We're only going to get 3 cars through this turn signal?

[Ele'ill]

Seriously?

And other everyday shit that fucking pisses you off-

Fucking grocery stores and people that cannot control their carts. If you block my path once I'm ok with it if you do it twice in a row and then glare at me your cart gets dumped. Fuck that shit.

People on 82nd avenue asking me if I want 'those dents popped out of your car' - I understand you're trying to get by and make some extra cash- I'm ok with that and will politely decline. If you swear at me afterwards you'll be spending the day popping dents out of your own vehicle.

People with 'four wheel drive' doing 15-20 miles per hour over the speed limit during an ice storm.


Oncoming traffic that upon seeing you trying to make a left hand turn onto a road- speeds up.

People in vehicles looking for a parking spot that stalk you in a busy and full parking lot as you walk to your vehicle. I don't tolerate this and will lead them miles from my own vehicle if possible.

Those that drive in the rain as if they were actually out in it- this mainly occurs in parking lots when people are trying to walk somewhere but get cut off by speeding cars.

When yellowjackets fly up and do that absurdly infuriating zigzag "I'm going to eventually land and then accidentally fly down your shirt and sting you to death" right in your face.

This list will go on

[Lobotomy]

Fucking oversized strollers that take up two thirds of the sidewalk.

[Il Medico]

Garbage trucks, I fucking hate garbage trucks.

[Political_Chucky]

People with 'four wheel drive' doing 15-20 miles per hour over the speed limit during an ice storm.
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[Tablo]

When my roommate leaves the door to our dorm open. When my roommate doesn't spray the bathroom after stinking it up. When my roommate doesn't pick up after himself. WHen my roommate doesn't wash his dishes. Pretty much everything my roommate does pisses me off.

[Ele'ill]

When my roommate leaves the door to our dorm open. When my roommate doesn't spray the bathroom after stinking it up. When my roommate doesn't pick up after himself. WHen my roommate doesn't wash his dishes. Pretty much everything my roommate does pisses me off.

Yes.

My roommate and I are pretty good friends but holy shit, in regards to responsibility, it's like living with a 15 year old.

[Ele'ill]

Garbage trucks, I fucking hate garbage trucks.

Why? What's the story?

[Ele'ill]

youtube video

I hope you don't pressure other drivers especially in Oregon as you may find marbles striking your windshield. :lol:

[Political_Chucky]

I hope you don't pressure other drivers especially in Oregon as you may find marbles striking your windshield. :lol:
Hahaha, yeah last thing I need on my car. I assure you though, I always drive away really fast away from drivers so they don't feel pressured to move:lol:

[Ele'ill]

Hahaha, yeah last thing I need on my car. I assure you though, I always drive away really fast away from drivers so they don't feel pressured to move:lol:

You're a big part of the reason that I am out of windshield wiper fluid after ten minutes on the highway.

[Ele'ill]

Fucking oversized strollers that take up two thirds of the sidewalk.

I'm respectful of this to a point, as I have a daughter and remember the stroller days but I've been run into and glared at so many times that it has sort of become the same as grocery carts.

That and when people (usually moms only, unfortunatly) that plan get togethers with others that have kids and they decide to meet at a generally quiet cafe. The kids can be well behaved but the giant strollers block all the outlets and that means I can't use my 1995 thinkpad laptop because the battery is crap.

[Bright Banana Beard]

Use 3 wheel for rain and 2 for snow or 1 for the worst snow

[Blackscare]

Use 3 wheel for rain and 2 for snow or 1 for the worst snow

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[Bright Banana Beard]

I am referring to (number) wheel drives. It where you P-R-N-D4-D3-D2-D1

Any driver will understand what I am referring to.

[Blackscare]

I am a driver, I wasn't aware that you

A) could choose between 1-4 wheels (aside from 2 wheel, and 4 wheel)

B) should use one wheel in heavy snow

Nor do I believe it.

Are you referring to gear?

[Ele'ill]

Use 3 wheel for rain and 2 for snow or 1 for the worst snow

And 0 wheel drive for when you want to fly

[¿Que?]

I hate people that ride your ass in the highway. I hate it because if you have to break suddenly they're going to ram you, and they don't have the sense to keep a safe distance between them and the car in front of them. It really pisses me off when people put me in danger, in spite of the precautions that I take.

[Ele'ill]

I am referring to (number) wheel drives. It where you P-R-N-D4-D3-D2-D1

Any driver will understand what I am referring to.

I understand, Gran Rojo.

But D4-D3-D2-D1 etc.. are generally a literal translation to automatic shifting if I'm not mistaken.

