I hate it when... (type here)

[VIPFREAK]

I hate it when... I'm getting on the on ramp to try and take the turn as fast as I can and there's a jenious in a Mercedes that takes it like a granny so I have to slow my ass down then when we get to the straights he burns my ass because I have a slower ass car...

Nick

Now you guys go...

 

[sn00pie]

yeh i hate that 2, alwayz when im tryin 2 drift thru turns therez alzayz some granny so i have 2 slow my ass down i hate it i hate grannies their stupid

 

[MazKid]

In all actuality, I hate it too. People take those yellow "Speed Suggestion" signs as speed limits, and go slow when I'm all set up to go screaming around the corner in my 323. Sometimes the speed difference is just dangerous, like going from a highway onto a clover leaf, and the recommended speed is 25, when you can easily do atleast 40(we can do 45 in our MPV with no tire noise or anything). So you are on the highway doing 70(or more) and you begin to get into the right lane, but there's someone in a BMW doing about 30, and you really have to jam on the brakes. But I'm a good driver conditioned to his machine so I can handle that.

 

[donbenni]

I think you can change the title to,'I hate it when people drive too slow'. I fricking hate people that drive slow. I know i drive around really fast, but when i'm on a country road and it's a 60 limit and some blind 70 year old is cruising along at 40 i get easily wound up. my car has only 50bhp (don't laugh it's 1litre), so overtaking is a joke.

 

[VIPFREAK]

I kinda created this thread because I was "driving mad" all day yesterday and I've never done that before. I'm literally wondering why anyone can drive... I mean there was this guy that literally stopped before an easy right turn, stuff really really rutamentory(sp?). It doesn't take a rocket scientist to do stuff like turning slow... I mean take any speed or going fast out of the equation because we haven't even gotten to that issue... it's actually like turning that wheel in front of them. Anyways, I guess I'm just venting because it was a bad driving day all day...
thanks

nick

 

[Famine]

Originally posted by donbenni
I think you can change the title to,'I hate it when people drive too slow'. I fricking hate people that drive slow. I know i drive around really fast, but when i'm on a country road and it's a 60 limit and some blind 70 year old is cruising along at 40 i get easily wound up. my car has only 50bhp (don't laugh it's 1litre), so overtaking is a joke.

And I quote the Highway Code:

"You should not treat speed limits as a target"

 

[Gil]

I hate being stuck behind SUV's. You need a periscope to see over the durn things.

I hate when car companies "improve" their cars but just make them ugly. (Can anyone say early Chevy S-10 vs new "Anteater" S-10?)

I hate it when foreign auto manufacturers make really cool cars, then don't make them available in the US.
Can anyone say Nissan Skyline or S-15 Silvia?

I hate it whem Auto manufacturers make cool cars that are utter crap. (Can anybody say Fiat Spyder?)

I hate it when auto manufacturers make good cars that are stupid looking (AMC Gremlin and Pacer).

 

[VIPFREAK]

I hate it when foreign auto manufacturers make really cool cars, then don't make them available in the US.

Actually Gil, they do make them available to us, at least their learning to bring them over here... it's just that first before they do they detune the engine making it a damn snail and then make it look so damn butt ugly no one likes them.

Nick

 

[miniMADness]

i hate it when mum leaves the car out side work and the cd player gets stolen! And they she doesnt buy another radio, or claim one back on insurance

 

[1X83Z]

I hate my own driving. I drive with the intent to piss people off, and my only basis for letting people ahead is whether they have a cool car - a W8 Passat will get you wherever you want to go, but a Boxster will have to wait, for instance. I drive the speed limit until somebody tries to pass me, then I speed up to piss them off. If I see that somebody wants to change lanes in front of me, I drive next to them so they can't. If somebody succeeds in cutting me off, I tail them. Yesterday I flashed my lights three times at three seperate vehicles.

In New York, it's a million times worse because there's no fear of road rage, since everybody honks at everybody else. Lanes have no significance, and I treat them as such. If a car is going slow enough to stop for me, I will make a left turn in front of that car - it's just how it works. The speed limit on the West Side Highway and the FDR is 50mph, but it's really 'go as fast as you can.' Everybody knows that.

Yep - I suck. 👍

 

[donbenni]

Originally posted by Famine
And I quote the Highway Code:

"You should not treat speed limits as a target"

Ah but it's good fun anyway, don't you agree, or are you a 'road safety' nazi?

 

[-Fred-]

I hate the fact I can't be bothered to read a good 60% of the replies in this thread due to piss poor grammar.

I hate people who don't understand street racing is dangerous.

I hate old farts driving Ferraris.

Wait, I hate anyone driving a Ferrari.

