Thats right, you've seen 'em on the road, and I feel they are all equal opportunity offenders...which of the choices clues you in that you're driving behind someone with an agenda other than driving in mind?

This poll may offend some, and some of you may actually be guilty as charged, either way, lets have fun with this and feel free to add some marks I may have overlooked.

Disclaimer: anyone who really does get offended by this...TFB.

You missed:

"Cellphone in hand."

:x

ppl who dont use the frikin turn signal. The other day i was commin home from school and this homie in a civic cut me off with like 5-7ft infront of me. i was goin like 70 so i wonder how fast he was goin, anyways i was in the #2 lane, and there was a car in the #1 lane so he came right infront of me! it just ticks me off. wheres a cop when u need 1???

i also forgot to add..... i hate drivers that cut infront of people. like this one time i was turning left in my gangstiva :) , and i was about 2 feet behind the line and this guy in a exploder pulls right infront of me. I hong my horn and flash my lights but ina gnagstiva youre not heard at all. so i flored it on the onramp and flicked him off. so it was all good

forgot 'head lodged up tuchus'

Around here the drivers to watch out for are the ones in Camrys, Odysseys, and Mercedes tanks...I won't go into the ethnic makeup of the worst offenders...so as not to offend of course...

jesse

Even though he gave me a "head's-up" clue in a PM, for the life of me, I can't understand why Genom didn't include as a possible choice, "Because you can't all be Colin!" :x :-( :oops:

Men in hats

or, to be ageist

Little old men in hats (you know the ones I mean, it looks like the hat is driving)

"Cellphone in hand."

When I first glanced at that I saw: "Cellophane in hand." Not sure which would be worse?


"Around here the drivers to watch out for are ... I won't go into the ethnic makeup of the worst offenders"

When I lived in Seattle a few years ago the first ones in the ditch when big snow came (for you northerners and midwesterners, try and imagine major highways not cleared of snow and ice) were 4X4 trucks and Quattros. Go figure. And ethnic makeup? In the Seattle area? That's very diverse as I recall. Oh wait, I think I may get what you mean ... does it have anything to do with the ratio of riders per vehicle? Aw crap, I've said too much.

The letters "B", "U", "I", "C", and "K" across the trunk.

Same for "B", "M", and "W". In this instance the capabilities of the car far exceed the capabilities of the driver...but the driver doesn't know it.

People who dance around with their right foot and are constantly braking and stepping on the gas . . . would be my vote. Not only is this inefficient, but it's highly unpredictable. Actually, anything that makes someone else's driving unpredictable is really, really dangerous.

this has nothing to driving but people that have their cell phones attached to their belts ticks me off. Wow we all really need to know how nice of a phone you have. you could just as easilly put it in your pockets... i guess its justa pet peeve....

>...people that have their cell phones attached to their belts ticks me off.

Don't be. I truly dislike putting my cellphone on my belt because I think it's geeky. But it won't fit in my jeans pockets, and if I put it in my shirt pocket (when I have a pocket), it falls out at... well... "inopportune" times. All that's left is using a holster or clip.

It has nothing to do with showing-off, especially since I have the cheapest possible phone I could get at the time.

:roll:

Same here, I used to not use any holder --- relying on pockets. Too many dropped phones. One dropped out and apparently got boxed up in a stack of computers headed for recycle. That was my wife's. I now clip it to my belt. The way to not look geeky is to grow a gut that covers it. That's my strategy, one Guinness at a time. MMmmm, Guinness.

People who dance around with their right foot and are constantly braking and stepping on the gas . . .
...and people who drive with one foot on the gas and the other one resting on the brake. Brake lights are always on. You get to guess when they're really braking.

Even though he gave me a "head's-up" clue in a PM, for the life of me, I can't understand why Genom didn't include as a possible choice, "Because you can't all be Colin!" :x :-( :oops:
Close, I was going to put " Any driver other than me " as a choice. Give me some time, I'll find a poll or something to include you in.

>...people that have their cell phones attached to their belts ticks me off.

Don't be. I truly dislike putting my cellphone on my belt because I think it's geeky. But it won't fit in my jeans pockets, and if I put it in my shirt pocket (when I have a pocket), it falls out at... well... "inopportune" times. All that's left is using a holster or clip.

It has nothing to do with showing-off, especially since I have the cheapest possible phone I could get at the time.

:roll:

Mike u allways have a responce :grin:

A "God is my co-pilot" sticker. To those who do not share their religous beliefs, it's merely smug. To those who do, it means they're sitting in the wrong seat.

