Driving Pet Peeves

[Northerner52]

1. The speed limit police: Driving in the passing lane and justified because they are going the speed limit.
2. Pulling out in front of you because they can get there first even it they have to run a stop sign either in their golf cart or car.
3. Stopping your car to let golf carts cross the road. Its very dangerous and very annoying as cars have the right of way and could easily cause an accident.

What are yours?

[retiredguy123]

1. Speeders in residential sections
2. People who use handicap spaces who don't need them
3. Drivers who block the parking lot waiting for someone to pull out of a space
4. Parkers who pull too far forward and use two spaces

[karostay]

Its the Villages accept move on

[tophcfa]

Traffic

People who drive too slow and then speed up when you try to pass them, or refuse to get out of the passing lane

Group bike riders that think they are somehow special and own the road and don’t ride single file

Cell phones

[davem4616]

those special people that 'live-park' in front of the entry at Publix and other stores blocking the cross walk while their passenger 'runs in for just one thing' :)

[camaguey48]

1. The speed limit police: Driving in the passing lane and justified because they are going the speed limit.
2. Pulling out in front of you because they can get there first even it they have to run a stop sign either in their golf cart or car.
3. Stopping you car to let golf carts cross the road. Its very dangerous and very annoying as cars have the right of way and could easily cause an accident.

What are yours?
Approaching the roundabout and the driver already on the roundabout decides to stop and let you in. A certainty that he/she could be rear ended while being "courteous" or "dumb" depending on your perspective.

[Malsua]

My peeve is people trying to be "nice" and let you turn across in front of them. They may be at a light that is green for them, or just plain in the middle of a somewhat busy road.

What they fail to understand is that they have broken the social construct and have introduced uncertainty into the situation.

-Why are you stopping? you have the right of way.
-Are you letting me go?
-Should I go, is that a hand signal? If I wait too long, will you drive on and broadside me?
-Are you going to move if someone behind you honks?
-I can't see in your tinted windows, are you waving at me or chasing a bee in the cab?

Don't do me any favors. When you have the right of way...GO. That's the kindest thing you can do for me. We all know our place and you doing what you are supposed to be doing means everything works as it should.

[Gpsma]

Drivers who go to make a right hand turn and almost stop before they make the turn.

[Bill14564]

My peeve is people trying to be "nice" and let you turn across in front of them. They may be at a light that is green for them, or just plain in the middle of a somewhat busy road.

What they fail to understand is that they have broken the social construct and have introduced uncertainty into the situation.

-Why are you stopping? you have the right of way.
-Are you letting me go?
-Should I go, is that a hand signal? If I wait too long, will you drive on and broadside me?
-Are you going to move if someone behind you honks?
-I can't see in your tinted windows, are you waving at me or chasing a bee in the cab?

Don't do me any favors. When you have the right of way...GO. That's the kindest thing you can do for me. We all know our place and you doing what you are supposed to be doing means everything works as it should.

Absolutely!

[Garywt]

Impatient golf cart drivers
Drivers that stop on the highway to let people to enter the highway from an on-ramp.

[Topspinmo]

Running stops signs (4 way stops) (you have to stop before you’re in-line) and stopping at roundabout’s (when no traffic in roundabout) when you only have yield.

[Seasonal]

I saw this, and thought it was funny.

State Parks are for camping, the left lane is for passing. If you are not passing, please stay right.

I actually don't care what lane you drive in but if someone rolls up behind you, can you please move over. Sometimes I speed up a little when passing to get back in the right lane and let faster traffic go.

[golfing eagles]

Drivers who go to make a right hand turn and almost stop before they make the turn.

Also known as the dreaded "parking turn":1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[golfing eagles]

1. The speed limit police: Driving in the passing lane and justified because they are going the speed limit.
2. Pulling out in front of you because they can get there first even it they have to run a stop sign either in their golf cart or car.
3. Stopping you car to let golf carts cross the road. Its very dangerous and very annoying as cars have the right of way and could easily cause an accident.

What are yours?

