Pet Peeves- Traffic Edition

[C0ckney]

Originally posted by st_swithin


Or even worse, Asian female drivers on the cell phone with their friend in a hurry to get to their manicurist's appointment while doing their mascara in the rearview mirror on the freeway in an Escalade or Navigator.

At night. In the snow. Uphill. Both ways.

i think this might be 'humour', but i could be wrong :/

[FrustratedPoet]

Well, judging from your first post I would have said you wouldn't know humour if it bit you in the ass, but apparently you do ... just. Thank heaven for small mercies.

[st_swithin]

I was laughing when I wrote it. You can tell, because if I'd been driving when I wrote it I'd be smashed between a coupla lorries by now.

FruPoe, you're DEAD wrong. Better luck next time!

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
And I think you forgot to mention that she's also an unemployed single mother.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by st_swithin
FruPoe, you're DEAD wrong. Better luck next time!

oh shucks

[badams52]

drivers who drive 10+ above the posted speed limit.

[SpencerH]

Originally posted by badams52
drivers who drive 10+ above the posted speed limit.

Yeah, if they're going that slow they should take the bus instead.

[Provost Harrison]

Drivers of German cars are my pet hates. They are arrogant and think they own the road, they tailgate when you are overtaking at a good speed. And haven't learned simple road etiquette.

And what is this four-way stop you Americans speak of? Is it the equivalent of a mini roundabout?

[Provost Harrison]

Oh and don't get me started on lorry drivers. Why, on a two lane dual carriageway will one lorry start overtaking the other lorry at 0.1mph faster than the other thus blocking up the whole road for everyone else. Arseholes

[Az]

Morons who place a 50kmph sign on a highway that's leading out of the city.
Ass**** policemen that hide behind trees with laser speedometers, and catch you going 90 there, and then administratively revoke your license for 30 days, and put you on trial in April.

yes, this happened to me a week ago.

[Wraith]

--"Oh, and I've asked it before and I'll ask it again (and likely again and again)"

Many do. It just isn't controversial, so it won't make the news.

Wraith
Don't try to engage my enthusiasm--I haven't got one

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Azazel
Ass**** policemen that hide behind trees with laser speedometers, and catch you going 90 there, and then administratively revoke your license for 30 days, and put you on trial in April.

yes, this happened to me a week ago.

What the **** were those policemen thinking?? How dare they uphold the law by catching those who break it?!?

Sorry, but I hate it when people whinge about being caught speeding in those situations. You broke the law, you knew you were breaking it and you were caught. If you can't take the punishment like a man then stop committing the crime.

[JohnT]

You know what pisses me off?? You know WHAT PISSES ME OFF????????

I rent cars on occassion. I get so goddamned pissed when I rent some piece of shiite GM car and park on the wrong side of the fuggin' gas pump! You see, on NORMAL cars, the gas line is on the driver's side... unless you're driving some GM POS, whereupon the gas line is on the passenger side.

Gawd-bloody-DAMMIT!!!!!

[Buck Birdseed]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Drivers of German cars are my pet hates.

Considering your past record shoudn't you be their pet hate?

[Az]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet


What the **** were those policemen thinking?? How dare they uphold the law by catching those who break it?!?

Sorry, but I hate it when people whinge about being caught speeding in those situations. You broke the law, you knew you were breaking it and you were caught. If you can't take the punishment like a man then stop committing the crime.

"take it like a man"

The speed limit there is rediculous. It's a 3 lane highway.

the policemen never ticket the dangerous drivers, the ones that drive fast in neighbourhoods, they just have go to main highways with rediculous speedlimits (70 kmph on the highway! ) and wait for the prey. And these roads don't go in the middle of residential areas or something... this is sheer stupidity.

[:) Smiley]

What is up with some cars having the gas on the left and some on the right? Is there any logic to it?