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I have a couple, not using blinkers, the almighty texting and driving, and my biggest, the people that are setting in their vehicle, opposed to traffic on a busy street, retrieving their mail cause they are too damn lazy to park across the street and walk 66 feet to the mail box. They'd rather screw up traffic and cause an accident.
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« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2013, 07:58:59 AM » |
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Whats yours?
People who post threads about their pet peeves... (Just joking!) (People who post smart ass comments, and then try to play it off by saying "Just joking!") Vehicular wise my biggest is people who won't drive right. If you're not passing someone, move outta the passing lane. |
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« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2013, 08:01:19 AM » |
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Tailgaters, especially when I'm 6-7 over the posted limit on a freeway.
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« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2013, 08:09:59 AM » |
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Red light runners.
Left lane hogs.
People that pull up within 1 or 2 feet off of my ass at a stop light.
Texters.
Tailgaters.
All of the above is seriously epidemic around here....like it's a birth right or something.
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« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2013, 08:13:10 AM » |
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My list is long and NOT at all distinguished.  My least favorite-among many-is the rhoid that insists on doing his/her office work in their private vehicle while attempting not actually driving more like almost guiding the said vehicle at less or way more than traffic flow allows.  There is a LOT more but decorum and time and decency prohibits me from expounding further.  RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2013, 08:21:04 AM » |
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« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2013, 08:26:11 AM » |
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Crooked-assed politicians and moochers. Wait, that's redundant My bad. I thought this was gonna be about ridin' and traffic. Since we're talking everything else, then..... Obama. Queen Michelle Obama ('bout time for yet another vaca to Martha's Vineyard). Everyone in Obama's administration. Everyone that voted for Obama. |
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« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2013, 08:31:11 AM » |
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frequently in my dually pick up I'm last in line in the RHL. some people will fly past me whip over in front of me and slam on the brakes to turn right. like they couldn't wait three more seconds to get in line at the mickie Ds drive thru  |
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« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2013, 08:42:05 AM » |
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« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2013, 08:45:09 AM » |
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frequently in my dually pick up I'm last in line in the RHL. some people will fly past me whip over in front of me and slam on the brakes to turn right. like they couldn't wait three more seconds to get in line at the mickie Ds drive thru If I'm behind a large truck/SUV/Van I'll often go to extraordinary means to get around them not to save those 3 seconds, but because I can't see anything in front of them, so I try to get around them for safety so I can see what's going on up there. Especially if I'm about to turn, so I can better see what's going on at the intersection. |
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« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2013, 08:49:04 AM » |
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Yesterday, I was out & about running a few errands on the bike.
When I pull up to stopped traffic at a red light, I'll leave about a car length, or a lttle less, between me and the vehicle in front of me. I even do that when I'm driving the Expedition. It's my safety cushion.
Yesterday when I was out, I pulled up to a light and left that safety cushion between me and the car in front of me.
I guess the little bitch behind me didn't like that I did that. I guess she thought that I should pull up bumper to bumer like all of the other idiots do and she pulled around me on my right (just about hit me) and pulled into the space between me and the car in front of me.
Btw....she had a cell phone glued to her ear the entire time.
Yeah, that's a pet peeve.....big time.
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« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2013, 08:51:09 AM » |
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White Youth that embrace Black Urban hip hop culture and the media Outlets that try to ram it down our throats in every form . People have no culture of their own so they pick up on what is portrayed as the next "In" thing . No one has an identity of their own anymore . And lets not not leave out stupid catch phrases like " I know, right ?" And " Just sayin" because its really annoying .
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« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2013, 09:06:41 AM » |
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In my little hood here in the Ozarks I have a couple of deaf and brain dead late teens early 20 somethings that INSIST I hear the same damn boom boom boom they do in their frikkin cage and they have their windows up!! I have mentioned to a couple of them that my volume control of choice is a 12 gauge pump shotgun.  RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2013, 09:22:25 AM » |
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Yesterday, I was out & about running a few errands on the bike.