[Blackscare]

I hate when people brake check me.


I also love brake checking people.

[gorillafuck]

When people have their turn signal on so I go but they don't turn and almost hit me.

[StalinFanboy]

Tweakers and other rabble that ask for money in a rude tone. Or ask for money and then get mad if I don't hand any over.

SORRY BRO I'M BROKE TOO

[Bright Banana Beard]

I understand, Gran Rojo.

But D4-D3-D2-D1 etc.. are generally a literal translation to automatic shifting if I'm not mistaken.
Well, it does appear in my car's gear shift, it have all the number of 1 ti 4.

[Kléber]

I hate when some bastard lets their kids play in the middle of the street, forcing me to move into the other lane to avoid them, then has the nerve to yell "Hey idiot, stay on the right side of the road!" >_<

[Il Medico]

Why? What's the story?
I deliver the newspaper in an area that is 99% narrow streets flanked by canals. They are big bulky things whose drivers insist on driving in the middle of the god damned road with their brights on, making it literally impossible to see while trying to go around them. I get run off the road almost nightly and I have more than once almost hit a mail box or fence because the bastards think they own the road. Plus, at least as of late, they have an obesion with leaving trash cans in the middle of the street, making driving down any street they've been to like going through an obsticle course. I won't miss having to deal with them come the 20th.

[Magón]

People who don't know shit about their car, and yet rather take it to someone like myself who could have probably fixed the original problem in fifteen, twenty minutes, depending, they try and fix it themselves and just break it even more, make it harder on me. Then they wonder why they have to be charged for extra time and parts.


Shit, not my fault you tried replacing a spare tire with the wrong nuts, and added to that, the axle was bent so that's why you were getting that "weird" vibration in the steering wheel when you tried turing left or right.


FYI folks, if your tire falls off or you get a weird vibration in the steering wheel, don't try and fix it yourself if you don't know shit about a car.

[Ele'ill]

Plus, at least as of late, they have an obesion with leaving trash cans in the middle of the street, making driving down any street they've been to like going through an obsticle course.

So they're anarchists- good deal.

[bcbm]

I hate people that ride your ass in the highway. I hate it because if you have to break suddenly they're going to ram you, and they don't have the sense to keep a safe distance between them and the car in front of them. It really pisses me off when people put me in danger, in spite of the precautions that I take.

maybe if you'd stop going equal to (or god help me, under) the speed limit in the fast lane on the highway i wouldn't have to ride your ass.

seriously. two lane highway. two cars right next to each other going the same. fucking. speed. :sneaky:


actually just about everything about driving pisses me off, but i also drive like i live in a city about six times the size as this one so....

[Political_Chucky]

I deliver the newspaper in an area that is 99% narrow streets flanked by canals. They are big bulky things whose drivers insist on driving in the middle of the god damned road with their brights on, making it literally impossible to see while trying to go around them. I get run off the road almost nightly and I have more than once almost hit a mail box or fence because the bastards think they own the road. Plus, at least as of late, they have an obesion with leaving trash cans in the middle of the street, making driving down any street they've been to like going through an obsticle course. I won't miss having to deal with them come the 20th.

HAHAHA I'm sorry man, but that sounds kinda funny in retrospective:lol:

Seems like the thing that pisses people off the most has something to do with a car or vehicle

[¿Que?]

maybe if you'd stop going equal to (or god help me, under) the speed limit in the fast lane on the highway i wouldn't have to ride your ass.

seriously. two lane highway. two cars right next to each other going the same. fucking. speed. :sneaky:


actually just about everything about driving pisses me off, but i also drive like i live in a city about six times the size as this one so....
I stay in the right lane. And I am a conscientious driver. If I'm next to a car in a two lane road, and I notice someone's in a hurry, I'll slow down and provide an opening. I drive slow mostly because if I push my car to really high speeds, it'll probably break down. That and high speeds tend to scare the shit out of me.

[synthesis]

I hate when you're at a four-way intersection and everyone keeps waving to the next person to go, then they pull out at the same time and brake at the same time and it takes like fifteen minutes just to get through. This may only occur in Portland.

Mari3L, I'm surprised - usually the newcomers gripe about Portland drivers being "too polite."

[Ele'ill]

I hate when you're at a four-way intersection and everyone keeps waving to the next person to go, then they pull out at the same time and brake at the same time and it takes like fifteen minutes just to get through. This may only occur in Portland.

Mari3L, I'm surprised - usually the newcomers gripe about Portland drivers being "too polite."

