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Traffic Pet Peeves

beach-mom — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:19:10 GMT

Here are two of mine:

I pulled up beside someone in the left turn lane; I was the second car. The woman was paying attention to something else in the car. When the left turn arrow came on she sat there. I was getting ready to give her a little honk,then she realized she had the arrow. SHE got through but it turned off for me! I had to wait until it cycled through again.

Going south on an expressway, the right hand lane is closed for construction and traffic has to merge into the center and left lanes. MOST of us try to do this soon after we notice the sign. Then I sit in stop and go traffic without moving much. The reason I'm not moving is because people 1/2 mile back race up the right hand lane, then at the last minute have to merge. This holds the rest of us, who have patiently waited, up!

And don't get me started on people who leave their grocery carts in their former space in a crowded parking lot!

What are yours?

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jaxs mom — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:24:43 GMT

The guy who nearly rear ended me because he was speeding and the light was already yellow as I was approaching the intersection and turned red before I even got to it.

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butterfly123 — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:26:30 GMT

People who forget to turn their headlights on at night.

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jaxs mom — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:29:56 GMT

The grocery cart thing is a pet peeve of mine but the stores here always have a bagger bring your cart and there are no cart returns in the parking lot because they bring the cart back for you.

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Plaid Pants2 — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:33:06 GMT

People who tailgate.

They might want to drive at maximum warp, but I don't.

Also, when it's stop-and-go traffic riding my bumper isn't going to magically make the traffic suddenly move faster.

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Annabellethecat66 — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:34:29 GMT

I try to leave appropriate space (not a lot but enough if I had to stop quickly) and people weave in and out like crazy.

My biggest pet peeve I think is a safety issue. I am sitting in a turn lane (there is a light in front of me, but in Va it is right turn on red)....I wait and there is nothing coming. There is a 7-11 a few FEET to the right (I'm turning to the right to get onto a highway that goes at least 60 miles an hour, 2 lanes. Every single time there is someone sitting at the 7-11 waiting to pull out onto the same lane, same road, same direction. But here's what drives me and people I know crazy.....the 7-11 people pull out right in front of me (as I pull out). There is nothing coming when I pull out. I always have to slam on my brakes because if I don't, I will slam into the car pulling out from the 7-11.

The other day I almost rammed the 7-11 car...I have tried to wait until I think the 7-11 car is pulling out and THEN go, but the 7-11 car always waits for me to pull out first then goes. They don't accelerate quickly and so I have to slam on my brakes.....it is a safety issue. I heard that one of my neighbors took someone to court because this was done to them. It happened to be someone that lives near us.

That is my main pet peeve. People driving in the left lane (it's called the passing lane for a reason) but never getting back over. Then they go under the speed limit. It drives me up the wall. I think some people feel SAFE over in that freaking lane....I don't know. It really ties up the traffic though.

Phew! I think this was cathartic....thanks I'm breathing better. Ha!

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Mz iMac — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:35:03 GMT

Driving while using a cell phone.

Last yr this guy was on his phone while driving around in a shopping center parking lot. As he drove past me, I hollored "get off the phone." He had the nerve to tell me it's legal to use a cell phone while driving in a parking lot.

Since I had my iPod Nano on, I video taped him as well as his license # & emailed the video to the police department. I stated the date & time as well as showing my watch. Then I swung the iPod Nano around to the name of the shopping center.

Not using turn signals or turning them on AS THEY ARE TURNING!!!!!!

Tailgaiting

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Goldengate8361 — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:42:03 GMT

1. People who cut in front of me, particularly when traffic is bumper to bumper.

2. People who drive slowly.

3. People who are in front of me who decide to let everybody cut in front of them (and, hence, all of us behind them)

4. People texting and/or talking on the phone (of course!)

5. People who don't get in line at an exit (instead they run up to the front and cut in)

6. People who don't drive through a yellow light.

i could go on forever with my list....but I'll stop.

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Daisy Sunflower — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:36:32 GMT

People who pull out right in front of you -- even though no one is behind you. To make matters worse, they drive under the speed limit.

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ladyroxanne — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:50:42 GMT

i have quite a few. one that is getting to be common around here is people speeding up and passing on double lines. wth? where is a cop when you need one. this one scares me because i don't want to see anyone killed.

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willomenia — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:03:59 GMT

Drivers who sit at a red, then the light turns green, and only then do they signal. Drivers who feel the need to switch back and forth switching lanes because they feel one car length really makes a difference when there is a traffic jam. Cell phones, of course! P.S. to the poster who hates people who stop for yellow lights, it's illegal to run yellow lights. Law says you must stop for yellow lights unless it's unsafe to do so.

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itsmagic — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:10:32 GMT

Mine is when there are two turn lanes and the car next to me turns into my lane (rather than staying in their own lane) and cuts me off.

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GCR18 — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:20:34 GMT

People who enter the highway at full speed and cut me off. I have to slam on the brakes because there are cars in the left lane and I chose not to rear end the nitwit that cut in. It boggles my mind. The yield sign on the highway entrance isn't meant for me!! It's for those getting on.

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Desertdi — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:21:29 GMT

We have a lot of single-car accidents around here.............

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Anita Hug — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:52:43 GMT

People who leave their turn signals on, sometimes for miles.

People who drive with their high beams on.

People who drive really slow, but when I go to pass them, they speed up.

The obvious high risk drivers who speed, tailgate, and weave in and out of lanes.

People who wait to the last second to merge.

People who let ALL the cars out of a parking lot while everyone on the road behind them waits and misses several green light cycles. I usually let one, maybe two cars exit the lot, but then I'm on my way.

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ECBG — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 04:03:54 GMT

Many of you have already listed some of mine, so I'll add:

People who WON'T use turn signals and from oncoming traffic cut across in front of you.

When shadows are long and they drive a white/black/grey/neutral car and they're too cheap to turn on their lights. They're hard to see.

Drivers below the speed limit who stay in the left lane.

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jackiejenny — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 04:53:41 GMT

Drivers talking on a cell phone who then proceed to rear end you. This happened to me and as soon as I felt the impact, I looked in my rear view mirror and the girl was still yakking away, seemingly oblivious that her idiocy had just caused a wreck.

She then totally lied to the police denying she was on the phone. I couldn't believe she would tell a bold face lie when we both knew what happened. Oh, well, as we all know, she had to pay for the damages so I hope she learned a lesson. My neck and back didn't fare so well.

P.S. I was at a dead stop at a red light and had been there for a while, so it wasn't one of those slamming on the brakes type thing causing the person behind you to not be able to stop in time.

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hckynut — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 06:19:13 GMT

Lots of them that would take me hours to type.The simplest one to solve?. People that don't seem to know what it is, and/or how simple it is to use. It is that handle(lever if you prefer) on the left side of most steering wheels.

When you push it up, it signals a Right Turn. Push or Pull it down it signals a Left Turn.

hckynut(john)

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violann — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 14:28:18 GMT

@butterfly123 wrote:
People who forget to turn their headlights on at night.

SO RIGHT ON, @butterfly123

AND also at twilight, when using windshield wipers......

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Blahblahvampemer — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 14:33:40 GMT

Yes, the left turners who don't pay attention and keep others from getting out. Happened to me three times yesterday alone.

Phone users. You're not that special or important so pull over.

Left-lane hoggers.

As for the nuts speeding up at a lane closure, let me tell you what happened yesterday. We went to the mountains, and since they're pouring new cement sections on 985, it went down to one lane. People were zooming by, and then a smaller truck pulled into the other lane to block them. Sadly, I had to let someone in who became a left-lane hogger once we got past the road work. When I passed the truck, I stuck my hand out and waved.