Car/Driving related things that annoy the piss out of you - General

The title is fairly straightforward. My #1 annoyance would have to be left lane hogs. If there's people tailgating you and passing you only to get back in your lane, then you should hopefully have the brainpower to see that you're driving slow and piss off into the right lane. Every day I see people, especially on highways, driving at or below the speed limit in the left lane with a whole lane of cars behind them. It's twice as bad if its a semi or another large vehicle, cause not only will they slow people down but they'll launch rocks n shit at their windshields

The merge lottery, aka passing someone going incredibly slow in front of you only to get almost completely stopped by someone making a slow ass right turn from the lane you just switched to. I'm usually pretty good at reading when it's worth it to pass, but damn it's annoying when you get fucked.

People who drive under the speed limit People who drive way to close to your back bumper

people who suddenly go into my lane (like a few meters in front of me) without indicating. basically anybody who doesn't indicate pisses me off. people who gawk at things on the side of the road whether it be a small crash, a guy stuck in a ditch or even a police man aresting a speeder. these people always slow down the traffic to a snails pace people who slow down before using the slip lane on a duel carriage-way people who move lanes at the pace of a snail.

People who don't realize that their brights or on or that don't care. If I am seeing spots, you are going to kill me.

People who don't pay attention to red lights turning green and stay there for a while. People who accelerate very VERY slowly after a red light. People who slow down when they see a cops car. I mean if the area is 90, why the hell are going lowering to 50 asshole?

HID lights. Idiots always put them on incorrectly, so if you're driving in front of someone with HID lights, it's like having a bus behind you with their high-beams on.

I hate when I'm driving on a country road with and 80 kph speed limit and people in front slow down to 70 or 60 for [I]every single turn[/I] and then go 100 - 120 on the straights. You just can't pass them

2 lane, curvy road, stuck behing a person going 10mph under the limit, who you can't pass.

if you're driving late at night and theres no one out. you're trying to turn left at a intersection BUT IT WON'T FUCKING TURN GREEN WHEN THERES NO ONE THERE

[QUOTE=The Decoy;35077640] people who move lanes at the pace of a snail.[/QUOTE] I swear i saw some lady take SOO long to change lanes, she started at the shoulder and then indicated, then turned the wheel about 1/9,000,000th to the left and merged for fucking ever

[QUOTE=Saber15;35080017]HID lights. Idiots always put them on incorrectly, so if you're driving in front of someone with HID lights, it's like having a bus behind you with their high-beams on.[/QUOTE] Our car has Xenon HID's and regardless they are installed properly (they come from the factory on the car :P) people still flash us sometimes. I always keep the HID pitch low, and the cutoff even bumps down towards the other lane of the road, I rarely use brights, but that doesn't help. Guess its just the way they are. People who speed up when you try to pass them (I swear people do this all the time, I went to pass someone and next thing I know I'm doing 130mph to get away from him. He couldn't keep up at that point :P)

[QUOTE=masterwolf;35081009]People who speed up when you try to pass them[/QUOTE] Then you'd hate me dearly, and I doubt you'd successfully pass me. :v:

Automotive Addicts

Driving instructors that take their first/second lesson/incompetent students into main traffic. Give them more practice on quiet side streets. Its not fair on the student or the rest of the world trying to get somewhere.

People who don't use their turn signals

People who drive around to the front of a traffic jam, and then expect for someone to let their lazy ass in.

This: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Florida_license_plate_Sunshine_State.gif[/img] I swear, every time I see a Florida plate on someone's car, they're driving like an invalid.

BMW drivers. [I] Controversial[/I]

Truck drivers that think they can pass another truck going up a hill.

[QUOTE=blackdenton;35085833]Truck drivers that think they can pass another truck going up a hill.[/QUOTE] Oh god this. Then they jam the whole hill going way under limit.

people who use blinkers at the last second can suck my dick

[QUOTE=NuclearAnnhilation;35080425]if you're driving late at night and theres no one out. you're trying to turn left at a intersection BUT IT WON'T FUCKING TURN GREEN WHEN THERES NO ONE THERE[/QUOTE] You can just say fuck it and turn on red unless there's a speed camera, because really, who's going to give a fuck at 2-4am?

