Commuting Pet Peeves

I'm not a speed demon but I do get frustrated when people arent doing the speed limit. Also, I cant stand when people slam on their brakes when they see a cop 500 feet on the right side (clearly speed clocking). HE ALREADY GOT YOU MILES AGO!

I can't stand when people get in the left lane and are only doing 40 in a 55. Then when they have a chance to get in the right lane, they still stay in the left. Ughh!

1/4 inch of snow and everyone driving like it's a foot.

Oh gosh! I absolutely hate the people that are in such a rush that they try to squeeze into a space between two cars that is two sizes to small for their vehicle. Or the people that want to drive up the shoulder to cut the line of traffic because they don't want to wait for the light like everyone else.
I hate the people that are going to fast, and pull up on your bumper and start flashing their lights, and honking at you. You can't go any faster, or move over because your comming up on traffic that is litterally at a stand still, and your lane ends, but because you have to slow down, and get over infront of them they are throwing a hissy. Yeah.... Thats happened to me.

i drive 45 mins to an hour one way to work. Its mostly country driving. my route basically is drive 6 miles in this direction and turn right. drive 6 miles in this direction and turn left. drive 6 miles in this direction and turn left. you get the drift. Well when you are in the country the speed limit is a little less enforced. but some people tend to go below the speed limit.

also people who drive down the middle of the country road and dont bother to get over.

or people who speed up when you try to pass them. when you have the ability to pass (no cars coming and enough road to do it) they are driving faster than you. but when cars are coming its back to 45mph.

when i get into this little town that i HAVE to drive thru. trust me if i could by pass it i would, but it adds alot of time to my commute. there is a 4 way stop there. people must just lose their minds at these things. people never know whos turn it is to go, when to go. and then you have the people who think once they pull up they have the right away.

eventually i make it to a highway which i drive on for about 15 mins. on this road it i patrolled quite heavily. so i set the cruize at 58ish and try to enjoy my drive in. but it never fails, always one person driving in the left lane doing 50 and one person in the right lane doing 49.8. several miles later the passing car finally gets past the car but doesn't get back i the right lane. MOVE THE CAR TO THE RIGHT.

now all the stupid people/drivers i encounter in ohio, none of them compare to philly or new jersey. ive never seen such crap.

we went to philly for vacation. just stopped in for a one day scenic tour of the town. (THANK GOD) both sides of the streets packed and lined with parked cars, barely room for two cars to pass each other. i come to a stop sign an stop. i start to look to the left and i hear someone honk the horn. each stop sign i get the same thing. i learned you dont stop at stop signs in philly. you just run them at a slow pace.

new jersey wasn't as bad as philly. but the road leading to the casinos, full of drivers doing 90 changing lanes without signaling, crossing 3 lanes of traffic and back to pass a couple cars. i had this pleasurable driving experience during a monsoon. (white knuckled the whole way)

Since this is about commuting and not just driving, I will also add a few things about the subway (which I have to take after my 2 hour drive):

People with no concept of personal space. If your behind doesn’t fit in a space, that space is not a seat. Just because there is 4 inches of open space between me and the person next to me does not mean you can sit there.

I rarely sit on the T anyway. But when I do, I get up for elderly people, people with canes, parents with small kids and pregnant women. I am apparently a rarity because I routinely see groups of college kids/high school kids who sprawl out across 3 seats while pregnant women and grandmas stand up.

People who need to spread their newspapers across two seats while they read them, thus whacking everyone around them with the paper.

Guys who won’t close their legs and wind up taking like 3 seats because they are just lounging.

People who allow their screeching toddlers to run around the subway car while it’s in motion (or ever) while screaming.

My pet peeve is just driving/commuting in general. I live in Rhode Island (Providence recently ranked #3 on the list of top 10 most dangerous places to drive) and it's pretty much a daily struggle not to do something completely insane while driving... popular commuting fantasies include spinning my car sideways to get the jerk behind me to stop so I can drag them out of their car and beat them, buying a much larger vehicle (with brush guards) to be more intimidating on the road and/or run people off of it, installing a bullhorn on my car so that other drivers can clearly hear what I'm yelling, painting a giant middle finger on the hood of my car, etc. etc. etc.

One thing I have learned after years of road rage is that the first person to exit their vehicle during a yelling/beeping match wins... especially in enclosed spaces like drive-thrus. :devil:

UGH! The worst - people who drive 20-30 miles under the speed limit in the middle or left lane. People who stop to merge (dumba$$ this morning who I honked at - KEEP DRIVING and merge when there is an opening - do not STOP in the middle of the freaking highway!)

Also by my work apparently people feel that the one way road signs do not apply to them. Every week I see people driving the wrong way down one way streets and when you honk at them they just look at you like you're the crazy one. Morons.

Also as part of my commute - if my light is green and you're a pedestrian - that big red hand means DON'T WALK IN FRONT OF MY CAR JACKA$$!

I think I drive too much - I could go on and on about this all day.

Oh gosh! I absolutely hate the people that are in such a rush that they try to squeeze into a space between two cars that is two sizes to small for their vehicle. Or the people that want to drive up the shoulder to cut the line of traffic because they don't want to wait for the light like everyone else.
I hate the people that are going to fast, and pull up on your bumper and start flashing their lights, and honking at you. You can't go any faster, or move over because your comming up on traffic that is litterally at a stand still, and your lane ends, but because you have to slow down, and get over infront of them they are throwing a hissy. Yeah.... Thats happened to me.

not saying this is you but the signs on the road for 3 miles saying right lane closed ahead, merge left. fast forward 3 miles to traffic stopped because people are not merged yet and now have to merge or run into cones. and then you have the real ahole who comes speeding up the right lane and darts into the left lane just so he can say look i passed 20 cars. they are only a total of 15 seconds behind me, but i passed them.

and one last thing i hate is when you are driving down a road and the light infront of you turns yellow then red. you stop at the light. you wait and you wait and you wait. then wait some more. finally your light turns green and you realize not one car went the other direction. why did the light change? why is there even a light here. why did i just waste minutes of my day sitting at this light.

I HATE when that happens... there was one time where people were trying to zoom by and then a semi truck driver got in front of one such driver, on purpose to slow him (and everyone else trying to cut) down... :laugh: I always "tailgate" the person in front of me to not let the douche nozzles in... I saw the signs, so I know "you" did too... your time isn't anymore precious than mine is... unless perhaps you have a siren and lights on your car with some indication that "you" are an emergency vehicle.

Also as part of my commute - if my light is green and you're a pedestrian - that big red hand means DON'T WALK IN FRONT OF MY CAR JACKA$$!

Oh yes...this too! Especially if I have the green left turn arrow and they are walking where I need to turn. The big red hand clearly says "DON'T WALK" for a reason.