There are too many to list

***Cart drivers who turn left directly from the cart lane, usually without a mechanical or hand signal, AKA suicidal
***Car drivers who merge onto a 3 lane interstate and proceed to go directly to the furthest left lane and lollygag at 55 mph.
***Cyclists who blow through stop or yield signs in a pack of 20 as though they are a single entity. You ride on the road---then you OBEY the rules of the road. I DON'T CARE if you have toe clips, or it is inconvenient, or it breaks up you social pack, or whatever the new law in Oregon happens to be (they're all nuts out there anyway), you should OBEY THE LAW or get ticketed
***Pedestrians who jump off the sidewalk in front of a 500# cart going 20 mph to avoid coming within 20 feet of another pedestrian for 1/2 second---AKA covidiots. Much safer to play chicken with motor vehicle:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: And let me also quote Florida statute 316.130 sec 3----"(3) Where sidewalks are provided, no pedestrian shall, unless required by other circumstances, walk along and upon the portion of a roadway paved for vehicular traffic" Passing another pedestrian on the sidewalk, regardless of COVID, does not qualify as "other circumstances". A 60 foot deep sinkhole would.
*** But especially, the car driver who posted on here several years ago that he/she PURPOSEFULLY drives 30 in the left lane of 466 which is posted at 45 because he/she feels that is "fast enough". The rest of us couldn't give a rats furry arse what YOU think, only what the law posted as the legal speed limit.

>end of rant<

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Definitely people who stop when they have the right of way. Absolutely adds confusion to the situation and can cause an accident.
People who hold the cell phone to their ear or up against the steering wheel while they're driving. Car or golf cart, doesn't matter.
People in golf carts with "street legal" signs on the back who cross 441. Especially the ones that aren't really street legal, they just have the sign saying they are. You know who you are.
People in golf carts who go clockwise on the roundabout's golf cart path at the Morse/Paige circle. You didn't notice that you couldn't squeeze through on the right side of BOTH of those poles, and had to veer off to the side where golf carts would be coming toward you?
People who drive 2 passengers next to them in golf carts, and none of them wearing seatbelts, especially when at least one of the passengers is a child. I feel horrible for the child. They're learning that stupidity is acceptable. Our future government officials, folks. The generation of imbeciles, brought to you by the imbeciles of the current generation.
People in golf carts who take up a full handicapped space - anywhere. Those spaces are intended for cars. That's why they're wide enough for two golf carts. The very least you can do, is take up half the space so another golf cart can share it. Selfish pigs.

[Mortal1]

Swing wide right or left to make a left or right turn....slow the eff down...move as far as you safely can to the side of the lane to which you are making a turn.

Oh...people who complain about this stuff. ;-0

[Fredman]

Bumper riders

[VApeople]

Actually, other drivers do not irritate me. I accept them as they are and have learned to deal with it.

To be honest, I honk at a LOT of people if they do not yield to me when I have the right-of-way. This often happens in roundabouts.

[Decadeofdave]

I'm in: people who stop back 50 behind crosswalk at a stoplight, which does'nt trip the light sequence. I'll prob catch h..ll but here it goes, driving with HC placard on the mirror.

[b0bd0herty]

1. The speed limit police: Driving in the passing lane and justified because they are going the speed limit.
2. Pulling out in front of you because they can get there first even it they have to run a stop sign either in their golf cart or car.
3. Stopping you car to let golf carts cross the road. Its very dangerous and very annoying as cars have the right of way and could easily cause an accident.

What are yours?
- People who don't drive like me...

- People who drive like me.

[Dotneko]

People who dont understand zipper merges and play traffic cop riding astride the line to prevent other cars from legally progressing.

[GOLFER54]

People who have extremely darkened windows
People who don’t use turn signals
People who change lanes in front of you in circles
Bike riders that travel dead center of street lanes
People who tailgate
People who drive under 35 mph in The Villages
People who drive with dogs on their laps
Drivers who speed in the 35 mph areas
People who come to a complete stop when they are about to turn
People who cut you off for absolutely no reason whatsoever

[Medtrans]

My peeve is people trying to be "nice" and let you turn across in front of them. They may be at a light that is green for them, or just plain in the middle of a somewhat busy road.

What they fail to understand is that they have broken the social construct and have introduced uncertainty into the situation.

-Why are you stopping? you have the right of way.
-Are you letting me go?
-Should I go, is that a hand signal? If I wait too long, will you drive on and broadside me?
-Are you going to move if someone behind you honks?
-I can't see in your tinted windows, are you waving at me or chasing a bee in the cab?

Don't do me any favors. When you have the right of way...GO. That's the kindest thing you can do for me. We all know our place and you doing what you are supposed to be doing means everything works as it should.

You have said what my husband and I say every time we’re at a gate in our cart. You are not doing anyone a favor by waving them thru (especially those with tinted windshields).

