What horrible drivers have YOU seen on the roads?

Vermilla
Vermilla Posts: 348
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
Out of all the states I've lived in (thus far), it seems that Michigan is the absolute WORST when it comes to drivers. Every day I stare in disbelief at how people think they're good drivers and how they're actually allowed on the roads the way they drive. Yet, when I manage to make it through the day without being mauled by one of these drivers, it's actually pretty amusing. So..let's share some stories of those amazingly horrific drivers you see around and all get a good laugh. If I shared all mine, I'd have a book set out here so I'm just going to pick a few.

Driver 1:

For those who live in Michigan, you all know what a Michigan U is. For those who don't, think of it as a one-way lane/road made specifically for u-turns because here in Michigan, we seem to appear to not like left turns at lights. So a few months ago, this woman (yes, was actually a woman driving the vehicle), decides to make a u-turn going the wrong way. Apparently, she didn't see all the signs that said "wrong way" and "do not enter." She also apparently did not notice all the cars facing the OTHER way. So she keeps pushing through these other cars going the right way as they honk at her, trying to tell her she's going the wrong way. She just sits there and keeps going and actually starts flipping them all off as if they have no right to honk at her.

Driver 2:

I'm sure everybody has seen this person at one point or another. The person who is in the very left lane of a multi-lane highway who suddenly decides, with no warning and no turn signal, that he/she must get to the right-hand exit ramp. Somehow he/she managed to make it across four lanes of traffic...right into the cones of construction because the ramp was closed off.

So...what stories of idiot drivers do YOU have to share??

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  • Phoenix1401
    Phoenix1401 Posts: 711 Member
    Ha! I KNOW I'm a bad driver! I make wide turns and I rev my engine at slow walking pedestrians. >:D I also blow constantly at people who sit there texting at the light and its green. IDGAF! Thats why my bumper stick says "U mad bro?" xD
  • Vermilla
    Vermilla Posts: 348
    I hate those. One woman sat at the light on her phone the entire time it was green. I honked at her (and I hate honking at people because I think it's rude usually). She went through while yellow and so did I. Then, despite the speed limit being 45mph, she was barely pushing 30mph so I went around her in a passing zone and she honked at me and flipped the finger.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    All of them. The things that drive me the most nuts are people that don't understand 4 way stops, or don't understand how to merge.

    People that change lanes in a double (left or right) turn intersection.

    Like people getting on the freeway that expect traffic to slow down/stop to let them in. They're downright dangerous.
  • jplucheck
    jplucheck Posts: 275 Member
    LOL people who can't 4 way stop for sure piss me off!

    The most annoying drivers to me are TOURIST!!!!! They think that because they are not from around here, on vacation or perhaps just lost that is perfectly ok to just STOP, stop right where u are at, doesn't matter if its a hwy, mtn pass or over the dam, u just stop!! Or maybe you are not lost and just want to take a pretty picture of the lake or wildlife (like u have never seen anything like it before) so you just STOP.

    Seriously - pull over and get out of your car to take that picture or ask for directions but I can guarantee the person driving behind you, who take this mtn pass daily at 45mph did NOT expect u to slam on your brakes to take a scenic picture!


    oh and don't let me forget about the people that CAN NOT drive in the snow, if u can't drive on ice then SLOW THE F*** down!


    thats all!
  • Carfoodel
    Carfoodel Posts: 481 Member
    I was on a roundabout and a woman in front of me missed her turn - so she actually reversed on the roundabout - driving tests for the elderly should be mandatory after a certain age.

    a couple of months ago I saw a car driving towards me coming out of a supermarket with the passenger door completely open - then the look of shock as she realised and pulled it shut - after the car had driven about 5 or 6 car lengths coming towards me lol
  • sarahp86
    sarahp86 Posts: 692 Member
    People who don't use their indicators,
    People who use the wrong lane in roundabouts
    people who undertake,
    people who drive behind you at night time with their full beams on
    People who wear their seatbelt but let their children jump around the car unrestrained
    People who talk on the phone or text while driving
    People who park in wheelchair spots and are clearly not disabled
    People who stop in yellow boxes and block you
    People who are just plain ignorant and are absolute sh1te drivers!!

    I love issuing tickets to these people!!
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    Are you looking for specifics or generalisations?

    Generalisations:
    - Drunk drivers
    - people who accelerate and speed through a red traffic light
    - people who overtake on a bend
    - people who drive just a few feet away from the back of your car at 70mph

    Specifics:
    - A drunk driver that ended up driving on the wrong side of a motorway (he was driving straight at cars doing the motorway speed limit of 70mph).
  • MissO﹠A
    MissO﹠A Posts: 906 Member
    I literally can't go down the street to the drug store -- which is a ~2 minute drive on >one< residential road -- without encountering someone doing something asinine. It amazes me every time I go out in the car. A trip involving one damn road. Anything beyond this drive is simply a vehicular comedy goldmine.

    4-way stop signs are hard enough for people to comprehend and navigate here -- much less the dreaded, mind-blowing 8 way stop sign. I routinely drive ~5 mph over the speed limit on our local road, which also has a police department on it and, in turn, has lots of speed traps. Does the presence of speed traps practically every day and a police department deter people from tailgating, driving +10 over the limit in a neighborhood and blowing through stop signs? Nope.

    Also, turn signals/indicators seem to be optional equipment. And, the left lane, is clearly for whoever the f' wants to be there; regardless if they're turning in more than a mile from their current location and regardless of whether or not they intend to pass someone. They must teach that left lanes are for the cool kids.

