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    Just need to vent. Feel free to add any.

    1. Driving one handed. This gets on my nerves cuz some people round here seem to think that the way to drive is to have one hand on the wheel while their other arm hangs out the window like a big fat slug. Of course, in an emergency situation, they won't be able to stop in time so will inevitably hit that child/tree/other car/pedestrian.

    2. I haz kids so I rulez! It may come as a surprise to you, but the fact that you spawned does not excuse you from following the rules of the road. That "Baby on board" or "Mum's taxi" sticker is not a disclaimer allowing you to overtake on a corner, shoot out of a side turning without looking or indicating, or even to treat the speed limit as a minimum. If you really loved your kids, you wouldn't endanger their lives like this.

    3. Left/Right. If you can't tell left from right, then sell your car; you're not safe on the roads if you indicate left then swerve accross the unfortunate person behind you in order to take the right hand road.

    4. Motorbike = Pushbike. No, it doesn't. If I have the right of way, it's mine no matter how big a penis extension you're driving. If I'm driving along the main road, then you give way to me on a side turning. Don't just shoot out, use those fucking holes in your head and look before you do that. Oh yeah, and you have side mirrors; use them.

    5. Lycra Louts. Some cyclists seem to be labouring under a delusion that they own the road. Especially the ones who commit the following crimes; ignoring the rules of the road, for example jumping red lights; riding without lights at night; riding right in the middle of the lane/road; wearing no helmet, and wearing flipflops and shorts while cycling on the main road. Cyclist doing that? Cyclist go squish now.

    6. Crotch rockets. I firmly believe that anyone who's just starting out on a motorbike, ie someone who's only just passed their CBT or even just their test should be limited as far as the size of their bike. Nothing about 250 should be allowed. I get sick and tired of seeing moronic teenagers on giant 1000 cc bikes blasting thru traffic, especially since these idiots rarely wear any safety gear apart from a lid. Do you know what happens when you fall? You put your hands out. So be prepared to lose your hands, seeing as you're not wearing gloves. Oh yeah, and tell your slut of a girlf to put aside some cash for skin grafts if she's going to insist on sitting on the back wearing flipflops, a crop top and Daisy Dukes.

    7. Tailgaters. Look idiot, there's a speed limit and I'm sticking to it. Don't crawl up my arse while driving down the road, I am not going any faster. And don't even think of barging past me when it's not safe. Just suck it up and abide by the law for once.

    8. Dogs. I have nothing against dogs at all; however, it's incredibly dangerous to have them crawling all over the backseat while you're driving. You do know that if you do an emergency stop that G-Force will compell your mutt to fly thru the air and probably hit you on the back of the head? Either put the dog in the boot or get a special doggy seat belt or cage thing. You wouldn't let your kids crawl all over the backseat, so why dogs?

    9. Old people. Not all of them, just the ones who insist on driving at a snail pace, swerving all over the road. They also end up waiting for ages at an intersection, taking hours to make a simple turn. -.-

    10. White Van Man. Not a cliche. -.- These guys tend to never use their mirrors, speed, overtake stupidly and tailgate. I also hate the ones who do that revving thing when I'm a pedestrian and crossing a zebra crossing.
    "Oh wow, I can't believe how stupid I used to be and you still are."

  • #2
    Originally posted by Lace Neil Singer View Post
    5. Lycra Louts. <Snip> riding right in the middle of the lane/road;.
    I've recently done an advanced cycling course (yes there is such a thing!) and you're taught to cycle in the same position that the cars nearside tyre normally sits. Research shows that a car will (on average) give you as much space as you give yourself from the kerb, so the mantra Cycle like you mean it actually makes sense.

    With regards to the other idiocy I wholeheartedly agree though!
    The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it. Robert Peel

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    • #3
      I knew a guy that only had one arm. I hope you aren't saying that he shouldn't have been allowed to drive.

      As to poor drivers, I always remember the cop that nearly ran over me. He never did see me, while I had the walk signal.

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      • #4
        That may as well be, but you could well be right; dead right. Most of the drivers I encounter would just barge past a cyclist cycling in the middle of the lane, and if you're not wearing anything to protect yourself, you could be in trouble. Same goes for pedestrians having right of way, personally if it's a choice between yielding that right or going splat, I know what I'd choose. O.o
        "Oh wow, I can't believe how stupid I used to be and you still are."

