Which Traffic Transgression Bothers You The Most on The Road?

foxpants on 01/12/2021 - 16:24
Last edited 01/12/2021 - 17:08 by 1 other user

Wether its a calm "what's this cabbage up to?" or vein busting anger outbursts at the wilful dangerous stupidity you just witnessed, what is it that people do when driving / sharing our roads that annoys you the most?

Hoons? Speeding? Driving too slow? Drivers on phones? Right lane hogs? Inattention? Failing to stop, give way, indicate? Cyclists?

Riding a motorcycle, not stopping/giving way winds me up, I always feel like they haven't seen me but it seems to be intentional most of the time. And bloody mobile phones.

Automotive

Comments

  • DiscoJango on 04/12/2021 - 21:32
    -1

    The old guy was who driving on the wrong side of the road heading towards me at 80kph kinda annoyed me. To top it off, he flashed his high beams lol like we were in the wrong. Eventually the site of an an entire peak hour rush of cars facing him forced him to turn around and drive on the correct side of the road.

  • tomlikesbeetroot on 05/12/2021 - 00:28
    -1

    Don't see this too often luckily but, drivers at night who compensate for a blown headlight by driving with the other on high beam.

  • diss on 05/12/2021 - 09:37

    Almost nobody indicates correctly on a roundabout. Even if they do indicate right (if they’re going further than straight ahead) they almost never indicate left off the roundabout and are often indicating right until they’ve exited. Super annoying on a busy roundabout when you’re anticipating a gap. It’s not hard and shows a complete lack of awareness or disregard for other drivers.

    Another one is people who indicate at the same time or even after they begin changing lanes. So often I know someone is changing lanes before they indicate, defeating the point of an “indicator”. Worst are the ones who flick it on for a second after they’re moving, like they’re just fulfilling an obligation.

  • HG Dendrobium on 05/12/2021 - 10:58
    +1

    led lights, way too bright, angles also normally higher than standards and they point directly at my eyes

  • Mrgreenz on 05/12/2021 - 11:12

    Many things, but tailgating us the one that gets me instantly.

  • frostman on 05/12/2021 - 11:45
    +1

    Slow Driving,
    Constant unnecessary breaking (even uphill),
    Failure to move on-time when light goes Green

  • itsHughesy on 05/12/2021 - 17:22

    Not doing the speed limit, it's not up to you to decide that 80km/h is too fast and to stay on 50.

  • baskinghobo on 05/12/2021 - 18:49

    People who jaywalk at night and think that just because they can see me I can just as easily see them

  • ihfree on 05/12/2021 - 23:04

    Drivers who indicate and change lane at the same time - often without checking if there's a gap.

  • grey002 on 06/12/2021 - 08:15

    The noisy cars, making loud noises as they go through a 50km zone. What's the appeal of that loud noise? It's not like silent cars can't go as fast! Do you have any idea how many toddles you woke up on your way to nowhere?

    • grey002 on 06/12/2021 - 08:17

      toddlers*

  • Lockieasy on 06/12/2021 - 08:21

    I hate people who speed up to run (late) amber lights while I'm waiting to turn out of the intersection.

    All I can do is honk my horn at them

  • Brick Tamland on 06/12/2021 - 08:24
    +1

    On the motorcycle, nothing much bothers me because I expect stupid and can anticipate it. I can also easily get away from bad drivers which significantly diminishes the rage of getting stuck behind an idiot.

    In the car, lack of indicators make me rage. You know I am waiting for you, giving away and then at the last second you indicate and turn off. Shit, I am giving away for no reason just sitting here unable to read your mind. I mean cant you see I am waiting here giving way to you but you are too lazy to let me know than I can go?

  • weezlebub on 06/12/2021 - 10:47
    +1

    a relatively new thing that's been grating on my nerves, people who indicate and proceed to change lanes as if they are entitled to …
    we all saw the road works, you just sped past 20 cars that were patiently waiting, and now you expect me to wait for you to push in front of me … this was less of an issue with the old land rover :)

  • Buckshot on 06/12/2021 - 12:04

    In this order:

    -Mobile Phone Users…honestly, we have $1k fines here in Perth and People still seem okay to do it! They're addicts.

    -Territorial Drivers that won't let you merge safely.

    -Drivers with no confidence/insufficient training. The ones that sit at an intersection for several minutes longer than they need to or don't know how to use a roundabout.

    Side note: If people are moving here from overseas and the road rules/driving standards are noticeably different, they should take a knowledge awareness test. Some kind of awareness test should be mandatory with tourist visas too. We've lost a few foreign tourists over here in WA due to a lack of awareness.

  • Gnosh on 06/12/2021 - 12:08
    +2

    People who don't understand the zipper merge (I.e. lanes merge without a dashed line, where the car behind should give way to the car in front).

    I'll get some confidently incorrect nupty speeding and almost running me off the road, all to try teach me a lesson they need themselves.

  • Lord Fart Bucket on 06/12/2021 - 12:18

    The roads built in this place. M7 in Sydney as an example. Should have been 3 lanes both way.. now it's a freaking toll-road car park half the time.

  • caitsith01 on 06/12/2021 - 12:36
    +1

    People who drive too cautiously, and thereby create danger and/or hold everyone up needlessly, e.g.:
    * not fully entering an intersection when planning to turn right, thus preventing themselves and others turning when the lights go orange
    * driving well below the speed limit
    * driving way too far over to the left to be 'safe'
    * not entering a stream of traffic when there is a sufficient gap as this would require actual acceleration
    * not changing lanes even though there is enough of a gap
    * constantly 'politely' letting others without the right of way push in, creating uncertainty and delaying everyone behind them
    * leaving a massive gap in front of the car at red lights without considering that this often blocks people from using sliplanes
    * the old classic, driving slowly on country roads but speeding up in those nice wide overtaking areas

    My #1 most hated things are people who don't go immediately when the lights go green, and people who drive slowly towards a green light and then shoot through as it turns orange, leaving everyone else stuck waiting due to their inattention.

  • hasher22 on 08/12/2021 - 19:49
    • People who stop immediately after they see a yellow light when 2 or 3 cars could have gone through
    • people who enter the highway at a slow speed
    • people who are just slow drivers in general. Going 50 in a 70 zone or 60 zone
    • not using blinkers at roundabouts
    • people slowing down to like 40 on a 60/70 speed/red light camera.
    • fluctuation of speed on any road. Example if it's a 70 zone, they go 60 then 70 then back town to 60 then 55 then back up to 65. No lights, light traffic etc…. Like come on. No hard to maintain speed.
  • echelon6 on 09/12/2021 - 09:44

    This happened this morning - https://youtu.be/pkfJwYZ_GL8

  • zombie hunter on 15/12/2021 - 14:44

    Other cars I want the road to myself

  • loki niflheim on 17/12/2021 - 21:44

    Using the phone have to be the biggest one.

    90% of drivers behaving erratically on the road are usually on the phone, the worst thing is they always never noticed when:
    - their car actually went off the lane and wobble-driving in the lane. When I do manage to have them behind me or we stopped side-by-side at the red light, 100% they're looking down or animatedly eating air.
    - their car breaks for no reason or breaking so far ahead from the car in front of them.

    In all cases I just try to stay away as soon as I can.

  • subdaman on 19/12/2021 - 15:03
    • driving in cabramatta/ auburn

    Ducks

    jokes… biggest pet peeve would be people that stay under the speed limit while driving in the right hand lane!

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