Something unique to Portland is when you're making a left turn off a main road and the traffic off that road you're turning onto has a stop sign they assume every single fucking time that they have the right of way- as if you have an invisible stop sign in the middle of the main road.



Also at a particular town center in Portland this half-wit early teenager stops in the middle of a crosswalk and proceeds to have a 'shout conversation' with his friend standing on the sidewalk but it lasted briefly before I buried my forehead into my steering wheel and engaged the horn for a solid 30 seconds.

PNW drivers are not combative compared to the East Coast.

[Magón]

Drivers in Cali are pretty much assholes to anyone who doesn't understand our way of driving. For example if you turn your blinker on, trying to get into the next lane, don't expect someone in the next lane to allow you in. They'll pull up right beside you and make it a ***** to get in.

I had a friend from NYC visiting one, and we were driving up around SF and the drivers kept doing it to her. I kept telling her to quit turning her blinker on.

[Ele'ill]

When you're making yet again a left hand turn off the main road (not at a traffic light) across two lanes and only one lane is backed up and the idiots sitting there franticly wave you on but you can't see the traffic coming in the other lane.

I had someone go around me once and cut the turn in front of where I was sitting and almost die when a car in that second lane came flying through at 35+ (since their lane wasn't backed up)

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

I hate arrogant arsehole motorists who think they have a God-given right to drive wherever and however the want, and pedestrians like me be damned. No, I will not apologise for using the zebra crossing while you were in too much of a hurry to give me right of way like the law says you're supposed to! Fucking dickhole. I'm not the one in charge of ton or more of steel and plastic belching out fumes.

[La Comédie Noire]

Oncoming traffic that upon seeing you trying to make a left hand turn onto a road- speeds up.Or when they slow down, but still just fast enough so you can't go! So then the three cars behind them get to go! I understand they're being "catious," but c'mon!

And then there's those people who think they are really good drivers so they can go really fast weaving in and out of traffic or tail gate you so they can win the gold cup in whatever private race they are in.

But the one thing I hate the most is people who decide it's a good idea to yell at you from their car or throw something at you. The greatest moment of my life was when I was walking to my girlfriend's house one night and this guy drives by and is like "fuck you you fucking faggot HAHAHAHAHA-" only to not be looking when he plows into the side of a car and spins out.

Yes, he felt quite stupid as he used my cell phone to call the police. He's lucky if I had been a Right Libertarian, I probably would have kept walking.

[Martin Blank]

I had one of these today at the grocery store. These fucking morons who hurp-durp down the middle of the parking lot aisle, appearing to be completely oblivious to the hulking Ford Explorer (mine) behind them moving at less than idle speed because these meatheads are too stupid or lazy (or arrogant) to move over three fucking feet!

Someday I'm going to just lose my shit and hit the gas, thus reducing the Republican Party voter pool by three or four.

For now, I won't say anything else about the shit-for-brains in her fucking Prius who decided to block me into a parking space, then had the fucking gall to yell at me for wanting to get out.

[Kuppo Shakur]

I love it when drivers get so worked up that they stick out their window from the waist up and shake their fists and yell. Then they end up swerving around and almost falling out of the car.

[synthesis]

Something unique to Portland is when you're making a left turn off a main road and the traffic off that road you're turning onto has a stop sign they assume every single fucking time that they have the right of way- as if you have an invisible stop sign in the middle of the main road.

What do you mean? Like they're going straight through and just book it when you slow down to turn? I can't say I've noticed this.


I hate arrogant arsehole motorists who think they have a God-given right to drive wherever and however the want, and pedestrians like me be damned. No, I will not apologise for using the zebra crossing while you were in too much of a hurry to give me right of way like the law says you're supposed to! Fucking dickhole. I'm not the one in charge of ton or more of steel and plastic belching out fumes.

Nothing personal, but I would seriously run people like you over if I thought I could get away with it. If I slow down and let you cross, I better get a "thank you" wave.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Nothing personal, but I would seriously run people like you over if I thought I could get away with it. If I slow down and let you cross, I better get a "thank you" wave.

If you're the type that actually slows down then I have no issue. It's the ones that don't who need to be tied to their roofracks while their car is pushed into the nearest significant body of water.

[Lobotomy]

I'm respectful of this to a point, as I have a daughter and remember the stroller days but I've been run into and glared at so many times that it has sort of become the same as grocery carts.

I don't mind the little strollers that are easily folded up. They don't take up too much space when in use. I only get annoyed of the huge bulky ones with a ton of pouches and cup holders and shit that take up more room than a wheelchair. I see no reason why someone would need that for only one child. But then, I've never had kids so maybe there is some reason I'm unaware of.

