holes

It's a theory of mine, but morons/selfish a-holes is more likely.

Here in the Twin Cities, we have a lot of left exits on freeways, so some of them are getting in the left lane in anticipation of that. Sometimes miles in advance.

 

[Kee]

I live in Colombia, so I could probably make up a top 100 list. It is really crazy (and dangerous) here. About a week or so ago, I was in the left lane at an intersection where it is legal to go straight or turn left. The right lane is only for going straight. The light turns green and not just one, but two motorcycles turn left in front of me (I'm going straight) from the right lane.

Maybe the number one thing is people passing on blind curves and hills. On mountain passes you just have to be aware that it will happen, and be prepared to hit the brakes.

 

[Lefou]

Passive-aggressives who camp in the passing lane, thinking it's their duty to slow down traffic.

On long road trips I prefer my wife's Prius. Great on mileage but not "performance" by any means.
I stay at, or just below the posted speed limit but avoid obstructing the flow and people still hate me. I left the DC Beltway behind, now I drive on the Jersey TurdPike and Dorkway. It's the same brand of stupid no matter where you go.

 

[Lefou]

I love roundabouts. Because few people really know what to do at 4-way stops. They sit there, looking around like, "is it my turn? Your turn? I just don't know."

But yeah, there are people who manage to screw up at roundabouts.

One of my favorites is near the Lexington-Concord area in Mass. I'd avoid driving to Boston as a younger guy and drop my truck off in Alewife Station and take the "Red Line" in. There's a "roundabout" near one of my favorite Jersey fleamarkets north of Freehold LBHS and I will avoid it, too. It has three different entrance/exit routes near Exit 100.

 

[bleme]

Driving to work about a week ago, it was dark, rainy and foggy. I come around a curve on the interstate and there is a rollback truck stuck in the median with its tail end blocking the left lane. No lights, no flares, no way of seeing this death trap. The driver and another person were standing in the left lane, both talking on cell phones.
I stopped and shouted at them to turn every light they had on, set out some flares and then get off the #@*! road before they get killed.

Some co-workers were on their way to a job at 5am, doing 55mph on a freeway. They go around a corner and there is a road grader crossing. No flagger, no spotter, no flares, no lights. The driver wasn't licensed to operate it and the machine was red-tagged so it shouldn't have even been in use. My friends amazingly survived but they are both disabled for life with leg injuries. Even though CHP said that the road construction company was 100% at fault, it still went on our companies worker's comp, costing us over $1 million dollars in rate hikes over the next 3 years.

 

[MaxStout]

Some co-workers were on their way to a job at 5am, doing 55mph on a freeway. They go around a corner and there is a road grader crossing. No flagger, no spotter, no flares, no lights. The driver wasn't licensed to operate it and the machine was red-tagged so it shouldn't have even been in use. My friends amazingly survived but they are both disabled for life with leg injuries. Even though CHP said that the road construction company was 100% at fault, it still went on our companies worker's comp, costing us over $1 million dollars in rate hikes over the next 3 years.
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That's horrible. I'm going to guess the grader's employer doesn't have personal injury liability coverage. Then, if your coworkers sue, the company quickly files bankruptcy.

Puts things in perspective. I can gripe about slow drivers, but it's nothing compared to what can happen on the roads.

 

[Abrayton]

 

[bleme]

Don't get me wrong, self-appointed 'gatekeepers' in the fast lane tick me off too, as well as those idiots who fly by on the right no matter how fast I am going.
I usually pay little attention to posted speed limits and just keep 3-5 seconds of space in front of me. I'm on the freeway (65mph limit) for about 7 minutes every morning and often have to do 80mph just to keep up with the flow. I STILL get passed on the right.
I'd love to have a bumper sticker that read "Stop driving like an idiot BEFORE someone gets killed".

 

[day_trippr]

The whole left-lane-camping thing has reached pathological proportions now that it has actually become the "texting lane".
And don't get me started with Prius and pickup pilots that for some strange reason gravitate left and stay there while the rest of the flow works its way around them...

 

[Abrayton]

Your car has cruise control. Use it!

 

[GaBrewZoo]

Usually the left lane campers that are going 10 mph under the speed limit are also oblivious to the fact they have their bright lights on, so when you finally can get around them, you get a mirror full of blinding light.

 

[FloppyKnockers]

People who text and drive are absolutely insufferable. Everybody knows e-mail has a way better conversation flow.

 

[GrogNerd]

I'll pose mine in the form of a question.