I hate womens putting on make up while they drive. Same thing for people with cell phones, or people drinking & eating. Concentrate on the ****ing road, dip****s.

I hate everything. But Doug knew that.

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by PunkRock

I hate womens putting on make up while they drive. Same thing for people with cell phones, or people drinking & eating. Concentrate on the ****ing road, dip****s.

👍 The only thing I can tolerate is non-alcoholic drinks at stoplights, and I've never done it myself. I don't understand why people think they are good enough at driving to be able to drive and talk on a phone at the same time - the reality is they suck.

I hate everything. But Doug knew that.

Yep - everything. Except Porsche

 

[mr_pushrod]

Originally posted by M5Power
I hate my own driving. I drive with the intent to piss people off, and my only basis for letting people ahead is whether they have a cool car - a W8 Passat will get you wherever you want to go, but a Boxster will have to wait, for instance. I drive the speed limit until somebody tries to pass me, then I speed up to piss them off. If I see that somebody wants to change lanes in front of me, I drive next to them so they can't. If somebody succeeds in cutting me off, I tail them. Yesterday I flashed my lights three times at three seperate vehicles.

In New York, it's a million times worse because there's no fear of road rage, since everybody honks at everybody else. Lanes have no significance, and I treat them as such. If a car is going slow enough to stop for me, I will make a left turn in front of that car - it's just how it works. The speed limit on the West Side Highway and the FDR is 50mph, but it's really 'go as fast as you can.' Everybody knows that.

Yep - I suck. 👍

Do you drive a white van?

 

[300ZX_lover]

im with M5. I do everything possible to piss the hell out of people who stupid stuff to me. all those techniques he talked about....yep i use 'em everyday. if your a decent driver who doesn't screw me then i won't do anything....but don't cut me off b/c i'll hunt you down.....

oh. i HATE when people can't decide what speed they want to go. basically there are three speeds you can go
1. the speed limit or barely under. give or take a few mph. Exld people
2. about 5-10 over on normal roads. Ex: 60% of people who drive.
3. exessive speeding or 20+ mph over.
what i can't stand is people who have a range of 15 mph and they can't decide what speed they want to go.

 

[Famine]

Originally posted by donbenni
Ah but it's good fun anyway, don't you agree, or are you a 'road safety' nazi?

No - I'm just the regular kind of Nazi...

What's the most irritating "old-person" road habit to me is when they drive at 40mph in a 60mph, then 40mph in the 40mph zone. When it becomes a 30mph zone, they're still doing 40mph. Then you turn into the hospital entry road which is a 15mph limit and... have a guess what speed they're doing?

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by Famine
No - I'm just the regular kind of Nazi...

What's the most irritating "old-person" road habit to me is when they drive at 40mph in a 60mph, then 40mph in the 40mph zone. When it becomes a 30mph zone, they're still doing 40mph. Then you turn into the hospital entry road which is a 15mph limit and... have a guess what speed they're doing?

That ticks me off too - I'm a real stickler about obeying the speed limit, especially on highways. An example is a highway where the speed limit is 75, then drops to 55 for construction. It's very dangerous not to realise the speed limit has fallen to 55.

 

[Famine]

Indicators too (turn signals, to our US friends)...

Perhaps they don't use them, for fear of breaking the bulb elements? Or they have some kind of epilepsy and are guarding against strobe lighting effects?

This doesn't apply to the US, but in the UK we have a real problem with middle-lane hoggers. The left lane is always the driving lane, with any additional lanes being overtaking lanes - if you're not overtaking you shouldn't be in them. And it's illegal to "undertake" - pass on the left. I remember making a highly illegal manouevre with a middle-laner. It was late at night and I was passing a pair of cars, so was in the right-hand lane - I spotted some headlights coming up REAL fast (993 Porsche...), and I don't like getting in people's way so I nailed it one to get past and in quick - by the time I pulled over, at the first possible chance, we were both well into 3-digits and, lo and behold, there's a middle-laner doing 60mph with no-one but me and the Porsche around. We split around him - one each side at 100mph+

But I'm good usually - I promise... I never break 30mph limits because killing kids isn't funny. And I usually sit at 75mph on the motorway. +/- 10%

 

[Klostrophobic]

Originally posted by Famine
Indicators too (turn signals, to our US friends)...

Perhaps they don't use them, for fear of breaking the bulb elements? Or they have some kind of epilepsy and are guarding against strobe lighting effects?

You may think it's funny, but I was in the passenger's seat of my uncle's car a few weeks ago. He took a turn and didn't use his indicator. I kiddingly made a remark about it and he said he was saving his blinks. He was dead serious.

He drives like an old man and he's only 45. You shouldn't be allowed to drive like an old man until you hit 65 and buy your Buick.

