driving pet peeves

[silverwhisper]

noooooo!

[drops trout as he falls to ground]

done in...by a scene i love!

[gasps]

[chokes]

[watches referee rush onto the field of battle]

[fweet!]

"unsportsmanlike conduct! 15 trout!"

[watches w/ satisfaction as 15 referees smack EJ w/ trout]



ed

 

[Quoll]

Originally Posted by Lynxie
Rotaries are something else out-of-state drivers can't seem to handle - in MA, traffic in the rotary has the right of way, and incoming traffic must yield to them.

we traded in rotary for push-button down here for that exact reason.

Please explain, do you mean they installed traffic lights?

Btw a rotary is also a type of milking system on dairy farms, as well as a community organisation.

 

[Quoll]

A few facts from downunder.

Sealt belts must be worn by EVERYONE it`s about $150 fine payable by the driver if someone in the car is not wearing one.

School zones have a restricted speed limit of 40kph (25mph) some are only applied for two hours during drop off and pick up at the schools others are permanent.

We actually have classes to help the morons install their child seats properly, perhaps we could introduce a neutering service at the same time.

Minimum driving age per state.

NSW: 17

Victoria: 18

South Australia: 16.5

Northern Territory: 17

Tasmania: 17

Western Australia: 17

Queensland: 17

Generally a learners permit can be acquired one year before.
There are discussions being held to make 18 a standard age.

[Peeve]
Idiots that don`t move over to allow people to merge on dual lane highways, it`s the law.

People who don`t watch their kids in carparks.

Is it a universal thing that road rules and indicators apparently don`t apply in carparks?

 

[Quoll]

I don`t remember silver mentiong trout in his "out there fetishes' thread.

I suppose to him it is quite normal. bizarre really,I`m a cod man myself.

 

[Eilan]

gross, i know, but i hadda tell it.

Yeah, it's gross, but my husband has a lot of stories like this from his 27+ years on the job. Sad, really.

Actually, the worst part of his job isn't the grisly accident scenes. It's doing next-of-kin notifications. He's been hit, kicked, spit on, and cussed out for telling people that their family members have died in a car crash. Grief will make people do things they wouldn't ordinarily do, and I don't know that I could predict how I'd react in that situation.

Of course, I'd be a really bad next-of-kin notifier because I'd be crying right along with the family.

 

[MagicFingers]

Don't get me started

Cell phones in a car- cause more wrecks than drinking and drugs!
The "SUV Mentality" - yes, I know what it is. It used to be the pickup truck mentality but has evolved into the SUV types now. Self involved, egotistical, "Get out of my way because I'm bigger and more important than you" type.
People who drive slow for no reason. People who slow down for no reason.
People who cut me off and slow down. It's not so bad if they are going faster and get out of the way.

Here is a good link with an article about bad drivers that came out today in CNN.com. (20% of us would fail the test.)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/05/26/drivers_study/index.html

As the Sarge used to say on Hill Street Blues, "Let's be careful out there."
Especially with the holidays and summer comming up.

 

[EJFan]

Please explain, do you mean they installed traffic lights?

it was a pun that made sense in my feeble little mind... telephones, ya know.

 

[EJFan]

Of course, I'd be a really bad next-of-kin notifier because I'd be crying right along with the family.

i'm in the same place as you on this... no way could i ever do that job. the only way i could handle the emotions would be to be VERY heartless about it and just shut myself down entirely... or... become very passive agressive to the point where it'd be like their loved-one hadn't even died.

 

[Eilan]

i'm in the same place as you on this... no way could i ever do that job. the only way i could handle the emotions would be to be VERY heartless about it and just shut myself down entirely... or... become very passive agressive to the point where it'd be like their loved-one hadn't even died.

That's the problem that law-enforcement officials sometimes have. On the one hand, a car crash, fatal or not, is often a crime scene and needs to be treated as such. When you become desensitized to the carnage because it's part of your job, it's very easy to forget that there IS a human element to it.

However, those men and women can't let their emotions get in the way during an investigation, either. My husband's seen people fresh out of the patrol academy at the top of their class who have to leave that line of work because they can't handle certain emotional aspects of the job--even though their performance in other aspects of the job is stellar.

My husband, even after 27 years, still gets teary-eyed talking about some of the fatal crashes he's investigated, particularly when kids are involved.

 

[Quoll]

it was a pun that made sense in my feeble little mind... telephones, ya know.

Aah I see, I thought it may have been a possible pun but too many rotaries came to mind, and not one of them was a phone.
That and the vision of everyone getting out of their cars and racing to be the first to push the button.

 

[Eilan]

this is why we still have instructions on friggin' shampoo bottles and labels for where the stamps go on envelopes.

Or the instructions on suppositories that say, "Not to be taken orally"?

 

[Quoll]

Or the instructions on suppositories that say, "Not to be taken orally"?

Or why you can not get an actual "hot" cup of coffee anywhere.

 

[Quoll]

Some handy tips.
If you are behind a truck or van, remember that if you can't see their side mirrors they can't see you.

Yes you may have my parking space when I am finished, but please be aware that I need to reverse out of said space first, and no sitting within two feet of me does not give me enough room, also, see above.

Might I also suggest that if you are going to drive around with your indicator on permanently that you expect to be hit or cut off, not everyone is as distrusting as me.

 

[pleasteasme]

Yes you may have my parking space when I am finished, but please be aware that I need to reverse out of said space first, and no sitting within two feet of me does not give me enough room, also, see above.