You're making a left turn at an intersection with no left turn signal or delayed green (one where you just have to wait for an opening to make the left). Light turns green. Do you:

a) sit there behind the line, waiting for an opening. If none ever comes before the light turns red again, then either just sit there and wait for another cycle or make the left, technically running a red light,
or
b) move into the intersection, so the person behind you can also move in a little, so at least two cars (you and the person behind you) can get through the intersection?

This is mostly only relevant when the traffic is heavy.

Normally I would say B, but I've been watching waaay too many car crash/stupid driver/road rage videos. nothing good ever comes from B

here in the Commonwealth, you're SUPPOSED to clear the intersection before the light turns red, but cops rarely do dick if you don't. unless you cause or nearly cause an accident.

one of my brew club buddies, a Fairfax County cop, says you're OK if you entered into the intersection on a green, then your safest move is to wait thru the yellow and turn on the red, but a cop may still ticket you, if he's in a foul mood. if you entered the intersection on a yellow to beat the light, you'll get the ticket, & if you get in an accident at that point, the fault is both of yours.

then it comes down to if the person behind you (or behind them) entered the intersection on the green or yellow

 

[Soulshine2]

I'll pose mine in the form of a question.

You're making a left turn at an intersection with no left turn signal or delayed green (one where you just have to wait for an opening to make the left). Light turns green. Do you:

a) sit there behind the line, waiting for an opening. If none ever comes before the light turns red again, then either just sit there and wait for another cycle or make the left, technically running a red light,
or
b) move into the intersection, so the person behind you can also move in a little, so at least two cars (you and the person behind you) can get through the intersection?

This is mostly only relevant when the traffic is heavy.

if there is no turn light arrow , the driver in the scenario you described is supposed to yield to oncoming traffic and if the light turns red and there you are in the middle of the intersection you are then ok to continue left as soon as it is clear to do so.

 

[Soulshine2]

when you're sitting at the intersection of a side road to the oncoming interstate ( northbound AL 431 ) and you see this vehicle coming fast and in the right lane , so you wait for them to pass so you can pull out and then all of a sudden they brake hard and turn right at the corner you're on ,no signal ...im like , you knew you were turning...I could have gone but Noooooooooo you f%^&ed me over .Either that or the ones with their signal on since 40 miles ago and they don't turn. You follow them and their signal is on another 120 miles. DO YOU NOT SEE THE BLINKING LIGHT ON YOUR DASHBOARD????

 

[Lefou]

Some vehicles have turn signal switches that don't automatically reset after making your turn. Depends on how far the wheel is turned in the opposite direction for the detent to kick in.
I have lousy high-end hearing and when visually distracted by kids, noise, and traffic I sometimes forget to check blinkers. All our drivers have two-way VHF radios, so if one spots another they'll usually notify them - something you can't do in non-fleet vehicles without radios.

When driving in jurisdictions that allow legal weed you're going to see a lot more distracted driving than normal. Bet on it.

 

[Br3w4u]

I hate it when Jackholes in their big trucks feel like they are tough sh!t because they drive a big truck and they try to bully you out of their way. I really hate it when people line up in the intersection because they are too impatient to wait behind the line and then when their ligh turns red they are blocking my lane and I end up having to wait for the next green light! Oh and lastly I hate it when cops don’t pull people over for obvious offenses that I know they would be pulling me over for! One more thing....old people and teenage drivers ahhhhh! Now I am officially irritated for the morning!

 

[Kharnynb]

I don't get US style 4-way crossing rules, here the person from the right has right of way on equal crossings, so there is never confusion over who goes first.

 

[applescrap]

Left lane slow drivers, driving in the mountains, they can create huge jams. One car. They think its their job.

My buddy was telling me some story proudly about how he was policing the left lane. I almost jumped across the room on him. Anyways I told him that isnt his fuggin job. I told him the way I see it if someone wants around me that bad I help them. I want someone like that around me, more then they want around me. I help them. He told me the other day how much happier he was not being an a hole and just getting out of other peoples way.

Man I miss the old days. Growing up in Loveland someone would punch you out if you drove like idiot. G-d I missed those days. The world would be such a better place. All of our transcending hasnt really helped. So great, we have transcended where no one punches anyone out, and we have all these laws. Great, the pricks are using these laws to be pricks, because punch one on the nose and you are going to be in a lot of trouble. I know it sounds essentially like vigilante justice, but srsly one car going 40 up I 70 on a ski day can create an hour long traffic jam. Trucks passing on steep passes, jerks "policing" the passing lane. And on and on. Ten minute drives here could take an hour now. I am seeing idiots here of world class proportion.

