Top 10 things that get your goat!

[Confederate]

1. Crawling at 30mph in the over taking lane on duel carriageways!

2. White van drivers double parking on busy streets with hazzard lights flashing, using mobile phones!

3. White van drivers driving at speed with hazzard lights on!

4. People taking 6 years to go when the lights turn green!

5. People over taking to get ONE space ahead, then slowing down!

6. People causing congestion by stopping in 'KEEP CLEAR' areas or 'GIVE WAY' areas!

7. People who stop suddenly to let somebody out of a junction!

8. People who dont use indicators!

9. People who BEEP their horns in traffic jams (WHATS THE POINT!)

10. People who ignore pedestrian corssings and race aross them!

[hughmagnus]

No 7 is one ,my favourites. Driving along happily, nothing in the way and then the car in front stops quickly. You do emergency stop thinking maybe the guy in front just saved a kids/dogs life. Then they wave someone out a junction just cause it took it into their mind it was a good idea. Driver in front has pure right of way but he just suddenyl decided to give it up and become a policeman and control the traffic. mentalk

[Smithy]

Here's my top 10 things that get my goat.

1. Drivers who sit with their brakes on instead of applying handbrake - there was a thread about this in the "Please Consider" forum - and consequently 1) Roll back when pulling away, and 2) Dazzle drivers behind in the dark.

2. Drivers who use foglights in clear conditions.

3. Drivers who use mobile phones when driving. Dangerous and stunningly ignorant.

4. Drivers who block openings when sitting in traffic.

5. Drivers who jump red lights - again, dangerous and stunningly ignorant.

6. Drivers who tailgait. No, there isn't any excuse, no matter how slow the car in front is going. Either sit back at a safe distance or pass when safe to do so.

7. Bus drivers who pull away from bus stops without looking or signalling - often while traffic is still passing the bus.

8. Drivers who fail to read road signs, e.g. "Lane Ahead Closed - Merge In Turn", speed limits, Bus Lane operating times.

9. Drivers who do not check their parking and take up two parking spaces.

10. Edinburgh Private Hire Car drivers who are guilty of all the above with the exception of No. 7.

[Starlight]

The one that really bugs me at the moment is when your cruising at about sixty, straight road, no traffic, nothing in front, nothing behind  and some ****wit pulls out of a side road in front of you then proceeds to drive at forty. Why oh why could they not wait until you've passed the junction.

[Confederate]

The one that really bugs me at the moment is when your cruising at about sixty, straight road, no traffic, nothing in front, nothing behind? and some ****wit pulls out of a side road in front of you then proceeds to drive at forty. Why oh why could they not wait until you've passed the junction.

Yeah...that is extremely dangerous!
And extremely aggrivating!

[gorilla]

1. The maniacs who think its ok to do 50 mph + in a residential area with speed limits of 20 to 30 mph.

2. Drivers who don't stop at roundabouts and junctions.

3. Tailgaters, I do like to see the whites of your lights in my mirrors not the whites of your eyes.

4. People who over take me when I am not causing them problems except making them go at the speed limit on a single carriageway.

5. Busses that think they have the right of way all the time and pulling out in front of me while I am passing them.

6. Those inconsiderate people who park in two bays in car parks. Why do you need two bays you are not driving a Chieftain tank.

7. Parking across driveways. Why bother?

8. Drivers who suddenly stop in front of me without warning to drop people off. Come check your mirrors then signal and THEN stop. Don't just stop.

9. Being stuck behind a tractor that knows you are there but refuses to pull over and let you pass.

10. Overtaking someone going at 60mph on the motorway and they start to speed up thinking you are racing them.

[GMac]

Great idea, good if at end an all time ten from all replies could be produced!
My ten (in no particular order)
1. People constantly driving with FOG lamps on when dipped beam would suffice
2.Buses who signal then think it gives them a divine right just to pull out
3.Couriers who think yellow line and zig-zags don't apply to them
4.Lane hoggers, no matter what speed
5.Mobile phone users whilst driving, including stopped in queues
6.Make-up appliers in circumstances above (male & female included)
7.Blocking entrances/exits whilst queueing
8.Poor lane discipline, chopping and changing cause another lane appears quicker then changing back.
9.Poor use of indicators
10.Inconsideration, allowing traffic to join your queue. too many don't mind if you get in behind them but not in front. If everyone in the queue adjusted their speed, on approach, so people could join, traffic could still move slowly, but still move.

[gorilla]

Great idea, good if at end an all time ten from all replies could be produced!

I could create a list of them if peep wants. Shouldn't take too long to set it up.

gorilla

[Confederate]

Got quite a thread going here me hopes!

