What's an irritational pet peeve you observe other drivers doing, that in no way effects you?

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_taza_@reddit

Doing a mini scandi flick before every turn (with full grip, at a snail's pace)

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no1kat@reddit

Canada - People who drive around at night with their headlights off. they don’t realize it as their dash lights are on and the DRLs are on as well. Automatic headlights exist for a reason.

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In California, if your wipers are on, your headlights must be on as well. When it rains heavily but it's not dark enough to trigger the automatic headlights, it's so hard to see them in your mirrors. Of course they're oblivious because they never manually turn on their lights and expect the car to do it for them every time.

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maldoricfcatr@reddit

2011 ram truck I think has a feature to turn on headlights if you use wipers.

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BJoe1976@reddit

Been seeing that around the Chicagoland area last month or so too, drives me nuts when it doesn’t have an effect on me, but is infuriating when it has the potential, like the person that pulled out of a lot ahead of me a couple weeks ago while heading home from work.

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Briiskella@reddit

YESSS the wiper speed finally someone said it 😂🤪

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Emergency-Gazelle954@reddit

I always feel like I’m being judged about my wiper speed and keep it as low as possible. I guess I was right!

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CheMeGreezne@reddit

The scoliotic lean towards the middle of the car

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Significant_Pie_2392@reddit

Riding the brakes on a slight downhill instead of letting the car coast or engine brake.

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V8sOnly@reddit

Wearing headphones...literal noise cancelling whole-ass headphones. You dont have a radio in your car? Bluetooth adapter for 20 bucks? Cant put your phone on speaker? Or are they just hoping to get hit by an emergency vehicle?

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jeffreyjicha@reddit

No headphones for me, but I do have a bluetooth speaker in my car until I can replace the module that controls my radio and heat/AC

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bean_fritter@reddit

Hands at 11 and 1 on the steering wheel.

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StopNowThink@reddit

Similar to seat all the way forward with 1 inch between them and the airbag. If you're that short, you need pedal extensions.

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suddenspiderarmy@reddit

My goofball of a sister does that. Drove me crazy when we shared a car because I got my dad's long legs and need it almost all the way back.

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jeffreyjicha@reddit

Gf and I share a car. I'm 6'3, I NEED the seat all the way back and as low as I can go to be comfortable and also not hit my head on the headliner. Gf is 5'5 and has to have the seat mostly forward. Absolutely annoying to be in a rush to go somewhere after she drove.

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toiletsurprise@reddit

My wife and I are like that, I have short legs so I sit pretty close to the wheel whereas she has long legs and sits much further back. I get in after she was driving and feel like I'm going to fall into the back seat, she gets in after me and scrunches in like she's in a sardine can. "Curse your little legs!"

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mallogy@reddit

/r/confidentlyincorrect

Correct driving position is 9-3, close enough that you can turn lock to lock without your shoulders losing contact with the seat.

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StopNowThink@reddit

None of what you just said is in conflict with any of what I just said. Where am I incorrect?

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mallogy@reddit

My bad. Should have responded to your other reply.

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Vanbc@reddit

Or the opposite where they have the seat reclined so far back you can barely see their head when you drive by

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JunkMilesDavis@reddit

People tapping their brakes on the interstate when there's absolutely nothing happening. I don't know why I see it so much more now. Is it an adaptive cruise control thing on newer cars? I don't know, but it always puts me straight into alert mode.

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04limited@reddit

It isn’t adaptive cruise because those systems maintain distance mainly by engine braking and rarely apply brakes.

The people who do that are ones who can’t gauge the car infront and its constant gas/brake application. This causes a chain reaction with all the cars behind.

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angrycanadianguy@reddit

Less common, but I’ve come across enough people that do this to know it’s not an isolated occurrence, people that two foot drive will do this accidentally, not realizing how little pressure is needed to activate the brake lights.

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Infamous_Tough_7320@reddit

I don’t even know how 2 foot drivers have passed there test or fallen into that habit having already passed their test

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DDG_Dillon@reddit

Yeah I do sim racing with a wheel and pedals and I use both feet for that, could never on the road though.

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Infamous_Tough_7320@reddit

Same. The way I drive on my sim does not in any way translate to how I drive on the roads

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ethereal_twin@reddit

Wish this were always the case but have seen cars do this with no one in front of them either

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Dinismo@reddit

They are on the phone. Instead of looking at where they are going frequently enough their simple minds tell them to hit the brakes.

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PizzaHockeyGolf@reddit

I drive pretty much all day for work. This is the main cause of it. My truck sits high enough I can see the driver look down and then the brake lights come on. Also causes poor speed regulation because if the don’t hit the brake they let up on the gas pedal.

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04limited@reddit

Lot of people like to rest their foot on the brake pedal too

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turfnerd82@reddit

That's one of mine. Gas then brake then gas then break, like dude just coast or don't press so hard on the pedal it's not hard.

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c_is_forcookie@reddit

Not true at all in my experience. Driving manually, I never need to tough the brakes and I use and build a buffer distance. If I'm on adaptive cruise, it is constantly hitting the brakes to maintain an almost exact distance. I have experience with Toyota and Chevy and they both do the same. Toyota is worse and will brake quite hard

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illegitimate_Raccoon@reddit

Or the fools who keep their left foot on the brake pedal and randomly apply too much pressure

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Ajpeterson@reddit

Sometimes I’ll cancel my cruise control by barely breathing on the brakes if I’m coming up on slower traffic and I’m unable to pass due to the passing lane being taken up by some idiot.

