And the No. 1 thing that drives motorists mad ...

The Daily Bulletin ^ | 7/17/2006 | Michelle Groh-Gordy, DriveTime

[Cobra64]

Dunno where you might be, but if you drove at or below the speed limit on most eastern US highways, you'd be a clear and present danger on the road.

Unlike the speeders and those who disregard the traffic laws? Uh huh.

Dammit! I demand that the national maximum speed limit be 12 miles per hour.

It should not exceed a good jogging pace!

[freedumb2003]

That always seems to be the speed when I'm on them, running from LAX up to Ventura County.

You are nuts to go 101 -- take Sepulveda to Lincoln to PCH, then take that to Oxnard and pick up the 101 up there. Nicer driver and faster, too.

Trust me, I did the same run for over a year.

[Skooz]

Please don't tell us you think the speed limt is a failsafe, always-reasonable-and-accurate figure. Please DO tell us you're familiar with the 85th percentile concept. If you think everyone driving the 'safe' speed limit would create a traffic panacea,

Driving the speed limit is far safer than everyone just making up their own speed limit and driving as fast as they "feel."

Don't like the speed limit? Press the lawmaking authority in your community to change it.

I never said "everyone driving the 'safe' speed limit would create a traffic panacea," but it would be safer than some driving the speed limit and others exceeding the speed limit by 10 - 30 mph.

[bannie]

As a middle aged woman...put a cell phone in our hands, and you'll really screw up traffic!

[Skooz]

Skooz is undoubdtedly a Volvo driver who set the rev limiter to 1,200 rpm.

I'm actually a courteous driver who (gasp) obeys the law.

[taxed2death]

"In California people are shot at on the freeway for just such behaviour so often, that it barely makes the news."

On my last motorcycle tour in California I was amazed at the level of carelessness that auto drivers have out there. I was the guest at the homes of a few prominent car and motorcycle magazine writers and mentioned to them that if people drove in CT as bad as the drivers do in Ca. They would likely get followed home and beaten down three steps from their car in their own driveway.

I've never done this myself...but I have more than a few of my biker customers who do this here on a regular basis.

[bannie]

We all have unique perspectives on other drivers. Men drivers do not like to see women pass them! They speed up when such an event might occur.

;-)

[Cecily]

I thought that you could be ticketed for riding the passing lane and impeding the flow of traffic.

[Cobra64]

Unless I am in a hurry and speeding, I leave the left lane to the speed freaks who willfully endanger the lives of others

You are in a hurry and speeding?

I'm going to call the police!

[Skooz]

You are in a hurry and speeding?

It has happened.

I'm going to call the police!

Statist. :)

[-YYZ-]

"I generally don't mind lane splitters, but I'd prefer it if they'd use the shoulder (if there is one)."

In California, the only state where lane splitting is legal, to the best of my knowledge, riding/driving on the shoulder is not legal. Elsewhere you're breaking the law either way, and I tend to agree that the shoulder might be safer.

[Xenalyte]

See, I coulda used you over the weekend.

I was on my way to my second job, and the final stretch is a two-lane back road that has a 70 limit on it. The bozo in front of me was going forty-freaking-give miles an hour, and every time someone tried to pass, he wove over into the center, taking up both lanes.

What a (expletive deleted).

[Skooz]

That was you? :)

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Men drivers do not like to see women pass them! They speed up when such an event might occur.

I've seen that, too - it's dangerous because the driver overtaking is 'stuck' on the wrong lane longer than he had hoped.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

As a middle aged woman...put a cell phone in our hands, and you'll really screw up traffic!

Mayhem!! ;)

[Smogger]

Well I think drivers in other states can't drive for sh#t, but I'll admit our drivers aren't what they used to be. Mainly because of all of the illegals, but the majority of Asians can't drive for crap either.

[MineralMan]

"You are nuts to go 101 -- take Sepulveda to Lincoln to PCH, then take that to Oxnard and pick up the 101 up there. Nicer driver and faster, too.

"

True. That's an excellent route, as long as it's not rush hour. But, then, there are no good routes at rush hour anywhere in LA.

Actually, I found a better route than yours for the SLO-San Diego run. Going South, I'd cut over on 126 in Ventura, pick up I-5, switch to the 210, then take the 15 to San Diego. It's farther, but usually let me make the whole trip one way in less than 5 hours. Coming back, it worked pretty well, too, as long as I got out of San Diego by 1 PM. If I got out of San Diego after 2 PM, there was no help for me.

That's a long day in a vehicle, though. I hated it.

[null and void]

I was picturing someone with lather and a mach 3. I was like , wtf does that. lol.

I saw a guy dry shaving with a blade while driving once...

[relictele]

but it would be safer than some driving the speed limit and others exceeding the speed limit by 10 - 30 mph.

The video at the link provided directly contradicts that claim with real-world evidence.

[TankerKC]

I don't know why parking space hogs didn't make the list. They come in two types: 1) Parks as if the lines mean nothing, making full effort to maximize use of as many spots as possible and 2) Those that walk to their car in a crowded lot, then take 1/2 century to get in their car and out of the slot.

The latter happened to me yesterday. It was smokin' hot out and there were very few free spots at the theater. A 20ish couple climbed into their shoe box car, then sat there for 5 minutes while I waited behind them. (Before you say that I should have moved on, there were only a few spaces and other cars already waiting).

If anyone wants to know how big an a-hole I am, just Freepmail me and I'll tell you what I did. ;)