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Post by kat (PC) on May 29, 2010 13:30:06 GMT
For those of us who drive, just wondering what your list of pet hates on the road are. What pushes your buttons? Who's the worst? For me, 1 - is slow drivers. I'm very naughty at tail-gaiting. Very naughty, and very dangerous. I've had people pull over and let me pass. Makes me wish i drove a big 4x4 with a bull bar, lol. 2 - people in BMWs. Honestly, what's with them!? It doesn't matter what age the driver, what gender, which model of BMW (the newer, the worse), they all are bad. And slow. They have one of the best built, best handling and best performance cars made, and they're driving it like it's about to fall apart. Have they not been told about the accelerator? 3 - people who indicate they are turning on roundabouts, and they go straight through, and i'm sitting there stopped, because they're indicating to turn. I hate stopping. Especially at some sweet roundies that are around my area that you can go through at 50 or 60km/h 4 - slow drivers. 5 - this one's like the BMW one, but really it applies to most quality (and especially new) cars. Again, going slow. Maybe with all the modern technology, they never release the hand brake properly. I dunno. You see a new car on the road, and it'll be going slow. 6 - slow driv...oh, already said that one. 7 - people who will sit in the fast lane going slow. 8 - people who pull out right infront of you. Did i mention slow drivers? The reaons for all this, i think, is our driver education is crap. Plus the way our roads are built. There are so many intersections, roadabouts, speed humps etc, that it makes getting anywhere a right pain in the backside. We have the most intersections of any city in Australia. So it makes passing all these people an even greater challenge, and makes for an even more irritating and dangerous drive. I'm just happy i love my car, and i love driving it, or else i'd be pulling my hair out. So add your pet hates. And no, i won't ban anyone for saying women. I know i am one, and they would be on my list, but for the fact that it doesn't really seem to matter here. Men have gotten much worse over the years. Especially middle-aged men. So no, i promise i won't ban anyone
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Post by TheGreenMonster (PC) on May 29, 2010 16:33:32 GMT
I think you're subject line is wrong,,,, In America we call it Pet Peevse....... My number one Pet Peevse is when women are putting on make up while driving
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Post by SPEEDFr3ak on May 29, 2010 17:15:57 GMT
We have the 'Hamburger BMWs&drivers' here, who are driving da*n fast especially on the Autobahn (some kind of highway w/o speedlimit).. Anyway, I hate people driving slow too.Maybe we're all Speedjunkies here:D
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Post by MadMustang (Xbox, Wii,PC) on May 29, 2010 17:51:02 GMT
My mum HATES!(underline!) white van drivers in England! Seriously, they go slow, theyre stupid and one almost crashed into us going down the wrong way! > Madster
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Post by Jussi on May 29, 2010 17:51:54 GMT
I think you're subject line is wrong,,,, In America we call it Pet Peevse....... Don't you mean pet peev es? Jussi
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Post by TheGreenMonster (PC) on May 30, 2010 3:06:03 GMT
I think you're subject line is wrong,,,, In America we call it Pet Peevse....... Don't you mean pet peev es? Jussi I didn't know how to spell peeves so when I ran spell checker on word peave I came up with the word peevse, but you're right it's Pet Peeves with an "s" oppps My Pet Peeves 1. chicks putting on make up while driving 2. Chicks who are talking on the phone while putting on there makeup and driving slow,,,, that's the worse. 3. Driving slow in the high speed lane. 4. People that falling asleep at a red light
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Post by Jussi on May 30, 2010 5:03:22 GMT
I hate the people who insist on passing you and then "park" in front of you making you drive slower than you were before they passed you. Some people just can't stand driving behind anyone. Jussi
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Post by kat (PC) on May 30, 2010 5:12:24 GMT
Well, it's called a 'pet hate' here, so pet hates it is Putting on makeup while driving is called multitasking, lol. Although i have no idea why they dont just do it at home. I don't know how they don't jab themselves in the eye while doing their mascara. Besides, my mirror at home is much better than the rear view one in the car.
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Post by vgjono (PC/PS3/Wii) on May 30, 2010 8:11:14 GMT
Mine so far is
-Anyone driving grandma slow
-Skyline Drivers (In my neck of the woods anyone driving a skyline either cant drive or is an old pedo trying to impress people)
and be prepared (lots of Aussie slang words ect.)