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TheMunkeeFPV@reddit

If you’re noticing this more often it could be regenerative breaking. I know my car does it for sure. As soon as I let go of the accelerator or just start to decelerate from letting off a little it’ll automatically turn my break lights on as if I’m breaking.

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mickeyaaaa@reddit

my wife's RAV4 will turn on the brake lights if i hold down the coast button on cruise control - not touching brake at all...safety feature maybe....

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bassgoonist@reddit

I swear some people are using 2 feet and just getting lazy and pushing on the brake when they don't need to

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Chomblop@reddit

A couple of weeks ago I was driving behind someone for about five minutes and their brake lights were on the whole time. Just insanity.

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Uber1337pyro333@reddit

This is an old signal to someone behind you to turn off your highbeams... what color is that headlight icon bud, green or blue? /s

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Blu_yello_husky@reddit

Theyre just taking cruise control off. Have you never had to take cruise off because someone changed lanes in front of you? I dont understand how so many people on here talk about this as a pet peeve. Its literally them deactivating cruise control. Its super obvious and its certainly no mystery.

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LazyLancer@reddit

Not adaptive cruise control per se, but it might be dumb cruise control with brake function. If you're going downhill, some cars with this kind of cruise control implementation might brake to keep within the designated speed limit.

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shigatorade@reddit

My Subaru does that shit sometimes where the cruise control will slam on the brakes worse than anything I would’ve done it drives me insane.

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MultipleOrgasmDonor@reddit

For me it’s a regular cruise control thing, I give the brake a quick tap to cancel it when approaching slower traffic, even if I don’t actually use the brakes to slow down

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JunkMilesDavis@reddit

I totally get it in that situation. Around here, we have some hilly terrain and pretty sparse traffic most of the time, so I see a lone car up ahead occasionally hit the brakes, and wonder if they saw an animal coming out of the woods or a state trooper around the next curve. There are a few stretches where I see it happen more than others even though the hills aren't steep enough for gravity to pull you over the speed limit, so it's just a mildly irritating mystery.

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c_is_forcookie@reddit

I totally understand and it drives me crazy too. That being said, as a new owner of an EV, I have no idea when my brake lights come on with Regen braking in 1 pedal driving mode. I could see that being a significant cause of this phenomenon. I tend to not use 1 pedal mode on the highway mostly for this reason.

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Longjumping_Affect22@reddit

I think this might be an ACC thing, at least I've certainly been wondering myself if it is.

I use ACC for my morning commute and if I'm behind someone and their speed slows, my brakes are automatically applied to keep a safe follow distance even if they themselves simply let off their gas and didn't brake.

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MATTW3R@reddit

Driving the speed limit to a TEE

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Psychological-Web828@reddit

Fog lamps on during in the day. I know some countries have a headlamps on rule, but just use the frickin headlamps. Conversely some People use the auto-lamp function so they don’t light up during the day when they are meant to be on.

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No_Win7658@reddit

Face at 5cm of the steering wheel… why?

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Psychological-Web828@reddit

Chewing on the wheel like a horse on a bit.

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notwyntonmarsalis@reddit

Stopping where there’s no stop sign to “be nice” and let someone in. Great way to cause an accident. Predictable is much more important than nice when on the road.

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pretty-late-machine@reddit

Or stopping in the middle of a traffic circle/roundabout lmao

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Psychological-Web828@reddit

Oh this affects me. Like it’s your right of way, it’s the rule so don’t fuck up the flow. It’s not courteous driving, it’s stupid.

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alltheticks@reddit

Perform basic maintenance! I know it's your car to trash I don't care do the bare minimum to take care of it!

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ItsACaptainDan@reddit

Maybe it’s more rational but I’ve noticed:

People signaling to turn then turning in the opposite direction. Maybe it’s a Southern California thing but I see it every day now

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sinph1@reddit

Going below the speed limit in the left lane and then actively trying to race you when you try to get around them resulting in both vehicles going 30+ above the speed limit… this happens may too often and yet I simply don’t know what they are trying to prove here? Are they bored?

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Scared_Caramel3839@reddit

Riding in the left lane on a completely empty highway. Bothers me so much.

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Significant_Rip300@reddit

Turning super slow

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Alcoholitron@reddit

Spending ten minutes in a rest stop and then catching up to speedy McGee assrider twenty minutes later

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505backup_1@reddit

When they're traveling faster coming up on you and instead of going in the empty passing lane just slow down and stay behind you, even if it's a safe distance behind

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mickeyaaaa@reddit

because they were speeding and didnt mean to...you corrected them and they're cool with that.

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505backup_1@reddit

Fair enough, it gets to me more when they go speeding off the second you turn or exit though, like they're just driving scared

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JustTheComputerGuy@reddit

They can't afford a ticket.

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mallogy@reddit

Or they have a turn coming up.

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Prhime@reddit

Damn really? I do that all the time, never thought about it.

Sometimes its because I'd feel stupid overtaking someone just to go like 5 kmh faster, sometimes its because I notice I was going a bit to fast anyway and sometimes its because I dont know the area and dont wanna get a ticket so I prefer to stay behind local drivers.

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TheMunkeeFPV@reddit

I get behind slower cars on the freeway because if there isn’t someone in front of me I will speed.

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abattlescar@reddit

This is why I hate radar cruise control. It pisses me off to no end having to second guess if the driver behind me wants to pass or not.

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mickeyaaaa@reddit

not your problem, quit looking in the rear view mirror lol

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fuzzy-lint@reddit

If they want to pass, they’ll figure it out 🤷🏼‍♀️

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starcjpumpkin@reddit

i do this sometimes as a sign to stop speeding and just go the limit

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frost-bite999@reddit

Cmon sometimes they just want a buddy on the road, haha

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comfy_rope@reddit

I make road pals all the time. Split the ticket risk.

