Traffic Pet Peeves, Here are mine. What are yours?

"Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud" (nimbus-the-legend) 06/14/2016 at 18:40 • Filed to: None

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I hate these things, especially in rush hour traffic...

Leaving a gap between you and the car in front, big enough for someone to cut you off. (In rush hour traffic)

Last minute lane changers, everyone knows where the damn exit is, why wait?!

Brake pedal riders. Are they really stopping? I mean come on, use a lower gear!

Manual, hard engine brakers, Dont do this in rush hour traffic, this is just dumb, you are probably wearing out your clutch, and you for sure arent giving adequate warning to those behind you, that you are slowing down significantly.

People who shoulder ride to get further ahead on a merge. Its a merge, not a damn race for position, we are all going 3 mph already, you arent getting to your destination any faster.

People who box you out of a merge. If you didnt want someone to get in front of you, dont stay in the merging lane. Dont push people onto the shoulder just cause you dont want someone in front of you. If i could charge these people for all the tires ive had to change because ive had to swerve into the shoulder and pick up a nail or screw... People need to learn the zipper merge

People who look at the passenger that they are talking to more than they look at the road. For sure just waiting to rear end.

Tailgaters... who doesnt hate tailgaters

Women putting on makeup... do not do that shit behind the damn wheel! Do it at home, do it at work, do it while someone else is driving, just dont do it while you are driving yourself. if i see you doing something with your eyes, I WILL HONK, if you poke your own eye out, NOT MY FAULT.

People who leave a huge gap in front of them, then speed up when you try to pass them or need to get into that gap so that you can be in the right lane to make an exit, so that you arent one of those people in #2!!!

Future next gen S2000 owner > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 18:45

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I may a terrible person, but if you do 5, I’m doing 6.

hate #2

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 18:47

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I got boxed out of a merge today. Was pissed.

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 06/14/2016 at 18:49

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its seriously the dumbest thing to do at any time, id be pissed too

MGS315 > Future next gen S2000 owner 06/14/2016 at 18:50

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Likewise. I like to feel that if enough people do 6 to them they might finally get the hint and not do 5.

smobgirl > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 18:51

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Right now? People who try to go around the line of traffic at a four way stop by driving on the shoulder. This particular intersection is an offset four-way stop and it’s sketchy enough as is.

lone_liberal > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 18:53

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Two come to mind:

1. People who cut through your lane when making a left turn. It should be possible for them to stay in their own fucking lane when turning.

2. People who leave so much room between them and the car in front of them at a stop light that they block the turn lane.

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > Future next gen S2000 owner 06/14/2016 at 18:56

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Not at all. I do that ALL the time...

Here in the SF bay area, all our freeway on ramps have metering lights.

So if i am already ahead of the metering light, and the car there takes off from the line like they were launching at a drag strip way after ive already passed them and the metering light, i over play the merge lane so that they have no choice but to get behind me.

Berang > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 18:56

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Aren’t 1 and 8 contradictory?

Urambo Tauro > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 18:56

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9. Women putting on makeup

When I’m behind one of these drivers, the way she has her mirror positioned usually gives me a view of her chest.

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 06/14/2016 at 18:59

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Same happened to me yesterday. Liberal use of the horn followed.

thebigbossyboss > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 19:03

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Luckily my hardest part of my commute is turning right at a stop sign where there is never a gap in traffic. As for the rest, whateves. There aren't many merges around here, Alberta is a little lacking in freeways haha.

Sneaky Pete > Future next gen S2000 owner 06/14/2016 at 19:05

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No, you’re a hero.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 19:16

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My biggest pet peeve in traffic is other cars being where I want to go.

JRapp: now as good as new again > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 19:20

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#1. People who go the same speed in the left lane as the lane to the right of them. If you’re not going faster than the car to your right, it’s time to move over. Obviously this doesn’t apply in rush hour traffic. Or is there’s no cars in front of you, and a line behind you, it’s time to move over. Essentially the left lane hogs.

#2. Brake checking.

Note that this does not mean I endorse tail-gating.

Invinciblejets > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 19:25

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I agree with all of them.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 19:43

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People who speed up when you try to pass them, box you out, then slow back down.

EAT SHIT MOTHERFUCKERS

RCMF - is hungry for V10 Touaregs and long kinja names > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 19:53

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People who cut you off, then immediately brake check you and act all agitated that you’re “tailgating” them. I see it way too often and it’s the perfect example of how dumb people can be behind the wheel.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 20:00

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I actually got boxed onto an off ramp that took a to a completely different highway.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > touring the brook - now with ZHP! 06/14/2016 at 20:01

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I didn't use the horn because I was boxed onto am off ramp.

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 20:02

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Turn on your damn lights if it is getting/still dark out! Infuriating seeing the number of cars driving around completely unlit, or those idiots with DRL who don’t realize that their tail lights are completely off.

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > ZHP Sparky, the 5th 06/14/2016 at 20:39

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This used to bug the crap out of me, but i think i just got used to it over time..

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 06/14/2016 at 20:41

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awww

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > RCMF - is hungry for V10 Touaregs and long kinja names 06/14/2016 at 20:42

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OMG this enrages me, liberal use of horn and middle fingers and screaming usually follow from me

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > JRapp: now as good as new again 06/14/2016 at 20:45

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Your #1 happens to me all the time on the weekends, then they speed up and get pissed at you for trying to pass them on the right...

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 06/14/2016 at 20:47

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thats why i love driving in the twilight AM hours except on the weekends when you get those stubborn drunks...

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > Urambo Tauro 06/14/2016 at 20:51

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the only positive to come out of that situation

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > Berang 06/14/2016 at 20:54

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no, but they are practically polar opposites,

especially in rush hour/stop & go/bumper to bumper traffic.

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > lone_liberal 06/14/2016 at 20:55

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oh i hate that, even with lines painted on a double turn lane, people cant stay in their lines...

makes me hate that saying back in school “lines just restrict creativity”

when an adult does this, i just want to get creative with how i can rearrange their face with my fists and feet

fintail > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/14/2016 at 20:57

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Seattle area (esp eastside):

Merging on to a wide open 60 mph highway at 40

Going 45 in a wide open 60 (hello 405 on weekend mornings)

No signal use

Distracted driving of all types, especially food and phones

No lane discipline (167 is particularly good for this)

BMWbros who can’t leave a light at under 5K rpm

Sketchy new money high end car drivers and Tesla cultists who drive like they know common sense doesn’t apply to them (no signals, aggressive movements, endless distractions)

Not so many tailgaters here, just lots of crawlers.

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 06/14/2016 at 21:12

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I was nearly boxed onto the shoulder, and I was just done with traffic, I had made the mistake of going to The Summit at 5:00.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > touring the brook - now with ZHP! 06/14/2016 at 21:15

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The summit is part of my commute.

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 06/14/2016 at 22:13

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Well my rage didn’t occur there, it occurred on 459 @ Grants Mill, where traffic was jammed, and people were stopped on the highway, and Grants Mill was jammed as well for some weird reason.