When I pull up to stopped traffic at a red light, I'll leave about a car length, or a lttle less, between me and the vehicle in front of me. I even do that when I'm driving the Expedition. It's my safety cushion.
Yesterday when I was out, I pulled up to a light and left that safety cushion between me and the car in front of me.
I guess the little bitch behind me didn't like that I did that. I guess she thought that I should pull up bumper to bumer like all of the other idiots do and she pulled around me on my right (just about hit me) and pulled into the space between me and the car in front of me.
Btw....she had a cell phone glued to her ear the entire time.
Yeah, that's a pet peeve.....big time.
Not starting an argument, but why do you need OVER a car's length distance between you and the car in front of you at a stop light? That is one of my pet peeve's although a very minor one. I can see 7-8 feet tops but 15 feet distance is too much. What the lady did pulling in front of you would have pissed me off making me get out of the car and rapping on her window telling her she has some balls to be such a fricking idiot though. Biggest pet peeves are texting/talking on phone not paying attention to surroundings like a green light MEANS GO! and idiots who drive like mad going up a hill say 65 mph and then slow back down to 55 mph once the road levels off. We have 2 hills nearby double laned made for passing slower cars and every single day idiots go up the hill 65 mph so I cannot get by them to pass and then slow back down to 55 mph which I CANNOT drive that slow. Why can't they keep a constant speed or even go slower than 55 going up the steep hills since when the road levels off they slow right back down to 55 mph. IDIOTS cannot keep a constant speed plus up the double lane road they don't get over to the right (slow lane) so I can pass on the left lane so I blow by them on the right lane routinely to get away from them. Yah, I know, passing in the right lane is not allowed - yada, yada, yada. Wife says I have NO patience on the road which is partially true and try to avoid traffic as much as possible staying away from all drivers. |
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« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2013, 09:59:48 AM » |
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Yesterday, I was out & about running a few errands on the bike.
When I pull up to stopped traffic at a red light, I'll leave about a car length, or a lttle less, between me and the vehicle in front of me. I even do that when I'm driving the Expedition. It's my safety cushion.
Yesterday when I was out, I pulled up to a light and left that safety cushion between me and the car in front of me.
I guess the little bitch behind me didn't like that I did that. I guess she thought that I should pull up bumper to bumer like all of the other idiots do and she pulled around me on my right (just about hit me) and pulled into the space between me and the car in front of me.
Btw....she had a cell phone glued to her ear the entire time.
Yeah, that's a pet peeve.....big time.
Not starting an argument, but why do you need OVER a car's length distance between you and the car in front of you at a stop light? That is one of my pet peeve's although a very minor one. I can see 7-8 feet tops but 15 feet distance is too much. What the lady did pulling in front of you would have pissed me off making me get out of the car and rapping on her window telling her she has some balls to be such a fricking idiot though. I didn't say over....I said about a car length or less, but it's to keep from getting crushed. As an example, and just very recently here, there have been at least two cases where someone smashed into the vehichle in front of them (at full speed....probably texting) causing a chain reaction where four and five cars up are getting accordioned killing people in those cars. These are not rare incidents. People running into the back of other people around here is extremely common. If people are getting crushed to death in chain reaction crashes, my chances of survival on a bike arn't any better. It's my safety cushion....and my escape route. That's why. It's the same reason I keep the bike in first gear....so maybe I can escape a death trap.....maybe. And the little bitch had no right to take it away from me.  |
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« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2013, 10:02:20 AM » |
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Crooked-assed politicians and moochers. Wait, that's redundant My bad. I thought this was gonna be about ridin' and traffic. Since we're talking everything else, then..... Obama. Queen Michelle Obama ('bout time for yet another vaca to Martha's Vineyard). Everyone in Obama's administration. Everyone that voted for Obama. Careful Bruce, Ill bet you voted for him 4 or five times (at least) |
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Crooked-assed politicians and moochers. Wait, that's redundant My bad. I thought this was gonna be about ridin' and traffic. Since we're talking everything else, then..... Obama. Queen Michelle Obama ('bout time for yet another vaca to Martha's Vineyard). Everyone in Obama's administration. Everyone that voted for Obama. Careful Bruce, Ill bet you voted for him 4 or five times (at least)  I didn't Jeff, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone using my name did. |
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« Reply #19 on: July 31, 2013, 10:07:21 AM » |
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This is trivial but, we have a resturant here that has cut portions and raised prices. Now that pisses me off!