You forgot to add "licence plate held on with a coat hanger" :shock:

Anyone in a Cadillac. A cell phone only compound the problem.

How about adding...

People with spinners on their rims and fart cannons! LOL

Thx,
Phil

"Because you can't all be Colin!" And more's the pity! :wink:



:cool:

Did we cover people with the driver seat reclined so far back they could almost grab a pillow and take a nap yet?

Bald Eagle hit the nail on the head with his observation:

...and people who drive with one foot on the gas and the other one resting on the brake. Brake lights are always on. You get to guess when they're really braking.
But there's one similar habit that makes me equally anxious. The driver who immediately switches from gas to brakes and back, over and over and over.

Now that modern traffic levels don't allow for leaving safe car-length distances from the vehicle in front (some yahoo will dive in front if you leave any space at all) I tend to monitor brake lights on vehicles two or even three car-lengths ahead of me to indicate speed changes. There's almost nothing more annoying than someone who doesn't know how to simply lift off the gas pedal and coast, to slowly, incrementally diminish speed. They drive as if the controls were on-off switches, with nothing in between! :twisted:

Reminds me of my ex-wife's driving skills, now that I think of it. A simple five mile ride with her at the wheel resulted in symptoms similar to seasickness! (Her steering inputs were equally left/right grossly twitchy!) :-x

....people that have convertibles but they are too tall and have their heads just above the windshield... I kinda think thats funny :roll:

....people that have convertibles but they are too tall and have their heads just above the windshield... I kinda think thats funny :roll: How does that make them lousy drivers? Maybe just lousy decision makers for buying a car without enough headroom.

How does that make them lousy drivers? Maybe just lousy decision makers for buying a car without enough headroom.

it has nothing to do w/ that its jist kinda funny :)

I've got one...

A home-made bumper sticker that says "my kidd beet up ur oner stoodunt, lol"

The letters "B", "U", "I", "C", and "K" across the trunk.

Same for "B", "M", and "W". In this instance the capabilities of ...

well, and certainly the tailgating-built-in feature, one of the unique and exclusive BMW accessories, comes standard 3-series to 7-series :-D

or:
basically anybody around you in NYC (especially in QNS, on my way to parking the car on Roosevelt Island) :shock:

or:
the 'support-our-troops'-sticker folks, day-dreaming about the next war :twisted:

...the 'support-our-troops'-sticker folks, day-dreaming about the next war :twisted:

Aren't you confusing stickers for mud flaps?? ;)

How does that make them lousy drivers? Maybe just lousy decision makers for buying a car without enough headroom.
no way, they bought a great car for headroom... just lousy a in the bad weather car.

Additional potential choices for the survey:

* Snap Brim Cap
* "Cotton-top"
* Volvo
* Cellphone against ear

Around here the drivers to watch out for are the ones in Camrys, Odysseys, and Mercedes tanks...I won't go into the ethnic makeup of the worst offenders...so as not to offend of course...

jesse

I know it's pretty late for this but since i believe that i'm part of the ethnic group that you might be speaking of i'll take a wild stab at this and say that it is us from the other side of the world. ASIANS!!!!! YES? NO? Alot of asians, mostly koreans (yes i am korean), that i've seen will live in the cheapest house possible (like apartment or a shack) yet drive the most expensive car possible. and spoiling their kids with $40,000-$70,000 cars.

but back on the ethnic group... am i right SeattleE?

The signs are there.
Anyone with a "crystal" dolphin dangling from their rear view mirror I avoid.
Also a hanging "authentic" indian godseye or a bridal garter are usually bad signs also.
I don't mean just the vehicles either, avoid the person also.:grin:

Apparently the poll responses are morphing. I just noticed the ""University of..." window sticker" selection.

This apparently is a regional thing, and there's got to be some relationship to specific school. When I lived in L.A. it was the cars with the USC stickers or plate frames that you had to watch out for. In Atlanta it was the "Auburn" drivers that were scary.

Conversely, back then I noticed that "UCLA" drivers were consistently courteous. Must have something to do with sharing a school with 50,000 - you have to learn that crowds and getting along with others is a way of life.

In StL there are so few schools worthy of wasting window space for a sticker (or just so few schools, period) that you rarely see it. "MIZZOU" gets a "So what?" since pretty much everybody here went to Mizzou.

:roll:

Apparently the poll responses are morphing. I just noticed the ""University of..." window sticker" selection.

:? I haven't edited the listing at all...all the choices that are present have been so since I started the poll.

>I haven't edited the listing at all...

Sheesh... my medium-term memory has clearly shot craps. :oops: Never mind.

Oh my, where do I begin.

