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Master list of bad driving tropes

Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:16 pm
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
33577 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:16 pm
Driving slow in the left lane is an obvious baseline, but here are some others that rankle:

--During a left turn at a light, refusing to move forward fully into the intersection prior to actually being able to turn left. This often results in ONLY the bad driver getting to go.

--When moving out of a lane (in either direction), doing so at an extremely lazy angle which leaves them still blocking the lane they were in

--a variant of #2 above: on a divided road with a median, making a left turn and not pulling the entirety of their vehicle into the gap in the median (thus, continuing to have their arse stick out in the moving lane).

--Pulling out in front of you without taking the marginal effort to see there is NOBODY behind you for miles, so if they just waited 2 more seconds, they could go as slow as they wanted without blocking anybody

--Moving from their lane on the Interstate to your lane (in front of you) to pass somebody that was in their lane...but then NEVER immediately getting back over to their original lane once they passed. (This is sort of a more nuanced "going too slow in the left lane" situation)

--Never using cruise control, thus causing you to pass and re-pass them as their speed randomly meanders over the miles (despite your speed never having changed once)

keep going...

ETA:

--not pulling up all the way to the crosswalk when at an intersection; they leave like .5 - 1.5 car lengths there for...? This one pissed me off because it's pure efficiency loss for the system that cannot be regained.

--basically ANY braking at cruising speeds. I will often see their brake lights come on, seemingly randomly, while going like 55. You basically should never have to use your brakes when cruising except for unique/acute events that really require maneuvering. I'll also add here that people have no idea how to defensively use the accelerator to get out of bad situations...they ALWAYS fricking brake.

--2 lane highway, sometimes in hilly/mountainous areas. One RV or just otherwise slow vehicle with a line of 5-10 cars behind them...and they won't just give the courtesy pullover to let the bottleneck pass (even in designated spots for such).

--Another similar one: 2 lane highway, every 20 miles or whatever it goes to an additional lane on one side to allow passing (i.e. easing of the bottleneck). 2 variants:

a)the bad driver DOES NOT GET RIGHT IMMEDIATELY when the new lane emerges

b)the bad driver gets right but then proceeds to go 20mph faster than when it was just 2 lanes, making it much harder to actually pass them
This post was edited on 6/22/22 at 12:50 pm
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119428 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:18 pm to
quote:

Driving slow in the left lane is an obvious baseline, but here are some others that rankle:


quote:

Pulling out in front of you without taking the marginal effort to see there is NOBODY behind you for miles, so if they just waited 2 more seconds, they could go as slow as they wanted without blocking anybody



Two of my biggest. I never understand why people want to pull out in front of you, then go 40 in a 55.
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
4392 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:19 pm to
Not knowing how make a left turn on a divided road. Quit hugging the median!

ETA: It is legal to turn left on red if you are on a one way turning on to another one way.
This post was edited on 6/21/22 at 5:42 pm
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
15804 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:20 pm to
Using the cellphone while driving and being oblivious to what is happening on the road. Texting at a red light and not noticing when it turns green.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
59027 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:20 pm to
quote:

keep going...


I think you covered all the ones that really bother me.
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35558 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:20 pm to
-Stopped at a red light, texting and not realizing that the light turned green, then realizing that the light is green just in time to let 2 cars go
-Leaving an entire car's length in front when first in line at a light...WHY?
-Having no awareness of future moves and making last minute turns, causing everyone behind to slam on their breaks.
-Slow cruising in middle or left lane, with no awareness of people around
-Forgetting to turn blinker off
Posted by BigLSUNut
Prairieville, La.
Member since Oct 2007
1288 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:21 pm to
Not giving a turn signal at a 4 way stop and then TURNING.
Posted by JetsetNuggs
Member since Jun 2014
13979 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:21 pm to
-small beat up car (carolla, civic, etc) with a handicapped symbol on the license plate is someone that sucks at driving
This post was edited on 6/21/22 at 5:23 pm
Posted by mikearch
Member since Feb 2007
222 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:23 pm to
Driving on my f'n road!
Posted by OSoBad
Member since Nov 2016
2007 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:23 pm to
Flashers on when driving in bad rain. How do I know if you're stopped or not??!!
Posted by SpqrTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2004
9274 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:25 pm to
Slamming on the brakes in the left lane to make a U-turn in an unprotected crossover.

Airline Highway in Ascension Parish, I’m looking at you.
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:27 pm to
Stupid people trying to make an unprotected left turn onto a busy boulevard and waiting five minutes for a gap in traffic instead of making a right turn onto the boulevard then a u-turn 300 yards down the boulevard.
This post was edited on 6/21/22 at 5:28 pm
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166470 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:30 pm to
Criminals driving 14 mph under speed limit
Posted by Dantheman504
N/A
Member since Jun 2013
3613 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:33 pm to
When people get over and take 10 minutes to pass. The left lane is the passing lane. Doesn’t mean go 61mph if the other car is going 60mph.

Flashers while it’s raining.

Anyone that slams their breaks when it starts raining or they get to a hill/ bridge.

I’ll also never understand people who slow down to pass 18 wheelers.
This post was edited on 6/21/22 at 5:40 pm
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
57755 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:35 pm to
People who refuse to turn right on red no matter what.
Posted by BoostAddict
Member since Jun 2007
2989 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:37 pm to
People that can't figure out whose turn it is at 3/4 way stop signs. Or the person that obviously gets there before you, comes to a complete stop, then waits for you to come to a complete stop before they maaaaybe decide to go.

People that make right turns like they have a bottle of nitroglycerin sitting on the dash... Just gtf on out the road!
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69176 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:38 pm to
I hate when people turn into the median and leave their arse in the lane when there is plenty of room for the car if they pull up.


I also dislike people who change lanes into merge lanes and speed up lanes.


Also 18 wheelers should never be in the left lane when more than two lanes are available.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69176 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:40 pm to
quote:

basically ANY braking at cruising speeds. I will often see their brake lights come on, seemingly randomly, while going like 55. You basically should never have to use your brakes when cruising except for unique/acute events that really require maneuvering. I'll also add here that people have no idea how to defensively use the accelerator to get out of bad situations...they ALWAYS fricking brak


This. So much this. I can go on interstate without hitting my brakes. I'll coast to a crawl before I hit the brakes.

Boy I fricking turn red when a car with no one for hundreds of feet ahead just starts hitting their brakes.
This post was edited on 6/21/22 at 5:40 pm
Posted by jclem11
Neoliberal Shill
Member since Nov 2011
7824 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:53 pm to
You baws need to take the trainpill and all the driving and traffic problems will disappear.

More trains and less cars is the future.
Posted by baytiger11
Member since Jul 2020
1556 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 5:55 pm to
Coming to an almost complete stop to turn right, almost begging you to rear end them so they can get out holding their neck and call Morris bart
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