Completely unreasonable things that really piss you off when you’re driving

People who flash other motorists to warn them of speed traps. When I’m in charge that will be an offence . You are aiding and abetting a “crime” in my eyes.

People giving way when they don’t need to.

If we had adequate driving standards and enforcement, then part time signals would be worth having.

Middle lane hoggers, who are unfit to hold a licence.
The complete lack of action against crime committed when behind the wheel, or taking months/years.

My father-in-law is absolutely dreadful for phantom braking. Never mind if there's traffic coming the other way, even if there's a mile of dead straight, wide, dry, flat, well sighted road with no junctions or obstacles and no other traffic in sight, I can guarantee he'll brake at least three times in that mile. He basically can't keep a constant speed, his speed creeps up, he looks at the speedo, notices he's going a bit faster than he thought, brakes, repeat ad nauseum. Every time I get in a car with him I think 'right, just be chill and zen about this', but after 10 minutes I'm chewing the interior fittings with frustration.

And going slightly OT, but people who write 'break' when they mean 'brake'. It is the mark of the imbecile, so stop it.

Some more enlightened countries turn off some traffic lights at night or they change to flashing amber all directions turning into a give way junction which prevents people having to stop for nothing.

People who think they are too special to wait, so go up the wrong lane at lights and then indicate to cut into the lane with a long queue at the last minute, often doing lots of hand signals at you which involve pointing and a thumbs up.

Tailgating- tends to make me slow down rather than speed up

Hate bloody cyclists that ride abreast (sometimes in 3’s) and will not get into single file to let you past. They are entitled and think they own the bloody road!!

Those are for the ghosts. Thought everyone knew that.

Traffic lights on red at a junction when it’s super early in the morning and no one else is on the road. Surely they should have censors so that they know where there’s a car and turn green for them to avoid me just sitting at a red light for no reason.

Families who park in the parent and child bays, but the kids stay in the car and one of the adults go into the supermarket.

People who use the parent and child bays with 'tween' children upwards. I.e. no buggy/car seat/child can safely get in and out independently without swinging the door open.

I always do that!

Sssh don't give away our secrets!

Constantly braking simply for no other reason than you don't like the way the person behind you is driving is called Brake Testing (or Checking). It's really fucking dangerous and can be illegal in the UK under the 1988 Road Traffic Act

I far more frequently see drivers doing the opposite, dangerously pulling out onto the roundabout when there isn't time to go and hoping that the oncoming car already on the roundabout will see them and brake in time.

But if your not slowing the traffic on the main road your nor actually letting them out because there was space for the car to turn? Your just randomly flashing?

Sorry but my pet peeve is people that insist on letting cars out of side roads all the bloody time. If we're in traffic fair cop gov, if the roads flowing like normal stop impeding the flow of the main road and let them find a gap

Drivers who hate cyclists. Especially those who use punishment passes (overtaking v closely). Two people killed in Kent recently. Someone else last week near me. I should be able to ride my bike a few miles and not die.

(And if I get any bullshit bingo about taxes, cycle lanes etc on this, reread and ask if you really think those things are wirth people dying over).

This is totally unreasonable I know but it really bugs me when people pull in to let me pass but the road is actually wide enough for 2 cars! I know they’re being nice but it irritates me - yes thank you very much (muttering: but that was totally unnecessary!)

This one isn’t really unreasonable I don’t think but people at the front of a queue who take forever to get moving when the lights change annoy me. If you’re at the front of a queue of traffic lights, you should get moving as quickly (and obviously safely) as possible. I get so frustrated having to sit through another traffic light cycle because the person at the front took their time moving off.

People stopping to let others out when if they checked their mirrors they would see that there was no traffic behind us.

Unnecessary braking.

People not driving through a gap that is more than big enough because they think they’re driving a lorry rather than a small hatchback.

People in massive cars who can’t drive them properly.

People who park so far from the kerb that they’ve basically parked up in the middle of the road.

People who brake every time something goes past them in the opposite direction.
Happens a lot round here.
People who sneak through as the lights change to red and then block the junction so no one else can get out from other parts.

Yes that was my first thought

@BirdLandedonmyHead
Traffic lights that like to turn red as I approach

that will be the Loop Detectors

More a parking one. When you have a parking bay for a number of cars and someone parks at one end but leaves a big gap between their car and the end of the bay, but not big enough for a car to park in. So they are basically taking up two car parking spaces. It makes me irrationally mad.

Are you sure they are not jsut telling you to back the fuck up (as my dad would say!l)?