[bcbm]

I hate arrogant arsehole motorists who think they have a God-given right to drive wherever and however the want, and pedestrians like me be damned. No, I will not apologise for using the zebra crossing while you were in too much of a hurry to give me right of way like the law says you're supposed to! Fucking dickhole. I'm not the one in charge of ton or more of steel and plastic belching out fumes.

get off my roads you baby

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^

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

get off my roads you baby

Screw you, Earth-killer! :D

[bcbm]

its us vs. nature and i intend to win

[Martin Blank]

I hate arrogant arsehole motorists who think they have a God-given right to drive wherever and however the want, and pedestrians like me be damned. No, I will not apologise for using the zebra crossing while you were in too much of a hurry to give me right of way like the law says you're supposed to! Fucking dickhole.

If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the sidewalk.


I'm not the one in charge of ton or more of steel and plastic belching out fumes.

That's right. You're not. So shut up and drive.

Maybe you can get one of those cute little wind-up car toys you Europeans like to drive so much. You know the ones -- the cars with the lawn mower engines that go 0-100 kph in about five hours, can be tossed by a stiff wind, and need to be chained down at night or else someone might pick it up and walk away with it. :D

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Or maybe I don't want any kind of car because they're the modern-day equivalent of Roman chariots, imperiously running down the plebs who don't know what's good for them, fucking hippies. Don't they know God gave us the right to ruin urban living by clogging up the vital arteries of our cities with gigantic shiny four-wheeled penis substitutes that vomit forth a vile cocktail of carcinogens when they're not spending 90% of their time badly parked on the fucking pavement and therefore being as conducive to easy access as a trapdoor with a woolly mammoth wedged in it?

[bcbm]

they're the modern-day equivalent of Roman chariotsdude you just made me feel so much better about my car


Don't they know God gave us the right to ruin urban living by clogging up the vital arteries of our citiescities over here are basically designed for life to be as miserable as possible if you don't own a car and have to travel more than a couple miles from home

[Ele'ill]

I went two years straight without a vehicle and within several days after I first ditched it I had this surreal moment where I realized that I could go anywhere in any way that I wanted. I stood there and watched the cars following stupid set-path roads. I actually got to see my neighborhood and this advice should be sticky'd somewhere because it's important- if you want to get to know your city intimately- walk it for a week or longer- everything comes to life.

[Magón]

You followed the roads? :tt2:

[Ele'ill]

You followed the roads? :tt2:

No, I walked all over.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I've read statistics which indicate that my current state of residence has the worst drivers in the United States. I can believe it, too. :unsure:

Also, there's one or possibly two RevLefters who you should never get into a car with. They shall remain nameless as I don't want to embarrass anyone, but I'm just throwin' that out there...

[Jazzhands]

I stay in the right lane. And I am a conscientious driver. If I'm next to a car in a two lane road, and I notice someone's in a hurry, I'll slow down and provide an opening. I drive slow mostly because if I push my car to really high speeds, it'll probably break down. That and high speeds tend to scare the shit out of me.

Congratulations, you do not exist.

What pisses me off? fucking assholes with their fucking brights on ALL THE FUCKING TIME. even when the sun has been fully up for an hour! if they're behind you, they shine in all your fucking mirrors when you're trying to make a turn. they make it so that you can't look anywhere else but forward without going blind. they ignore the rules on headlights, which make it illegal to shine your brights when there's another car less than 500 fucking yards in front of you. you know what pisses me off more? bright assholes, IN SUVS. if you have less than a full platoon's worth of people in your family, there is no fucking excuse WHATSOEVER to have this vehicle. you can't see around them, you can't park next to them, you can't see in front of them, and people who own them are just generally assholes anyway.

in short, eat shit and die.

[Jazzhands]

Or maybe I don't want any kind of car because they're the modern-day equivalent of Roman chariots, imperiously running down the plebs who don't know what's good for them, fucking hippies. Don't they know God gave us the right to ruin urban living by clogging up the vital arteries of our cities with gigantic shiny four-wheeled penis substitutes that vomit forth a vile cocktail of carcinogens when they're not spending 90% of their time badly parked on the fucking pavement and therefore being as conducive to easy access as a trapdoor with a woolly mammoth wedged in it?

You could get a real roman chariot. it solves all those problems.

[Nietzsche's Ghost]

I hate other drivers as well as all pedestrians. They have no right to exist when I am driving.

[Bright Banana Beard]

No man, no problem!

