Top 5 motoring irritations

Armin_Tamzarian

Here's my top 5 motoring irritations.
What's your?

1. Idiots that don't understand the concept of overtaking lanes.
No, it's not ok to drive along in the right hand lane at 50KPH.

2. Trucks overtaking trucks.
How many times have I been cruising down the M1 quite happily
until I have to spend 5 minutes waiting for one 40ft to overtake another.

3. People who don't give you some sort of aknowledgement when you let
them pull out / show them some sort of road courtesy.

4. Boy / Girl racermobiles.
To clarify, I'm not talking about real modified / performance cars which to me are modern works of art.
I'm talking about 10 year old Corsas, etc, with a couple of grands worth of crap hanging off it along with the obligatory tinted out windows and
ridiculous exhaust system.

5. Bad road signage.
How many times have you been driving along in a 2-3 lane system only to
suddenly be informed (all too late) that the lane you need to be in is
the rightmost lane but you are stuck in the leftmost lane and will
now be forced to make a left turn bringing you onto a dual
carriageway that leads to god knows where.

Jimbo

Mothers who, when crossing the road, push their buggy out in the street without looking

Max_Damage

In no particular order:

Tailgaters
Muppet mobiles
Pedestrians
Fog light abusers
Everyone on the road really...

Jimbo

Suped up Saxos, Corsas, 106's, Glanzas, Fiestas

cazzy

No 1 has to be people who pass you and jump into the "space that you are keeping from the car in front of you to avoid tailgating" in a continuous line of traffic. Where do these people think they are going to get to anyway with a continuous line of traffic in front.

People who go into the wrong lane (left lane) en route to Stephens Green from Patrick Street in the mornng rush hour cause its traffic free and then they jump into the right lane in front of the law abiding drivers at Stephens green. Noticed noone doing it since the operation free flow commenced. Wonder why ?

People who dont thank you when you let them out. (I excuse L drivers cause I know they can be concentrating on learning)

People driving in the faster lane of a motorway at a slower pace to people on left.

People on right lane of motorway who drive continuously on it when theres no cars in left lane. (or vehicles a the gardai would say) Move back to the left if youre not overtaking anything.

Armin_Tamzarian

jimbo78 wrote: »

Suped up Saxos, Corsas, 106's, Glanzas, Fiestas

I don't like suped up Saxos, Corsas, Fiascos etc but I'd have to disagree about
Glanzas, 106 Gtis Saxo VTSs, etc.
There is a distinction.

2qk4u

Fog lights and high beams at the same time in a well lit area.
Buses that pull out with no regard for the car overtaking it.
Drunk/Drug drivers.
People who will not drive anywhere near the national speed limit and then speed throught the housing estate.
People who drive into the yellow box so you cant pull out.

There are sooo many.....

Jimbo

What is nice about this?

My gran has a similar car...

Armin_Tamzarian

I can see your POV.
I know a Glanza is just a Starlet on steroids but I
still respect it.
The car in your picture isn't that bad, it's understated.
There are some real nice looking Glanzas out there though.
I'll agree that the interior is horrible.
They are a great car to drive and they are unbelievably quick.
While Glanzas, Saxo VTSs, etc are at the bottom end of the performance
car scale, as opposed to Skylines, Evos, etc.
They're still pretty impressive motors and if you're into that
sort of thing you'll respect them.
What I can't stand is people buying standard 1.1L cars and
then wasting thousands sticking gaudy looking bits of kit
onto them. Similarly I don't understand why people
dress standard cars up to look like better models.
Fake Escort Cosworths being the obvious one.

Lord Nikon

Drivers in the overtaking lane on a dual-carraigeway or motorway, who have a clear left lane, and they wont get into it.

Drivers with no lights at dawn, dust, night, in fog or in rain.

Drivers with no car tax or insurance for months, and not getting caught.

People who underestimate the driving conditions they are in and drive too SLOW.

Drivers who cannot park in a parking space properly.

Jimbo

Armin_Tamzarian wrote: »

I can see you POV.
I know a Glanza is just a Starlet on steroids but I
still respect it.
The car in your picture isn't that bad, it's understated.
There are some real nice looking Glanzas out there though.
I'll agree that the interior is horrible.
They are a great car to drive and they are unbelievably quick.
While Glanzas, Saxo VTSs, etc are at the bottom end of the performance
car scale, as opposed to Skylines, Evos, etc.
They're still pretty impressive motors and if you're into that
sort of thing you'll respect them.
What I can't stand is people buying standard 1.1L cars and
then wasting thousands sticking gaudy looking bits of kit
onto them. Similarly I don't understand why people
dress standard cars up to look like better models.
Fake Escort Cosworths being the obvious one.

