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Post by hammer on Oct 2, 2019 14:33:55 GMT -5
Never on a highway. Got off an exit, parked my car, and walked into the bushes. It was somewhere between Santa Maria and Santa Barbara, off Highway 101. That's a dry area -- thanks for watering the plants. |
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Post by Wolfgang on Dec 2, 2019 17:14:27 GMT -5
My latest pet peeve:
Stupid motorists who occupy the "Keep Clear" area marked on the street. This area is marked as such so as to allow other motorists to squeeze in and out of parking lots and driveways. It's also for fire trucks to get in an out of fire stations.
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Post by XAsstCoach on Dec 2, 2019 20:14:56 GMT -5
My latest pet peeve: Stupid motorists who occupy the "Keep Clear" area marked on the street. This area is marked as such so as to allow other motorists to squeeze in and out of parking lots and driveways. It's also for fire trucks to get in an out of fire stations. Speaking of which, mine lately is Didi (Chinese Uber) drivers who park in the driveway waiting for their passenger. This stupid 农 can’t park on either side of the driveway, must be in the middle so no one can enter the parking garage?!? |
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 7, 2020 13:23:08 GMT -5
Another pet peeve.
People who do wide turns. The problem is that they almost always cross an adjacent lane -- and thus create a traffic hazard -- in order to do the wide turns. For example, a guy wants to do a U-turn at a 4-way intersection. Instead of simply doing the U-turn, he first crosses over onto the adjacent right lane -- thus creating a hazard for the car in that lane -- and then does the U-turn. But they don't have to do this at all. They can simply stay in their lane and just turn. You also see this in residential areas where people do a cross over into the adjacent lane to drive into their driveway.
I've been able to do all sorts of turns with trucks, vans, and little sedans -- all without ever crossing into an adjacent lane.
I just want to kill these people. That'll show 'em.
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 7, 2020 14:37:56 GMT -5
My latest pet peeve: Stupid motorists who occupy the "Keep Clear" area marked on the street. This area is marked as such so as to allow other motorists to squeeze in and out of parking lots and driveways. It's also for fire trucks to get in an out of fire stations. Speaking of which, mine lately is Didi (Chinese Uber) drivers who park in the driveway waiting for their passenger. This stupid 农 can’t park on either side of the driveway, must be in the middle so no one can enter the parking garage?!? I suppose that prevents the delivery driver from getting blocked in. People are fundamentally selfish a lot of the time. |
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 7, 2020 14:40:10 GMT -5
Another pet peeve. People who do wide turns. The problem is that they almost always cross an adjacent lane -- and thus create a traffic hazard -- in order to do the wide turns. For example, a guy wants to do a U-turn at a 4-way intersection. Instead of simply doing the U-turn, he first crosses over onto the adjacent right lane -- thus creating a hazard for the car in that lane -- and then does the U-turn. But they don't have to do this at all. They can simply stay in their lane and just turn. You also see this in residential areas where people do a cross over into the adjacent lane to drive into their driveway. I've been able to do all sorts of turns with trucks, vans, and little sedans -- all without ever crossing into an adjacent lane. I just want to kill these people. That'll show 'em. Many drivers are scared to do things like make tight-radius turns (or hard stops or accelerations, etc.). It is out of their comfort zone. |
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Post by XAsstCoach on Jul 7, 2020 20:27:16 GMT -5
Another pet peeve. People who do wide turns. The problem is that they almost always cross an adjacent lane -- and thus create a traffic hazard -- in order to do the wide turns. For example, a guy wants to do a U-turn at a 4-way intersection. Instead of simply doing the U-turn, he first crosses over onto the adjacent right lane -- thus creating a hazard for the car in that lane -- and then does the U-turn. But they don't have to do this at all. They can simply stay in their lane and just turn. You also see this in residential areas where people do a cross over into the adjacent lane to drive into their driveway. I've been able to do all sorts of turns with trucks, vans, and little sedans -- all without ever crossing into an adjacent lane. I just want to kill these people. That'll show 'em. Were you in Shanghai over the weekend, Wolfgang? Some doof did exactly what you wrote and came within 5 inches of bumping me while pulling a u-turn. Had to honk my horn, which is illegal inside Shanghai city, but if I didn't then the doof would have bumped me. |
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Post by XAsstCoach on Jul 7, 2020 20:31:02 GMT -5
I suppose that prevents the delivery driver from getting blocked in. People are fundamentally selfish a lot of the time. Inconsiderate, and many of them. Here is another one...I am getting ready to back into a parking space, people see me moving in reverse yet they still walk behind the car. Best one are the pedestrians who has their nose in their cellphone while crossing the street veeeerrrrry slowly. Hoping one day it'll be legal to run them over. |
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Post by vup on Jul 7, 2020 22:47:21 GMT -5
Another pet peeve. People who do wide turns. The problem is that they almost always cross an adjacent lane -- and thus create a traffic hazard -- in order to do the wide turns. For example, a guy wants to do a U-turn at a 4-way intersection. Instead of simply doing the U-turn, he first crosses over onto the adjacent right lane -- thus creating a hazard for the car in that lane -- and then does the U-turn. But they don't have to do this at all. They can simply stay in their lane and just turn. You also see this in residential areas where people do a cross over into the adjacent lane to drive into their driveway. I've been able to do all sorts of turns with trucks, vans, and little sedans -- all without ever crossing into an adjacent lane. I just want to kill these people. That'll show 'em. No killing. Bad. |
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 8, 2020 13:03:49 GMT -5
Ever since the pandemic, more and more people have been walking on roads in addition to and instead of on sidewalks. At first, people walked on sidewalks and then moved over to the roads for social distancing. Now, people are just walking on roads even though the sidewalks are free. And some of them won't even move for vehicles. Driving me insane.
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 8, 2020 13:58:43 GMT -5
Ever since the pandemic, more and more people have been walking on roads in addition to and instead of on sidewalks. At first, people walked on sidewalks and then moved over to the roads for social distancing. Now, people are just walking on roads even though the sidewalks are free. And some of them won't even move for vehicles. Driving me insane. Secretly, that's the whole goal. We all got together and tried to figure out how to drive Wolfgang insane. It was Sally who first suggested, "Let's walk in the roads! I bet that will make Wolfgang cray-cray!" Seems like she was right, so I'm giving Sally her props. |
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 8, 2020 14:18:14 GMT -5
It used to just be older White women. They're still there but now Asian and Indian women. Children, too, riding their bicycles with no regard for the existence of vehicles.
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Post by XAsstCoach on Jul 8, 2020 19:48:35 GMT -5
It used to just be older White women. They're still there but now Asian and Indian women. Children, too, riding their bicycles with no regard for the existence of vehicles. At least they’re not line dancing. Old people, mostly women, did that here. |
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Post by Wolfgang on Aug 4, 2023 13:41:16 GMT -5
Holy crap! Another thread I was thinking of creating...
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Post by Wolfgang on Aug 4, 2023 16:50:58 GMT -5
In my neighborhood, no one stops at intersections despite STOP signs. My residential area has so little traffic, drivers do a lot of rolling stops before making a turn because they just assume there's no cross traffic. The problem with these rolling stops is that, in many instances, the rolls are so fast that it's kinda ridiculous to even call them "rolling stops" anymore.
Frikkin' b**t***s.
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