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Danielle_is_the_hole@reddit

Or when you pass someone and move back to the right and all of a sudden they speed up and tailgate you.

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the_fez_45@reddit

Then proceed to follow you for 5 miles only to pass you like you're standing still.

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cowboysdominion@reddit

people who leave on their blinkers/emergencies while continuing to go straight 😭 omfg it drives me insane

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DoorExtension8175@reddit

It bugs me to see people driving with their rodent sized dog on their lap. They’ll hate themselves when a fender bender blows the air bag and they’re sitting there with their beloved ankle biter dead in their lap. Even worse if the little yapper caused the accident.

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theastro_not@reddit

When it’s a gorgeous day out and they’re not driving their convertible with the top down

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No_Platform_5402@reddit

When im coming up to a stop, another car gets there first then waits like 5 seconds before finally going when im clearly waiting for them.

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Freedom07052025@reddit

Not accelerating in the acceleration lane to match the speed of the traffic they are merging with. I am willing to whoa up a little to let someone in, but not to the point where I am a hazard. If you are stopping in the acceleration lane, you deserve to wait.

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bruh_the_person@reddit

I hate how slow some people accelerate from a stop, I understand some people are just trying to save gas, but it makes absolutely no sense when people do it in EVs with all the instant torque they get

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AlecsThorne@reddit

I think this actually affects other drivers though, but I totally agree. Also, the same thing but for overtaking, when they change lanes and they move at the same speed (or same speed +1) as the care they're "trying" to overtake.

*To be clear, I'm not talking about drivers who don't want to go over the speed limit, I'm talking about cars that, for example are behind a truck/lorry which already moves well under the speed limit, but, because the driver doesn't want to be behind it, changes lanes and drivers at the same lower speed.

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melodic-abalone-69@reddit

Omfg I always run into this in Oklahoma for some reason.

I don't get it.

I don't want to be right next to a semi trailer for miles... Especially in a state with a lot of wind! Who would??

Safer to speed up a bit to pass them quickly than to poke along in their blind spot, right next to them for literal miles while pissing off everyone behind you.

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AlecsThorne@reddit

Yeah exactly. I don't care if people wanna drive slow as long as they use the first line. If you wanna overtake someone, you obviously need to speed up at least a little. If not, you're just blocking the lane, which can be incredibly risky on motorways

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TheMunkeeFPV@reddit

You got it backwards. EV will tell you to do this. It wants you to accelerate slowly because it’s energy efficient. When they are self driving they accelerate themselves slowly too. Often there are visuals of some kind that incentivize you to accelerate slower. It’s a thing…

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Uber1337pyro333@reddit

75 year old dude in a track ready corvette next to my shitbox volvo

takes off at the speed of a snail and proceeds to take 5 miles to reach 45mph

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jrileyy229@reddit

Huh? It makes all the sense in the world in an EV... They're trying to save battery.

If your logic is that people are trying to save money doing it in a gas car.... And that's deemed okay by you as the apparent judge and jury here... Then people in an EV are doing the same thing. trying to save money by using less electricity + trying to have to deal with the inconvenience of having to go sit at the charger for 30 minutes less frequently.

Charging the car still costs money... I don't know why you think it's free... And Lots of people rely on public charging, which is even more expensive. on a per mile basis it's not really much cheaper than a small economy car like a Corolla.

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Prhime@reddit

This highly depends in where you live. Around here electricity is comically cheap compared to gas and most EV drivers, myself included, charge at home and/or at work so they never have to worry about range or charging time.

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jrileyy229@reddit

I understand that, but the fact remains it still costs money... And some people near you are using public charging.. Anyone that only has street parking or lives in an apartment or whatever, are relying on public charging.

and that public charging costs significantly more and is significantly more inconvenient.

So to universally say "EVs should all be rocketing away from lights with all that torque" is silly.

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Prhime@reddit

Youre not wrong but still I'm just as annoyed by it as OP. We're talking about irrational pet peeves after all right? haha

Also btw I do live in an apartment and use public charging, but I live in Europe... in my neighborhood every single street light has a charging port and electricty is highly subsidized. Also no taxes on EVs so I'm saving so much money compared to dailying an ICE car I just dont care whether Im spending 10 or 15 Euros on charging a week.

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jrileyy229@reddit

That's pretty cool, didn't know Europe was so advanced in their adoption of public convenience and charging

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Prhime@reddit

I mean this is in no way universal across Europe to be fair. Generally as a German I consider my country to be embarassingly far behind the Nordics or the Dutch, but yeah there has been noticeable progress over the past couple of years.

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bruh_the_person@reddit

It’s significantly cheaper to charge your EV where I live, and more often than not, people with EVs have more money. EVs use less energy in stop and go situations than gas cars…. and most EV owners where I live charge at home where it’s pretty much dirt cheap, I mean i cant really imagine a situation where someone without money to burn would buy an EV and couldn’t even charge it at home

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jrileyy229@reddit

Uhh, when Teslas were popular, lots of people bought them who don't own a home with a charger... Especially when the EV credit was going away

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bruh_the_person@reddit

Sounds like a poor financial decision to me

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abattlescar@reddit

When I put 20% throttle on my NA Miata with maybe 70% of the HP it came with and I beat you through the intersection, there might be a problem.