[Annie66]

People who are in the outer lane of a roundabout, and proceed 270 degrees around it. Almost go tee-boned the other day by one of these "considerate" drivers.

[GoPacers]

People who don't realize we all live in a 55+ community where there are a lot of older drivers.

[tsmall22204]

We are so old and cranky. This is a retirement community. If you want those things, then .over to the city. Enjoy life, relax, go with the flow, show some courtesy, and be kind.

[TheLawnKing]

1. Speeders in a residential area. The speed limit is 25, not 45.
2. It's a Handicapped Parking Spot, not a Handicapped Standing Spot. It's not there for you to enjoy the Town
Square entertainment while you sit in your car, drive-in movie style.
3. I'm in no hurry, don't stop in a traffic circle to let me through when I'm driving my golf cart. Your car is going to be rear-ended, or worse.

[thevillages2013]

Getting halfway in the turning lane to turn left or not getting in the turning lane at all , sitting in the traffic lane waiting to turn left even though there is a turning lane. Seriously are there states or countries without turning lanes? Where do these people come from?

[donassaid]

How about people who are too lazy to put that shopping cart away but will leave them in the parking lot or prop them up on a curb even when the return areas are less than 30 feet away. The height of "entitlement".

[bonrich]

Forgetting to turn off your turn signal! The question is, "Did they forget, or are they going to turn." Also, some one blowing their horn at you for some reason. Does that mean I should stop or continue on and ignore you and your reason for blowing your d----n horn.

[Tomptomp]

Life is too short !!!

[Windguy]

***Cyclists who blow through stop or yield signs in a pack of 20 as though they are a single entity. You ride on the road---then you OBEY the rules of the road. I DON'T CARE if you have toe clips, or it is inconvenient, or it breaks up you social pack, or whatever the new law in Oregon happens to be (they're all nuts out there anyway), you should OBEY THE LAW or get ticketed

I wonder how you would feel if you were stopped behind 20 cyclists who each fully stopped in turn and proceeded through the intersection one at a time while also waiting for the traffic to clear.

I also wonder is you come to a complete stop at every stop sign. Complete means locking your breaks—not just going really slow. I wonder, too, if you use your turn signals properly by notifying others before you start to slow down and not just as you are rounding the corner or after you are already in the turn lane when everyone can see that you are turning.

If you’re not like most people, and almost everyone violates those rules, then my hat’s off to you. You are a rare bird indeed. But you would still hate it if you got stuck behind a group of cyclists who came to complete stops and crossed the road just one at a time.

Remember the old saying: “Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.”

[FromNY]

1.Golf cart drivers with knees spread wide apart. Gender identity very noticeable, also Naked chests. Some things cannot be unseen and distractions.
2. Dogs leaping from golf carts or tethered running along side the vehicle.
3. The piggybacking cars through the gates! Use your card or finger please. I just might have to stop short for the rabbit.

[La lamy]

I wonder how you would feel if you were stopped behind 20 cyclists who each fully stopped in turn and proceeded through the intersection one at a time while also waiting for the traffic to clear.

I also wonder is you come to a complete stop at every stop sign. Complete means locking your breaks—not just going really slow. I wonder, too, if you use your turn signals properly by notifying others before you start to slow down and not just as you are rounding the corner or after you are already in the turn lane when everyone can see that you are turning.

If you’re not like most people, and almost everyone violates those rules, then my hat’s off to you. You are a rare bird indeed. But you would still hate it if you got stuck behind a group of cyclists who came to complete stops and crossed the road just one at a time.

Remember the old saying: “Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.”

I am one of those rare birds who do complete stops even when it's obvious no one is near. I got stopped by a cop for not making a full stop at Rio Grande and Del Mar and I am forever changed. I think there should be a major police blitz for golf cart infractions. It is so over the top ridiculous how lax we take the safety rules on the road here.

[Windguy]

Bike riders that travel dead center of street lanes
All roads in TV are substandard in that they are less than 14 feet wide. It is therefore impossible to pass a cyclist while in the same lane and still allow them to have the lawful safety buffer around them. In such cases the law says they own the entire lane. You have to use the other lane anyway, so what difference does it make?

Believe me. Cyclists know far more about the rules than you do.

[Eg_cruz]

- People who don't drive like me...

