Pet driving hates. What gets your goat?

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For me it's lorries in the middle lane on motorways, driving parallel to another. Yes I know they have deadlines, but miles and miles side by side? 😡

@Stannisbaratheonsboxofmatches
And the ones with 6 bloody lights on, blinding everyone!!!

Tailgating.

People break-checking me when I'm not tailgating - just because I'm just not 72 nautical miles behind you, doesn't mean I'm up your arse

If this has happened to you more than once then the likelihood is that you are too close to them.

I love a thread about driving.

The constant, constant fucking whinging and sniping about what the fucking tax is called is getting really, really fucking boring however.

Nobody cares.

@AnotherEmma

My DH's driving annoys me, and I wish for the sake of marital harmony that I could be more tolerant, but I hate it. The main problem is that he doesn't ANTICIPATE. We're driving along on the motorway and I can see quite far in advance that we are driving faster than the vehicle ahead of us, because we're getting closer to it quite rapidly - if I was driving, I'd check my mirrors and see if the outside lane was free, so I could move into it well in advance to overtake with a wide berth, or keep an eye out for a safe gap in the traffic, and if I couldn't move into the outside lane in good time, I'd relax the accelerator a bit to start slowing down early and gradually. DH, on the other hand, will continue merrily driving at the same speed until we're right behind the slower vehicle, by which point he may or may not be able to move into the outside lane, and if he can't, he will brake very late. It drives me MAD.

He also frequently uses the wrong lane when approaching junctions - getting into a flap and having to change at the last minute or (horror) on a roundabout, and cursing people for not letting him in (?!). He seems incapable of following a sat nav without me also telling him what to do. And he is always far too nice and will sit for ages letting others go even when he has right of way.

He has many wonderful skills and qualities that I appreciate deeply, but his driving is not one of them!

(Sorry DH!)

I could have written every single line of this.

@SarahAndQuack Ha! Glad I'm not the only one!

SarahAndQuack / AnotherEmma that sounds a lot like my ex!

He was always ended up having to break sharply / swerve because he didn’t anticipate. Made for a really white knuckle ride, and then he’d get annoyed if I did anything involuntary (like hold the arm rest on the door) that showed fear!

You're not.

Also, I will add - wanting to let someone in from the slip road, so slowing down unpredictably. While the person on the slip round sees us coming along in the left lane and slows down to tuck in behind. And we end up both slowing down, and I sit there muttering 'just put your bloody foot down before they run out of slip road'.

It never seems to occur to her to, you know, get into the middle lane well before the slip road if there's someone there, or to judge the speed of the other person and speed up so they can come in behind.

Tractors who drive past about twenty lay bys and don't bother pulling in to let the long queue of traffic behind them past.

@Stannisbaratheonsboxofmatches and @WhyIsItSoHardToPickAUsername I'm not. I drive a sensible distance behind and my car has proximity sensor so if I was too close, it'd tell me. Some people just want other cars to be a speck in the distance or they feel unsafe.

People not using indicators winds me up no end.

@PolPotNoodle

Wait... you think the proximity sensors are there to inform you of safe distance?

Yikes.

Those who deliberately get in the wrong lane because it’s quicker, then expect to be let in at the lady minute. Well tough luck mate.

Yes a real cheek

People who can't stay on their side of the road round corners.

The council near me spent millions making a road narrower so that a new cycle path could be put in and no cyclists use it. What makes it even worse is now the roads narrower you can't even overtake them.

Most cyclists are fine but the 5 that blocked a country Lane the other day refusing to move over for 3 miles are a bunch of assholes.

Also forgot those really bright headlights that blind you on dark country lanes. Oh and the person in front of me yesterday who was doing 35 in a 50 but I couldn't overtake due to double white lines. The only places I could overtake he decided to do the speed limit.

@billyt I’ve driven one, one of the slowest things I’ve ever had the misfortune to drive. It’s you that’s talking nonsense. It’s difficult to buy a slower car hence my comparison to a commercial vehicle. There is no way you can get out of something reasonably quick (sub 5 to 60) and think this is anything but a complete turd. Nippy my arse.

The council near me spent millions making a road narrower so that a new cycle path could be put in and no cyclists use it

They probably are. You need one of those sensors to count how many cyclists use it. You might be surprised. People often say cycle paths are empty but actually there are lots of cyclists using it efficiently. On the other hand you may be right and it's a waste of space.

In my town we have those silly painted white lines as a cycle path. You can't overtake safely because the cycle lane is far too narrow, so you effectively have to treat them as if they're on the normal road. So unsafe and ineffective cycle infrastructure could be added to my list though it's not a driving hate per se.