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spiritual_stoner@reddit

that’s how i feel but i drive an old car that can’t accelerate very fast. When i come across new cars that do that, it makes me so upset like brother i know what you’re car is capable of

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LAM678@reddit

lol my old mercedes makes about 50 horsepower to the wheels, i'm flooring it just to keep up with traffic

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Prestigious_Tiger_26@reddit

I know the feeling. Had a '77 300D myself. I floored it going on the on ramp and a car almost rear ended me as I merged WHILE STILL FLOORING IT. I never hated a car so much as that one.

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LAM678@reddit

it really doesnt help that my kickdown switch doesnt work lol

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Talentless_Cooking@reddit

I drive 40 year old hearse, it supposed to be slow. I should never have to pass anyone, but I do.

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dirtyforker@reddit

My Ranger is like 97HP. I'm trying my best here.

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harrisonfender@reddit

People who do 50 in a 40 zone then continue to do 50 in a 70 zone. Just, why?

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pretty-late-machine@reddit

There's a state route near me where everyone likes to go slow or constantly vary their speed by 20 MPH for absolutely no reason at all, and there are very few opportunities for passing. Before getting on this road, you'll pass them on the highway, where they're doing 50 in a 55. Then you both go on the state route, where the speed limit is 40. Suddenly, you're a massive asshole for going 50, so they'll tailgate you until they can make a semi-legal pass, narrowly avoiding a collision with opposing traffic. Then the speed limit increases to 50, and they go 45. And you're behind them for 1 hour.

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GilesD-WRC@reddit

In the UK it’s the “40 everywhere” crowd. Especially on county roads.

60 limit? do 40, break for EVERY corner AND every oncoming vehicle, then back up to 40. Unless there’s a straight with nothing oncoming then 55…

30 limit? Do 40. 20? Do 40.

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Shooshplz@reddit

Braking for no reason instead of just letting off the gas.

Seeing traffic up ahead and still speeding all the way up till they hit the traffic, if everyone just didn't do that there would be less traffic.

Turning super fucking slow

When the light turn green they let off the brake and let their car idle forward for a sec before they start accelerating, really fucks me up in the manual cuz they start movin, then i start movin, but then they aint movin.

Driving next to each other so i cant pass and being fully unaware.

I have so much more. Being a driver in a world of other drivers sucks. They are all stupid asf

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EmbarrassedSquare823@reddit

Oooh, possible chance for me to learn something- as someone who generally isn't trying to be a problem on the road lol

"Seeing traffic up ahead and still speeding all the way up till they hit the traffic, if everyone just didn't do that there would be less traffic."

I'll be totally honest, and maybe this is just work exhaustion, but I don't entirely see the issue here. Is there any chance you would be willing to explain how the dynamics work in this situation, between keeping the same pace until the flow of traffic is disrupted ahead and, what, slowing way down preemptively? I'm genuinely interested in this :)

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Mouse_Manipulator@reddit

Less slowing down for no reason = less traffic

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Green_Juggernaut_410@reddit

Those people that hit the brake every 5 seconds but arent really braking much or at all. Gas brake gas brake gas brake. Drives me bonkers

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smexymexy17@reddit

Also the number one pet peeve of mine while driving manual is when people come to a stop and realize they have soo much space infront of them to the forward... then forward... then forward until you are the one with the large gap and now feel pressured to put the car in gear because the person infront of you can't judge distance.

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Laser0809@reddit

This is my exact list.

I would add inability to merge without disrupting traffic and breaking because someone in the next lane over did.

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Nerdschleife@reddit

Riding the brakes

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maniamawoman@reddit

Inconsistent throttle input. Especially the wankers that are 10-20 k under the limit until there's a passing lane and then speed up

Passing lane puzzies/ quarter panel c-unts

They start to pass but then just speed match beside you often lingering in the blind spot/ C pillar and quarter panel

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PaperBeneficial@reddit

Oh my God the inconsistent throttle input gives me high blood pressure. My sister does that and I cannot drive with her because of it. She also regularly drives 5 to 10 mph under the speed limit, doesn't pull forward into the intersection when making a left turn, and here's the kicker, she barely ever uses her turn signal. She's so safety conscious, but not mindful of other people's safety by using her turn signal. It really encapsulates her personality perfectly. 🤣😂

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scumbagstaceysEx@reddit

People that use their signals properly but then pull left to turn right or pull right to turn left. Like, ok you’re signaling so I’m not gonna pass you on that side; but what the fuck are you doing? If you’re not towing a trailer there’s never a reason to do this.

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PaperBeneficial@reddit

Oh my God that drives me bonkers. You're in a Honda accord, you don't need to turn like you're an 18-wheeler 🤣

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CarbonInTheWind@reddit

I saw a lady flossing at a red light today. Definitely irritating but it also definitely didn't affect me.

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PaperBeneficial@reddit

Oh my God that would ruin my month. 🤣😂

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PaperBeneficial@reddit

Passenger feet up on the dash. Or anyone's feet out the window etc. I don't know why that makes my blood boil 😂🤣

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chrisbot128@reddit

At a red light, going straight, in the right lane, while others were available. Especially when there’s multiple cars behind them with blinkers on, who have to sit and wait for the light.

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Both_Painter_9186@reddit

People who constantly tap the gas instead of just keeping constant pressure.

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DustyRacoonDad@reddit

Sort of don't have one. Everything I have an irrational pet peeve on regarding driving also affects me... And usually everyone else.

I hate when people stop to let others pull out when they don't have full control over all of the lanes... Because that's one of the leading causes of accidents in this area of the country.

I hate when people don't pay attention so it makes it so everyone can't get through the light. Not just me but everyone around me.

But I don't think these are pet peeves as much as an overall appreciation of driving versus disliking those who suck at it...