- People who drive like me.
Omg.....funny

[paulajr]

I can’t believe I read all of these and didn’t see my pet peeve! Over and Over, I have golf carts pull out right in front of me (while I’m driving a car), because they want to pass a bicycle in the cart lane! I have to slam on my brakes to avoid smashing into them. 😡

Husband said to add...people who drive in cars or carts with little dogs on their laps!

[coconutmama]

You have said what my husband and I say every time we’re at a gate in our cart. You are not doing anyone a favor by waving them thru (especially those with tinted windshields).

Totally agree on this one, especially about tinted windshields. We know they are only trying to be polite, but they don’t realize it is dangerous.

Obviously they are from out-of-state. LOL

[Eg_cruz]

People who throw their cigarette butts out the window
Drivers that drive in the passing lane, holding up traffic happen 24/7 on 466
Drivers that drive right next to you side by side.....if you have to change lane quick you have no where to go
People in parking lot just step off the curb, stupid crazy
Drivers that enter the left turning lane every where except at the beginning
Slow right hand turners
Will never understand bicyclist that ride on fast busy roads when there are thousands of other places to ride
Drivers that don’t understand your car has a horn for a reason 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[Windguy]

1. Speeders in a residential area. The speed limit is 25, not 45.
I seem to remember that the signs near the entrances to TV say that it’s 20 unless posted otherwise.

[Bunny1]

Putting out no pee- no poop signs and neighbors still use your lawn. They don't respect your property and think you dont see them using your lawn!

[wisbad1]

1. The speed limit police: Driving in the passing lane and justified because they are going the speed limit.
2. Pulling out in front of you because they can get there first even it they have to run a stop sign either in their golf cart or car.
3. Stopping your car to let golf carts cross the road. Its very dangerous and very annoying as cars have the right of way and could easily cause an accident.

What are yours?
People who complain about other people’s driving, and they do all of these things too.

[Travelingal702]

1. Speeders in residential sections
2. People who use handicap spaces who don't need them
3. Drivers who block the parking lot waiting for someone to pull out of a space
4. Parkers who pull too far forward and use two spaces

Idiots who don't use turn signals, whether it be golf carts or automobiles.

Golf carts drivers who forget to turn OFF their turn signals.

[bjd0105]

Not using turn signals!!!!! They come standard on all vehicles for a reason. USE THEM :-)

Floating in and out of lanes. AGAIN use your turn signals

[MandoMan]

1. The speed limit police: Driving in the passing lane and justified because they are going the speed limit.
2. Pulling out in front of you because they can get there first even it they have to run a stop sign either in their golf cart or car.
3. Stopping your car to let golf carts cross the road. Its very dangerous and very annoying as cars have the right of way and could easily cause an accident.

What are yours?

People who don’t anticipate what lane they need to be in before they enter a roundabout or who stop at the entrance of a roundabout when there is no car coming or if it is far away. That said, I’m amazed by how many people DO do it right.

That said, there seems to be a lot of road rage here. I’ve seen a number of drivers flipping the bird to other drivers. I did that once in California in 1979 and a guy jammed on his brakes and came at me with a tire iron! You would think we’d all relax and be more patient, but I’m still on northern time, too. I admit to being impatient. Perhaps that will change.

[Skunky1]

Maybe you’re going too fast and traveling too close. Relax and back off!

[Bill1701]

People who don't use the turn lane, or wait until the last second to pull into it. This happens a lot with golf carts near the neighborhood Wal-Mart on Heald Way. There is a middle turn lane. USE IT.

[Rich42]

All of the above!!!i

[toeser]

1. The speed limit police: Driving in the passing lane and justified because they are going the speed limit.
2. Pulling out in front of you because they can get there first even it they have to run a stop sign either in their golf cart or car.
3. Stopping your car to let golf carts cross the road. Its very dangerous and very annoying as cars have the right of way and could easily cause an accident.

What are yours?

People who feel it's their God-given right to have the left lane cleared so they can go 20 mph over the speed limit.

Let's say I'm going 75 in the left lane on I-75 and the right lane is choked with trucks going slower. You come up behind me doing 85 and expect me to immediately clear the left lane for you. Until I have a clear opening, that's not going to happen. I am not going to be forced into a situation where I have to make a difficult merge and slow down below the speed limit just so you can go however fast you wish.

I will never intentionally block a lane or keep someone from getting around me, but I'm not going to make my own situation worse to make yours better. Live with it.

[Polar Bear]

All roads in TV are substandard in that they are less than 14 feet wide...
Road widths are generally assigned by road type...arterial, collector, local, etc. Most types do not require 14 foot wide lanes to be standard. Most roads in TV are not substandard.

