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My Pet Hate

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lincstash · 21/04/2010 13:37

Silly people who stop at traffic light two or three car lengths behind the bloody line. In effect, they are using three car lengths of the road, and possibly preventing someone at the other end of the queue from getting over the previous set of lights.

Even so, they reduce the number of cars that get through the green light this time because they have created 'phantom' vehicle in front of them, thus increasing congestion and slowing everyone down further..

Selfish selfish selfish selfish selfish selfish selfish selfish morons.

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Joolyjoolyjoo · 21/04/2010 13:41

Yeah, they get on my nerves, but not as much as the ones who stop a car-length from the line at a roundabout- you can't see round, you dimwit!

have also been known to have bad thoughts about people who don't "get ready" at the amber light (after the red light) and wait until the light is definitely green and has been for a good minute before laboriously taking off their handbrake and putting their car in gear, so that they are the only person who gets through!

But someone will be along to tell us to chill out/ calm down/ if this bothers us we need counselling/ need to take a break from driving

Goober · 21/04/2010 13:41

aaaaand....
Drivers who either don't indicate at all on roundabouts, or they leave their right indicator on the entire way round, don't change to left so you know they are turning.

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lincstash · 21/04/2010 13:45

@ Joolyjoolyjoo

Ohhh yes, People to whom the fact the lights change to green after red, and red and amber, apparently comes as a complete surprise to them. Clearly never occurs to them, as there sit there in there car, that at some point they will have to drive off. Duh......

We have some lights here that let 4 cars through at a time, max. You get one of those people at these lights, your lucky if one car gets through.

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Joolyjoolyjoo · 21/04/2010 13:53

ooh goober- yes the people-on-a-mission-so-secret-I-couldn't-possibly-tell-you-which-way-I'm-going drive me mad. I find myself making sarcastic remarks about how good it would be if someone could invent little lights on the side of cars, so that drivers could let other people know which way they will turn... Or those people who drive 16 miles down the motorway indicating right, but never moving out...sigh

canihavemypocketmoney · 21/04/2010 13:58

People who pull out deftly from a side in front of you, then drive infuriatingly slowly...why didn't you wait for a decent gap behind everyone if you're going to meander like a silty river ?

Mouseface · 21/04/2010 14:00

Yikes, this could be a runaway thread on shit terrible drivers!!

I think we all have pet hates on this topic, mine is drivers who don't say "thanks" to you when you let them through!

It takes 2 seconds to wave! Rudeness.

tortoiseonthehalfshell · 21/04/2010 14:01

Oooh, we had one recently where a cyclist was in the middle of the lane at some lights - fine, technically, I guess - and waiting to turn right. But the right hand arrow was only activated by weight on the road and so wasn't going off, and three cycles of lights later someone had to put their head out of the window and tell the cyclist to move over.

Three. Cycles.

AvrilHeytch · 21/04/2010 14:12

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YesYouMust · 21/04/2010 14:15

What annoys me more is people who stop over the lines so either you can't see past them or pedestrians can't go as there is a bloody car in the way.

And excuse the shouting but IT DOESN'T COST TO INDICATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jamieandhismagictorch · 21/04/2010 15:03

yes, people who pull out in front of you and then go slow - me too.

Also, people who cut off the corner when turning into a road, and nearly crash into you

tortoiseonthehalfshell · 22/04/2010 07:33

Avril, yes, but wouldn't you figure it out if you were the cyclist? Move over to the side of the lane, that sort of thing?

StealthPolarBear · 22/04/2010 07:36

tailgaters
shoot them all (except ones who genuinely don't realise they're too close, i mean the aggressive ones)

OnlyWantsOne · 22/04/2010 07:44

oooo tailgaiting.... really annoys me, especially if I have DC in the back.

I hate it when people get in the wrong lane on a roundabout, and instead of safely indicating and going round again, swerve / dodge traffic coming past so they can go the "right" way.

Oh, and if there is nothing coming round the roundabout and you can clearly& see* this then dont completely stop and wait before pulling away... this makes you a tool

SloanyPony · 22/04/2010 07:53

Its generally uncool to diss cyclists as they have the moral high ground BUT...my pet hate is cyclists who ignore the lovely, clear cycle lanes that the council put in for them and instead cycle up the very narrow village road at 20 miles an hour while a long line of frustrated traffic pootles along behind them.

If they used these wonderful, expensive, council/road tax sapping cycle lanes, we could get moving and they could go as fast or slow as they like...

beberose · 22/04/2010 08:08

LOL at all your comments thought I would add min, people who almost come to a complete standstill when going round a corner!

borderslass · 22/04/2010 08:13

people who still use mobiles whilst driving and those who think indicators are an optional extra.

Jamieandhismagictorch · 22/04/2010 15:04

People who have a Baby/Princess/LittleMan on board sticker, and then drive like an utter moron themselves.

pagwatch · 22/04/2010 15:08

People who think that hazzard warning lights actually mean 'driver double parking to return blockbuster video and pick up MacDonalds'

THEY ARE NOT AN ILLEGAL PARKING PERMIT !

GrimmaTheNome · 22/04/2010 15:09

All tailgaters - no exceptions for ones who 'genuinely don't realise they're too close' because they either must be legally blind or have not the slightest notion of stopping distances.

abride · 22/04/2010 15:11

Drivers who don't understand that the speed limit on country roads is not 30mph, and that they don't need to slow down when passed by a car going in the opposite direction on the other side of the road.

Usually they drive Volvos or are young women in Ford Kas.

GrimmaTheNome · 22/04/2010 15:12

Lorries/buses who come round blind corners too quickly hence swing onto wrong side of road.

People who do say 'thanks' for giving way when its dark by flashing... no, really, I'd just as soon not be dazzled, you know.

bluebump · 22/04/2010 15:14

Ooh I hate the 'powered by fairy dust' stickers even more.

On the road the other day there was a cyclist with a line of cars behind them and I was coming towards them on the other side of the road, when all of a sudden a car which was THIRD in line behind the cyclist couldn't wait any longer behind the cyclist and pulled out onto my side of the road and attempted to overtake. If I could have found my horn in time (despite owning my car for 3 years!) I would have beeped really loudly, I was too at the thought he was about to hit me (luckily someone in the queue behind the cyclist slowed down and let him in.) I don't have a problem with cyclists on our roads as it's pretty common here but I don't think i'd be brave enough to get on my bike after watching that.

GrimmaTheNome · 22/04/2010 15:14

People out on a Sunday afternoon doing 20 round the lanes who don't pull over to let the huge queue pass. But then again, they probably don't know there is a huge queue...

(usually its a gent in a flat cap)

nomorecake · 22/04/2010 15:15

dh rants at me (but i'm usually ignoring him sleeping) about the drivers who leave big gaps in traffic jams on dual carriageways or motorways, because other people change lanes in front of the slow car and make the lane stop moving.

Doodleydoo · 22/04/2010 15:18

Tailgating Lorries wtf, they are heavy and I am driving fast enough to the point of tailgaiting when you are about to make a turn off.

Oh and people in shitty old cars that are battered up that expect YOU to drive into the hedge and scratch up your relatively new car, when all they needed to do was reverse 2 foot to the passing point, oh and slow down rather than just aim direclty at you. Wankers.

And all the other posts too.

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