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mrrichardhn@reddit

Me going at the speed limit on the slow lane and people kept trying to push me, even though the passing lane is wide open on a multiple lane one-way road.

Oh and also people not knowing their highbeams are on.

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matt2085@reddit

Or people not knowing their headlights are NOT on

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mickeyaaaa@reddit

but that doesnt count, cuz it does affect you - a tailgater is putting you in danger.

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Geruvah@reddit

OP said things that in no way affects you.

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mrrichardhn@reddit

Yes, first one is but second one sometimes I do get irritated sometimes I just move my side mirrors and reflect their beams to shine them instead.

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QualityImpossible241@reddit

I just ease off the gas and they eventually move into the passing lane.

Btw.. based on the question: this definitely affects you

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mrrichardhn@reddit

Ah yeah, my bad. Though the first one didn't really bother me at all since I normally drive like a grandma to save fuel lol.

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myco_lion@reddit

Don't get me started on hi beams. Especially auto hi beams.

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daboobiesnatcher@reddit

Hi beams definitely effect other drivers though, not irrational to get upset about.

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AgonizingGasPains@reddit

After losing a child in an auto accident, speeding. Most people are morons that don't realize speeding doesn't get you there any quicker, really, but it increases risk exponentially.

If you need to drive ten miles:

10 mph gets you there in 1 hour. Every increase by 10 mph doubles risk of death by current NHTSA estimates.

15 mph = 40 min.

20 mph = 30 min, 2x risk

25 mph = 24 min.

30 mph = 20 min. 4x risk

35 mph = 17 min.

40 mph = 15 min. 8x risk

45 mph = 14 min,

50 mph = 12 min, 16x risk

55 mph = 11 min.

60 mph = 10 min. 32x risk

65 mph = 9:23

70 mph = 8:57 64x risk

75 mph = 8 min.

80 mph = 7:30 min, 128x risk

85 mph = 7:06

90 mph = 6:32 min, 256x risk

95 mph = 6:21

100 mph = 6 min., 512x risk

So, when I see people doing 80 in a 70 zone, that difference over ten miles is less than a minute and a half, but at 128 times the risk (to them and everyone else on the road), unless of course they end up pulled over, or in a single fireball.

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AggressiveKing8314@reddit

Sorry for your loss but how can you say speeding doesn’t get you there any quicker and then in detail show just the opposite?

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AgonizingGasPains@reddit

The point is that speeding is "diminishing returns" while risk goes up exponentially. Going 80 in a 70, only saves you 58 seconds in 10 miles. Is that worth it? Most trips are less than 20 miles.

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SkyExpensive4069@reddit

Keeping their blinker on for miles after lane changing, like I know you hear that thing clicking at you to turn it off

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AlternativeCraft8905@reddit

Turning out in front of me when there is NO ONE BEHIND ME! JUST WAIT!!

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Iamthe0c3an2@reddit

The second one gets me the most. Like it takes a few seconds to set up and you never worry about getting pulled over and you can even set up auto dictate to text.

The other is my stepdad prefers using his cars built in satnav despite it having carplay.

Like waze and google maps are more up to date than the built in. The amount of times the built in has taken him to closed roads and wrong ways and he hasn’t changed his ways.

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nadjrules@reddit

Putting on the turn signal but not changing lanes or turning. Just oblivious blinking for a mile or more. Really grinds my gears.

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OlFlirtyBastardOFB@reddit

People riding my ass so close they can kiss it while I'm decelerating to a red light.

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505backup_1@reddit

This. I'm not gassing it to the red light

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AggressiveKing8314@reddit

People who only tailgate but won’t grow a pair and pass.

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WhichStatistician810@reddit

People in modern cars with perfectly good aircon, so steamed up they probably can’t even see what’s alongside them

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dalekaup@reddit

Changing lanes in an intersection. If you are waiting to turn right in an intersection you should be able to assume that someone is not going to come into your lane and clobber you.

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Illustrious_Cycle_79@reddit

Stopping 20 feet back from the car in front of them and then moving forward in 6 inch increments every 3 seconds

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south-of-the-river@reddit

People driving with their DRLs on at night but no actual headlights

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GGGenom@reddit

Driving with the window open, elbow on the window frame, left hand gripping the roof/ upper window frame. Like what the hell is wrong with you, you absolute Neanderthal

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Thingshumansdo@reddit

When you’re in traffic and someone bolts from behind you to get in front of you because they’re thinking you’re going too slow, only to have to brake hard once they realize I’m going the same speed as the car in front of me 🤣congratulations, you passed me. Now you have to deal with the same thing I’ve been dealing with for the last 10 minutes.

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Swamp_Hawk_420@reddit

Smoking with the windows rolled up. Doesn't affect me at all, but super gross!

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sfdsquid@reddit

Then there are people who complain about someone smoking in the car ahead of them because they insist they can smell it and they think they're going to get second hand lung cancer or something. Whatever. Exhaust smells and is bad for you too.

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NoPanda1711@reddit

Cigarettes, weed, doesn’t matter, you absolutely can smell it when the car directly in front or behind you is smoking out their car, it’s not just the one smoke you’re smelling because they probably do it all the time. I ride windows down almost 24/7 around this time of year, and can also hear people’s phone conversations through their doors with all their windows up when they pipe them through the speakers.

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Western-Bug-2873@reddit

Yep. Smokers never believe that we can smell it coming from a car ahead of us in traffic. They can't smell it because their sinuses are coated with tar and their sense of smell is deadened.