 

[Famine]

*stunned*

Did he say what he was saving them FOR?

 

[donbenni]

Originally posted by Famine
No - I'm just the regular kind of Nazi...

What's the most irritating "old-person" road habit to me is when they drive at 40mph in a 60mph, then 40mph in the 40mph zone. When it becomes a 30mph zone, they're still doing 40mph. Then you turn into the hospital entry road which is a 15mph limit and... have a guess what speed they're doing?

I had that exact conversation with my sister when we were driving a few weeks ago. These oldies were breezing along at 40 through 60 zones and 30 zones just like you said. They must have been clocked by about 4 speed cameras during the time we were following them through the 30 roads (not doing 40 of course ). That's justice, nailing the oldies with the speeding fines

 

[Ethix101]

-I hate when people are trying to pull out onto a road and instead of waiting for an opening in traffic, they inch out until traffic has to stop to let them go.

-I hate when there's an accident on the other side of the highway and everybody slows down to look at it, causing traffic to backup.

-I hate when people drive around with their turn signals on, or worse...their left turn signal is on, then they make a right turn.

-I hate when people don't pay attention at traffic lights. There's like twenty cars waiting behind them, but when the light goes green. They aren't paying attention, so they don't see it until everybody starts beeping their horns at them, and by then the light is yellow, so only like 3 cars get through.

-I hate people drive around with their subwoofers so loud it shakes MY car. (excessively loud exhausts apply here too)

 

[Klostrophobic]

I assume for a rainy day, but I didn't ask him for fear of what the answer might be.

 

[donbenni]

 

[donbenni]

Completely non car related, but i just thought that i hate it when people don't put their birthdate under their GTP profile. I also hate the fact that i judge people by how old their birthdate says they are.

 

[Gil]

Originally posted by Famine
Indicators too (turn signals, to our US friends)...

Perhaps they don't use them, for fear of breaking the bulb elements? Or they have some kind of epilepsy and are guarding against strobe lighting effects?

This doesn't apply to the US, but in the UK we have a real problem with middle-lane hoggers.

We don't have that problem as much. We have the idiot that drives with his indicators on for 40-50 miles with no turn off in sight. Then about the time you finally get used to the signal being on the dude finally turns off the road.

Then we have the guy who turns right off of a busy road that I'm patiently waiting to turn right onto. He turns without signalling, and ruins my chance to turn onto the highway due to the semi that's barrelling along behind him. I would have had PLENTY of time to enter the traffic pattern if he'd used the signal. Now, I have to wait another 5 minutes for a hole in traffic. Which wouldn't bother me but my destination is only about 3 minutes from where I currently sit.

Then theres the jerk that signals for a right and pulls way to the left before turning. What's that all about? Learn where the wheels are under your car buddy, and you won't have to worry about clipping the curb!

 

[HRT_Maloo]

I hate it when people go 80kmh in a 100kmh zone. Its even worse when they do it in the fastlane of the motorway (****ing Asian drivers) but I tail gate them till they get out of my way.
I also hate people that tailgate for no reason

 

[Ethix101]

Originally posted by HRT_Maloo
I also hate people that tailgate for no reason

Me too. It seems like it's always Soccer-Moms in their mini-vans.

 

[Gil]

I hate tail gaters too. I have a couple of ways to piss them off.
If the road has two lanes going in the same direction, I'll pull up next to the car in the lane next to mine and pace him, blocking the entire road. When he backs off, or pulls a pistol, I speed up and let him pass.

I will also slow down in front of them till they get bored with me and go on around. It depends on the mood I'm in.

Now if I'm running in the Left lane (fast lane) and I'm already five over the speed limit. I'll pull over and let the "low fliers" by. They are the absolute best "radar detectors."
Let 'em get about half a mile ahead, then pace them. The Highway patrol will get them in due time. And you should see the HP in time to "slow your roll."

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Yeah, I hate people who won't get out of the way. It's similar to what Famine was saying earlier. If there's a lane to your left, use it buddy, and get the **** out of my way.

I hate people who come to a T junction, which has two lanes, one for traffic going left, one for traffic going right. They turn right from the left lane. However, I'm so good at spotting when people are likely to do this, it's almost like clairvoyancy.

And similarly to VipFREAK above (if I translated his post correctly), I hate people who slow down to 20mph for corners, then up to limit +10 on the straights. It means I can't pass them, and I get frustrated because I would be so much quicker.

**Note** on the odd (very rare) occasion with full round-the-corner visibility, I have been noted to actually pull into the oncoming lane, outbrake the other person, then sneak round them on the corner.

I hate people who sneak into the safe gap I'm leaving to the car in front, when we're in a 70mph traffic jam.

I hate Vauxhall Vectras.