Re: Driving Pet Peeves

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

Distracted driving be it yellimg at kids, dogs in the driver's lap, cell phones, playing with the GPS while driving down the street, playing with the cars computer while driving down the street, playing with the radio while driving down the street - or otherwise fiddling with the car. Eating while driving.

Drivers who do not understand when they do or do not have the right of way.Just today my DH was stopped to make a left turn and there were 3 cars waiting opposite us to make a rt turn onto the same street. When the light turned my DH jumped out and made the turn first.I asked if he knew he did not have the right of way there and he got angry saying he wasn't waiting for all those cars to turn.

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

@151949

Wait.

Your husband has cognitive impairment, and he continues to drive?

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

I'm also wondering how people get out of their driveways without backing up. Not everyone has a garage with room to turn around. Many driveways around here are just big enough for a car to pull in and pull up. No turning room.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I just swing around on my street, then I back my vehicle up my driveway and into the garage.

If somebody lived on a main thoroughfare, however, that would be dicey. My house is on a residential street, so it's quite easy - just look both ways first, swing my vehicle around so that the back is facing my driveway and it's not at all problematic.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

Cars in the right lane on the interstate approaching an entrance ramp, who do not merge left or speed up when they see my car advancing on the ramp, forcing me to stop and wait until they pass by, to enter the right lane of traffic.

Traveling thru a construction zone, drivers speeding past the one lane ahead signs, then cutting in front of me at the last minute when their lane runs out.

Drivers who do not using running lights, or turn their lights on in the rain, fog, snow, or at dusk.

Watching small cars drive miles and miles between two tractor trailers, totally unaware of how unsafe they really are. If that cars driver cannot see either side mirror on the tractor trailer in front of them, the truck driver cannot see their car, and has no idea one is even behind him.

A car in front of a tractor trailer must stay far enough ahead that the truck driver sees the rear bumper of the car at all times, and the cars driver must be able to see the trucks side mirrors as well as the windshield area of the truck, in order for the truck driver to know the car is there. Small cars that stay in the direct center range of the truck and see only the grill of the truck thru their rear view mirror, cannot be seen by the truck driver.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
@151949

Wait.

Your husband has cognitive impairment, and he continues to drive?

His neurologist says he can drive.

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

@151949 wrote:
@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
@151949

Wait.

Your husband has cognitive impairment, and he continues to drive?
His neurologist says he can drive.

If he's driving that aggressively, @151949, you may need to be the driver despite the neurologist. This is becoming an issue at my house, too.

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

@chickenbutt wrote:
I just swing around on my street, then I back my vehicle up my driveway and into the garage.

If somebody lived on a main thoroughfare, however, that would be dicey. My house is on a residential street, so it's quite easy - just look both ways first, swing my vehicle around so that the back is facing my driveway and it's not at all problematic.

@chickenbutt. I get what you're saying, but either way, there is backing up on the street. Back in or back out.

Bri36 · ‎02-20-2017

@151949 wrote:
Distracted driving be it yellimg at kids, dogs in the driver's lap, cell phones, playing with the GPS while driving down the street, playing with the cars computer while driving down the street, playing with the radio while driving down the street - or otherwise fiddling with the car. Eating while driving.
Drivers who do not understand when they do or do not have the right of way.Just today my DH was stopped to make a left turn and there were 3 cars waiting opposite us to make a rt turn onto the same street. When the light turned my DH jumped out and made the turn first.I asked if he knew he did not have the right of way there and he got angry saying he wasn't waiting for all those cars to turn.

Seriously? Get him off the road before he gets into an accident.