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MultipleOrgasmDonor@reddit

I can definitely smell it when someone in the car in front of me is smoking. It seems like a ridiculous claim but it’s quite realistic especially if you’re in a convertible but even if you’re just driving without the air on recirc

I smoke btw, so I’m not sure if that makes me more or less sensitive to smelling it

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Swamp_Hawk_420@reddit

Never heard this particular complaint, but my ex-MIL used to love trying to blame the smell of cigarettes in her house on the highway 6 blocks away lol. Being outside in that part of Houston probably counts as smoking a pack a day anyway.

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Rshann_421@reddit

Or their window cracked while they stick the smoking cigarette out of it. “It makes no difference! You and Your car will still smell like a used ashtray!”

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PmMeYourKnobAndTube@reddit

It makes a huge difference in how strongly it smells. Also keeps the ash out of the car, which smells way worse than the lingering smoke.

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WrapTimely@reddit

I point out their windows to people I’m riding with “look how gross that glass is” it’s an achievement to get it that way

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PoopSmith87@reddit

On a busy highway road with a center turning lane: Slam on braks > turn signal > slowly enter center turning lane, usually stopping to wait with a quarter panel still in traffic.

For anyone confused, you're supposed to signal > get completely into the center turning lane > then hit your brakes. Thats why they have center lanes, so you dont have to cause 20 people to brake and swerve at 50 mph to turn into fucking Home Goods or the Piggly Wiggly.

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Imaginary-Badger-119@reddit

Existing!

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whitebreadguilt@reddit

Mine is: merging in front of me and taking my safety gap then SLOWING DOWN (I’m usually in the faster lanes). It happen way too much. A close second is camping in the passing/fast lanes.

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Onomatopoeia-sizzle@reddit

If everyone quit driving tempers would calm down.

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Miserable-Yak-8041@reddit

Having a dog in your lap or hanging out the drivers window while driving.

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Beneficial-Sugar6950@reddit

Not really an issue with other drivers but rather owners: people who put the stand up Mercedes hood ornament on a car with the center grille star

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grandpajay@reddit

I sometimes see people talking on their phone, which is fine, but sometimes their holding their phone... in insanely modern cars. Teslas, brand new top trim models, vehicles that I am 1000% sure have Bluetooth and would allow these people to talk hands free.

To be clear I don't care that folks are talking on the phone, I don't care that their evening holding their phone. I care that for some reason they didn't take 5 minutes to setup Bluetooth. It's dumb but I notice it a lot and it drives me crazy.

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maxsmoke105@reddit

Slowing down and THEN giving a turn signal or changing to to turning land and THEN giving a signal.

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GKNByNW@reddit

Existing

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RemoteVersion838@reddit

Says every Canadian: Anyone who's rear window is obscured by snow, and they have a rear wiper. It does affect me in a way because I don't trust anyone that has so little spacial awareness that they don't care if they can't see behind them.

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YeahIGotNuthin@reddit

When someone doesn't pull all the way up behind the stopped car in front of them, but leaves like 2 or 3 car lengths, "NOT blocking me" version.

The "blocking me" version is a rational pet peeve that DOES affect me.

But the fact that the not-blocking-me version blocks other people, pointlessly, bothers me. "We could get twice the number of cars past you to make the left-turn-only arrow or the right-on-red, BUT NO, you have to stay back here and block everyone."

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smexymexy17@reddit

its worse when they inch forward after stopping making me put my car in 1st.

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Intelligent-Ad6158@reddit

people not backing into parking spots wherever possible.

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fuzzy-lint@reddit

Well great, all the times I told myself to quit worrying because nobody was judging my wiper speed? I WAS RIGHT

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PaleontologistShot25@reddit

When people park in the fire lane to go in the grocery store

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Hal89-750@reddit

Not taking the time to go in the drive thru the correct way , say around the building , and just coming in on the side and blocking the sidewalk . Kids have to go in the street just cause you didn’t want to to two seconds to go around the McDonald’s.

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Unfair_You_1769@reddit

Wearing gloves and a mask.

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Justaviewer10@reddit

People who don’t signal when changing lanes into a turning lane and then signal when in the turning lane, even when there is nowhere else they can go besides turn.

People who stop behind a car at a red light like 2-3 car lengths back and then move up a tiny bit after like 10 seconds while the light is still red. Even worse is stopping too far behind the stop line that the sensors in the road don’t activate so the light never changes until I get to the light

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kyson1@reddit

I pulled up behind a lady in a left turn lane, she's stopped way back from the line, we go through two full rotations of the lights and she doesn't pull up at all to trip the sensor. I couldn't go around in a fully loaded semi, starting off up hill, had to set the brakes and get out, walk up to her, and tell her to pull up to the line so the lights change. She was completely oblivious I was standing at her window until I knocked, like the lights were on but no ones home. It was at least 15 years ago off of I80 in PA, and I still remember it like yesterday it irritated me so much.

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GilesD-WRC@reddit

On a Motorway/Highway set your cruse to the limit. Then watch as people you’ve passed suddenly realise they’ve slowed below, then speed up to just beyond, then pass you, rinse and repeat… In cars obviously new enough that they HAVE CRUSE THEMSELVES.

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NoPanda1711@reddit

On long drives the cars that pass me at 90+ while I’m cruised at 85 with act like I’m the terminator or something when I show up behind them 40 minutes later without changing a thing on my end. They see it as them having lost time and book it away from me in the triple digits to make up for it. Erratic drivers are the worst.

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ManiacalPenguin@reddit

Not knowing the dimensions of their car; particularly in relation to when passing gaps in either parked cars or width restrictions or really any reason including oncoming traffic.

It makes me cringe as a passenger, but as a driver you kinda js go "uhhhh??"