Isn't a glanza just a starlet with a turbo-charger in it? There not that impressive, apparently they handle like a tricycle.

Cionád

1. Fog Lights abusers [oh, but i can see better :rolleyes: ]
2. Bus lane / Merge surfers [for a few pitiful metres gained]
3. Driving in the overtaking lane when its clear to use the other. [lack of education?]
4. Not indicating or indicating incorrectly on roundabouts. [its not that f**king hard to do ffs]
5. A tie between those aforementioned souped-up granny mobiles [they're mad they are ] and the X5 [i just hate them and I seem to bump into one every day(not literally of course)]

Armin_Tamzarian

jimbo78 wrote: »

Isn't a glanza just a starlet with a turbo-charger in it? There not that impressive, apparently they handle like a tricycle.

Well basically but there's a bit more too it than that.
I mean you could start using that argument to say that EVOs were
just Lancer's with a Turbocharger.

The fact that it is a turbo offers alot more potential for modifying.
They are quite powerful for their size 135 / 140Bhp standard I think.
The one I drove was lowered and it handled like a dream.
It wasn't the smoothest ride I ever had but I couldn't fault the handling.

Personally I wouln't buy one myself but I wouldn't totally discredit them at the same time.

kleefarr

[rant]People that just cross the road and expect cars to stop.
Cars that stop and let people cross the road when there would have been plenty of room after the car has passed to cross the road.[/rant]

Volvoboy

Things That Annoy Me

1. Road users not thanking you for letting them out, *Hazzards*
   
2. people pulling out in front of me when i have no intention of letting them in see 1, thats the reason.
   
3. Muppet in a Foucus thinking thier the bees knees:eek:

Things I'm Guilty Of

1. Driving in Bus Lanes
   
2. Speeding
   
3. Tailgating
   
4. Mild road rage:o

-VB-

Eoin087

Armin_Tamzarian wrote: »

3. People who don't give you some sort of aknowledgement when you let
them pull out / show them some sort of road courtesy.

This has to be most irritating thing on the road IMO :mad:

Jimbo

Muppets in Volvos thinking there the bees knees:eek:

Volvoboy

jimbo78 wrote: »

Muppets in Volvos thinking there the bees knees:eek:

I dont drive a Volvo:eek:

Jimbo

Volvoboy wrote: »

I dont drive a Volvo:eek:

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: no way

Volvoboy

jimbo78 wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: no way

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: way

eamon234

All the above PLUS

Tosspots in oncoming traffic at night who flick back to full beams just as they're passing you that drives me NUTS!

Stark

In no particular order:

* Competitive driving.
* Driving in the bus lane
* Purposely driving in the cycle lane on a wide road: Pure ignorance.
* Inability to merge on motorways.
* Overtaking lane hoggers who get aggressive if you move into the space in front of them to overtake.

Stark

Volvoboy wrote: »

1. Road users not thanking you for letting them out, *Hazzards*

The hazards aren't meant to be switched on when driving. In quite a few cars, the hazard button is in a hard to reach/dangerous to reach place. I usually just give a wave to acknowledge someone.

Dr.Millah

People who cross the road at a 30degree angle at a relaxed pase. Highly irritating.

Victor_M

People who tear out in front of you causing you to hit the brakes hard, then proceed to dawdle up to the speed limit at a painfully slow rate.

Yellow box hoggers, especially on an orange/red light, to gain 10 feet they cause mayhem to oncoming drivers.

L drivers, who can't driver at all and don't have anyone in the car with them & L drivers on the M50.

Foreign reg'd cars in my area that have been there for years without paying VRT (a CL500 nearby springs to mind) the VRT he's not paying would pay for most of our cars (and the rest) God knows we all pay enough of it, if you can afford the likes of a CL you can afford to pay it's VRT too:mad:

"Speed checks" (read revenue generators)in places where accidents never happen!

People only getting ready to leave the lights after they have turned green.....foot on the brake.....car into gear....... accelerate a little.........hand brake off....... oh the lights have gone orange I better go for it! Cnuts

Operation free flow, why don't they do it all year round?

Tinted windows.

To name but a few:D

oh yeah, fcukers who have a dipped bulb blown and are too stupid/lazy to replace it, so they compensate by driving with the full beams on!

Victor_M

Stark wrote: »

The hazards aren't meant to be switched on when driving. In quite a few cars, the hazard button is in a hard to reach/dangerous to reach place. I usually just give a wave to acknowledge someone.

