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Cars, they're everywhere! Some of us here might even drive them. Here's a thread to vent about idiots on the road.

Me, when some fucking moron decides, "That large mound of snow and/or ice on the roof? I'll just drive with it there. Nothing but good can come of it!" And then you're stuck behind said moron...

In fact, in New Jersey the law requires you to clean the snow and ice off of your car before driving. Not that it always happens...

My weather-related driving pet peeve is the morons who think they can drive like Speed Racer in bad weather conditions simply because they have a four-wheel-drive vehicle. News flash, idiots: 4x4 doesn't help you stop.

Idiots who don't seem to realise that those little orange plastic things on the corners of cars have lights behind them, let alone that there are times when they're meant to be used.

I like the idiots who decide they need at least twenty get in front of them at a stop light or stop sign. That gap is needed for what? Aliens? Terrorists?

Mikey wrote:In fact, in New Jersey the law requires you to clean the snow and ice off of your car before driving. Not that it always happens...

We have that law, too. And like in New Jersey, it's ignored more often than not.

My weather-related driving pet peeve is the morons who think they can drive like Speed Racer in bad weather conditions simply because they have a four-wheel-drive vehicle. News flash, idiots: 4x4 doesn't help you stop.

Ah, yes. That's pretty stupid.

Captain Seafort wrote:Idiots who don't seem to realise that those little orange plastic things on the corners of cars have lights behind them, let alone that there are times when they're meant to be used.

Amen.

Ever notice how some cars take left turns (or turns crossing the opposite lane) how some people take their time making it as if going past 1MPH might tip the car over?

Or the assholes who badger you about how slow you are going (usually I am doing the speed limit or more) so they pass you and turns out they will do the same speed you do even if the road is clear for them to go into the sunset.

I also enjoy the drivers you ride their brakes. Testing them to see if they can fail I guess.

Turn signals bug all of us I think but I enjoy those who use it at the last second while they are turning. It is as pointless as not using them but hell in their minds they used them.

McAvoy wrote:Ever notice how some cars take left turns (or turns crossing the opposite lane) how some people take their time making it as if going past 1MPH might tip the car over?

As someone who's recently started having to drive that way (or turn slower) due to a past accident/previous issues my fiancé who i often drive with is sensitive to high speed movement/jostling hence slow careful turns.

I saw someone today doing lipstick, it made me so mad I dropped my razor in my lap, which spilled my coffee and shorted out my phone!

I don't mind if you turn slowly. It's not using your fucking turn signals that pisses me off.

Me too. However I don't like drivers who think they have all the time in the world to move their car at a green light or a stop sign.

I am so used to using them that even at sharp turns in the road I automatically use them.

Pennsylvania allows right turn on red. People that don't turn...

So does NJ unless it is said no turn on red.

The list on this front could be ENDLESS.

People who speed up when you attempt to overtake them.
People who jump the queue down a two lane road and then attempt to cut into the slower lane at the last minute.
People who deliberately move into the middle of the road when I'm on my bike to stop progress.
People who pull out in front of you when joining the motorway at about 25mph.
People who put fog/high beam lights on when there's a spot of light drizzle.

People who drive 15 below the speed limit for no reason and they are not old.

People who drive like they are the only ones who have to be somewhere. As in driving in and out of traffic and riding on your ass.

Idiots who still use their fucking phones, despite it being illegal. And yes, I have almost been involved in some accidents with those fuckheads.