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Blu_yello_husky@reddit

Improper signal usage and illegal left/right turns. It also irritates me when I see a left turn green light driver waiting for a right turn green light driver when there are 2 lanes available on the road they are turning onto. You can turn at the same time, theres no reason to wait. Fucking idiots.

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SubGothius@reddit

Then again, if I had a nickel for every time I tried such a turn into the nearest lane and got honked at, or even nearly crashed into, by the other driver who wanted to make a wide turn into that same lane... well, I'd have maybe a buck two-eighty, but it happens often enough that I don't take for granted that they'll turn into their nearest lane like they should.

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Blu_yello_husky@reddit

Thats why I say my other pet peeves are illegal left/right turns, referring to exactly that. If you are turning left onto a 2 lane road, you ALWAYS turn into the left lane. If you dont, thats an illegal left turn and youre an asshole and an idiot. When I have this happen to me, I honk back and give them the finger. If they wanna pull over and turn it into a thing, that'll be thier problem.

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intrepodor@reddit

Its not irrational to ask that you turn on your headlights in low light conditions.

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mazdaluvah@reddit

When a driver is braking while they turn the wheel.

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hatred-shapped@reddit

Masks while driving alone.

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LazyLancer@reddit

When they stop at a traffic light leaving 3-5 metres of free space to the car in front. And then, once in a while, they move forward a little bit, like 50 cm. Then they stop and wait. Then, later on they do it again. And again. And again.

GOD PEOPLE WHATS WRONG WITH YOU

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SubGothius@reddit

Keeping pace in an adjacent lane with me in their blind spot or them in mine. Either completely lead or trail, or just pass. Blind-spot pacing doesn't directly affect me in the moment, but it could, if either of us has a mechanical failure, a medical event like a stroke/seizure, or strikes/dodges something in the road.

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vampyrelestat@reddit

Skipping lanes when turning, it’s a staple where I live. Sometimes I see the person driving behind me try to follow my lead turning into the closest lane and they act like they just took a bullet.

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Active_Elk_4831@reddit

Speeding down the residential neighborhood even though I'm safely on the sidewalk

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dj_boy-Wonder@reddit

Not driving confidently, could be because they don't know where they are could be because they don't understand the boundaries of what their car can do, or maybe just not thinking ahead. My wife will wait until shes AT the intersection before she starts looking around. There will be clear sight lines from 50 meters up the road and very clearly not another car on the road but she waits until she gets there and comes to a stop before she looks left and right. Drives me spare

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onetenoctane@reddit

Poor lane discipline drives me absolutely nutty

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AskMeaboutMyCorolla@reddit

Not using a marked turn lane until the last second, holding up those going straight while you slow down without a blinker then jumping into the turn lane at an angle and you still manage to block traffic

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Loan_Wolfie@reddit

During the pandemic, I sometimes saw people alone in their cars wearing a mask. Yes, while alone.

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daboobiesnatcher@reddit

Likelihood there is they forgot to take it off. I did see someone get in their car and then put on their mask before, and no they weren't a rideshare driver, they were just a goofy and anxious person.

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ShazzyANG@reddit

I saw that alot too, I can "kinda get" if they were driving less than 5 minutes from their destination but even then thats incredibly lazy

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CicadaHead3317@reddit

When ever someone is an idiot going slower than me, or when someone is a maniac going faster than me.

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Recent-Gap-6988@reddit

People who don't know how to use turn signals properly in a roundabout

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Butcher-22@reddit

People who drive with small dogs in their lap. Pretty sure that if the airbag deploys that pup is a smear. Bothers me so much but has no impact on my life.

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GilesD-WRC@reddit

It’s ’driving without due care & attention’ in the UK. Conviction is 3-9 points (12 is a driving ban) and up to £2500 fine.

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brabson1@reddit

Braking going uphill

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Sweet_Baby_Cheezus@reddit

Too far from the gas pump*. Why are you sticking out like that? It doesn't matter, but it irks me for some reason.

*Outside a valid reason like a trailer or narrow entrance or something.

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GilesD-WRC@reddit

Stopping so your fuel cap is on the wrong side when EVERY pump is free. Then dragging the fuel hose across the back of your car.

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Adventurous_Fix1730@reddit

Controversial but drivers that look back on their kids as they’re driving. Look I understand driving with kids is hazardous, but driving up a small suburban street and a parent has half their body wrapped around their seat trying to help their kid with food or a toy whilst in motion, isn’t any safer.

I worked in motor vehicle fatality investigations (not police, insurance) and many accidents were caused initially from being distracted from their kids. One case I had a male, driving his four kids and wife, tried to discipline his kid whilst driving on a back rural road. He swerved and hit a new teen driver, which then resulted in the loss of life for his family and the teen. Coroner’s report confirmed he was the only survivor.

May be an extreme pet peeve but I feel feral every time I see a distracted parent/adult driving.

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Brilliant_Account_31@reddit

Both of those things are completely reasonable.

Even in a modern car with Bluetooth, it sounds like shit.

If you have old wipers, running them at full speed can avoid the annoying dragging/scraping sound.

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tthompson225@reddit

People who have their license plate screwed into the rear hatch/bumper/tailgate when they still have the perfectly good factory plate mount/location. I see it more often than you’d think and I just wanna get out and ask them why

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ottrocity@reddit

Taking turns at a crawl when there's traffic piled up behind them.

Mark, you don't have Faberge eggs in the back of your Acadia. Just fuckin' send it.