    I could write a novel on the treasures I have seen but I'm afraid my heart would explode from the white-hot rage of putting it into words. Walking. Walking is fun. Yeah.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    I live in Hawaii, and bad drivers are as common as cocroaches. The worst I've ever seen though, is someone snaking all over the highway. When I finally caught up to her and passed her, she was reading a book while driving.
  • nrvo
    nrvo Posts: 473 Member
    People who speed up to get in front of me, and then slow down once they get there. Why hurry up to cut me off if you're just going to slow down and force me to brake once you get there? So rude!
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    I live in Hawaii, and bad drivers are as common as cocroaches. The worst I've ever seen though, is someone snaking all over the highway. When I finally caught up to her and passed her, she was reading a book while driving.

    You aren't kidding, Hawaii does have the worst drivers. Last time I was there I saw two cars crash in underpasses. Independent events, they just... crashed into the cement!
  • Newf77
    Newf77 Posts: 802 Member
    The other day I was driving home and my wife called to tell me that some idiot was driving down the wrong side of the highway. I Thanked her because I was wondering why all the cars in my lane were going the opposite direction, idiots.
  • 2Bgoddess
    2Bgoddess Posts: 1,096 Member
    saw a guy with a big mac in one hand, large drink in the other, cell phone between cheek and shoulder, steering with his knees.
    Dead man waiting to happen. right away due to lack of skill, or years from now, from a coronary.

    one of the worst types of drivers are those that cut in front of fully loaded big trucks and jam on the brakes. suicidal.
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    I am always most horrified by how horrible some school bus drivers are. Seriously, for that kind of job you should all kinds of extra special training but:

    1 - I was run into the shoulder on a highway by a school bus.

    2 - A school bus drove right over/through a live downed power line and it nearly fell on top of the car in front of me.

    Awesome. I feel great about the safety of our kids.
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    Oh, and the woman holding a cigarette in one hand, talking on the phone with her other hand, and steering with (presumably) her knees. That was awesome too.
  • dimpleschick
    dimpleschick Posts: 85 Member
    I live on an island where we drive in the left lane. The drivers here will drive in the middle of the road or use part of your lane.
    Roads are bad and full of pot holes, so the people in the low cars will go around them whether someone is coming the the other lane or not. They also will go around a different colored patch on the road.

    My biggest irritation are the safari cabs (big pick up with specially made back to hold several rows of seats). These annoying cab drivers will block the road so the cruise ship tourist can get all of the photos they want. There may be 10 of these safaris clogging up the road so nobody can pass until they are ready to go.
  • Unwrapping_Candy
    Unwrapping_Candy Posts: 487 Member
    I almost got hit by a cop in front of the police station because he failed to stop at his stop sign (no lights or siren on). Then not long after that I was stopped at a light with a "no turn on red" sign, had my right signal on, and a cop (again no lights or siren) drove up by my right side (it was a one-lane road with street parking), and then when the light turned green he cut me off and pulled in front of me. That one really got me so I rode his *kitten* with my high beams on for a bit. I think he got the message because he didn't light me up. lol

    Most of the horrible drivers I've encountered have actually been cops, and I find that to be quite interesting. lol
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
    Saw this lady driving on the freeway putting on make up with a baby & car seat in the front seat.

    Also saw some people in a van at a stop sign. Saw a little boy about 3 yrs old on the lap of some lady. When the light turned green..the lady shoved the little boy to her feet. He was sitting at her feet!?!? Wtf is wrong with people!
  • Vermilla
    Vermilla Posts: 348
    I was on a roundabout and a woman in front of me missed her turn - so she actually reversed on the roundabout - driving tests for the elderly should be mandatory after a certain age.

    This I agree. Or when they go 20 mph on the highway.
    Also, turn signals/indicators seem to be optional equipment. And, the left lane, is clearly for whoever the f' wants to be there; regardless if they're turning in more than a mile from their current location and regardless of whether or not they intend to pass someone. They must teach that left lanes are for the cool kids.

    The left lane IS for cool kids, don't you know? But yeah, I hate that, especially when they zoom down the center lane which is for left turns only in order to get around construction traffic or something. One guy almost hit me several months back. I pulled into the left turn lane about 3 car lengths or so before my turn, signal on and everything. He comes zooming down around 50mph or so, honking at me because I'm in HIS way of getting to the light almost a mile down the road.
    I live in Hawaii, and bad drivers are as common as cocroaches. The worst I've ever seen though, is someone snaking all over the highway. When I finally caught up to her and passed her, she was reading a book while driving.

    Was it Harry Potter?
    The other day I was driving home and my wife called to tell me that some idiot was driving down the wrong side of the highway. I Thanked her because I was wondering why all the cars in my lane were going the opposite direction, idiots.

    LOL :laugh:
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    All around me... everyday. I live in Tuscaloosa, AL. I lived in Atlanta, GA for one year and actually learned how to drive... I had to, or be run over. LOL. Now I laugh at most of the drivers around me. Most people from AL can NOT drive well. I can drive a Jeep like it's a race car if I need to.
  • Vermilla
    Vermilla Posts: 348
    It's not that people can't drive in AL. It's that all their cars are made from scrap metal and that's how it naturall drives. :laugh: At least, that's how it was when I lived there! I was surprised at what was allowed on the roads!
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