YES! WTF are they thinking? If I get really ticked off at people like this, I will pull back into the parking spot and sit there....they can damn well find ANOTHER spot! *grrrrr*


For me...and this always seems to happen when I venture to a specific city and travel down this one FWY in particular.........Why the heck do people stay in the fast lane when there is room in the slow lane? @#$%*&@! *this happened yesterday*

 

[Quoll]

YES! WTF are they thinking? If I get really ticked off at people like this, I will pull back into the parking spot and sit there....they can damn well find ANOTHER spot! *grrrrr*


For me...and this always seems to happen when I venture to a specific city and travel down this one FWY in particular.........Why the heck do people stay in the fast lane when there is room in the slow lane? @#$%*&@! *this happened yesterday*

But, but, but, I'm getting off in twenty miles.

 

[pleasteasme]

But, but, but, I'm getting off in twenty miles.

quoll....you can't say "getting off" here and not expect my dirty mind to take it in another way besides driving...........................


I'm just silly that way though

 

[Quoll]

quoll....you can't say "getting off" here and not expect my dirty mind to take it in another way besides driving...........................


I'm just silly that way though

Well I had been reading this thread

 

[Recidiva]

i'm a new jersey native, so driving is near & dear to my heart. but there's a whole host of pet peeves that come along w/ that territory. there are things that other drivers do that just piss me off and i bet i'm far from alone in that respect. what are some of your big driving pet peeves?

some of mine:

1. failure to signal when turning
2. being cut off by someone who then proceeds to drive no faster (or worse, slower) than me.
3. people driving slowly to [perform other activity] who would be better served and less of a hazard to traffic if they just pulled over.

ed

I'm a New Jersey native also, but the rude awful driving there just pushed me the other way.

I can't stand being in a car with someone who does nothing but bitch about traffic. Those guys outside the car? They can't hear you. The people your the car can.

Of course this has only crystallized with a husband who will always drive and will always interrupt ANY conversation to shake a fist and swear.

And he's from Indiana.

 

[kikmosa]

One of my biggest pet peeves in driving is people that let their kids ride in the back of the pick-up. Or their dogs. You have a wreck and everyone and everything back there is dead. This happens a lot back in places like Alabama or Mississippi.
Or kids riding their 4-wheelers beside or even in the road. Have their parents lost their minds? Or parents that give young kids motorbikes. These kids can't even take care of themselves and the parents are going to let them loose with motorbikes? I sometimes think there ought to be a license you have to get to have kids, tests to pass or something.

 

[Quoll]

One of my biggest pet peeves in driving is people that let their kids ride in the back of the pick-up. Or their dogs. You have a wreck and everyone and everything back there is dead. This happens a lot back in places like Alabama or Mississippi.
Or kids riding their 4-wheelers beside or even in the road. Have their parents lost their minds? Or parents that give young kids motorbikes. These kids can't even take care of themselves and the parents are going to let them loose with motorbikes? I sometimes think there ought to be a license you have to get to have kids, tests to pass or something.

Hi gorgeous.
Funny isn't it, you have to study and pass a test before you can drive, yet they'll let any idiot breed.

Over here seat belts are mandatory for all occupants, it is illegal to ride in the back of any vehicle and even dogs must be either caged or on a chain short enough to prevent them from falling off.
It's one thing to teach your kids how to ride a motorbike on your own property, but to let them out on the roads unsupervised, (are helmets mandatory over there?), perhaps they could give funeral vouchers with each bike sold.

 

[kikmosa]

Hi gorgeous.
Funny isn't it, you have to study and pass a test before you can drive, yet they'll let any idiot breed.

Over here seat belts are mandatory for all occupants, it is illegal to ride in the back of any vehicle and even dogs must be either caged or on a chain short enough to prevent them from falling off.
It's one thing to teach your kids how to ride a motorbike on your own property, but to let them out on the roads unsupervised, (are helmets mandatory over there?), perhaps they could give funeral vouchers with each bike sold.

Actually they sell motorbikes built for smaller kids. They are supposed to be dirt bikes only but a lot of kids will drive them alongside the road. These are about 8 to 14 year old kids. In most but not all states, helmets are mandatory but they don't require them for off-road driving. That's where these bikes are supposed to be. Personally I don't think that these kids are old enough to be riding these bikes.

Your not supposed to ride in the back of trucks here either but they still do.

 

[h_i_s]

my biggest driving peeve: People who can't talk and drive at the same time.
Always makes me wonder if they would drive better if the phone were stuck up their careless asses.

 

[Quoll]

Actually they sell motorbikes built for smaller kids. They are supposed to be dirt bikes only but a lot of kids will drive them alongside the road. These are about 8 to 14 year old kids. In most but not all states, helmets are mandatory but they don't require them for off-road driving. That's where these bikes are supposed to be. Personally I don't think that these kids are old enough to be riding these bikes.

Your not supposed to ride in the back of trucks here either but they still do.

Yeah we have them here too, I just don't understand how their parents can let them ride unsupervised or without a helmet, mandatory or not, just seems it would be easier to look after a kid with a broken arm or leg rather than one who ends up brain damaged.
Hell my eight year old is scary enough on a pushbike, let alone one with a motor.

my biggest driving peeve: People who can't talk and drive at the same time.
Always makes me wonder if they would drive better if the phone were stuck up their careless asses.

The ones that scare me is when they are driving and I am a passenger and they have to look at me everytime they speak to me.