As I was driving to work today I ran into another pet peeve on the road that I wanted to discuss. I hate it when you're minding your own business, driving along at the speed limit, or maybe just a teensy bit over, and someone pulls out in front of you and goes 10-20 miles under what you were driving. Now don't get me wrong, I am A-OK with someone pulling out in front of me if they make an effort to get up to speed so I don't have to hit the brakes. If I'm in the situation where I need to get out in front of someone, I try to have the pedal to the metal so they don't even have to slow down. If you can't do that for other people, you should just wait until you have a large opening, so you can fiddle fart around on your own time.
Whilst I'm on the subject of driving, I just thought of something else that annoys me. Let's say you want to turn left onto a busy street and you don't have a traffic light. If you're on a street that has ample room for someone else to turn right while you're waiting to turn left, why not scooch as far over to the left as possible. It drives me completely bonkers when I have to sit there for 5 minutes waiting for someone else to turn, when I could've turned right away if they wouldn't have plopped themselves smack dab in the middle of the lane.
I think that most, if not all, of my road peeves are common sense if you're a defensive and courteous driver. Maybe I just think about the other person too much. Anyone have any thoughts on this, am I too demanding? Do I expect too much? Click the bubble below to add comments...