Jesse, Id have to agree with you.

Oh yeah, and how about 16 year olds with Mustangs or other inappropriate vehicles. They seem to be killing themselves quite frequently around here.

Amy

Oh yeah, and how about 16 year olds with Mustangs or other inappropriate vehicles. They seem to be killing themselves quite frequently around here.
Amy
I'm cool with that. It's about the only thing we have left to chlorinate the gene pool...Thanks to lawyers and liberals and all their silly seatbelt laws and such.

I'm simply stunned. Seriously. I just discovered that - in Texas anyway - driver's education has long since phased out of the high school curriculum and that - here's the biggie - once a kid turns 16, he/she can take an online 'written' exam to receive a driver's license. Not being a parent myself and having long since been out of the high school scene, I was completely unaware of this.

So parents can either opt to pony up a coupla hundred bucks at the local community college for a driver's ed course or simply choose to allow their child to waft right into the daily flow of traffic with only a written exam and an absurdly inappropriate, shiny new vehicle and cross their fingers for luck. Lemme weigh this out - coupla hundred bucks vs. free - tough freakin' decision there!!

(And don't even start me on what kind of car my mom provided for me when I got my license. I got a stinkin' Pinto that leaked oil and was damn thankful to have it!!)

No freakin' wonder traffic has become som much more aggressive and discourteous here. Jeez!!

I Love all the hilarious responses here! One catagory that seems to have been missed though... the one that Always makes me give a little more space and attention... TAXIS!! :twisted: And totally nothing racial about it - I don't care who's driving them, they ALL seem to be required to leave their brains behind when they got behind the wheel! EEK! :shock:

One catagory that seems to have been missed though... the one that Always makes me give a little more space and attention... TAXIS!! :twisted: And totally nothing racial about it - I don't care who's driving them...:shock:
PBS did a documentary called Taxi Dreams a couple of years ago. It followed several young (recent immigrant) men trying to get their taxi licenses in NYC...and one veteran Indian who had made a successful career out of driving a cab. Very interesting, entertaining and insightful. One young driver passed all of the required licensing tests, but had no clue how to drive a car. He quit after one harrowing day terrorizing his fares.

People who dance around with their right foot and are constantly braking and stepping on the gas . . . would be my vote. Not only is this inefficient, but it's highly unpredictable. Actually, anything that makes someone else's driving unpredictable is really, really dangerous.

To keep my blood pressure low when driving, I play the Indian Name Game... I give Indian names to bad drivers. For the people you describe, I give them the Indian name "brakes for no reason." Some people must either step on the gas, or the brake... there is no inbetween. Reminds me of Yoda... "Brake. Or do not. There is no 'coast'."

As a side note, I often console other drivers: "That's a really nice car, it looks too new to have a broken turn signal."

Anyone in a Cadillac. A cell phone only compound the problem.

Ha ha ha ha ha! That's funny... there's this lady at work with a Cadilac... this morning was the second time I've been stuck behind her. After we pass through the gate to the parking lot, she goes about 2MPH all the way to the parking garage, where she slows to about 1MPH. When she pulls into a space, with no one coming the other way, she comes to a complete stop, signals, and then slowly... ever so slowly starts to pull into the space.

This morning, when there was finally enough room to pass, I passed, parked the E, got my stuff out of the back, and walked back by on my way to the office... just as she was backing out again to retry parking, with a line of cars stuck behind her.

(And don't even start me on what kind of car my mom provided for me when I got my license. I got a stinkin' Pinto that leaked oil and was damn thankful to have it!!)

No freakin' wonder traffic has become som much more aggressive and discourteous here. Jeez!!

In NY, at the time, I couldn't get my "real" license until I was 18. And you know what kind of car I got? Nuthin. And it was a REAL road test, out in traffic on your typical busy streets, where you actually had to parallel park with people behind you honking their horns.

In GA you have to parallel park between traffic cones. Ooohhh. Oh the humanity.

Now in Texas you get your license online? AAaaarrrggghhhh!

I live in Atlanta now and can firmly say that the "parking between some cones" remark is right on the money.

You dont even go out on the street to take your test! You just drive around in a parking lot, around some cones and thats it. Oh, and get this - you cant take your test if its raining too hard.

IN ATLANTA.

(which has a mixture of a temperate and tropical climate so that means lots of rain)

and for the person ho said:

"MIZZOU" gets a "So what?" since pretty much everybody here went to Mizzou.

I'm originally from Kansas City and my wife went to Mizzou. I understand this statement VERY well. You feel like yelling "AS OPPOSED TO WHERE?!?!".

Southwest Missouri State?