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If you drive for uber or lyft and do this I have nothing but contempt for you. I live on the shittiest street, it's way too narrow for the amount of traffic it gets and there are popular restaurants and bars all along it. These idiots like to clog it up further by just stopping in the middle of the road. Not to mention pedestrians dashing across wherever they feel like or standing in the road opening their car door when traffic is coming. I'll always stop for pedestrians at crosswalks, and I'll always honk at someone almost killing themselves because they think traffic will part like Moses at the red sea when they walk into the street. Post your lovely driving peeves here I guess.
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i see randos doing this too not just uber or lyft when did this poo poo start i dont really remember ever having to veer around some rear end in a top hat stopped in a 2 lane street with his hazards on with four cars either direction stopped waiting to get by like anytime before 1-2 years ago
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Dec 8, 2018 23:12
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jimmyjams posted:i see randos doing this too not just uber or lyft Did they recently pass gun control legislation in your area?
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Dec 8, 2018 23:14
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There was a (kinda) blizzard here recently. But I live in Kansas City, we get snow, it should not be an issue. But holy poo poo, I'm trying to get to work and there are people doing 5mph on the interstate with their flashers on as if that means anything. Like, if you're clearly too scared to be out driving in the snow, just don't get in your car in the first place.
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Dec 8, 2018 23:26
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i'll stop wherever the gently caress i want bitch. you're talking to the big dog here.
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Dec 8, 2018 23:26
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Also: people using fog lights in all conditions, it’s like 50% of drivers in London do this.
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Dec 8, 2018 23:27
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Torquemada posted:Also: people using fog lights in all conditions, it’s like 50% of drivers in London do this. I've also recently seen people with their lights actually off driving at night. Because most cars nowadays have fog lights that are running all the time, as soon as the car turns on, people forget that you actually need to turn ALL your car lights on so that I don't drive into the back of you because you're an idiot and forgot to turn your taillights on.
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Dec 8, 2018 23:29
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Hey fog lights look cool, it’s all about status, it’s more like IF there was fog I COULD see through it, peasant. 
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Dec 8, 2018 23:30
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Julius CSAR posted:I've also recently seen people with their lights actually off driving at night. Because most cars nowadays have fog lights that are running all the time, as soon as the car turns on, people forget that you actually need to turn ALL your car lights on so that I don't drive into the back of you because you're an idiot and forgot to turn your taillights on. On the way home from work some rear end in a top hat coworker behind me had their lights off. I flicked mine on and off a few times in the hopes they turned it on but no they had that poo poo off all the way on the freeway and poo poo. I'm just glad they turned off before they caused a wreck near me.
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Dec 8, 2018 23:41
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If you took the wrong exit, please do not start reversing to get back on the highway.
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Dec 8, 2018 23:42
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People are hosed up where I live (northern virginia). Half the people hate merging sensibly or in zipper fashion and instead will opt to just come at you sidways and force you out of the way. I honestly think it's a miracle that I don't get in an accident here every month.
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Dec 8, 2018 23:45
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jimmyjams posted:i see randos doing this too not just uber or lyft Bite squad too, almost forgot about them. They also have the added bonus of the staff of the restaurant they're going into hating them. I've noticed almost every bite squad driver is a fatass, too.
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Dec 8, 2018 23:51
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GokuGoesSSJ3 posted:Bite squad too, almost forgot about them. They also have the added bonus of the staff of the restaurant they're going into hating them. I've noticed almost every bite squad driver is a fatass, too. It really makes you wonder if regular people can’t hold down delivery jobs or if it requires some sort of skill the common man doesn’t possess. 
