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I get bored as hell driving to and from work every day. So I often make some observations of how other people drive. These are some of my observations of some odd things people do in concerns with red traffic lights.

 

1. Person who speeds up when heading to a red light they just have to stop at.

2. Person who starts braking like a mile before the red light.

3. Person who leaves like a 2 car gap between them and the car in front of them at the red light.

4. Person who continually scoots the car forward even though the light is still red and traffic has not moved at all.

5. Person who stops in the middle of the cross-walk blocking it for those people trying to cross.

6. Person who switches lanes in an attempt to be one car closer to the start of the front light.

7. Person who drives a stick shift and rather use the brake, rides the clutch rocking the car forward and backwards at the light, then probably wonders why they have to get a new clutch so soon.

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OldManPeterson;445770']I get bored as hell driving to and from work every day. So I often make some observations of how other people drive. These are some of my observations of some odd things people do in concerns with red traffic lights.

 

1. Person who speeds up when heading to a red light they just have to stop at.

2. Person who starts braking like a mile before the red light.

3. Person who leaves like a 2 car gap between them and the car in front of them at the red light.

4. Person who continually scoots the car forward even though the light is still red and traffic has not moved at all.

5. Person who stops in the middle of the cross-walk blocking it for those people trying to cross.

6. Person who switches lanes in an attempt to be one car closer to the start of the front light.

7. Person who drives a stick shift and rather use the brake, rides the clutch rocking the car forward and backwards at the light, then probably wonders why they have to get a new clutch so soon.

 

Yes, I have noticed these too.

Honestly, there's nothing more to contribute to this thread, you've covered everything that I've ever noticed that's annoying as fuck.

 

Oh-

 

1. People who pull out INTO the road on a turn using their car as a block so they can make the turn while stopping you in the intersetion.

  Tom said:
Honestly, there's nothing more to contribute to this thread, you've covered everything that I've ever noticed that's annoying as fuck.

 

Oh-

 

1. People who pull out INTO the road on a turn using their car as a block so they can make the turn while stopping you in the intersetion.

 

They can do that if it's a left turn on a green light, but with other cars still coming.

omp i am honostly scared of you lol
if a light turns yellow my uncle just speeds up so he doesnt have to stop when it turns red
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OldManPeterson;445770']7. Person who drives a stick shift and rather use the brake' date=' rides the clutch rocking the car forward and backwards at the light, then probably wonders why they have to get a new clutch so soon.[/quote']

 

 

My car's a stick and sometimes I'll pull the ebrake and let off the brake (so the brake light turns off, and I still don't move) to see if people behind me move forward.

 

It's really scary when they do because it reminds me of some animal in an experiment; it has no reasoning or observation skills of its own, it simply reacts to flashing lights in its enviornment (red lights goes away-->move forward)....instead of using their own senses to detect if my car has actually started moving.

  Tom said:

1. People who pull out INTO the road on a turn using their car as a block so they can make the turn while stopping you in the intersetion.

 

 

 

I use this technique constantly.

 

 

We call it the "Boston block" up here

Start braking a mile before the red light so you don't need to stop at all.
  John_Winthrop said:
They can do that if it's a left turn on a green light, but with other cars still coming.

 

No, its on right turns, and usually when there is a lot of traffic. Its like they're in a big hurry and are trying to nose their way into your lane.

 

Annoying as hell.

 

 

Ask MillerTime what he finds annoying, he won't let Japanese cars pull in front of him on the freeway. :x

People, usually on bikes, who rev their engine at the light.

 

Truck drivers on the freeway that think they're driving a little BMW.

 

Slow drivers that aren't on the rightmost lane, +annoying when on the freeways.

  BonzoHarry said:
My car's a stick and sometimes I'll pull the ebrake and let off the brake (so the brake light turns off, and I still don't move) to see if people behind me move forward.

 

It's really scary when they do because it reminds me of some animal in an experiment; it has no reasoning or observation skills of its own, it simply reacts to flashing lights in its enviornment (red lights goes away-->move forward)....instead of using their own senses to detect if my car has actually started moving.

This and about half of the original habits are because of automatic transmissions. Like you, I drive stick.

 

I tend to ride first gear a little high and people stare at me because they think I'm racing.

 

My mom drives an automatic Sunfire. She doesn't apply steady pressure to the gas pedal, but instead stabs at it constantly. I can see the tach going from idle to 2 grand, back to idle over and over. It's a pain in the ass riding with her because my head bobs back and forth constantly. One of these days, the transmission is going to unbolt itself, say "fuck you", and walk away.

  Sentry said:
This and about half of the original habits are because of automatic transmissions. Like you, I drive stick.

 

I tend to ride first gear a little high and people stare at me because they think I'm racing.