- Bogans on their way to the Pub after collecting their Cheque from Centrlink sitting up your ass while your doing over the speedlimit, then they try to pull you over by darting out and stopping infront of you and getting out of their car ranting and raving at you.
Hmm the advantages of driving an all wheel drive LS2 V8 powered wagon.
Oh by the way as you can see i popped back in HI
Cheers
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Post by Bandit (PC/PS3/4) on May 30, 2010 10:50:12 GMT
Hmm, what you see from BMW drivers, i see with Benz drivers.. They seem a particular kind of drivers here in Holland, using 2 parking spaces at once, or using a handicapped parking space; For some reason most of them also have a problem with parking strait - but maybe that has to do with their cars being slightly oversized compared to the avarage car here, or they're just lazy.. Also alot of older model Benz's seem to have the driver seat pretty much destroyed from fat men hanging, or better yet, sitting on the centre console. As mentioned, most Benz drivers i see for some reason seem to not only have an oversized car, but their belly is huge as well. It seems to get a bit 'better' but alot of them also don't wear the seatbelt. I could go on for more but i think this says enough. Though i don't have that much problems in traffic since i ride a scooter Bandit (is on the scooter faster from home to work than a car)
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Post by stig on May 31, 2010 12:56:28 GMT
Mid-'90s American base model sedans. These are 98% of the time piloted by dumbasses who have no business being on the road, and it shows. Big Mercury/Buick/Lincoln. = old people. We alll know what that means. People in "30k millionaire" cars. BMW 3 series, Infiniti, etc etc. People who can now afford a base model nice car and think they are awesome for it. SLow people. Obviously. People who pull up as close as possible to the back of you at lights on hills. Not a problem with those of us with two pedals, but one of these days I'm gonna roll back into one of those assholes on purpose. People in lifted trucks. Maybe not a problem near you guys, but here in the redneck capital of Vermont... it just is. And they think they are the only ones with business on the road. People who gently cruise up interstate on-ramps, and merge in a 55mph. These people are FTL. Usually when there's nobody in front of me I get to the top of the ramp and I'm going faster than the people on the interstate already Could go on....
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Post by Scud (PC) on Jun 27, 2010 20:33:29 GMT
Pet hates? Hmmm, let's see. I kinda hate cats, because when I was little I used to have a goldfish which I kept in a little pond in the garden. My neighbours' cat beat 'm to death, the annoying little piece of... Oh wait... Oh, now I get it. Well... When I get behind the wheel of a car, I F**KING HATE EVERYONE!
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Post by kat (PC) on Jul 4, 2010 7:12:51 GMT
Yeah, i don't like cats either.
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Post by makakycs (PC) on Jul 6, 2010 12:10:37 GMT
Slow drivers , ppl who sit on 50kph instead of 60kph Hat drivers , usually old farts on there way to lawn bowls , they don't indicate or use brakes cause there going to slow. Little Angels , these are spoilt little shits who either drive Mum and Dads flash as 300C , Beamer , Merc etc ... or have had Mummy and Daddy buy them a nice Skyline , Mazda , Comodore (Holden , GMH ) who then precede to trash the car by abusing it or just pure negligence , I would love to take these kids and hang them by their nostrils off a cliff edge , I dont know why it just seems the right thing to do Last but not least , turtles , these are ppl out on the open road/highways where the speed limit is 110kph and they sit on 80kph either cause they are towing a humongous caravan with a Ford Focus or Hyundia , or because there car is not able to go any faster cause its a clapped out piece of shit toyota hiace van that should have been crushed 500,000 kilometres ago Thanks for listening
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Post by kat (PC) on Jul 9, 2010 3:43:31 GMT
Maka, i love how you have these people in catagories, lol! I don't like caravan drivers either. They've got a million cars behind them, holding up the whole damn road, and you think they might pull over onto the verge to let people pass? Nope! And no hope to pass these people either, because it seems everyone is quite happy to sit behind them on 80km/h instead of 100, and simply will not pass! Argh!
Did you see the interview with Mark Scaife (or however you spell his name) on the news last week? I don't like him, never did, but he was right on the money in every little thing he said! People have no idea to stay their asses left!
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