Because hidden cops errywhere

[QUOTE=Saber15;35080017]HID lights. Idiots always put them on incorrectly, so if you're driving in front of someone with HID lights, it's like having a bus behind you with their high-beams on.[/QUOTE] Then where does that put me? My car has factory HIDs.

[QUOTE=gonedead0;35090268]Then where does that put me? My car has factory HIDs.[/QUOTE] "Idiots always put them on incorrectly" It puts you in the 'not a mexican who has HID's in stock housings' area

[QUOTE=gonedead0;35090268]Then where does that put me? My car has factory HIDs.[/QUOTE] Factory mounted HID lights are usually adjusted properly. They're brighter than regular lights, but not OH GOD I'M BLIND like most custom HID lights are.

People who expect me to jackrabbit every light like I'm launching at Monza. Sorry, impatient asshat in that Toyota Sequoia behind me, but I'm not going to. My ride is most likely older than you are, gets about 12-14MPG in the city, and it's worn the fuck out. I'm not going to treat it like a top fuel dragster because YOU think I should. Either sit back there and enjoy free MPG, or pass me at the first chance. Honking and flashing your lights is only going to make me take off even more leisurely. I'm also somewhat annoyed by people who expect you to run up to the red light at full speed and then firewall the brakes at the last possible minute. I've actually had people honk at me because I had the audacity to come to a gentle, controlled stop at a light that just turned red for a major thoroughfare, instead of sliding halfway into the intersection like a moron. These types are quite rare, though. Improperly aimed headlights also makes the list, though I don't single out HIDs. Even a normal halogen light aimed incorrectly is a pain in the ass. It isn't difficult to aim your headlights, so aim them. Then there's people who don't know how to enter or exit an interstate. When you're getting on, [i]fucking floor it.[/i] Your goal is to get up to roughly the speed of the traffic already on the interstate BEFORE you get onto the interstate yourself. If your vehicle cannot do this, at least get it as close as possible. It lessens the chance of getting you rear-ended by some inattentive twat, and it makes it far easier to merge in. DO NOT FUCKING STOP AT THE END OF THE RAMP! And no, I won't accept "But my car is slow". I guarantee you it will out-accelerate my truck, and I can get that going to about 65 on the average on-ramp, so if I find myself having to lift off in order to avoid hitting you on the on-ramp you're doing it wrong. When getting off, merge onto the ramp before braking. The only reason it is valid to brake on the interstate is if the slip lane is too short for you to safely slow down, this is often the case with cloverleafs in heavy rain/heavily laden tow/cargo vehicles. If you must do this, do so gradually so people behind you don't run into you. Oh, and don't ride on the shoulder waiting for a gap the size of oklahoma, either, find a gap large enough to slot in and slot in. Merging isn't rocket science, and if you lack the spatial awareness to slot at 15 foot long vehicle into a gap 150 feet long you shouldn't be driving. Lastly: Parking brake. use it. I don't care if your automatic has a park pawl in it. The pawl is not designed to hold six thousand pounds of Suburban on that 10% grade. It is designed as an emergency measure and as a safety meausre while adjusting a running engine, not as a primary means to hold the vehicle stationary on inclines. It's roughly the size of a cheezit on average, and it engages the soft aluminum case of the transmission on one end. There's a reason automatic equipped vehicles still have parking brakes! I drive my mom nuts with this, she's a horrible offender about not setting the e-brake and I set it every time I park a vehicle that has a functioning one. Oh, and if the e-brake is broken I don't object, as there's no other way to hold the vehicle still in that case.

People who decide that they are going to be in the same lane as you are, even though it's quite clear that you are directly next to them, and they go and do it anyway. And people with texas plates, they usually, clog everything up because they drive 10 mi/h below the speed limit here and sit in the left lane all the time.

[QUOTE=WolvesSoulZ;35081155]Then you'd hate me dearly, and I doubt you'd successfully pass me. :v:[/QUOTE] Lol, I never said I could pass [b]everyone[/b], nor did I say anything about passing you specifically. I was just talking about the one instance. And your saying that you speed up when people try to pass you? Any specific reason you do that?