[Rabster]

Some quite good ones here nut consider these
1. People who refuse to overtake on single carriageways causing massive tailbacks on roads.

2.People who drive at 40mph outside towns in 60mph zones but continue at 40mph when they get to a town.

3.Drivers who sit at 30mph when there is a corner but as soon as the road is stright are up to 60mph

4.Drivers who slow down for everything on the otherside of the road.

5.People who dont dip at night until afer you can see their lights.

6.Bus drivers that refuse to allow queues of cars to pass and pull out nthe middle of the queue.

7.Back seat drivers who have never passed their test.

8.People who dont know how to use roundabouts and insist on stopping ven if there is nothing coming from the right.

9.The company car train on the motorway in the outside lane doing 85mph nose to tail.

10.Lists of ten things people dont like

[stalkd01]

I agree with #10 living near a crossing that no-one seems to notice.
I stopped at one a few months back and was absolutely shocked the car behind me overtook and speed on showing no regard for the little boy waiting to cross. luckily he was still on the pavement but the look on his face will stay with me for a while he didn't know what was going on!

[Accuser]

Those who drive over the top of mini roundabouts. The clue is in the name; you drive round about it and not over it.

[babybeak]

I really hate ;

1) People who don't indicate so you don't know if you can pull out, especially when they look at you like you are an idiot for not pulling out.    Roundabouts are the worst though, theoretically you should be able to tell the path of a car by it's positioning on the road, but not everyone does position themselves properly.

2) People who don't use their brakes to slow down, they just lift off the accelerator.   Easy enough if there is an obvious reason (to the car behind) to slow down or you are only slowing down a tad, otherwise the 1st the car behind knows about it is when they start getting closer to the car in front - not a good idea.

3) People who stop on roundabouts like the one at the Stirling end of Raploch, I know it is a terrible roundabout and I think they should think about installing part-time traffic lights (for rush hours) but I believe that the rules are you cannot go onto a roundabout if you can't get off again, i.e., no stopping!   Wouldn't it be nicer if everyone let one driver out, then we could all get home a little quicker?

4) People who put a huge scrape in your car when they fling their doors open getting in/out of their car, and then don't even put a note to apologise, never mind offering to pay for the damage.

5) People who can see there are roadworks ahead and a lane is closed and yet insist on staying in the outside lane right up until the cones, completely ignoring the "merge now" signs.

6) On a similar topic to (5), people who won't let anyone merge either from sliproads or into roadworks when there is a queue, as long as they ask nicely by indicating and aren't waiting 'til the last second, why not let them in?

7) People who park over the lines in parking spaces so less people can park (I've been accused of this myself, falsely, see my thread in please consider about Claycrofts Place).

People who are so eager to overtake you, despite the fact you are already overtaking somone, that they stick on their right indicator or start flashing their headlights.   I've only had this done to me once but have seen it many times (and I wasn't hogging the outside lane!).

9) People who speed up when you start to overtake them, why do they think they are so special that you would want to race them?   I found this a particular problem when I had a battered old Kia Pride, people seemed to take offence at being overtaken by this car!

10) Again similar to the above, people who SLOW DOWN to overtake lorries or go past speed cameras especially.   If you are doing 70, why slow to 60 to overtake?   I had one guy a couple of months ago who slowed to 60 to overtake anything and then sped off at 80 and I am not exaggerating.   As for speed cameras, the limit is 70 for cars on dual carriageways so if you are doing 70 why slow down at all?

OK, rant over but those things really, really bug me! 

[Starlight]

People who are so eager to overtake you, despite the fact you are already overtaking somone, that they stick on their right indicator or start flashing their headlights.   I've only had this done to me once but have seen it many times (and I wasn't hogging the outside lane!).

I had this happen to me once in England wher I was in the outside lane driving at 70mph overtaking a queue of about six cars with two further cars ahead of me. Up behind me comes a beamer flashing his lights.Where did he expect me to go? When I did eventually get an opportunity to pull in it turned out it was an unmarked police car, no siren on, no flashing lights and I'm nor psychic. To add insult to injury as they drove past the passenger copper lifted his hand to point at his police cap as if I should have had the common sense to know it was a police car. I wasn't too sure which county I was in or I'd have reported the bunch of wallies to their Chief Constable.

[hughmagnus]

1) People who do not MERGE when lanes move from 2 to 1. If you could solve this problem with a foolproof system you could become a millionaire

2) people parking in bus stops

3) chumps who park about a foot and a half from the kerb and then leave it like that

thats all for now but there are millions