*smooch*
Posted on 07/17/2006 8:41:13 AM PDT by Smogger
Are you really a good, conscientious driver, or are your driving habits the behind-the-wheel equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard to everyone else on the road?
A recent survey of 10,000 drivers conducted by Hagerty Insurance, a company that insures collector cars, determined the 10 things that exasperate other drivers the most:
10. You're taking a carefree spin down the road when you notice that the car in front of you has its turn signal on ... and on ... and on. Five or 10 miles later, your left eye twitching, you realize the other driver is clueless to the fact their indicator is on. You have just experienced the 10th-biggest irritation, according to the drivers surveyed.
9. Ah, men. Running a little late for work, they often can be seen grooming and shaving while driving. To be certain, this is never an issue for those of us of the female persuasion. Heads up, gentlemen. Grooming while driving was ranked as the ninth-most annoying driver behavior.
8. Due to the fact that I get into deep hot water with motorcycle riders every time I write something negative about motorcycles driving in between lanes, I feel it necessary to post the following disclaimer: I did not conduct the survey. Hagerty Insurance did. That said, the survey concluded that motorcycles that split lanes are No. 8 on the list of what infuriates drivers the most.
7. If you have been told on more than one occasion that you are a good candidate for an anger-management class, you should be aware that those of you who take your rage out on the road are the seventh-most disliked drivers.
6. Do you find that reaching up and turning on that pesky turn signal is more effort than you care to expend while driving? Not bothering to use your turn signal is the sixth-most irksome thing you can do when behind the wheel.
5. If you are a driver with a superiority complex, beware. If you speed up to keep other people from changing lanes or passing you, you were ranked as the fifth-biggest irritation on the road.
4. Some drivers weave in and out of lanes for the precious advantage of arriving at their destination two minutes earlier than those silly folks who actually drive safely. Traffic weavers, you have been forewarned -- you are the fourth-most reviled drivers.
3. You look in your rear-view mirror and see another car driving within inches of your rear bumper. If you were to stop suddenly, the driver behind you would no doubt be meeting you in your front seat for lunch. The survey found that the third-most exasperating driver is the tailgater.
2. If you've got to drive slow, you better know where to go. Those who putz in the fast lane ranked as the second-biggest driving annoyance.
1. And the Big Kahuna, the No. 1 act that survey respondents said made them grind their teeth down to a pulp when they saw other drivers doing it? You guessed it -- chatting on the cell phone. Some 28.5 percent of those surveyed would like you to hang it up the next time you hit the road.
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2. If you've got to drive slow, you better know where to go. Those who putz in the fast lane ranked as the second-biggest driving annoyance.
1. And the Big Kahuna, the No. 1 act that survey respondents said made them grind their teeth down to a pulp when they saw other drivers doing it? You guessed it -- chatting on the cell phone. Some 28.5 percent of those surveyed would like you to hang it up the next time you hit the road.
I find these two related. At least 95% of the time I have to pass someone in a left lane going well below the speed limit on the freeway, they are on their cell phone.
NJ is a toilet run by greedy incompetents. And the residents love being simple-minded minions who love to sit in traffic and pay tolls on the GSP. They had the chance to join an end toll organization and elect a governor who vowed to end the tolls and instead chose to elect a queer, left-wing, tax-and-spend liberal. They deserve all the traffic, congestion, tolls, property taxes they get.
Oh, you ARE bad! ;)
susie
That kind of explains S. FL. Thank you.
susie
Around here the "fast lane" is the right lane. The left is clogged with rubber-necking tourists and ladder-covered, mulch-filled, illegal-immigrant-navigated work trucks.
Ah, life in paradise...
Some see being stuck in the grave as being needlessly dumb.
I hope you don't cause someone else to be harmed by your "smartness".
Stay well, and good luck. (you will need it)
Yes ma'am...
Or even even worse, they don't use it at all and just stop in the thru traffic/regular lane.
Nope. There are clueless, inconsiderate jerks all over the roads. Some have cell phones, some don't. I have seen "soccer moms" do incredibly stupid things and then act righteous.
I use a cell phone all the time in the Corvette. However, you would no know it since I use hands-free Bluetooth. No different than talking to a passenger.
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