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« Reply #20 on: July 31, 2013, 10:17:24 AM » |
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« Reply #21 on: July 31, 2013, 10:21:53 AM » |
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I always leave 1-2 carlengths between me and car in front at a stoplight on my bike with an out on 1 side or other and tend to drive like I ride . Im not gonna involve the car in front of me in an accident at a stop sign if I get rear ended in my truck . Its not like anyone pays rent on that space .
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« Reply #22 on: July 31, 2013, 10:38:19 AM » |
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Bicyclist that don't stop for stop signs or lights, pass on the right or between cars. No license. no insurance and want me to respect them.
People that flip cigarette ash's or butts out when I have a couple hundred bales of hay on the trailer, because I know someday I'll look in the rearviews and see flames.
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« Reply #23 on: July 31, 2013, 10:38:29 AM » |
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Tailgaters, especially when I'm 6-7 over the posted limit on a freeway.
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« Reply #24 on: July 31, 2013, 11:44:47 AM » |
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I hate it when my dog jumps in bed with me in the middle of the night. Then does that turn around and around thing before she settles down. Really wakes me up that way. I did think this was about PET peeves.
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« Reply #25 on: July 31, 2013, 11:50:52 AM » |
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Crooked-assed politicians and moochers. Wait, that's redundant My bad. I thought this was gonna be about ridin' and traffic. Since we're talking everything else, then..... Obama. Queen Michelle Obama ('bout time for yet another vaca to Martha's Vineyard). Everyone in Obama's administration. Everyone that voted for Obama. Careful Bruce, Ill bet you voted for him 4 or five times (at least) When you said "Careful Bruce", I thought you was ah talkin to me. But, I didn't vote for him. |
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« Reply #26 on: July 31, 2013, 11:54:48 AM » |
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I always leave 1-2 carlengths between me and car in front at a stoplight on my bike with an out on 1 side or other and tend to drive like I ride . Im not gonna involve the car in front of me in an accident at a stop sign if I get rear ended in my truck . Its not like anyone pays rent on that space .
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I hate it when my dog jumps in bed with me in the middle of the night. Then does that turn around and around thing before she settles down. Really wakes me up that way. I did think this was about PET peeves.
My old dog can't get up in the bed anymore  A raccoon climbed up on one of the downstairs screens a couple of nights ago, and Bonnie was good for one bark, then went back to sleep. Last time that happened, she raised holy hell, jumped through the doggie door and read the riot act to the coons... My pet peeve is that dogs get old.... -Mike |
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« Reply #28 on: July 31, 2013, 11:57:56 AM » |
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I leave myself extra space at a stoplight and if some braindead rhoid TRIES to pull into said space I ease forward so the braindead rhoid CAN'T. Why rhoid you ask-cause i'm an a--hole and rhoids irritate a--holes. As far as texting and/or talking while aiming yer vehicle-as soon as you start rolling the phone needs to shut off completely. If you need it for an emergency you'll most likely be stopped anywho. RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #29 on: July 31, 2013, 12:02:36 PM » |
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People piss me off when they go in the fast lane to pass a truck, then ride along side of the truck for miles and miles. They are in the trucks blind spot, putting their life in danger, they are impeding traffic, and if I don't stay back I can end up in the same situation.
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Riding down I-95 South out of DC/NoVA, always three lanes full of cars, trux, and semis, wall to wall at 80 (every time it's like a NASCAR event) and suddenly having all three lanes standing on their brakes and swerving to the breakdown lane on both sides because there is a line of huge truck tire gators all the way across the road, almost in a perfect line. (Three hours ago)
That'll wake you up in the morning boy.
