WE all have bad driving habits. I have my pet peeves about driving. My personal favorite is no turn signal and then they turn. Name your bad driving habits.
Bad driving habits
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Texting while driving, followed very closely to drivers who feel it necessary to come to a complete stop to make a right turn.....any right turn, not just at stop lights.
Being a passenger when my wife is driving. I don't want to die. 
Texting while driving, and changing lanes(crossing them all in an instant- no signal, just turn that wheel and the rest will deal.)
Texting, no turn signal, driving under the speed limit in the passing lane. Driving well below the speed limit (like 20 in a 35 for example) in either lane. Putting on makeup , shaving, etc. I could go on and on and on. Basically, I'll be happy when I can teleport or retire and not have to commute anymore!
Someone always steals my crank, and I think it's my neighbour from 1934.
Well, I come from the land of Ma$$holes. We primarily earned that designation for our overly aggressive driving habits. Driving in my state is not for the faint of heart.......
Another one of mine-People who feel the need to be close enough to see my self in the mirror with driving too closely.
...every other driver on the road annoys me!!….I am the only picture of vehicular perfection out there in the asphalt jungle.....
Of course!!
I just hate the ones who think they own the roads. They want everyone to move for them.
I forgot the mergers - those who stop ( Don't. stop. MERGE!) and those who won't let you in (I know you FREAKIN' see me!!))
Oh well, time to log off and go play in traffic, and rain! God help me!!
Oh well, time to log off and go play in traffic, and rain! God help me!!
People almost killing me on the Autobahn.
Drove 152 mph, had a Porsche, and a Bmw behind me.
Trucks on the right Lane,a Fiat Panda
behind a Truck,driving 38 Mp/h
I thought, "Please, don't do it"....but he did..
Had to beak from 152 to 37 , thought i'm gonna Die
Drove 152 mph, had a Porsche, and a Bmw behind me.
Trucks on the right Lane,a Fiat Panda
behind a Truck,driving 38 Mp/h
I thought, "Please, don't do it"....but he did..
Had to beak from 152 to 37 , thought i'm gonna Die
I totally agree with this! They all annoy me for a whole mess of reasons. That may be true in Ohio, GNTLGNT , but here I hold that title.
I'm sure every city has a neighborhood like this. Sadly, it's become gentrified, with the hipsters moving in and all the old folks packed off to Assisted Living Facilities.
I seen people take the cake on bad driving this week. It was hailing so instead of pulling over on to the side of the road. They stop under a bridge. A line of cars all under the bridge blocking the highway. so others could not pass what so ever. I got stuck behind a line of cars for 13 minutes while it hail.
I don't want to be too sanctimonious, but I've tried really hard over the years to not have bad habits.
I take corners fast because it's fun, but I'm always safe about it. I don't cut off pedestrians or bikes or other vehicles.
I like to take off fast from the light/stop sign, which is a habit from motorcycling days when you want to put distance between you and the pack, but it's also fun.
Bicyclists can annoy me, but there's a 3-foot law in Colorado, and I think it's a good one, and I obey it.
If someone cuts right in front of me, or doesn't use a turn signal ,I slow down and give them room. Why should I let them have enough control over my mood to give me a bad one? I don't even know them.
If I'm driving aggressively, which doesn't happen too often anymore, I make sure there's safe space between me and others and use my turn signal for the lane change.
I let cars in front of me who are struggling to change lanes, WITH THE EXCEPTION (and maybe this is my bad habit), if they've charged up, trying to wedge in. Then I'll cut 'em off and pretend not to notice them. But if it looks like, oh, man, they got stuck in a lane that's disappearing and they didn't notice until it was too late, sure, they can get ahead of me.
I like to go fast but stay within whispering distance of the speed limit**. In residential areas and school zones, I am scrupulous about observing speed limit and hypervigilant with the surroundings. After listening to thousands of pieces of litigation over the years, the thought of killing a kid who just happens to be out of place is terrifying. You don't want to do that.
Okay. After all that blather, here it is. I eat in the car a lot. I don't think that's such a good thing, but it bugs the hell out of me to spend the time in a place just sitting and eating when I could be getting someplace else.
**There are exceptions. On a lonely state highway in another state, I found out that the Little Red Beast can go 120 mph with plenty left to spare.
I take corners fast because it's fun, but I'm always safe about it. I don't cut off pedestrians or bikes or other vehicles.
I like to take off fast from the light/stop sign, which is a habit from motorcycling days when you want to put distance between you and the pack, but it's also fun.
Bicyclists can annoy me, but there's a 3-foot law in Colorado, and I think it's a good one, and I obey it.
If someone cuts right in front of me, or doesn't use a turn signal ,I slow down and give them room. Why should I let them have enough control over my mood to give me a bad one? I don't even know them.
If I'm driving aggressively, which doesn't happen too often anymore, I make sure there's safe space between me and others and use my turn signal for the lane change.
I let cars in front of me who are struggling to change lanes, WITH THE EXCEPTION (and maybe this is my bad habit), if they've charged up, trying to wedge in. Then I'll cut 'em off and pretend not to notice them. But if it looks like, oh, man, they got stuck in a lane that's disappearing and they didn't notice until it was too late, sure, they can get ahead of me.
I like to go fast but stay within whispering distance of the speed limit**. In residential areas and school zones, I am scrupulous about observing speed limit and hypervigilant with the surroundings. After listening to thousands of pieces of litigation over the years, the thought of killing a kid who just happens to be out of place is terrifying. You don't want to do that.
Okay. After all that blather, here it is. I eat in the car a lot. I don't think that's such a good thing, but it bugs the hell out of me to spend the time in a place just sitting and eating when I could be getting someplace else.
**There are exceptions. On a lonely state highway in another state, I found out that the Little Red Beast can go 120 mph with plenty left to spare.
OMG! I call my 2001 Escort ZX2 The Red Beast!!