Bad drivers (Germany, trucker, Hummer, highway)

[Tek_Freek]

Originally Posted by 33458

I'm with you on all but the last one because we have too many folks here who do not stop at the 4-ways before turning (or proceeding)...uhm, YES, that is a stop sign and it means you. Especially if I was there before you.

Traffic circles would be the other direction that so many can't seem to comply with...always watching out for idiots making direct right turns (traffic no matter) from the left lane despite that arrow pointing them forward.

We actually had a death at that tiny roundabout a few weeks ago in Abacoa. I can't even...yes, yes I can.

If you do a rolling stop at a stop sign here, and there is no one else with the right of way, you won't get a ticket. This from a city patrolman.

[pirate girl]

Did anyone mention being stopped at a stop sign and waiting for traffic to pass- and having the car you're waiting for turn at your intersection without his blinker? That drives me up the wall.

I do believe Florida has some of the country's worst drivers- not necessarily aggressive, just inept. I'd like to hear what the OTR truck drivers think.

[33458]

And people driving in blind spots on an open road - nothing keeping them there...I have my mirror tweaked for that specifically, and I'm also the only one on the road that actually looks over my shoulder to double-check since my truck has a topper limiting my vision.

The worst, as I have mentioned before, is the 'DON'T PASS ME' syndrome. Driver is slow or erratic until you attempt to overcome him in the other lane, then suddenly he speeds up or paces so you can't get by. That's always interesting at 80 mph.

[Tek_Freek]

I particularly dislike people in SUV's that stick the nose of their vehicle out into an intersection far enough to block the view of cars trying to make a right turn. Yeah, like you can't see halfway to Arkansas in that gas-guzzling behemoth.

From me to all of you: Well, I can't say it here the mod would likely pull the post.

[Tek_Freek]

My favorite truck drivers?

The ones that have those "curtains" along the sides of their trucks that stops spray from coming off the tires when it's wet.

A big thank you from me!

My least favorite truck driver? The one's that really need to go to sleep or stop reading a newspaper or playing with.... If you can't keep in your lane find a different line of work!

[33458]

Originally Posted by Tek_Freek

If you do a rolling stop at a stop sign here, and there is no one else with the right of way, you won't get a ticket. This from a city patrolman.

I got a warning for a 'rolling stop' exiting the Turnpike a week after a hurricane when the lights were still down.
Now, we are supposed to treat every intersection as a 4-way after a storm when the lights are down. Period.

There was an unmarked car parked (not moving), set back from the intersection in the oncoming lane to my right (no other traffic) and the truck in front of me blew right through the intersection, turning left...he only slowed enough to turn. In no way did he stop.

It was only the two of us and the cop.

I stopped, looked both ways...he's still not moving...and proceeded to turn left. Next thing, I saw flashing lights...
I was told I did not come to a complete stop. :I Knowing better, I wasn't going to argue the point.

[Tek_Freek]

Originally Posted by 33458

I got a warning for a 'rolling stop' exiting the Turnpike a week after a hurricane when the lights were still down.
Now, we are supposed to treat every intersection as a 4-way after a storm when the lights are down. Period.

There was an unmarked car parked (not moving), set back from the intersection in the oncoming lane to my right (no other traffic) and the truck in front of me blew right through the intersection, turning left...he only slowed enough to turn. In no way did he stop.

It was only the two of us and the cop.

I stopped, looked both ways...he's still not moving...and proceeded to turn left. Next thing, I saw flashing lights...
I was told I did not come to a complete stop. :I Knowing better, I wasn't going to argue the point.

That wasn't a real cop. That was a jerk. I don't know what you look like, but if you're a pretty woman he might have been fishing...

[unknown stuntman]

Originally Posted by Tek_Freek

I particularly dislike people in SUV's that stick the nose of their vehicle out into an intersection far enough to block the view of cars trying to make a right turn. Yeah, like you can't see halfway to Arkansas in that gas-guzzling behemoth.

From me to all of you: Well, I can't say it here the mod would likely pull the post.

Ah yes! A pet peeve of mine that rarely gets mentioned when discussions arise about bad drivers. Whether it is a left turn or right turn, no one that was behind you should be sticking their nose out far enough, so that now you can't see one direction or the other. It is especially commonplace and irritating when you are attempting to turn left. If your going right, obviously if you have any decent instinct, your not going to not be able to go, while the person going left can go. You have to look both directions and it can be painsaking enough when it is a busy road without some chowder head who has been at the intersection for less time than you, pulling ahead to your right further out than you! I give them the finger every time. Usually if you sit back beyond the first vehicle in line to go left,, it's very easy to see as to when you can go right. Wait, and then proceed to go right from that point. Don't nose out beyond me without knowing if you can even turn yet!

[unknown stuntman]

Originally Posted by 33458

And people driving in blind spots on an open road - nothing keeping them there...I have my mirror tweaked for that specifically, and I'm also the only one on the road that actually looks over my shoulder to double-check since my truck has a topper limiting my vision.

The worst, as I have mentioned before, is the 'DON'T PASS ME' syndrome. Driver is slow or erratic until you attempt to overcome him in the other lane, then suddenly he speeds up or paces so you can't get by. That's always interesting at 80 mph.

I think you are from Florida and when I lived there, I picked up on this oddity without even driving a truck. I drove a sedan, but still those blind spots Florida drivers LOVE to seek! I constantly noticed when I passed someone, particularly on I-4, the car in the right lane I just passed would speed up to stay with me by sitting in my blind spot and use me I suppose as a "gopher". Even at a quiet time on the two lane sections, I learned in Florida to be especially meticulous and look over my shoulder before getting back in the right lane. I'd be cruising at least 10 mph faster and then as I pass, the same car doesn't simply speed up, the speed up as to sit in my blind spot, almost begging me to casually wander back in the right lane...Insurance scam perhaps?! One of the oddest and annoying habits of any region I've ever driven and only in Florida.

[Crew Chief]

Originally Posted by cinderobyn

HOLD 'EM DRIVER!!! dh is a truck driver woowoo

- If it ain't cluckin', you ain't truckin'...Ain't no feelin' like Chicken-mobile-in'!!!

- Blink! Blink! Flash! Flash! And all the rest of that trucker trash!

Wish I could get a cut of all the fine money that truckers pony up when they ignore the height restriction signs at the hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel...DOH!

Pirate Girl: I'm not sure I could single out ANY state as the worst for drivers; all have good and bad (even FL!) I could go out on a limb and cite all the Michiganders that regularly crash in the Dayton, OH area enroute to/from FL, but the locals here who drive the same roads EVERY day still can't keep from crashing, either...

Unknown Stuntman: Yep, that's aggravating to have some clown speed up/slow down next to you. I also hate the people who merge on next to a truck and stay right next to the trailer wheels for MILES after you move over for 'em. A related complaint we truckers have is to pull up in the left turn lane (with blinker on WELL before) and watch the driver of the car coming from the side street (AFTER he looks straight at you...) pull all the way PAST the stop bar. Then he's suprised that he has to back up because you can't get your 53' trailer around the corner in the same amount of space as his sedan...