Every day on my way to and from work I encounter multiple bad drivers. It gets so bad that by the end of the week, I want to start a new business offering driving classes for bad drivers. I don’t think most people realize how irritating their bad driving habits really are to other drivers. Oh, there is another new business idea: stress management classes for all of us who have to tolerate other drivers’ bad driving habits.
The top three bad driving habits that irritate me the most are:
1. drivers who don’t merge properly, which is closely related to,
2. when I put on my blinker to change lanes and the driver in the car behind and to the left of me, accelerates and refuses to let me merge.
3. when people honk at me to speed up when I’m already going faster than I should.
I talked to my co-workers and asked them to chime in on the bad driving habits that irritate them the most, and they had the following to say about drivers and the bad driving habits they are forced to endure.
More Bad Driving Habits
Craig’s pet peeve is drivers who fly up to the front of a lane when lane merges happen. He doesn’t understand how they can justify placing a premium on their time over all of the other people. What makes it even worse is he sees the same drivers do this type of bad driving every day.
Kelly gets irritated when drivers cut her off in traffic by not allowing enough room when passing. Drivers who don’t use their signals are second on her list of bad driving behaviors.
Lizzie weighed in on people who try and read while driving. She asks, “seriously do they honestly think they can a) enjoy a novel and b) pay enough attention to the road to read while driving in bumper to bumper traffic?”
Phil implores drivers to better share the (3 feet of) road with bicyclists. He gets freaked when people are driving too close to him and he’s had a couple instances when he’s had to jump the curb or veer into a ditch to get out of the way.
Cody hates it when drivers talk on their cell phones while trying to merge onto a highway. They forget to look until the last second and end up cutting people off.
Brenda can’t stand when drivers purposely speed up so that it’s hard to merge. She continues, “We’re all on the road together. It is not a race. People are risking their lives when they drive and it’s very dangerous to assume that they won’t hit you or someone else.” [Brenda is using a free icon from http://www.moeruavatar.com/index_en.shtml]
Finally, Jacqui hates it when drivers can’t maintain a speed because they’re talking on their cell phones. She wants drivers to put their phones down and concentrate on their driving.
Bad driving habits really are nerve racking, and they can cause accidents. Check out FrienderBenders.com to meet some bad driving characters without causing an accident.
What bad driving habits get on your nerves? Leave your contribution in the comments below.
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i hate people who complain about other peoples driving skills and diss on the other people on the road who have the superior driving skills to pull off these awesome moves
Let us forget about phoning, texting etc while driving period.
I’m used to and expect all the ” I got to be first” when they reduce the lanes to one, for no reason. And I’m prepared for that one that wants to speed up when I put my blinker on. I do a quick blinker and am already in his lane before he even hits the gas! and since I’ve already accelerated to get into his lane, I obtain a safe distance before I come off the gas. The ones that scare me are the ones 3 lanes over on the left and they come all the way across to get in front of me, to make a right hand turn almost hitting the car in the previous lane and almost side swiping me. They aren’t on a phone or texting, they are just are impatient or realize they want to go the OTHER way down the street. You can’t control anyones actions but, you CAN control your REactions! Keep the distance and be defensive, expect the rude driver, keep your distance BEHIND the cellphone or text driver. Be amazed and happy when another driver lets you over. Give that ALL finger wave…remember how to do that one?
I can’t stand it when I am on a parkway or expressway and the car ahead of me is exiting but refuses to pull into the “exit” lane. They wait until they are right up on the exit ramp and turn from the right lane of the highway thereby slowing all traffic up behind them and also making it very dangerous for the cars that are approaching at highway speeds.