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Dec 8, 2018 23:54
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If you're waiting to turn left your car should be way into the intersection, like as far as possible so that one or two more can chase you through when the light changes If you wait to turn left behind the stop line you're a dumb pile of pig poo poo
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It really comes down to people being self absorbed assholes. It has gotten worse over the years. 1) Yes, people that use the hazards lights when there is not, other than the one they are creating. It seems there is this belief that deploying hazard lights is like a magic trick that turns any piece of road or parking lot into a parking space. 2) Idlers (sometimes employing hazards). These lazy individuals that think the fire lane in front of the grocery or the extended sidewalk curb in front of whatever strip mall storefront makes a more convenient parking space than the visibile open space in the lot near to them if they gave poo poo about anyone other than themselves and clogging up traffic in the shopping plaza parking lot. Oftentimes they are seen staring into their smart phones while doing so. 3) Aggressive tailgaters in normal traffic. Those assholes than have something against going with the normal flow of traffic and ride up on the rear end of anyone else not concerned with wasting fuel to get to the next light. They tend to also lane shift aggressively in your blind spot and if able, try to fade back over into your lane as near as possible. Sometimes they will flash their high beams at you in an attempt to get their way. Typically young males often driving cars with loud tail pipes. 4) Anyone with a loud tail pipe and makes a show of it. Not sure who they are trying to impress because if it's women, everyone woman I have asked says it is not sexy at all. 5) People who cannot park. I remember this usually being manifested as someone who could not park between the lines, or too close to your door making it difficult/impossible to enter your car. Increasingly I have seen a new version where its not just parking over the line in a space, but over the line and also at an angle to where the car is to some degree diagonal in the space. I know they test for parking in the driving exam, yet this happens. 6) Drivers who either cannot plan for their upcoming turn or who are again, just a self absorbed rear end. They are riding in the left most lane and have to cut across all lanes suddenly to make their turn. Or there is a long line of cars for a turn due to traffic and since they to not wish to wait and rather want to cut in they pass on the left then stop middle lane traffic while they wait for a forced opening of their making. It stops another lane of traffic and pisses of even more people unnecessarily than just those waiting for the turn. This is probably design and the rear end in a top hat driver derives emotional satisfaction. 7) Drivers who don't know how to use headlights. Either riding around with them completely off in traffic at night or stuck on bright settings. 8) Drivers looking at their phone more than the road. 9) The more than one car that turns on left on red at an intersection holding up your turn left on green.
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People in the left turn lane who swerve their car to the right (over the solid white line and into the lane next to them) just before making a U-turn, presumably in an attempt to add a couple inches to their allotted turn radius. You're driving a sedan, pretty sure you'll make the U just fine without that quick swing 6 inches to the right before you begin your left turn. If you think you're not going to have a lot of room, just go straight into the intersection a bit and then start your turn, you'll have plenty of more room that way (you'll have much more room in the intersection to work with and won't be constrained by the sidewalk/intersection corner) and you also won't freak out the drivers going straight in the lane next to you as you veer into their lane. Now I'm seeing people do this when making a regular left turn - I don't even know what the supposed benefit of this maneuver is supposed to be in that situation. Has anyone else noticed this? Nobody I've told so far seems to understand or acknowledge the issue.
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Dec 9, 2018 01:48
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I've noticed it, and it drives me batshit. I've had people almost hit me as they made a left turn because they swung into my lane to the right of them.
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Dec 9, 2018 01:57
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Yeah this is kinda odd, I've seen this more, too, recently, and I'm not THAT old, and in a semi-rural/suburban area and have definitely noticed this even a lot more within the last 5 years or less (the prevalence to just use hazard lights for not real issues). I was basically told, "You turn those bastards on when your car is dead on the side of the road and the hood is popped, or you're leading a funeral procession" or the equivalent. Not "Little Johnny needs to get out in front of school or what the gently caress ever". e: *Has been conditioned to think, based on context, 'poo poo maybe I better consider stopping to help this person' when seeing hazard lights* "hnnngg aaaactually I was just trying to keep cars out of these spots for my slam whale tindr date to float into one of the rear doors of her *snorts* chooosing. She's...BEEEAAAUtiful!" Big Beef City fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Dec 9, 2018 |
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Dec 9, 2018 01:59
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extremely disappointed this isn’t the slam poetry thread
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Dec 9, 2018 02:00
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raton posted:If you're waiting to turn left your car should be way into the intersection, like as far as possible so that one or two more can chase you through when the light changes
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Additionally, on rural or quiet other roads with no signage, it's extremely important that you pull to a complete stop when making a completely uncontested right-hand turn. "Say, friend, is this a 45 mph cty hwy/rd? Well we're the only two cars out here. I best stop entirely to make this right hand turn, just for us both to be safe." e: if you're not from an area like this; and are only doing city driving you may have no idea how many time this has made me tilt my head like a dog and set off the 'Kill Bill' music in my head. Christ this pisses me off. Big Beef City fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Dec 9, 2018 |
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Guy in a Dodge Hellcat Charger (could tell by the racket the thing made) stopped his car right in the middle of the street (which has room for parking on both sides and two cars to pass each other in the middle) and put on his hazards while he looked under the hood for the better part of 15 minutes, then drove away. While it isn't a busy street, about 10-12 cars had to turn around and go around the block. There was no shortage of parking, but he had to make sure that he stopped in the middle of the road, between one of the few spots where two cars were parked opposite each other. People are loving assholes who don't consider anyone else but themselves. Look at the number of people who park in fire lanes in front of grocery stores.
