by "Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
Published 05/31/2017 at 07:34
by "Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
Published 05/31/2017 at 07:34
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STARS: 17
1. People who text while driving.
2. People who drive with their rear fog light on 24/7.
3. People who drive with their brights on 24/7.
4. People who street race.
5. People who don’t know how dual turn lanes work.
6. People who pass traffic on the hard shoulder.
7. People who stop in an active lane of traffic to merge at the last second.
8. People who refuse to let others properly zipper merge from an ending lane because they think it’s the same thing as #7.
9. People who throw cigarette butts out the window.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
05/31/2017 at 07:38, STARS: 2
#4 especially
you forgot number 10, people doing burnouts in residential streets
"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
05/31/2017 at 07:42, STARS: 7
+ People who block the box, then get stuck in said box for a full traffic light cycle or more. Around me, it’s the damned city bus ALL THE TIME. They just sit across the whole intersection so no one proceeds for a full cycle.
+ Bicyclists that go through busy 4-way stop intersections at full speed.
...this list could actually get really long
"adamftw" (adamftw)
05/31/2017 at 07:43, STARS: 0
Where else am I supposed to do burndogs??
"DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back" (karsonkinja)
05/31/2017 at 07:45, STARS: 1
Can’t the bus get ticketed for doing that?
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
05/31/2017 at 07:46, STARS: 4
Today I learned that there is a thing called a rear fog light. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen one.
"random001" (random001)
05/31/2017 at 07:47, STARS: 5
“There’s a special place in hell reserved for child molesters and people who talk at the theatre.”
"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
05/31/2017 at 07:48, STARS: 1
Oh god yes.
Also, bicyclists who think that the bike lane is two-way. I recently almost killed a guy because he was riding on the wrong side of a divided highway; I looked right once to check for pedestrians, then kept my gaze to the left for traffic. As anyone would. No idea where he came from, but as soon as I turned my head forward and started moving, there’s some hipster dude on a fixie so close to my car that I can’t see his wheels.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
05/31/2017 at 07:50, STARS: 1
industrial areas, i don’t like it when they do them in front of my house when i’m trying to sleep.
i’m a light sleeper, 2 cats fighting by my window the other night were bad enough.
"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
05/31/2017 at 07:51, STARS: 0
I think that’s why so many people drive with theirs on. Most European cars have them in the States. Japan also uses them a lot, but most of theirs aren’t functional in the US. (Like that triangle at the bottom of the Toyobaru)
If you’ve ever seen someone with one small section of their taillight (either both or just one) glowing bright, like the brake light but smaller, it’s probably their fog light. And they probably don’t know that they have it.
"facw" (facw)
05/31/2017 at 07:52, STARS: 1
As a cyclist, I can tell you these guys are really damn annoying. Especially when they are riding at night without lights.
"105 HP of fury" (105HPofFury)
05/31/2017 at 07:52, STARS: 1
If the German car in front of you looks like they are braking, but the center light isn’t lit, it’s probably a car with rear fog lights.
"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
05/31/2017 at 07:53, STARS: 1
For sure. They’re the sole reason that so many drivers go into a blind rage every time they see a bike.
"facw" (facw)
05/31/2017 at 07:53, STARS: 0
Super common in Europe. Rare stateside. My Volvo has one. I think it actually helps? Though I try to flash it to signal morons behind me about various things and that never works.
"facw" (facw)
05/31/2017 at 07:55, STARS: 1
I’ve got some hate for people who drive with their front fogs on all the time as well, but I guess sending them to hell over it is a bit extreme.
"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
05/31/2017 at 07:57, STARS: 0
They never ticket people around here for blocking the box. I remember they tried it once, for 1 day during rush hour at an intersection known to be the worst for this issue, as it dumps out hundreds of Hospital employees during rush hour on to a small residential street that then has to pour through a very large intersection on the way to the interstate.
They handed out hundreds of tickets and essentially shut down traffic for an extra hour. I believe they promptly gave up.