Ah would you stop, how many accidents do you think have ever been caused by someone flicking the hazards on for a second to say thanks. They are usually always on the dash in an easy to reach in case you need them quickly (pug206 springs to mind, the hazard button takes up about 20% of the whole centre console);)

MugMugs

Victor_M wrote: »

People who tear out in front of you causing you to hit the brakes hard, then proceed to dawdle up to the speed limit at a painfully slow rate.

I thought I was alone until i read that !! Really did !!!

My most recent pet hate......... People walking down dark narrow country roads on the way to work in their most expensive BLACK clothing. Would it be so hard if they couldnt afford a reflective strip to help the preservation of their life to at least illuminating their mobile phones to signal their presence.

Oncoming car with dazzling headlights on one side and some fashion concious pedestrian in all black on the other ! Drives me scatty !!!

Stark

Victor_M wrote: »

Ah would you stop, how many accidents do you think have ever been caused by someone flicking the hazards on for a second to say thanks. They are usually always on the dash in an easy to reach in case you need them quickly (pug206 springs to mind, the hazard button takes up about 20% of the whole centre console);)

Usually, but not on *all* cars. Some cars have the button closer to the passenger side than the driver's side requiring the driver to lean over. An awkward thing to do especially if you're in the middle of a turn. My button is tucked in an awkward to reach spot just behind the steering wheel meaning I have to stick my arm through it to turn them on. I use them when I can, but it's not always feasible.

Mikeyt086

I go to a private school, so i hate mums in 4x4's eg. Land Rovers.

Also, people not signalling at roundabouts really annoys me, why wouldnt you signal? Surley its not that hard and im sure a crash would be more inconvienient.

Armin_Tamzarian

I was driving in West Cork recently.
I was on what you'd call a country main road.
Single lanes, road markings but no hard shoulders.
It was around 7:30AM and quite dark.
I came around a bend and there on the other side of the road was some
woman about 30 powerwalking up the road while pushing a buggy in front of her.
There was a petrol tanker and about 5 or 6 cars / vans stuck behind her
waiting for the oncoming traffic to pass so they could overtake her.
She was wearing dark clothes, the buggy was black and she had no reflective saftey gear.
It was appalling, as anyone who has driven in darkness knows,
when you meet an oncoming car your pretty blinded and if any
person was at the side of the road you just wouldn't see them.
I honestly felt like stopping and having a go at her but I'm
sure I know how well my advice would have been received.

People will argue that pedestrians have as much right to be on a road as anyone but come on, common sense is called for.
If some motorist was to crash into someone like that it's quite likely that
they wouldn't be at fault but it's certainly the last thing that I'd like to
have to live with.

It BeeMee

People that pass you out whne you're still in a 50/60 zone, doing about 80.

Even worse if they sit in front of you on the open road, still travelling at the same speed...

finkaboutit555

5. Taxi Drivers who Dont acknowledge you for letting them out.

4. Yellow Box Hoggers

3. People who pull out of a side road when I'm coming towards them at 100k/mh and then drive slow..

2. One that I come across quite often, Nothern (Ireland) Drivers They ar Madmen once they cross the border and are far too cautious when they cross back over the border again..

1. People who Tailgate the car in front just NOT to let you in When a street merges i.e. at the portobello bridge heading towards Rathmines..

1(a) Cyclists who break the red light.
1(b) Big Issue Sellers at Traffic Lights

I could go on,But I can't be bothered..The Irritations will always be there..

congo_90

1. People driving behind you with high beams on

2. drivers with REAR fog lights on. I dont care about front one's

3.Tailgaters (times like this i wish i had oil slick in the rear like james bond's cars)

4. People who don't indicate/indicate when half way through the turn. (you're supposed to indicate in good time, hence why they're indicators. to indicate your intentions!)

5. people tapping the brakes on roads where it may be a bend no more than 10-20degrees. while doing a slow speed. Your car isn't going to roll into the ditch at 40km/h on such a small bend!

maratonass

finkaboutit555 wrote: »

1(a) Cyclists who break the red light.

1:Motorists who break amber lights and complain about cyclists who break red lights.

2: Motorists opening gaps to allow other cars to cross, when there's moving traffic in the inside lane.

3: Motorists, so busy signalling 'thank yous' to the motorists at (2) they don't see the traffic in the inside lane.

4: Slow-moving cyclists hogging narrow cycle lanes.

5: Motorists driving with one wheel and one side-mirror in a cycle lane.

6: Pedestrians texting while crossing the road against the lights.

rgiller

Lads, can't believe nobody has mentioned tractors yet. Has anyone done the N8 on a Friday evening recently?