Here in Denver turn on a blinker to change lanes and you have given the checkered flag to begin racing, to the driver in other lane. Its like a turn signal means, speed up and cut me off in Denver. Oh, hello, guess they didnt go to far, seeing as how are highways are stop and go pretty much 24/7. So you get cut off so the other person can gain a car length. And you get the joy of smiling at them for 5 miles. No one is going anywhere fast and it befuddles me how some cant get it. Hurry or not, doesnt matter, its plugged. We have always been a somewhat unfriendly aggressive driving city, but its gotham now. 48 hrs or 20 20 did their road rage special here. When we saw that my wife and I werent surprised.

 

[Abrayton]

It seems like semi trucks clog the freeway a lot, especially passing other semi trucks going 1 mph faster and on inclines. They turn on their blinker and whip into the passing lane forcing cars to slam on their brakes and then block traffic for 5-10 miles. I think there is a difference between old school semi drivers and new younger drivers too

 

[Qhrumphf]

I hate it when Jackholes in their big trucks feel like they are tough sh!t because they drive a big truck and they try to bully you out of their way. I really hate it when people line up in the intersection because they are too impatient to wait behind the line and then when their ligh turns red they are blocking my lane and I end up having to wait for the next green light! Oh and lastly I hate it when cops don’t pull people over for obvious offenses that I know they would be pulling me over for! One more thing....old people and teenage drivers ahhhhh! Now I am officially irritated for the morning!

"Blocking the box" is ticketable in DC, and one of the few things MPD will actually seem to pull people over for (they let cameras handle a lot of traffic enforcement, and kind of a common known that you REALLY have to **** up to get pulled over in DC, they've got more important things to do).

It's a HUGE problem that I deal with on a daily basis at a couple problem intersections. I'm not above simply holding the horn until they move. Lay on the shame.

Of course, if you DON'T pull into the intersection and block it, someone the lane over will cut in front of you and do it for you.

Thank god I don't often commute during rush hour.

It seems like semi trucks clog the freeway a lot, especially passing other semi trucks going 1 mph faster and on inclines. They turn on their blinker and whip into the passing lane forcing cars to slam on their brakes and then block traffic for 5-10 miles. I think there is a difference between old school semi drivers and new younger drivers too

Lots of Maryland interstates did it right and added a 3rd lane specifically for trucks heading up steeper grades (western MD at least)

Then there's 81 and 64 in Virginia, two lanes each direction, and you WILL get stuck behind two trucks.

I hate both of those roads.

 

[Br3w4u]

"Blocking the box" is ticketable in DC, and one of the few things MPD will actually seem to pull people over for (they let cameras handle a lot of traffic enforcement, and kind of a common known that you REALLY have to fudge up to get pulled over in DC, they've got more important things to do).

It's a HUGE problem that I deal with on a daily basis at a couple problem intersections. I'm not above simply holding the horn until they move. Lay on the shame.

Of course, if you DON'T pull into the intersection and block it, someone the lane over will cut in front of you and do it for you.

Thank god I don't often commute during rush hour.
Lots of Maryland interstates did it right and added a 3rd lane specifically for trucks heading up steeper grades (western MD at least)

Then there's 81 and 64 in Virginia, two lanes each direction, and you WILL get stuck behind two trucks.

I hate both of those roads.

It will get you a ticket here too, that is if there is a cop around that isn’t pulling his pud or talking on the phone. There are big signs that say “DO NOT BLOCK INTERSECTION” but it’s constant all day everyday there will be at least 5 cars lined up in the intersection on the busier side of town where I live and of course if you wan to go out to eat on your lunch break that’s the crap you have to deal with.

 

[bleme]

Here in Denver turn on a blinker to change lanes and you have given the checkered flag to begin racing, to the driver in other lane. Its like a turn signal means, speed up and cut me off in Denver.

16 years ago I was driving home at night and saw that I was coming up pretty fast on a slow moving dump truck. The closest car in the left lane was about 3 seconds behind me so I signaled that I was coming over. They sped up so I sped up and went over anyway. Then the a-hole turned on her red and blue lights and proceeded to lecture me on how I should feel privileged that she was only going to ticket me for speeding and not reckless driving.

 

[EnglishAndy]

OK so you have some pretty bad examples of driving over there in the states but can you beat this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-en...unched-into-the-air-during-attleborough-crash

The road leading up to a roundabout like this has "rumble strips" in the road to let even the stupidest driver know what's coming. The mind boggles.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Ya wanna see loads of ******* drivers? Come to South Florida. Many of them are adults who have never driven before.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Recent list of worst commutes in the nation were overwhelmingly DC or NYC metro areas. If you aren't one of the two I don't want to hear it.

 

[Zuljin]

Printer drivers can be a pain but I'd have to say bad wireless drivers are the worst.

If the network drivers are bad then you need to download them on another computer and then transfer them with a usb storage device.

And USB isn't allowed because security.