America's Top Ten Driving Pet Peeves

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which driver are you ?

With gas prices at an all-time high ? and more Americans on the road than ever ? drivers are bound to be more irritated as they get behind the wheel for a warm-weather road trip or just the daily commute to work.

The Hagerty Collector Network ? the country?s leading insurance company for collector vehicles and boats ? surveyed thousands of members nationwide to find out their top complaints about other drivers. Here are their "Top 10 Driving Peeves.?

1. Distracted drivers talking on cell phones (Motor Mouths)...not me

2. Slow drivers in the fast lane (Turtle Racers)..not me

3. Pushy drivers who tailgat (Piggybackers)...that's me

4. Drivers who weave through traffic to gain one or two car lengths (Wacky Weavers)....me again

5. Obnoxious drivers who speed up to keep you from changing lanes (Gap Snatchers)..used to be me

6. Hasty drivers who change lanes without signaling (Space Invaders)...not me

7. Road Rage (Road Ragers)...used to be me

8. Motorcyclists who race down the middle of a lane, between cars (Speed Racers)...i wouldn't be caught dead on a motorcycle

9. Women applying makeup and men shaving (Driving Divas).....used to be me concerning the make-up

10. Drivers who leave their turn signal on for miles (Morse Coders)....not me
 
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That's funny. 5 of those driving names are also the titles of some of my favorite porn movies. ....'Gap Snatchers' was amazing.

I hate when it's gridlock and people speed up just to hit the brakes. Just allow some space and cruise slow. Saves gas, saves your brakes, saves your sanity.

Oh yeah - jerks with brights on all the time make it hell to drive highways at night.
 
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AR182 said:
no i didn't play for the other team....

it's just my failed attempt at humor...i'm afraid

which type of driver are, kosar ?
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None of the above, man. I just go with the flow.

I never understood tailgaters. You stand to gain nothing and if someone merely taps their brakes, you're in an accident. I'm surprised that you're in that group.

I always get a kick out of the people who swerve, change lanes, fly by you and a minute later you're at the same light. The word 'tool' always comes to mind. Similar to my reaction to the guy in the bright yellow Humvee, but I digress.
 
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i used to be a cab driver in ny, to support my college tuition.....out of necessity i had to be a maniac in order to survive.....

i'm still an aggressive driver but have calmed down quite a bit, thanks to my wife....

i now just tailgate drivers who drive lower than the speed limit.....and i have a feeling that's both of you....
 
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i now just tailgate drivers who drive lower than the speed limit.....and i have a feeling that's both of you....
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lol- not true. Pretty much no matter what type of road i'm on, I go 8 or 9 miles over the speed limit and keep it there. Not interested in driving like a maniac trying to save a minute or two in the long run.

If i'm going 79 on I-75 (speed limit 70 in most areas that I drive it) and some jackass in a psuedo-souped up(bigass tailpipe, ridiculous looking huge spoiler) Honda Civic comes rolling up at 100 mph, well, i'll get over when I can.

Well, that goes for any type of car, but those 19 year olds in their hondas are pervasive.
 
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man i wish we could drive around with paintball guns and freakin tag the lame bastards driving around. people that refuse to let you in has gotta be one of the worst. just to be an ass.
 
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I'm none of those. I have no time for drivers with unrestrained children and drivers who are oblivious to what is going on; ie blocking up intersections and not going when the light is green. The drivers I hate the most are the ones who drive sub-speed limiit but then accelerate to go through a yellow light which leaves all the people behind them to suffer needlessly through another red.
 
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None of the above, man. I just go with the flow.

I never understood tailgaters. You stand to gain nothing and if someone merely taps their brakes, you're in an accident. I'm surprised that you're in that group.

I always get a kick out of the people who swerve, change lanes, fly by you and a minute later you're at the same light. The word 'tool' always comes to mind. Similar to my reaction to the guy in the bright yellow Humvee, but I digress.
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LOL Tool, blow me, just because people want to get somewhere and not be stuck behind a 50 year old woman in her cadillac deville with minnesota plates going 30 and not signaling, doesnt make me a bad driver, and I dont drive a humvee...my humble friend AR would agree with me and is probably looked at as crazy in a locale such as arizona where there are people who came there to disappear ie florida and who are not used to honking, people being accountable for horrendous driving, if someone taps their breaks you dont get in an accident, thats bs, but maybe in florida it's the case where everyone drives 30 in a 40
 
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Trying to improve on getting irrate at disrespectful drivers---
Those with university plates are worse offenders--its like laws apply to everyone but them.eg--think no parking area(fire lane) in front of grocerie stores are their personal parking spot.
 
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2. Slow drivers in the fast lane (Turtle Racers)...

this is the whole state of colorado - i'm from ohio and they actually taught us to drive there [even the signs: LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING on the side of the road don't help this laid-back crowd]....

Turtle Racers force me to be...

4. Drivers who weave through traffic to gain one or two car lengths (Wacky Weavers)....

yeap - that's me....
 
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