Sadly, there is so many many as there is so many problems...

[synthesis]

Or maybe I don't want any kind of car because they're the modern-day equivalent of Roman chariots, imperiously running down the plebs who don't know what's good for them, fucking hippies. Don't they know God gave us the right to ruin urban living by clogging up the vital arteries of our cities with gigantic shiny four-wheeled penis substitutes that vomit forth a vile cocktail of carcinogens when they're not spending 90% of their time badly parked on the fucking pavement and therefore being as conducive to easy access as a trapdoor with a woolly mammoth wedged in it?

I think it's funny that, as far as I know, all the people who gave you shit are from the States. For the most part, everything is spread out here, and most of the country's development over the 20th century evolved with the preconception that everyone drives their own car.

For most people in the U.S., especially outside the big cities, not having a car isn't an option - i.e., it's a huge pain in the ass. When it comes to the right of way, pedestrians tend to be considered second-class citizens.

[eyedrop]

There are quite a few drivers in this thread that the world would be better of if they were used in experiments to create headless ghosts.

I'm the kind of driver that purposefully stays at the speed limit (or the 10km/h you can drive over in over 60km/h speed limits without getting a ticket due to miscalibration of speedometers and uncertainties in the cops measurements) in one lane roads and refuses to alter my driving in any way to let those fuckers behind trough.

I also have the worst possible luck in traffic controls I would loose my licence on average once a month, besides paying half my monthly wage in traffic tickets if I regularly drove much over the speed limits. The last 2 months I've driven through 4-5 speed tests and being checked twice for licence and alcohol shit, so my luck forces me to be a nice driver.

BTW, my girlfriends almost drove over 3 Bambi's yesterday when I was teaching her to drive. Why the hell does Bambi's always need to sprint onto the road? Shit animals.

[Quail]

BTW, my girlfriends almost drove over 3 Bambi's yesterday when I was teaching her to drive. Why the hell does Bambi's always need to sprint onto the road? Shit animals.
For some reason that really made me laugh :lol:

If I drive, I always drive at the speed limit. I get really pissed off when some arsehole in a souped up Golf overtakes me in a dangerous way, or someone in a BMW drives right up my arse. The latter kind of makes me want to brake suddenly and just laugh at the damage done to their expensive car (while mine would probably be a write-off, but hey ho).

I don't drive up here in Sheffield though. There's no point. I completely sympathise with the zebra crossing thing because some people seem to speed up instead of stopping.

Also, bulky baby buggies are annoying for me too, but I don't walk around ramming people with mine!

[eyedrop]

For some reason that really made me laugh :lol:

Bambi's are really the "cute" rascals of the wild, kicking over trashcans, eating my apples and blocking the door (when I was a kid and had to hurry to school) are among their evil deeds. I hate those bastards, they don't even marry before having kids.

[Ele'ill]

Are the Bambi's running over the roads or are the roads running over the Bambi's

[Os Cangaceiros]

When I was really young, I got a ride home from my friend's dad. We were sitting in the back of his truck when a "bambi" ran out into the road and got hit. Cursing, my friend's dad went out with his "bowie knife", slashed the still-quivering deer's throat and threw it into the back of the truck. I think that I'm still tramautized from that vicious deer slaying.

For my part, I've almost hit deer numerous times, but have never actually connected. My parents got into a car crash once because they swerved to miss one, which just goes to show: if a deer jumps out in front of your car, FLOOR IT.

[Jazzratt]

Are the Bambi's running over the roads or are the roads running over the Bambi's I think it's fairly obvious from people's posts that it is in fact cars that are doing most of the running over.

[Ele'ill]

I think it's fairly obvious from people's posts that it is in fact cars that are doing most of the running over.

Good deal! Pave the planet is a go!

[El Rojo]

When people have their turn signal on so I go but they don't turn and almost hit me.

dude, i never pull out on the basis of someone else indicating. they have on more than one occasion ploughed on. i always wait to see thier wheels turning before i go.
what driving teaches us: trust nobody

[Ele'ill]

but also that the truth is out there

[El Rojo]

driving taught you that?

[Pretty Flaco]

Apparently my driving prowess can be summed up as a "bipolar mixture of an overly cautious elderly driver and a crack addict who's heart is about to explode from overdosing"
some quotes on my driving:
"WTF WE GONNA DIE"
"dude... hand me the wheel before we get like a hundred tickets"
"Son, you should live in the city, so you'll be able to take the bus"
"if you keep driving like this, ill personally make sure you never get your license!"
shit makes me sad ):