The absolute STUPIDITY of smokers who don't know they have an ashtray and throw their butts out the window.

AMEN!! 

- Texting
- Women applying their makeup and using their rear view mirror to do it.
- Someone trying to do both.

But if they are using a hand mirror or the mirror on their visor it's OK?   

I remember the day Neal Boortz was talking about this issue and mentioned that the technical term for painting one's face with cosmetics is "farding".  So what you are saying is that you hate it when women fard in the car.

Since I now live a mile from work in a town of under 100,000, the commute is pretty benign.  However we had a light coating of snow a few days back which made the streets extremely slippery.  People were driving their normal speed and sliding all over the place.  45 accidents reported by 9:30 am.  Because of them trying to hurry, everyone was late.

Not sure if this is the right thread for this, but with the days getting shorter we're soon commuting in the dark:  Those damn xenon headlights (you know the ones,,,the super-bright blue headlights that blind you whether they're in front of you or behind you).  There's been enough complaints about them that I hope they're taken off the market soon.

There may be some residents who disagree but when I lived in Minneapolis, I was always amazed at how polite the majority of drivers were for being in a city of over 2 million....even notice it now when I go back to visit.  What they say about "Minnesota Nice" must be true.

In my area, the biggest problem I have with drivers is at a 4 ways stop sign intersection. When the first person proceeds through the intersection, the car right behind him will tailgate him through the stop.  Can't tell you how many times I have had to panic stop to avoid an accident.  Is time saved worth a possible injury?

Quote from: buddha on October 24, 2009, 07:46:27 AM

Tailgaiters by far.
The speed limit is the speed limit. If I'm travelling at the speed limit and a driver has to tailgate me until I become intimidated enough to pull over (not likely) perhaps he should wake up a half hour earlier so he can get to work on time.
The speed limit is called that for a reason. It applies in all the lanes.....EVEN THE FAST ONE! It doesn't mean that you can play bumper tag with me until I accept your suppositions that A) your penis is bigger than mine and B) where you're going is more important in the overall scheme of things than where I'm going.
Wake up earlier, leave the house on time, and cooperate with the rest of us humans.
Remember, if you're the second car in line the responsibility for a rear end collision is yours, no two ways about it. Check the law as it pertains to "following too closely". It doesn't matter if the car in front of you is going 20 mph under the limit, it's still your fault if you hit him.
 

Then how come cars are made that can go faster than the speed limit?? 

And, most police officers won't pull you over unless you are doing more than 10 MPH over the posted limit.  And most multilane roads have posted signs that state:  "Slower Traffic Keep Right".  AND, most police officers that I know will pull you over if you are impeding the flow of traffic by going at or less than the speed limit in the left lane because you are not "in the act of passing".

You can complain all you want about people tailgating you in the left lane, but who's the bigger *&^%$%&(**& ?  And by the license plate in your signature, I know the answer to that...  

It's really funny to me that drivers in all the states surrounding Wisconsin complain about Wisconsin drivers!!  Must be that cheeseheads are so much better at driving than Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa drivers... RIGHT!!!!   

   
         Well said ROB--------

Quote from: BaldRob on October 22, 2009, 08:12:23 AM

I can't say much on the tailgating thing, since that's the norm around here and I do it...

However, my biggest one is the morons that think they have to self-impose the speed limit in the fast lane...  When cars are screaming past you on the right, it means it's time to move over!

"Just because you can drive in the left lane doesn't mean you should"  - BaldRob

We now have a law in Louisiana that provides that the left lane is for passing, and there's a $100 fine for hanging out in the left lane if the right lane(s) is(are) available.  There are exceptions, right hand lane congestion, etc.  but at least it's a start, if they enforce it.  Louisiana is a state with a reputation for ignoring laws rather than obeying them, but our state police are pretty fair.  I'm hoping. 

We have the same law here in Illinois also...  It's not enforced much in the Chicago area due to the heavy amount of daily traffic, but they enforce it pretty hard downstate though!

Tailgaiters by far.
The speed limit is the speed limit. If I'm travelling at the speed limit and a driver has to tailgate me until I become intimidated enough to pull over (not likely) perhaps he should wake up a half hour earlier so he can get to work on time.

I tend to simply grumble privately when someone drives at a speed limit on a road with an arbitrarily low limit because I know it makes sense to avoid tickets (i.e. driving taxes), but when someone is driving below it I will make my annoyance known to a degree representing the rudeness of the person I'm following. 

For example, on my way home tonight I was on a 70MPH 4 lane highway (BTW is it 4 lanes when each side has two or is that a 2 laner?) and I got stuck behind someone going 49MPH.  49 M-F'ng-PH.  I was stuck behind them because I was about to turn off at the next off ramp and I just didn't understand the gravity of their slowness until entire seasons seemed to pass while I slowly plodded that mile to the ramp.  I usually don't tailgate, but I did and I flashed them the high beams.   Because you're trapped in a car that's about as much as you can do.

Their vehicle was handling just fine and my off-ramp was also the one to the hospital so they were not driving carefully for some medical reason.  There's a road running parallel with a 45MPH speed limit.  They had no business being on this road.  They were just being complete and total a**holes.  People like this are far more dangerous than those who are mildly drunk or those speeding 21MPH over the limit on a road like this.  At least a speeder has to manipulate themselves around existing traffic.  A slow a-hole forces everyone going with the speed of traffic to adapt to their selfishness and change lanes. 

And they actually had the nerve to flip me the bird when I passed them from the friggin's offramp!  Yes, they were going so slow that I easily passed them on the off ramp!


As for the speed limit itself, I totally understand people who obey it and I do not do anything to give those people the impression that I'm aggravated at them, but speed limits are largely set for financial purposes and not safety purposes.  For example, we have a 4 lane (or is it 8 lane?) road going into Orlando and it's limit is 50mph.  The reasons behind the abandoned federal 55mph limit have been shown to be a lie because our highways have been safer with the higher limits even in our modern era of highway texting and dashboard DVD players.  I haven't received a ticket or been pulled over in a very long time (and even that was for a very good extreme reason), but I have lost so much respect for those in the Police profession because they spend most of their time being highway tax collectors with guns.  I'll see them with these sophisticated traps involving numerous officers and their unmarked vehicles and I just shake my head.  They almost remind me of those rogue priests who spend 95% of their time doing good but it's all negated by that other 5% where they are screwing little boys.

Louisiana is a state with a reputation for ignoring laws rather than obeying them, but our state police are pretty fair.  I'm hoping. 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've always heard that Louisiana has a reputation for giving out-of-staters tickets for absurd or even fraudulent reasons.