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Dec 9, 2018 02:21
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I hit a homeless man with my car and got away with it in 1992 OP
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I'll flash my hazards if traffic briefly on the freeway in front of me is coming to a complete stop, which is happening a lot lately.
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If you're going more then 10 under the limit for some reason it's ok to flash your hazards
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Making me mad in traffic: I saw an 18-wheeler a few months ago with no loving lights on. On my way home from work there is an intersection with two turning lanes. The leftmost lane is almost always practically empty and the other is usually backed up to the point where I can't even get in and have to turn around at the next light. All because some idiots are afraid they'll miss all four of the next right turns into the shopping center. Another part of my drive home is an intersection with a CVS on the right side. For some reason, people try to cut across the turning lanes to get into the CVS instead of just going straight and turning in at the other entrance and it drives me loving crazy.
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Lotsa road rage itt, turns on flashers.
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Blistex posted:people who park in fire lanes in front of grocery stores.
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Never seen this
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When I’m about to enter a traffic circle and the person in front of me comes to a complete stop for several seconds before entering, even though the circle is completely empty. Usually people around here are okay with traffic circles, but I’ve had this happen several times in the past few weeks.
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i hate people who complain about traffic. like maybe just leave a few minutes earlier and then you can chill out a little and the uber driver won't ruin your loving day
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Uber and Lyft drivers are consistently the worst drivers on the road. There is literally no exception to this. They are all loving retard idiots. I've stopped using both because they suck poo poo and their surge pricing is blatant price gouging.
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poverty goat posted:i hate people who complain about traffic. like maybe just leave a few minutes earlier and then you can chill out a little and the uber driver won't ruin your loving day
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Chinatown posted:Uber and Lyft drivers are consistently the worst drivers on the road. There is literally no exception to this. They are all loving retard idiots. I paid 32$ for a safe ride in a non smelly suv from DCA to fairfax, va this week. Half the cost of a cab at 5pm local time on Tuesday.  Took one back on Thursday at 6am! For the same price.
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:Did they recently pass gun control legislation in your area? people still drive like morons in texas sadly
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Chinatown posted:Uber and Lyft drivers are consistently the worst drivers on the road. There is literally no exception to this. They are all loving retard idiots. Just call a cab you loving libertarian idiots! 
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:Just call a cab you loving libertarian idiots! Cabs in Calgary are cheaper (by half some times) than Uber because of the price gouging Chinatown mentioned due to their "high demand" times. You'll see 15 Ubers circling aimlessly, waiting for requests, and as soon as it hits a magical time (11:00pm+ on a Thursday-Sat) somehow demand just goes through the roof. . . despite there still being 14 Ubers circling aimlessly. Also, the last 4 Ubers I took all had a bottle of cologne opened on the dash and the 5 minutes I was in the car ensured that I needed a shower, to wash everything on my person, and something for a migraine. Since 2+ years ago, nearly every cab service has an app similar to Uber, so they're just as convenient to hail.
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i used to think that this was a toronto thing but based on this thread cars should be banned everywhere
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Fojar38 posted:i used to think that this was a toronto thing but based on this thread idiots should be banned everywhere I used to think that Toronto was bad, until I had to make a left-hand turn at a light in Calgary. Every car seems like it has to ponder the turn for a while before actually doing it. So you end up with 5-7 cars making a left hand turn that has time for 15-20. Blistex fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Dec 9, 2018 |
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Blistex posted:Cabs in Calgary are cheaper (by half some times) than Uber because of the price gouging Chinatown mentioned due to their "high demand" times. You'll see 15 Ubers circling aimlessly, waiting for requests, and as soon as it hits a magical time (11:00pm+ on a Thursday-Sat) somehow demand just goes through the roof. . . despite there still being 14 Ubers circling aimlessly. You skipped my anecdote.  I like the new “safety” features of Uber tho, I can share my location with people.
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