I went looking to find a news article on it, but no luck. It was at least 10 years ago, and google isn’t helping.
As for the buses, they straight up DGAF. I think they drive with blinders on.
"facw" (facw)
05/31/2017 at 07:58, STARS: 0
I don’t think that’s true. The number one complaint has to be either not waiting for stoplights or simply taking up any space on the road.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
05/31/2017 at 08:04, STARS: 1
I crumple the last bit of tobacco out the window and put the filter in the ashtray receptacle, since I don’t litter. Does that count?
"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
05/31/2017 at 08:09, STARS: 0
In Finland the rear fog lights have been mandatory since 1993 and in the rest the Europe too but the year varies a bit. Some cars have only one (they can be asymmetric) but some have two.
It’s quite common see them used unintentionally here too.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
05/31/2017 at 08:11, STARS: 1
My Jag has them and I think they’re some of the best safety features a car can have.
Like the front fogs (which are proper fog lights and pointed almost straight to the ground), I only use them in fog or heavy rain. I love being very visible on situations with poor visibility and, anecdotally, I’ve noticed that people tend to keep a safer following distance when I have them on.
I’d never use them in normal weather though, because I’m not a douchebag and in good weather I prefer people to know that any sort of light that comes on means we’re stopping.
"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
05/31/2017 at 08:11, STARS: 5
9. People who throw cigarette butts out the window.
You know how you always see this, but never have a chance to say anything? Well, I got my chance and I’m proud to say I took it. When I pulled into the parking garage the other day, a fellow was sitting in his car, finishing up his cigarette. While I parked, he tossed the butt out the window, got out of his car, and started putting on his tie. I grabbed my things and started walking toward the elevator. As I passed him, I said, “You know, somebody has to clean up after you whenever you do that.” He wasn’t sure what I was talking about, so I just pointed to the butt. He grimaced and nodded.
I went back out to my car half an hour later, so I looked to see if the butt was still there. I’m happy to say that he picked it up.
At least this one time, shaming worked!
"facw" (facw)
05/31/2017 at 08:17, STARS: 0
Houston recently announced an initiative where they were going to start giving warnings for blocking the box. Not sure if they’ve stuck with it, but downtown is completely snarled by people blocking the box at rush hour. I’m glad we got rid of our red light cameras, but I would not be opposed to some form of automatic ticketing of box blockers, instead of blocking even more traffic by pulling them over.
"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
05/31/2017 at 08:18, STARS: 5
- People who slow down to parking lot speeds 50 feet before making a turn.
- People who drive fast in parking lots.
- Lifted bro truck drivers, because they never readjust their headlights. Now they’re pointing directly at your mirrors.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
05/31/2017 at 08:20, STARS: 0
Commuting daily in Philadelphia, box blocking is the bane of my existence. It’s so bad in some areas that they station police at intersections to keep traffic from entering if they can’t leave.
Ironically, I did end up in a fight with a cop over it recently. I was behind a huge box truck and had no idea when I entered the intersection that I wasn’t going to make it through the intersection and got stuck on the crosswalk. Not blocking traffic, but still a shitty place to be. Then the cop comes on the loudspeaker and goes “Get outta the intersection! Move!” I couldn’t reverse back across the intersection, so there was no where to go. So I go “where?” “Get out of the intersection! Why’d ya go?” “How was I supposed to see in front of that truck?” “Get out of the intersection!” “Where the fuck do you want me to go? Do you want to come and move the car?” Then we both sort of sat there staring at each other until traffic started to move.
"facw" (facw)
05/31/2017 at 08:21, STARS: 1
I have reported people: http://www.dontmesswithtexas.org/get-involved/report-a-litterer/
Sadly, doesn’t result in an execution, but in theory they are supposed to get a little kit to shame them (which they hopefully throw out in the trash if they don’t want it).
"facw" (facw)
05/31/2017 at 08:22, STARS: 0
So, umm... how fast do you consider fast in parking lots?
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
05/31/2017 at 08:24, STARS: 2
8. People who refuse to let others properly zipper merge from an ending lane because they think it’s the same thing as #7.
This one is a bit of a gray area. In Toronto most of the said “zipper merge” ones, 99% of the time it’s usually a d-bag in an Audi I saw a few seconds ago on my side mirror pulling into the shoulder lane.
"Kent" (kentb827)
05/31/2017 at 08:28, STARS: 2
#7. Holy crap that pisses me off! Yesterday on my way home from work some stupid, stupid bitch stopped traffic in the right hand lane of an intersection so she could cut across 3 lanes from the right turn lane to the left turn lane. I blared my horn at her because she held up a green light for over 30 seconds waiting for the traffic to pass. If you missed your turn and you can’t make it without holding up 3 lanes of traffic go around the fucking block or make a u-turn and try again.
"Kent" (kentb827)
05/31/2017 at 08:29, STARS: 1
I used to do that too when I had a Saab and a Volvo that had them and no one ever noticed. I would flash them at people who tailgated me.
"Kent" (kentb827)
05/31/2017 at 08:32, STARS: 0
Bicyclists who don’t obey traffic laws are annoying as shit!
However, I have ridden my bicycle on the street before on a college campus, never somewhere unreasonable like a major arterial road, and seriously, 95% of drivers do not understand that the same rules apply to bicyclists that apply to cars. Everyone would try to wave me through 4-way stop signs and treat me like a pedestrian.
"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
05/31/2017 at 08:39, STARS: 2
People who don’t know how round-abouts work.
"DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back" (karsonkinja)
05/31/2017 at 08:52, STARS: 0
Wow I can’t believe it’s so bad they just gave up.
In my stomping grounds its a pretty major problem with box blocking along a pretty major road. There’s literally nowhere else for the traffic to go either. They ticket pretty heavily for running reds (especially at one intersection where there is a 3 lane left turn...yeah...) but I haven’t seen anyone ticketed for blocking the box. Then again I’m able to avoid the area so... ¯\_()_/¯
"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
05/31/2017 at 09:01, STARS: 2
It depends on the visibility. Nearly empty lot? Do whatever you want. Supermarket on a Saturday? “Crawl” is the right speed. Slow enough so you can stop at the end of a row when someone pulls in without looking.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
05/31/2017 at 09:33, STARS: 3
All 100% true - but my biggest beef is with people who camp in the left lane of an interstate.
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
05/31/2017 at 10:11, STARS: 3
-people who park at the pump then walk in to get a coffee and muffin before pumping. May their soul burn in hell.
"awmaster10" (awmaster10)
05/31/2017 at 10:27, STARS: 0
who does that? Why not start the pump and go in
"Tazio, Count Fouroff" (tazio0625)
05/31/2017 at 10:29, STARS: 0
You drive in Atlanta by any chance? Lol
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
05/31/2017 at 10:48, STARS: 0
I hate that even more than when they park directly in front of the store door (fire lane, BTW).
"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
05/31/2017 at 10:55, STARS: 2
People who don’t do lists in multiples of 10
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
05/31/2017 at 13:29, STARS: 0
I once saw someone (not in a high-traffic situation, either) drive into the intersection on the yellow and stop when it went red. In the middle of the intersection.
...he took shelter in front of the left turn lane. Which had the advanced. With a semi in it.
I was kinda hoping the semi driver couldn’t see the tiny car under it’s nose...
"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
05/31/2017 at 20:42, STARS: 0
About 200 miles all over Atlanta every day!
"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
05/31/2017 at 20:49, STARS: 0
I suppose it’s mostly negligible. The tobacco itself is biodegradable, and I’m sure whatever other chemicals and things are left would be such a small amount that it wouldn’t make a difference.
I do hate it when the guy in front of me flicks burning embers out the window on the interstate, though. I just imagine one catching into the car and melting the clear coat or something.
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
05/31/2017 at 21:04, STARS: 0
because they are self centered assholes that don’t care about inconviencing other people.