Also, my personal (least) favourite: people who drive at 70-80 kph on national roads and then stay at this speed and don't slow down to 50 when going through towns.

Oh and 80 kph-ers who speed up when there's an overtaking lane.

To be honest, most drivers out there get on my tits!

woodseb

Nissan Micras - generally driven by OAPs or learners whose only intent is getting from A-B and have no interest in rules of the road or the traffic around them. Mirrors, indicators and accelarators each seem to operate infreqeuntly and completely at odds with the road in front of them. The amount of near misses i've had with Micra's is unreal!

People who don't know how to indicate on roundabouts - been done to death but bloody irrating

High&Low

Taxi drivers... Putting your hazzards on does not mean you can stop in the middle of the road

quickstitch.ie

generally anything that slows my progress!

1- Driver that don't know how to use a roundabout, lanes and indicating...very simple to learn ffs!!

2- The 30 degree angle road crossers!! Every now and again you feel sorry for pedestrians and they repay with stoopidity!

3- Drivers who try to force their way in, I'm fairly good with letting people filter in, or letting people out, but this grind my gears! I'm a fan of driving karma!

4- As above- People who tear out in front of you causing you to hit the brakes hard, then proceed to dawdle along in front of you

5- People who fail to relate to the theory of sticking to the left lane unless you're overtaking, I feel sorry for those who have to deal with the N7 naas road every day, i'd go postal altogether!

add a 6th for those who can't just use one space to park! often think of taking pictures of these to send them to local newspaper for ridicule!

and a seventh for things thrown out of the windows of cars... fags, rubbish, driver of a recovery truck going opp direction spat on me one day as I had my window open, I was seething! :mad: I couldn't get the number for the company from 11850..

Johnny Storm

Anyone who wears a hat while driving. :rolleyes:




(Possible exception: if car is a convertible with the top down)

Pigeon Reaper

I only hate inconsiderate drivers who try to kill me and even thats only for around two minutes.

kaiser sauze

- Foglights being used (front & rear) when there is no fog.
- People who do not indicate in good time.
- People who have no idea how to use a roundabout. :mad:
- People who hog the overtaking lane. :mad:
- People who drive onto a yellow box knowing they won't get through. :mad:
- People who don't wash their cars and have filthy headlights. :rolleyes:
- People who drive with parking lights. :rolleyes:
- People who drive in cycle lanes.
- Cyclists who are in car lanes, with a supplied cycle lane. :rolleyes:
- Men who fix their hair at traffic lights.
- Tailgaters. :mad:
- Guys with 'suped' up cars that have the bhp of three lawnmowers. :rolleyes:
- People who can't parallel park.
- People who can't park. :mad:
- People speeding. (The next traffic-jam is only down the road) :rolleyes:
- Drifters on roundabouts.
- Inconsiderate drivers of large, slow moving vehicles.
- People who give way, when there is no other traffic behind them.
- People who pull out before you've signalled they can. :rolleyes:


I hate everyone!

patmac

One thing that really annoys me. I drive the country roads and people almost come to a stop when they meet oncoming traffic or goinr round bends then speed up on the only straight bit of road for 10 miles, if you can't drive at night don't!

nytraveller

Victor_M wrote: »

Ah would you stop, how many accidents do you think have ever been caused by someone flicking the hazards on for a second to say thanks. They are usually always on the dash in an easy to reach in case you need them quickly (pug206 springs to mind, the hazard button takes up about 20% of the whole centre console);)

What about people who "overuse" the hazzard thanks. Example , when truck is already driving in the hard shoulder and you pass. I dont think thanks are completely necessary then. Also trucker may think you are a wannabe trucker!!

Also, people who call SUVs "four by fours" or "jeeps". Isnt JEEP a brand just like FORD, TOYOTA etc. Lets us the correct terminology here!

Marcus.Aurelius

Things I hate

1. People who speed in towns and cities and crawl on the main road
2. People who cannot understand how their foglamps work and when they should be used
3. Grannies jumping out of a junction without looking only when there is a car coming
4. Reckless speeding boy racers and their flash POSs
5. Morons using the overtaking lane when the driving lane is clear for 300 m in a moving queue, disgusting behaviour
6. The hopeless pig-ignorant driving I see every day by KK, W/WD, CW and MH reg drivers (they acount for F/A of the driving population, but are the worst offenders I see)
7. People stopping at roundabouts without looking at the f**king thing first to see if its clear
8. Full beam jockeys
9. Tailgaters
10. People who refuse to use a good hard shoulder to ease a queue of traffic behind them. Such selfish drivers!!