[mrlee]

Drivers doing 50 & 60 mph on our roads when posted speed limit is 40 mph and drivers who speed up coming into the roundabouts.

[JayK!]

That means your vehicle does not move forward...period.

[Joe C.]

Valid complaints have been posted and I agree. BUT to those who say to go with the flow and accept substandard performance because "you're in The Villages".........
I say that if you accept substandard performance, then you are in that substandard group.

People develop bad driving habits over the years, because nobody corrects them. I'm not afraid to use my horn or occasionally become vocal. My wife doesn't like it when I do, but by calling attention to a stupid or dangerous maneuver, I think it just might help.

[Bhighley]

Start walking or stop whining, both work.

[DeirdreFoster]

Driving in the left lane and have a big truck come up on you waaay over what anyone else is driving. You get over and they cross both lanes and get off at the next exit. Ack!!! Your welcome, so sorry, I didn't realize you are more important

[Psacc0]

1. The speed limit police: Driving in the passing lane and justified because they are going the speed limit.
2. Pulling out in front of you because they can get there first even it they have to run a stop sign either in their golf cart or car.
3. Stopping your car to let golf carts cross the road. Its very dangerous and very annoying as cars have the right of way and could easily cause an accident.

What are yours?

People adamantly complaining about drivers supposedly incorrectly exiting roundabout from the left lane, when in fact they are legally going straight on through. The complainers should not be entering anyway if there is a car coming in either lane.

[beeneyra]

Driving with there blinker on. Should just turn on the hazard lights.

[Laker14]

One of my faves is the driver who slows down, slows down, makes the turn, and 90% of the way through the turn, THEN uses the turn signal. Very useful, very helpful. Personally, I really enjoy the suspense of not knowing which way they are going until the very end.

[Laker14]

For all of you who mentioned golf carts with turn signals on, I apologize. It's me.

[Marty94]

Most aggravating are drivers that try to merge from the left lane just before the roundabout bypass when there is no room to do so. This has happened repeatedly at the bypass going south on Morse to Fenney. The alternative for the car in the left lane is to enter the roundabout, but instead they make everyone slow down while they try to push themselves in as if not taking the bypass will gravely inconvenience them. Last week this happened and I had to brake hard as the driver pulled in front of me from the left lane at the last possible moment, almost clipping my bumper. It’s a dangerous bypass.

[stebooo]

People with 4seater golf carts with golf clubs park like everyone else at a town square and stick way out in traffic
2. People in carts who take up a whole parking space.

[Laker14]

I'm generally not prone to road rage. When I see a bad scenario developing I'll typically slow down and try to avoid it. A few years ago DW and I were in Hawaii. It was a Sunday, and the locals were all out smiling and driving slowly, and waving to everyone. I was heading back to our rental from a day of recreation, and I told my wife, "you know, I have to remember this 'Aloha' spirit when we get back to NY. I feel really mellow, and don't mind that we are cruising at 15mph below the posted limit."
FF a year or so, driving in Rochester NY and some numbnuts pulls right in front of me nearly causing me to hit him. I won't say exactly what I called him, but it was something like *@$$&##!!!!!, to which my wife said, "Hey, Honey, did you forget your Aloha Spirit just then??
"Yes, I guess I did. So modified my greeting to "Aloha, you*@$$&##!!!!!," and all was good.

[jswirs]

1. The speed limit police: Driving in the passing lane and justified because they are going the speed limit.
2. Pulling out in front of you because they can get there first even it they have to run a stop sign either in their golf cart or car.
3. Stopping your car to let golf carts cross the road. Its very dangerous and very annoying as cars have the right of way and could easily cause an accident.

What are yours?
I have not seen this, maybe I missed it. But to me, by far the most annoying drivers I see on the roads are those that do not know how to use their horns. A horn should be used as a needed warning, or in case of a possible emergency, and should NOT be used as a correctional device. Meaning, if someone makes a mistake on the road, but there is no danger at all caused by such a mistake, there is no reason to blow a horn at that individual. MAYBE a courtesy tap of the horn at most, but certainly not a long blow of the horn.

[JLR280]

Those who attempt to instruct others how to navigate roundabouts when they themselves don't know.