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        • #5
          Oh! Can I add to the stupid things cyclists often do?

          On a regular basis, I see cyclists on the road, where they're supposed to obey things like traffic signs. And then they just ride right through a stop sign. Don't even slow down. One of these days I'm going to see one of them go splat, because it's only a stop for the cross-road, the other side has no signs at all.
          Any comment I make should not be taken as an absolute, unless I say it should be. Even this one.

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          • #6
            Hearing you loud and clear, BJ.

            Apparently, if you're only riding on two wheels with no motor, you don't need to follow the same laws as the other vehicles.

            How contradicting....they demand to be treated as part of traffic and have the same rights as motor vehicles, yet a lot of them refuse to obey traffic laws.

            When more cyclists start obeying traffic laws, maybe then I will treat them as fellow traffic and not royal pains in my ass.

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            • #7
              Ugh, I got stuck behind some old person doing 25 mph in a 45 today. I just wanted to get home to take my vicodin. Why so freaking slow?
              Violence has resolved more conflicts than anything else. The contrary opinion that violence doesn't solve anything is merely wishful thinking at its worst. - Starship Troopers

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Greenday View Post
                Why so freaking slow?
                How about this? Getting onto the parkway (I-376) this morning, traffic was a bit slow. What was holding things up? Some dipshit in a white pickup (with Illinois tags) in the middle lane. He's barely doing 40 in a 55mph zone, but traffic usually moves quite a bit faster than that. He wasn't too amused when nearly everyone was blasting their horns and flipping him off. Sorry asshole, when traffic is passing you on the right at a good 25 or 30mph+ plus faster than you're going...it's time to either get the fuck out of the way, or get off the damn parkway.

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                • #9
                  How about dumbasses in stop and go traffic that are clear in the left lane, know full well that they need to exit off the right in a few hundred yards, and proceed to wait until the absolute last minute to get over, making you have to slam your brakes to keep from taking them out because they are now in stopped traffic with their ass hanging out in your lane?

                  Yeah, had that happen to me multiple times while stuck on I-5 trying to haul a horse up to Clark County to their new owner. It's not like I'm not driving a 1 ton pickup with a large white horse trailer on the back or anything. I can pretty much take your car apart if I can't get my rig stopped in time.

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                  • #10
                    Oh yeah, and mobile phones. If you get a call, pull over or ignore it rather than trying to drive with one hand clamped to your ear. -.- I've ignored every single call I've gotten while driving; well, on a motorbike it would be a bit dangerous to answer it XD and nothing bad has happened. In any case, in ye olde days you wouldn't have gotten an emergency call til you got home anyway.
                    "Oh wow, I can't believe how stupid I used to be and you still are."

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by blas87 View Post
                      ...
                      How contradicting....they demand to be treated as part of traffic and have the same rights as motor vehicles, yet a lot of them refuse to obey traffic laws.
                      ....
                      Right, it's almost as if they were all different people.

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                      • #12
                        How about lane skippers? When there's 3+ lanes and some whackjob who was originally in the furthest left lane is all of a sudden bam bam bam (like skipping stones) in the furthest right lane because he needs to exit.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by blas87 View Post
                          Hearing you loud and clear, BJ.

                          Apparently, if you're only riding on two wheels with no motor, you don't need to follow the same laws as the other vehicles.

                          How contradicting....they demand to be treated as part of traffic and have the same rights as motor vehicles, yet a lot of them refuse to obey traffic laws.

                          When more cyclists start obeying traffic laws, maybe then I will treat them as fellow traffic and not royal pains in my ass.
                          so, I went for a bike ride today, and to my friends its cheezy, but I enjoy using my hand signals and obeying the laws just as if I were a car...just to put that out there!
                          JUST MY opinion

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Lace Neil Singer View Post
                            Just need to vent. Feel free to add any.

                            1. Driving one handed. This gets on my nerves cuz some people round here seem to think that the way to drive is to have one hand on the wheel while their other arm hangs out the window like a big fat slug. Of course, in an emergency situation, they won't be able to stop in time so will inevitably hit that child/tree/other car/pedestrian.
                            What does driving one handed have to do with stopping? Lots of us are capable of driving just fine with one hand. Maybe the child, other car and pedestrian should stay the hell out of my way!

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                            • #15
                              Try that in a court of law; see how far you get with that.
                              "Oh wow, I can't believe how stupid I used to be and you still are."

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