Pay attention out there.
Also....... the Free crap Army of takers and voters.
Also, does every short video on line have to have a freakin' add on it before the actual vid plays???
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frequently in my dually pick up I'm last in line in the RHL. some people will fly past me whip over in front of me and slam on the brakes to turn right. like they couldn't wait three more seconds to get in line at the mickie Ds drive thru If I'm behind a large truck/SUV/Van I'll often go to extraordinary means to get around them not to save those 3 seconds, but because I can't see anything in front of them, so I try to get around them for safety so I can see what's going on up there. Especially if I'm about to turn, so I can better see what's going on at the intersection. in that case your too close young man |
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Merging down to one lane on the interstate. Cars behind me pull out, go around me and the other cars, and fly down to the road work and want to be let back in line.
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traffic lights that are not timed
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you are going 30-33mph you dont miss a one in the 5 miles And every block has a light
But in Mt Vernon or Yonkers you cant go 2 blocks without missing a light
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retrieving their mail cause they are too damn lazy to park across the street and walk 66 feet to the mail box. They'd rather screw up traffic and cause an accident.
Well, I can handle your animosity. I pull up (on the wrong side of the road) daily to get my mail. Parking on the other side of the street would actually block traffic worse, because it would be in a blind spot after the corner. The box is about 200 feet from the house, which is very uncomfortable in summer. Plus, there are only about 10 houses on this end of the street and everyone else does it too, so we all know to look out for each other. If it were a busy street, with no curb parking, then I'd probably object to it, too. People that pull up within 1 or 2 feet off of my ass at a stop light.
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I hate it when my dog jumps in bed with me in the middle of the night. Then does that turn around and around thing before she settles down. Really wakes me up that way. I did think this was about PET peeves.
My old dog can't get up in the bed anymore A raccoon climbed up on one of the downstairs screens a couple of nights ago, and Bonnie was good for one bark, then went back to sleep. Last time that happened, she raised holy hell, jumped through the doggie door and read the riot act to the coons... My pet peeve is that dogs get old.... -Mike My poor best friend Jade is hitting the same spot in life. Sometimes she can get in bed, sometimes she can't. She hurt her back a couple of months ago, it got better and now it's her front shoulder that is hurting her. I hate looking in her eyes and seeing that pain, some days it's not there, some days it is. Getting old sucks for all of us, but it happens so quickly to dogs. |
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My pet peeves as far as cages and bikes go are mostly these. Poorly secured loads, in and on pickups, flatbeds and cars. I've had hay bales fall out in front of me in corners. Sheet metal, plywood and trash fly out of approaching pickups and pickups I was behind. Met a flatbed in a tight left hand corner once with a log chain dragging behind it which swung out into my lane and barely left room for me to miss it. And of course, tobacco chewers and cigarette butts.
I don't care if someone is texting or talking when they're alone on the highway but texting and dialing in traffic is idiotic.
But the thing that burns my rear more than anything are ones who want to be my leader. On my way to work I have a 4 or 5 mile section of no passing zone. Once every week or so I'll get behind someone running right at or below the speed limit through this entire stretch. They'll drive slow until just before it turns back into a passing zone. Then they will hardly slow down when they bump over the railroad tracks and they will haul ass for the 1/2 mile until it turns into a no passing zone again. Then they slow down again. All without the speed limit ever changing. When I'm on the scooter passing in that section is still easy of course and made all the more enjoyable because I know they are trying to keep me behind them. But when I'm in the truck it costs me an 1/8th tank of gas. WTH makes people do that?
I don't care if I'm running way over the speed limit, if someone comes up behind me and wants to pass I'll pull over and let them do it and give them a friendly wave. I'll never understand the A holes who either don't want you to pass them or who will ride on your rear on a deserted piece of road but refuse to pass when you slow down and motion them around. It's like they're just afraid to be out there in the country alone and who knows, maybe they are.
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