 

My mom drives an automatic Sunfire. She doesn't apply steady pressure to the gas pedal, but instead stabs at it constantly. I can see the tach going from idle to 2 grand, back to idle over and over. It's a pain in the ass riding with her because my head bobs back and forth constantly. One of these days, the transmission is going to unbolt itself, say "fuck you", and walk away.

 

Ahha! I know people who drive like that. Its fucking annoying as hell. :\

 

I drive a stick as well, and when leaving the red light I always shift my 1st around 6 grand... I dunno, I just like to rev it a little, its fun.

When I drive, I like to put on a fake mustache and play Britney spears music while masturbating to little kids walking down the street. Good stuff.
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d3;446053']people who drive that are black and dont care if oyu hit them bc they dont have insurance anyway

 

and the car is probably stolen anyway

When I'm going twice the speed limit and someone decides they need my lane more than I do.

 

When 2 cars are next to eachother, and both are on the inside part of the lane. (this annoys me because I'm a stupid teenager and usually will just drive right between them, with half my car in each lane). One time I had a guy try and follow me home after doing that, but Ford Explorers don't keep up with rice rockets well.

  Tom said:
Ahha! I know people who drive like that. Its fucking annoying as hell. :\

 

I drive a stick as well, and when leaving the red light I always shift my 1st around 6 grand... I dunno, I just like to rev it a little, its fun.

 

Yeah I tend to ride 1st gear a little myself, but I wait until the rev limiter kicks in around 7200rpm then I shift, I hope the motor blows so I can get a new one I have a 3 year warrenty on it.

 

I have a friend with a Subaru WRX STi and he is one of those kids when you drive with him on the highway he is on and off the gas pedal and it is 10x worse in a manual transmission than an automatic, it's like fucking shakein baby sindrome. I yell at him all the time "JUST STAY ON THE FUCKING PEDAL!"

  Sentry said:
This and about half of the original habits are because of automatic transmissions. Like you, I drive stick.

 

I tend to ride first gear a little high and people stare at me because they think I'm racing.

 

My mom drives an automatic Sunfire. She doesn't apply steady pressure to the gas pedal, but instead stabs at it constantly. I can see the tach going from idle to 2 grand, back to idle over and over. It's a pain in the ass riding with her because my head bobs back and forth constantly. One of these days, the transmission is going to unbolt itself, say "fuck you", and walk away.

 

Why can't everyone be like you?

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3. Person who leaves like a 2 car gap between them and the car in front of them at the red light.

 

the driving school i took a year ago told us to do this and its really really stupid. I didnt even do it during the in-car part (if you dont know, i did know how to drive, driving school just lowers the cost of insurance)

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OldManPeterson;445770']

6. Person who switches lanes in an attempt to be one car closer to the start of the front light.

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POLE POSITION people piss me off!! i drive a huge ugly dodge pickup and all those little gnats cut me off every time i get on the ramp from 495 S. to 93 N. in MA....fuckers! that reminds me..i need insurance.

 

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d3;446053']people who drive that are black and dont care if oyu hit them bc they dont have insurance anyway

 

that's a common thing down south. my condolences to your insurance company.

heres another classic: you attempt to pass a driver who is going slow (usually under the speed limit) and when they notice you attemping to pass, they begin to speed up and attempt match your passing speed, preventing you from passing. Once while riding in a friend's fathers 750il we ended up going over 120 mph while a honda odyssey driven by an enraged man attempted to stop us for passing. Needless to say we passed him, as I'm pretty sure the honda was limited near or at 120mph, or he would have tried to keep going. Not that the 750 couldn't have blasted past him in a matter of seconds, but why drop the pedal when you've got such an red faced obscenity spouting man to glance over and smile at :P
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OldManPeterson;445770']I get bored as hell driving to and from work every day. So I often make some observations of how other people drive. These are some of my observations of some odd things people do in concerns with red traffic lights.

 

1. Person who speeds up when heading to a red light they just have to stop at.

2. Person who starts braking like a mile before the red light.

3. Person who leaves like a 2 car gap between them and the car in front of them at the red light.

4. Person who continually scoots the car forward even though the light is still red and traffic has not moved at all.

5. Person who stops in the middle of the cross-walk blocking it for those people trying to cross.

6. Person who switches lanes in an attempt to be one car closer to the start of the front light.

7. Person who drives a stick shift and rather use the brake, rides the clutch rocking the car forward and backwards at the light, then probably wonders why they have to get a new clutch so soon.

#6 I do all the time, because it's one less car I have to pass to get in front of the chumps going the speed limit

#1 I do so that nobody pulls a #6 on me

#3 are the chumps that get my car wedged in front of them

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