Things that annoy you most on the roads

Steameh said:
Oh and generally.... old people. No disrespect to them, but their awareness levels suck!
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Not the wording I would have used but a lot of old drivers are actually very dangerous due to there slower responses.
 
Tailgaters are fools. If you want to go faster and are being obstructed by a vehicle then you will be considering overtaking. If so then sitting close to the vehicle in front is the worst place to be as it restricts your vision and means you can't get any acceleration up before you pull onto the other side of the road. Yet they persist to do it! :mad:

Leads me to the conconclusion that people do it without even realising which shows they are not concentrating on driving.
 
Freefaller said:
Cyclists that hope on and off the road, through red lights etc...

Kids on scooters with no respect for the road laws.

People who bloke me trying to filter on my bike or try and intimidate me with their cars.

People who don't indicate.

People who don't thank me for letting them in or appreciate that my manoeuver aided their progress.

Dangerous lorry drivers.

Bus drivers in london - they go far too fast and swing out round corners and always bully drivers out of the way.

People who drive too slow.

People who drive too fast.

Middle lane hoggers.

People who "didn't see you".

The list could go on.....
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All of these except cyclists, it really bothers some people, but not me for some reason.
 
MLMs (Middle lane morons).

I do apologise to anyone on the M1 yesterday coming down from Birmingham who was stuck behind a red Toledo with a roof rack. I was a passenger in the back seat and the driver, my boss, doing 60 in the middle lane when theres no one on the left. "Why is he tailgating me, why doesn't he just overtake?! Idiot!". I felt like telling him but restrained myself as he's not the kind of person to understand much :) This is someone who has fallen asleep at the wheel twice and written his car off both times.
 
People who sit on top of my rear end, especially when theres a whole queue of traffic infront of me.

People who go 40mph down a NSL road. Usually a 60+ year old :p

Middle lane hoggers.
 
1. People who don't say thank you when you give way to them even if it's your right of way.

2. People who cut you up and then don't apoligise for their mistake, (if I cut someone up, I always just give quick flash of the hazards or stick my hand up to say sorry).

3. People who hog the middle lane when all the other lanes are clear.

4. People with fog lights on when it's not foggy.

5. Old farts who don't know how to drive.
 
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Lorry drivers that drive so close to each other on slow A roads that you cannot pass without overtaking them all in one go
 
white vans that put on the mainbeams to try and get out of the way when they want to overtake you, even tho your already passing somone doing 80.

people who don't MERG IN TURN

people who drive in both lanes to stop you overtaking

people in lorrys who try and overtake another lorry when doing 0.5mph more.
 
Horses or rather their riders - Theirs quite around around here (country) and no matter how slow you go past them some of them still complain.

Cyclists - especially the ones that as I'm crawling in slow moving traffic, indicating to turn left will still cut down my left side and not notice me.

Also people who give you awful looks when you're sticking to the speed limit through roadworks, and also around schools etc.
 
without a doubt daudlers!
people who accelarate from junctions at a rate of 1mph per 10 seconds.
slowly making it to between 20mph and 40mph (in a 60 limit) and then breaking every 5 seconds for no reason.
The government has spent so long trying to force people to go slow, they now beleave it is unsafe to go more than 40mph. sooo annoying.
then they look at you funny when you overtake them.

I bet if you could do it you would find that the best driver drive between -10% +15% of the speed limit.
 
what REALLY annoys me are people that will drive under the speed limit in say a national speed limit area and then continue at about 50 through a 40 or 30 area
That one gets me going too, they probably thing they're driving really well too .

Another one that seems to be getting more common is people who want to take the third exit on a 3 exit roundabout and can't be bothered to get in the outside lane on the approach as there's a queue, so travel all the way around the roundabout on the nearside lane.This then blocks the exit for people using the roundabout properly.

Drivers who go everywhere in the outside lane, then cut in at the last minute to turn left causing you to slam on the brakes - they are also the ones who will always cut in at the last second when there's a lane closure even when they've had plenty of opportunity to see what's ahead.
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sheep, they realy annoy me, and cows, the have a habbit of leaning on my car and dishing in the sides.

place down the road have goats and llamas that keep getting out (low areas on the walls). you come round the corner and are confronted by a llama, that kinda thing can be scary at night in the dark!

pain in the ass
 
The annoying people that sit on your back bumper all through town, then disappear in your rear view miror the second you give it some beans :confused: then they're back on your arse when you get into a town again...
 
Not much really annoys me behind the wheel but i'm frustrated by people who have ZERO awareness of anything going on around them.

Also people who have no idea how wide their car is and completely freak out when they have to go through a gap with a bus or something.

Plus people who don't say thanks, it's just plain rude.
 
-westy- said:
The annoying people that sit on your back bumper all through town, then disappear in your rear view miror the second you give it some beans :confused: then they're back on your arse when you get into a town again...
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yeah, people who can't actualy DRIVE though crouded towns (ever been though falmouth in summer?) trying to push you over 10mph when people are stepping infront of you all the time, but will not do over 40MPH on a dual carageway

also people who just drive out onto roundabouts without looking right. get lots of grannys doing this down here.
 
I think I will have to add people who use when they are not required. You can always tell a nervous driver as they brake to some degree on every corner. I can follow them without needing to brake, controlling the car via throttle control. Progressive driving is far more satisfying.
 
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