[croughwell]

Full time Village residents don't expect anyone to stop for golf carts waiting to cross the roadway at the entry gates. Its infuriating when a driver suddenly and without warning decides to stop. The vehicles traveling behind them are not expecting them to stop because cars have the right of way. It's a shame we have to drive so defensively in fear of what some other Villager might do. Don't even get me started on the drivers who "stop" inside the round-about.... Maybe they'll learn when a car plows into their rear! But of course, it will be the other driver's fault... Infuriating!

[TesaA]

1. The speed limit police: Driving in the passing lane and justified because they are going the speed limit.
2. Pulling out in front of you because they can get there first even it they have to run a stop sign either in their golf cart or car.
3. Stopping your car to let golf carts cross the road. Its very dangerous and very annoying as cars have the right of way and could easily cause an accident.

What are yours?
As per referenced in your post, Speed Police: Drivers who decide it is OK to drive 60 MPH in a 45 MPH zone and ride your rear bumper because you are not able to move to the right in accordance with their time frame.

[Dilligas]

Carts that are turning left and remain in a cart lane until at the corner, then turn left across the both ways of the auto traffic. If you are turning left, before you get to the corner, start turn signals, use left hand indicator and move safely into the auto lane. When it is safe to turn, then proceed with the turn. (same as when you are in a car on a four lane road....move to the left lane before the corner and making the turn)

[golfing eagles]

I wonder how you would feel if you were stopped behind 20 cyclists who each fully stopped in turn and proceeded through the intersection one at a time while also waiting for the traffic to clear.

I also wonder is you come to a complete stop at every stop sign. Complete means locking your breaks—not just going really slow. I wonder, too, if you use your turn signals properly by notifying others before you start to slow down and not just as you are rounding the corner or after you are already in the turn lane when everyone can see that you are turning.

If you’re not like most people, and almost everyone violates those rules, then my hat’s off to you. You are a rare bird indeed. But you would still hate it if you got stuck behind a group of cyclists who came to complete stops and crossed the road just one at a time.

Remember the old saying: “Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.”

I'd rather sit behind 20 cyclists entering the RB one at a time than watch a truck come around the RB and plow into a bunch of them

[Vladimir]

I have been noticing this more often these days...the driver coming at me in the opposite direction is so afraid of passing the golf cart next to him/her, that they veer across the yellow median into my lane ready to clip me head on. Wow!

[kendi]

My biggest pet peeve? Letting other drivers bother me. Life is so much nicer when we let it go. It’s very easy to do with practice.

[pdearmond]

Same!

[Topspinmo]

I am one of those rare birds who do complete stops even when it's obvious no one is near. I got stopped by a cop for not making a full stop at Rio Grande and Del Mar and I am forever changed. I think there should be a major police blitz for golf cart infractions. It is so over the top ridiculous how lax we take the safety rules on the road here.


I bet you didn’t get ticket? :):)

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I wonder how you would feel if you were stopped behind 20 cyclists who each fully stopped in turn and proceeded through the intersection one at a time while also waiting for the traffic to clear.

I also wonder is you come to a complete stop at every stop sign. Complete means locking your breaks—not just going really slow. I wonder, too, if you use your turn signals properly by notifying others before you start to slow down and not just as you are rounding the corner or after you are already in the turn lane when everyone can see that you are turning.

If you’re not like most people, and almost everyone violates those rules, then my hat’s off to you. You are a rare bird indeed. But you would still hate it if you got stuck behind a group of cyclists who came to complete stops and crossed the road just one at a time.

Remember the old saying: “Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.”

1. I'm agnostic, so biblical quotes and religious rhetoric go in one ear, out the other.
2. What I would love to see, is bicycle clusters that actually cluster when it's time to get through an intersection. What I mean by this:

20 bikers, awesome. They're off to the side so people can pass them, til it's time to slow down. THEN...the first four continue together to the sign, clustered, 2 in front, 2 behind. The other 16 stop to let a car or two pass them. Then the next batch of 4 approach the intersection, and the process repeats.

That would be my ideal situation. Unfortunately, not all drivers of cars will abide that, or know about it, and it won't work in reality. But it'd be a great thing if it did work.

[Barborv]

Biggest pet peeve is someone taking up 2 spots!!! 2nd is not using turn signals.

[sjeffries]

I wonder how you would feel if you were stopped behind 20 cyclists who each fully stopped in turn and proceeded through the intersection one at a time while also waiting for the traffic to clear.

I also wonder is you come to a complete stop at every stop sign. Complete means locking your breaks—not just going really slow. I wonder, too, if you use your turn signals properly by notifying others before you start to slow down and not just as you are rounding the corner or after you are already in the turn lane when everyone can see that you are turning.

If you’re not like most people, and almost everyone violates those rules, then my hat’s off to you. You are a rare bird indeed. But you would still hate it if you got stuck behind a group of cyclists who came to complete stops and crossed the road just one at a time.

Remember the old saying: “Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.”
I agree, if cyclists are in a group they should keep moving as a group.

Only pet peeve of mine is when at a traffic light waiting to turn left, the car in front of you doesn’t pull into the intersection to watch oncoming traffic. They prefer to wait an entire cycle for the next green arrow. So stupid!

[golfing eagles]

I agree, if cyclists are in a group they should keep moving as a group.

Only pet peeve of mine is when at a traffic light waiting to turn left, the car in front of you doesn’t pull into the intersection to watch oncoming traffic. They prefer to wait an entire cycle for the next green arrow. So stupid!

So therefore, if I'm traveling in a group of 10 cars, we should all blow through stop signs and yield signs in the same manner? If you disagree with this, then please explain why it is OK for cyclists

[jimhurtt@twc.com]

It is called a "violation of expectations" and causes vehicular accidents. The right of way rules. I know a lot of people think they are just being courteous by allowing golf carts or pedestrians to cross by relinquishing their right of way. It causes confusion, uncertainty and accidents. If you have the right of way at a stop sign, the person behind you will be expecting you to obey the traffic rules.

[bob47]

I agree, if cyclists are in a group they should keep moving as a group.

Only pet peeve of mine is when at a traffic light waiting to turn left, the car in front of you doesn’t pull into the intersection to watch oncoming traffic. They prefer to wait an entire cycle for the next green arrow. So stupid!

You are so wrong. Every individual bicycle is a "vehicle" and every individual rider is a "driver". A group of 20 bicycles is not coupled together like a train of rail cars.

[Lisamariatortilla]

Nope - if my mother cannot walk far and we find a handicap spot near the band, we will grab it and sit in the car !!! Our choice !!

[Incoblack1]

1. The speed limit police: Driving in the passing lane and justified because they are going the speed limit.
2. Pulling out in front of you because they can get there first even it they have to run a stop sign either in their golf cart or car.
3. Stopping your car to let golf carts cross the road. Its very dangerous and very annoying as cars have the right of way and could easily cause an accident.

What are yours?

So how much over the speed limit is your idea of acceptable? 10mph?, 20 mph? People are not authorized to make their own speed limits. It's a much nicer world if everyone plays by the same rules! Drive the speed limit!

[mixsonci]

People who feel it's their God-given right to have the left lane cleared so they can go 20 mph over the speed limit.

Let's say I'm going 75 in the left lane on I-75 and the right lane is choked with trucks going slower. You come up behind me doing 85 and expect me to immediately clear the left lane for you. Until I have a clear opening, that's not going to happen. I am not going to be forced into a situation where I have to make a difficult merge and slow down below the speed limit just so you can go however fast you wish.

I will never intentionally block a lane or keep someone from getting around me, but I'm not going to make my own situation worse to make yours better. Live with it.

I really agree with this one. The left lane may be for passing but that doesn't mean you can go 10 or more over the speed limit and own the road.

[Two Bills]

I never realised that all the things I do when driving, annoy so many people.
It's made my day!:coolsmiley:

[thevillages2013]

I never realised that all the things I do when driving, annoy so many people.
It's made my day!:coolsmiley:

Brings to mind the bumper sticker I saw in Atlanta - “ If you don’t like the way I drive then stay off the sidewalk”:bigbow:

[Windguy]

Road widths are generally assigned by road type...arterial, collector, local, etc. Most types do not require 14 foot wide lanes to be standard. Most roads in TV are not substandard.

If there is not enough room in the lane to accommodate a bike and a car and still leave room around the cyclist, then the cyclist owns the entire lane.

[Polar Bear]

If there is not enough room in the lane to accommodate a bike and a car and still leave room around the cyclist, then the cyclist owns the entire lane.
Agreed. That alone does not make a road substandard however.

[Eg_cruz]

Nope - if my mother cannot walk far and we find a handicap spot near the band, we will grab it and sit in the car !!! Our choice !!
Yes it is your choice....but my dad can’t walk far and if I want to park and go eat on the square and you are taking the place for 3 hours plus is the fair to other.
Example when a big event happens in Spanish Spring parking overflow goes into the Publix. I watched this family walk from the square to the Handy Cap parking place in front of Publix....on what planet is that right, family said my mom has a hard time walking, give me a break......so just because you have a handicap placard I just don’t think you should abuse it

[Eg_cruz]

I really agree with this one. The left lane may be for passing but that doesn't mean you can go 10 or more over the speed limit and own the road.
Truly not the point of the law, it does not matter the speed of any of the drivers. The law is for traffic flow period and if you are in the left lane and a drivers comes up behind you, the law states you must move over to the right lane. In fact if you don’t move to the right and you are obstructing traffic flow you can get a ticket and because it is the law.
So move over peeps it’s the Law

[TheLawnKing]

Nope - if my mother cannot walk far and we find a handicap spot near the band, we will grab it and sit in the car !!! Our choice !!

I have a better idea. Drop mom off at the square with 2 chairs. You park in a normal parking spot and walk back to the square. Win-Win-Win!

[Joe V.]

Nope - if my mother cannot walk far and we find a handicap spot near the band, we will grab it and sit in the car !!! Our choice !!

Ahh!!! entitled!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I really agree with this one. The left lane may be for passing but that doesn't mean you can go 10 or more over the speed limit and own the road.

As long as the person in the left lane is passing someone at OR NEAR the speed limit when possible, or slowing down to prepare to take a left exit, I'm fine with them being there. But if they're just cruising, and people are passing them on the right, they need to get out of the passing lane.

It's called the passing lane because as long as circumstances allow it, you're expected to pass the people on your right. If you are ABLE to do so - but refuse to do so - then you need to move over. No matter how fast or slow you're going.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Yes it is your choice....but my dad can’t walk far and if I want to park and go eat on the square and you are taking the place for 3 hours plus is the fair to other.
Example when a big event happens in Spanish Spring parking overflow goes into the Publix. I watched this family walk from the square to the Handy Cap parking place in front of Publix....on what planet is that right, family said my mom has a hard time walking, give me a break......so just because you have a handicap placard I just don’t think you should abuse it

That doesn't even almost make any kind of sense. The first row of that parking lot doesn't have ANY handicapped spaces at all. The next row has ONE. If you want to get closest to the square, you'd go in the first row. Or the parking lot behind Flipper's, where there is almost always plenty of parking except when there's a combination of league bowling + the Hooligans.

[TheLawnKing]

That doesn't even almost make any kind of sense. The first row of that parking lot doesn't have ANY handicapped spaces at all. The next row has ONE. If you want to get closest to the square, you'd go in the first row. Or the parking lot behind Flipper's, where there is almost always plenty of parking except when there's a combination of league bowling + the Hooligans.

There are two spots in the front row by the Rialto corner.

[bobdeb]

Tailgaters. Typically a young woman. And I'm far from a 'left lane creeper'. Yes, I do pull over so they can do 50+ mph on Morse.

[Seasonal]

I commented earlier about drivers that only drive in the left lane.

I drive about 20,000 miles a year and most of this is on multi-lane freeways. In my experience, the "Left Lane Larrys" are never older people. It's almost always younger drivers and mostly young women. This could simply be an education issue and lack of experience. My father taught me how to dive and he didn't lack for clarity when he spoke. Our young may be ignorant when it comes to what the left lane is for. If my father were still with us, every millennial could benefit from a few mile freeway drive with my dad. :1rotfl:

[mike234]

for every crappy driver you encounter, there is another one waiting for you just ahead. it is never going to end .... worry about your health, not crappy drivers.

[golfing eagles]

So this morning, about 7:20 AM in the parking lot at Evans Prairie waiting to start men's day, I watch someone miss his own death by about 2 feet. A black pick-up truck was legally exiting the RB and entering the parking lot, not at excessive speed, when some ar$$eh0!3 on a bicycle blows through the stop sign on the MMP right in front of the truck. I was sure we were going to need spatulas to scrape this idiot up. I guess once you get used to blowing through stop signs on a bicycle, you just do it regardless of the consequences. This cyclist clearly wins today's Darwin Award.

[ditka41]

My vote goes to the MORONS who think they are OK parking in the "NO Parking" areas clearly marked in front of grocery stores. No sympathy for them should they be "rear-ended". Never know when somebody will (accidentally ?) do just that as a reminder to move on like the rest of traffic. Not all of them are old, but most are, and I rarely see the "entitled driver" sign displayed anywhere on their car's rear.