I feel much better now.......

bman

nytraveller wrote: »

What about people who "overuse" the hazzard thanks.

Don't think theres much wrong with this. I'd rather people be over thankful than not acknowledge you've let them out/past.

Things that annoy me:
1. People that have road rage; mainly people who beep for stupid little things. Concentrate on driving rather than beeping you tit!
2. People that don't acknowledge you've let them out
3. People that pass you in a long queue of traffic only to sit in front of you for miles. What good does it do them to pass me if they're not going passing the whole queue.
4.Tailgaters
5.People that don't dip / dip very late
6.Main roads that still have potholes and mini canyons crossing them months after the council have finished their "work" on them.

blastman

As a few have said, I hate just about everyone else on the road, but a few favourites are:

You're driving through a town, traffic is relatively clear in your direction, there's a line of traffic moving slowly or stopped coming against you, so you have a whole row of lights pointed at you. Then some cnut, usually in a black jacket, decides to dart across through the slow moving traffic and appears in front of you, thinking that you're bound to be able to see him because there's so many lights on the road. I've nearly run over a couple of fcukwits at this crack already this winter.

While we're on the subject, cyclists wearing dark clothes with no lights and barely any reflector. In the dark. It shouldn't just be legal, it should be compulsory to run these people over, it's the only way they'll learn if they're stupid enough to go out like that in the first place.

Slow mergers on to the motorway and right-lane hoggers.

People who pull out in front of you when you aren't intending to let them out/People who don't acknowledge when you do let them out/People who pull out in front of you wnd then drive at 10km/h. Three reasons for wing-mounted rocket launchers.

Taxi drivers. Most of the ones I encounter are the most discourteous, bullying and dangerous drivers on the road.

finkaboutit555

maratonass wrote: »

1:Motorists who break amber lights and complain about cyclists who break red lights.

I can honestly say that I do not break traffic lights anymore...
Due to an incident with a cyclist who broke the red light on his side..





6: Pedestrians texting while crossing the road against the lights.

Forgot about this one

pred racer

all of the above.

except the front foglights, they dont bother me at all.

now rear foglights when its not foggy.......grrrrrrrrr. and even when it is foggy, if you can see my lights, I can see yours.......so switch em off when im right behind you!

DeadSkin

1] Driving along the main road at 100kph, some tool coming off a minor road to turn left to get onto the main road, they barely slow down, just fly up the hard shoulder and finally decide to cut you off to get on to the main road. Never mind cutting you off, what if there's a pedestrian/cyclist on this hard shoulder they haven't a chance. This my friends is the most ignorant thing I've seen on the roads.

2] Do you really need more than two headlights, it's difficult enough driving home these $hitty evenings, when some tool comin' towards ya has 4 or even six headlamps beamin' at ya.
On the subject of lighting, every main road in this country should have adequate lighting.

3] You're doin' the speed limit on the main road, when the car in front decides to stop to leave another car out onto the road, do they not know what chain reaction they are causing to all the cars behind them.

4] If they ever do sort the driving test debacle, everyone who got the 'free' license back in the day should have to be re-tested.

5]

Victor_M wrote: »

People who tear out in front of you causing you to hit the brakes hard, then proceed to dawdle up to the speed limit at a painfully slow rate.

MugMugs wrote: »

I thought I was alone until i read that !! Really did !!!

And finally, you are not alone.

HashSlinging

1. Xenon headlights..

2. The Radio (broadcast content) currently is very bad.

3. The Price of Diesel.

4. People driving up my arse on backroads, in a hurry at 6am in the morning, in dodgy conditions.

5. Overtaking trucks on above roads, thank fcuk for torqe, whatever torqe is.

cashmni1

Armin_Tamzarian wrote: »

I was driving in West Cork recently.
People will argue that pedestrians have as much right to be on a road as anyone but come on, common sense is called for.
.

I agree, some common scence is called for. A pedistrian has the right to walk on the road where it is SAFE. (footpath etc.) I too nearly hit a pedistrian/jogger after work last week, with no saftey gear, dusk (4:30 pm) busy B road, no hard shoulder, car in front makes an erratic braking manouver and grabs my attention, indicates out into on-comming traffic and nearly hits on-comming traffic. I spot the fool on the inside of the road, check my mirror, indicate and forced to stop too quickly. So close, and he just kept jogging. I didn't have time to blow the horn. :mad:
At a later disscussion with a work coueague who travels the same road, I discovered the possibility that the person could be looking for a claim. Be caareful out there!!:eek: