What are your biggest pet peeves when someone else is driving?

"Dsscats" (dsscats) 07/15/2014 at 17:06 • Filed to: None

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Mine is definitely when they are reversing and put the car into a forward gear before fully stopping. I wince every time.

A close second is when people take the handbrake off on a hill and don't have they're foot in the brake so it rolls and relies on the tranny to hold it rather than the brakes. Those are mine. What are yours?

McMike > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:07

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Tailgating tailgating tailgating!

If I have time I'll wince when they don't set the parking brake.

RazoE > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:10

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Here in L.A. if it seems like the car ahead is going to brake, even for a second, everyone quickly switches to the other lane. Doesn't matter if it's the slow or passing lane, they switch. No one here can wait, even for a second.

area man > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:10

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Hesitant merging, followed closely by not setting the parking brake in an automatic on a hill.

Racescort666 > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:11

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I call them "accelerator drivers" but people who stab at the gas pedal rather than just maintaining speed by holding the throttle at a constant position.

Diesel > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:12

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How about biggest pet peeves about passengers. Mine is when they try to open the door before I've put the car in Park. What's the hurry? Oh, you scared.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:13

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I hate it when people *know* their exit is coming up on a freeway or they have to change lanes on streets and wait to the last second. This usually ends one of two ways. 1) The person misses the turn and whines and groans about it for the next 10 minutes because they spaced out or whatever. 2) they do something incredibly stupid to make the turn and get mad at people for not letting them in.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:15

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My wife seemingly aiming for ever god dam pot hole on the road. I need to get her a tuck so that I don't have to pay for bent rims all the god dam time.

Garrett Davis > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:15

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When people try to make a tight turn, almost without fail they will roll forward first a nd then start cranking the wheel, not make it, and have to back up and try again. My girlfriend does this every time and then asks how I can make a U-turn in her car on our street but she can't. Every time I see an elderly person or (I know it's sexist) a woman trying to make a tight turn in a parking lot, they will do this every. Single. Time.

Ladies, you crank the wheel first and then go. It's pretty simple.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:18

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My girlfriends driving, just in general. Nothing more embarassing than having to switch with her in a car park because she can't bay park and holding up a queue of traffic.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:19

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1 When people sit in a parking spot, or anywhere really in Reverse. The backup lights stay on and they're just sitting there on their phone, or putting on make up.

2 the other would be when people almost completely stop before turning off a road for no reason.

Dsscats > RazoE 07/15/2014 at 17:24

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I know! I live there! But drivers here really suck.

Garrett Davis > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:24

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I've got another one (and it's the worst): Reactionary braking.

RazoE kind of touched on this one, but I believe that this would solve a ridiculous amount of traffic problems if people just remembered one simple rule when driving. There is a third option besides gas and brake. It's called COASTING.

When people see brake lights ahead of them, even for a second, they too will hit their brakes, as well as the person behind them and so on. In reality, 90% of the time they could just coast a bit and everything would be fine, because most times that's actually all they're really doing is pushing it just enough for the light to come on, but not really slowing them down so much that just coasting would do the same thing.

So then you have a whole line of people who hit their brakes and then accelerate immediately afterwards, causing a ripple effect of slowing all the way back. This compounds into traffic slowing down unnecessarily in different places where everything would have been just fine if everyone just let off the accelerator for a second or two. Hell, sometimes when I change lanes, I will accelerate into the lane and then pull the E-brake to bring myself back down to the lane's speed if coasting wouldn't be enough. That way the people behind me don't see brake lights and no ripple effect of unnecessary braking has occurred.

For some reason this is very hard for me to explain to people, and they just think I'm kind of a nut, but I swear this would eliminate a whole lot of unnecessary traffic.

Or you know, maybe I'm just a nut.

BoulderZ > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:24

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1. Using their f-ing phone. Knew a guy notorious for this. Taking/making calls, checking text, taking pictures of every trivial "neat" thing. After one business trip I said I was done riding with them. Not going to share a rental or carpool to the airport. "Why?" "If you want to drive, then drive. If you want to play with your phone, pull the fuck over or get in the passenger seat." Hell, they weren't even a good driver without the phone distraction.

2. Left lane cruising / never keeping right. Same person could drive all of C470 (an empty 4 lane highway) and would never get out of the left lane, even though there wasn't another vehicle within miles.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/15/2014 at 17:30

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This 100% is my biggest pet peeve as well.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:30

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Takuro Spirit > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 17:35

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EVERY. DAMN. THING.

I drive 99% of the time.

twochevrons > area man 07/15/2014 at 17:41

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My Volvo's parking brake doesn't work, and every time I park it on a hill and feel it lurch as I come off the brake, I die a little inside. But not quite enough to feel like tackling the PITA that is replacing the parking brake cable.

RazoE > Garrett Davis 07/15/2014 at 17:42

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Exactly. I usually downshift and rev match so I won't activate my brake lights. Also at red lights, I'll look in my rear view mirror to see if the person is paying attention. If they aren't, I'll pull my handbrake and leave it in neutral without pressing the brake pedal. The person usually looks once, then twice and you can tell they're wondering "if that person's lights aren't on, why aren't they moving?" Makes them pay attention to see if my car turned off or whatever.

thebigbossyboss > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 07/15/2014 at 17:44

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especially when you're right behind them in the go straight lane (or whatever lane isn't jammed) if you're trying to merge into a stopped lane ahead of me preventing my progress I hate you.

area man > twochevrons 07/15/2014 at 17:47

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I went through a similar thing with my old '94 G20. Never did fix it.

Garrett Davis > thebigbossyboss 07/15/2014 at 17:51

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Yes! This!

Spaceball-Two > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 18:13

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My dad rarely uses blinkers. HE'S A RETIRED FIRE FIGHTER! Flashing lights were his life!

jkm7680 > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 18:16

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When people text.

Dr_Watson > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/15/2014 at 18:28

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seriously, if your reverse lights are on you better come at me bro. I hate stopping for people that are just being inattentive d.bags.

Dr_Watson > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 18:31

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Everything about being a passenger in my own car, it's fucking creepy seeing everything from the wrong side.

scoob > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 18:31

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To be fair, I don't have a license yet so I shouldn't really have the right to judge, but these people definitely deserve to have their licenses revoked. Forever.

1) People on the phone. Point 'em out whenever I can, just in case.

2) I have just decided to call this the "Chicane Change". These people drive really fast, brake as late as possible behind traffic in their lane, and then swerve to change lanes.

3) People that take literally all of eternity to try and figure out what to do at 2-way/3-way/4-way stops.

D > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 18:36

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hey as long as you keep the clutch down...

Boxer_4 > Garrett Davis 07/15/2014 at 19:21

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That's a good way to put added wear on your steering components and tires. Any forward movement while turning (even slight) is better than turning while stationary. I'll crank the wheel before moving when I absolutely must, but I don't make it a habit. It might just be me, but I've never had a problem making u-turns and tight turns while rolling forward first.

Boxer_4 > area man 07/15/2014 at 19:24

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It bothers me when others don't set the parking brake in an automatic, whether on a hill or not. I religiously set the parking brake, both automatic or manual, every time I park.

Garrett Davis > Boxer_4 07/15/2014 at 19:42

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I guess I shouldn't say completely stopped, but just rolling, not hitting the gas to really propel your forward and then crank the wheel. Too often they accelerate and then turn the wheel too slowly, as if they're afraid to use the entire steering rack.

sellphones2493 > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 19:58

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Camping out in the fast lane. I can't stand when I'm in a car when someone is doing something other than passing.

Secondly, I hate being in cars with political bumper stickers - I feel the judgement beaming on me.

Danny P. > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 20:46

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when you know the vehicle they are driving has less braking abilities than driver is aware of for example your long bed f350 super duty is not a supercar so why are you riding 3ft off peoples bumpers. When a novice driver in open diff car tries to follow the exact line of an experienced driver in an LSD equipped car. Women riding their brakes and braking way late. Turning their head to look at me in conversation but can't keep car in lane. Driving too slow in fast lane while talking/looking at me. Not checking blindspots. Acting like their car is gods gift to the road.

deekster_caddy > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 21:38

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riding with somebody who can't move their right foot smoothly or just won't go a steady speed. The endless lurching makes me seasick, literally.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Dsscats 07/15/2014 at 22:43

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I seem to be the only person I know who ever uses the fecking washer fluid. It irks me to the point where I'm liable to reach over and pull the stalk for them while stopped at a light or something.

crowmolly > Dsscats 07/17/2014 at 11:19

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Non-smooth driving. I do not get motion sick in the least but it drives me crazy when people give way too much gas from a stop, way too much brake when stopping (usually due to late braking), jerky lane changes, etc.

Lawyer_Applegate > Dsscats 07/20/2014 at 04:17

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Collisions.

wkiernan > Dsscats 07/21/2014 at 10:58

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I was going to say "slow in the fast lane! surely makes you lose your mind" but then I recalled the time I was riding this car with three of my buddies and we were all loaded as fuck and the driver decided to cruise up a couple miles of U.S. 19, the busiest divided highway in Pinellas County, in the wrong lane at above 100 MPH. Me, I got sober real damn quick, and after a little bit of physical violence I convinced the asshole driver to stop and let me out. That was kind of a bummer, man , and whenever I get aggravated at my wife's habit of camping out in the left lane that's something to think about.