People weaving in an out of traffic on the motorway like it's a fucking formula one track. Do you not have the sense to realise how dangerous it us to undertake at 100mph? And then pull in right in front of another car?
People who just carry on towards you when the obstruction/parked car is on their side of the road. It's my right of way you complete tosser!
People who approach mini roundabouts in the right hand lane and then attempt to turn left. Nob. Heads.
Ahhh, that feels better.

everyone seems so angry!

We should all take a deep breath maybe. We are all trying to get places - you dont know why the person in front is driving slowly - there could be a really good reason. Likewise the person up yer jacksy might be in a desperate hurry for some life changing reason. You just dont know.

Driving can be stressful and dangerous - getting worked up will cause you to make poor choices.

Meanwhile according to viz "audi drivers - did you know moving your seat forward will let you get even closer to the car in front!"

So - a little more consideration of the people around us will spread the love.

When I first started riding a motorbike -i noticed that bikes coming the other way always gave you a little nod of the head or a wave of some sorts. I asked my instructor. Its all about spreading the love he said.

I thought about that - people who dont know me - cant tell I'm a 5'5 woman, dont know the type of bike Im riding - just giving me a little nod of solidarity - one vulnerable road user to another.

When I first started riding a motorbike -i noticed that bikes coming the other way always gave you a little nod of the head or a wave of some sorts. I asked my instructor. Its all about spreading the love he said.
I believe VW Beetle drivers do the same (or certainly did back when the new ones first came out. I don't see many on the roads now.

I do try to be patient if people are, for example, in the wrong lane at a roundabout and trying to move into another. It's so easy when you're not familiar with the area to get I to the wrong lane and some of these huge roundabouts aren't easy to navigate. I've definitely done the "shit, I should be in that lane" thing, and indicated to try to get over. It seems some people take delight in not allowing you in.

I think all mine have been said!

Motorway middle lane hoggers for sure-I genuinely think you should have to pass a small test to drive on the motorway, plenty of people do it and they're really nervous so drive badly and dangerously!

People who don't say thank you when you give way to them.

Cyclists and horse riders who can see round a bend when you can't and don't wave you on. (Most horse riders do this but it infuriates me when they don't-I say this as a horse rider, its just common decency)

We have a four way traffic light system near our house on a busy road and it really boils my blood when drivers rush over on an amber/red light and then block the carriageway for the other lanes so they can't move anywhere!

The constant, constant fucking whinging and sniping about what the fucking tax is called is getting really, really fucking boring however.

Nobody cares. hmm

My DH cares greatly and gets upset if I call it "Road Tax". As a cyclist, he feels that this name makes car drivers feel they have more right to use the road than he does, contributing to aggression and dangerous driving. Judging by this thread, he's probably right.

They did spend a ton of money on a bike lane on part of my route to work, closing the road for a couple of months to do it. Virtually nobody uses it In the uphill direction and it is far harder to overtake cyclists safely on the narrower road (it’s quite a steep hill). It’s patently obvious why it isn’t used; it’s virtually impossible to get on or off it. It ends at the top of the hill, on the wrong side of the road about three yards beyond a roundabout. The only way to keep going is to stop, go back to the roundabout and cross the road, or I suppose, go back, get to the right hand lane entering the roundabout and go right round. Whoever designed it should be ashamed. In the other direction the bike lane is better used but cyclists whizz down the hill and never caused any delay anyway.

The country I live in did have a large campaign many years ago about middle lane hogging, it worked quite well, it's not a major issue these days. I am stunned every time I drive in the UK at the amount of people in the middle lane of the motorway for no reason.
Also we zip, so if there is slow moving traffic entering a road and the road is also slow moving you take turns to let one person in, there are signs telling you to do this and it's advertised on TV occasionally.

Cyclist have their own roads/paths and are not allowed on a road that is over 30. If you see a cyclist on a main road it will be a tourist for sure. But because we have so many cyclists you learn to have eyes in your arse so to speak !

However no fucker indicates here ! Especially on roundabouts, it's nightmare and getting worse I think. Our roundabouts quite often have a curb to separate the lane so the straightening out thing cannot happen without the car launching themselves into the air!

Oh and Tesla drivers are the worst at tailgating and not indicating, this is my observation anyway !

I should say that before the cycle lane the uphill cyclists didn't cause a delay because it was a very wide road and easy to safely overtake them on. I'm not really fussed about the delay (never actually more than a few seconds difference to the journey), and always wait until there is a space but it is easy to see that this is not true of all motorists who seem to take leave of their senses when behind someone going at less than their desired speed.