Driving: Pet Peeves

[Buka]

Tailgaters. Especially with high beams on.

They should be sentenced to ten years driving an old Corvair over a bumpy road with a spring slightly poking through the driver’s seat.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

Similar to Buka - people flashing their lights and speeding up acting as if they're going to hit you, to get you to change lanes. Particularly when you're not in the left lane, and there's an open lane to the side.

Especially the ones who don't consider that you might not switch lanes for them, and at the last moment they swerve around you.

 

[Gyakuto]

Tailgaters. Especially with high beams on.

They should be sentenced to ten years driving an old Corvair over a bumpy road with a spring slightly poking through the driver’s seat.

When I was learning ‘Advanced Driving’ () I was told that if someone is driving too close behind you, you are permitted to use your hazard warning indicators (you’re not ordinarily supposed to use them whilst in motion) since they’re causing a potential hazard. You’d be surprised how quickly they pull back!

 

[Steve]

Tailgaters. Especially with high beams on.

They should be sentenced to ten years driving an old Corvair over a bumpy road with a spring slightly poking through the driver’s seat.

Tailgaters are a pain. I usually just make sure I have enough room ahead of me to stop slow so I don’t get rear ended and then try to ignore them.

High beams is an interesting one. These days, with the way the head lamps are positioned and the brightness of them, it’s hard to tell sometimes if someone’s got their high beams on or not. I was driving my wife’s new Corolla and folks kept flashing me thinking I had my high beams on. Nothing I could do about it

 

[Steve]

Similar to Buka - people flashing their lights and speeding up acting as if they're going to hit you, to get you to change lanes. Particularly when you're not in the left lane, and there's an open lane to the side.

Especially the ones who don't consider that you might not switch lanes for them, and at the last moment they swerve around you.

That just sounds dangerous.

 

[Steve]

When I was learning ‘Advanced Driving’ () I was told that if someone is driving too close behind you, you are permitted to use your hazard warning indicators (you’re not ordinarily supposed to use them whilst in motion) since they’re causing a potential hazard. You’d be surprised how quickly they pull back!

Never heard that before, but I will hit the hazards if I’m coming to a quick stop and don’t want to get hit. That’s pretty common around here especially when traffic grinds to a halt on the freeway. It’s not uncommon to go from 65 mph to 10mph suddenly.