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NotYourMommyEither@reddit

The rear wiper that doesn't touch the glass but runs anyways. Extra peevy points if it's just a broken nub that 'waves'

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AJHenderson@reddit

Talking directly on their phone absolutely affects you. The risk of that environment is substantially higher with a driver on their phone.

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Ballamookieofficial@reddit

People who are in a hurry to drive slowly. They speed up for intersections to get in front then slow down holding you up. The only thing that gets them moving is an indicator in threat of overtaking.

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bobbricks101@reddit

When I’m trying to turn left across two lanes and an oncoming car in their left lane stops early to wave me through, but there’s cars flying by in the oncoming right lane. I’m not going to pull in front of you when I can’t see what’s coming in the next lane! Oh wait, that does affect me.

Uh… bouncing back and forth in a lane on the interstate

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Krangs_Droid_Body@reddit

People that turn their cars a little to the opposite direction of the way they are turning. Like if you are making a right turn but you swing out left first.

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AlamosX@reddit

Im a manual driver.

I tend to forget that automatics rely heavily on brakes. Brake lights piss me off for no reason. I have to regularly humble myself.

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gonkyhonk@reddit

People driving with their hazards on in rain or snow. I live in a state that gets rain and snow every year, it’s nothing new. Using hazards is just useless, lol

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sfdsquid@reddit

Unless they are going way under the speed limit in which case they're actually supposed to. Like under 45 on a highway with signs that say "minimum speed 45."

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gonkyhonk@reddit

People will do it even if they are driving close to the speed limit or if they are driving just a slow as the rest of traffic. Hazards still aren’t necessary. Everyone can clearly tell the weather is bad

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XTheChosenDogeX@reddit

I think people do it moreso to give others better visibility on their cars, reducing the chances of idiots hitting then

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fbi_surveillance99@reddit (OP)

Bonus points for when they change lanes, since no one knows whats coming

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Sad_Win_4105@reddit

People sitting parked in their cars on a picture perfect day, with their windows up, engine running, AC on

Just roll down your window and enjoy the fresh air!

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What_the_8@reddit

People leaving massive gaps in traffic that’s slowed to a crawl

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rziolkowsk@reddit

I understand the wiper thing and it makes me even more mad if I'm in the car with someone and they don't turn the wipers on the whole way and I'm like how the fuck do you see?

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FixMysterious5969@reddit

UK - People who don't indicate correctly on roundabouts

This is a bit of a reach because it can affect me, just not always, but I constantly see people indicating right to go straight over a roundabout or people not indicating at all and then going all the way round, cause confusion to people waiting to enter and is just dumb.

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AppropriateDeal1034@reddit

The always-40 crew.

National speed limit? Think I'll just get in the way doing 40 thanks. 30mph through a village? Nah, I'm still doing 40 thanks.

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Prhime@reddit

Chosing to drive ginormous Trucks/SUVs in urban areas with no passengers, no cargo and no trailer.

Bonus points for taking up the entire road because they cant tell how wide their vehicle is.

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scimscam@reddit

I’m 5 cars behind the red light- Green light first car goes 2 seconds later next car goes Repeat My turn Red light I’m seeing red

If we were all ready to go on green we’d all be home already, mouth breathing Neanderthal cunts

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yepthisisathrowaway9@reddit

Going the speed limit on express lanes.

We literally all paid money and agreed to go faster. Please go +15 over the speed limit bro

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suboptimus_maximus@reddit

Failing to yield to pedestrians. Running stop signs. Ignoring the flashing lights and stop signs on a fucking school bus.

Like, it doesn't put me in any danger personally but I don't like criminal assholes putting public health and safety at risk, especially when they're assaulting children.

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Turbulent_Winter549@reddit

When I let someone go and they don't wave thank you

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Doberman831@reddit

What about when you signal someone to go and they don’t move then you start to go and they start to go. I know that this scenario doesn’t really apply here as it does directly affect me but it’s still quite irritating.

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Turbulent_Winter549@reddit

I wish I had a button in my car I could hit and give another driver a 10 minute timeout to think about what they've done

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jrileyy229@reddit

In a city, definitely lack of anticipation and gap control. If you're paying attention, especially a city you live in, you should know traffic patterns... You should be off the brake starting to creep as you see the other direction go red... Or the traffic in the turning lanes begin to stop.

And when it goes green, people do not need to let 6 car lengths happen in front of them before they begin to accelerate. You end up with only 50% of the number of cars getting through the light than if everyone has basic driving skills and kept a 1-2 length gap.

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breakerofh0rses@reddit

Existing.

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Captain3leg-s@reddit

I have one of the lowest power to weight ratio vehicles probably ever made (Vanagon westfalia). I can't believe how difficult it is for people to maintain speed going up or down a hill. Between their light foot and the 30 seconds it takes them to put their phone down when the light turns green my frustration goes thru the roof. Also why won't people honk at someone sitting stopped at a green? I have to be the asshole from 3 cars back?

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SwizzGod@reddit

Not passing people while driving in the far left lane. We have 6 goddamn lanes on the freeway why do you feel the need to pick this one? And how tf did you get over here anyway

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doc_55lk@reddit

People who sit hunched forward with their face 2 inches away from the steering wheel.

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Equivalent_Post8035@reddit

People that make a last minute lane change on the highway, and then turn the blinker on (left or right) when they already made the unannounced merge or when they turn the blinker on when they are already halfway in the lane already…

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MarcusAurelius0@reddit

People who refuse to right on red even when its totally clear.

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SCREAMINCHEEESE@reddit

Dealership license plate frames / decals. You bought the car quit advertising for them.

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Optimassacre@reddit

No turn signal at a stop sign. Thanks for making me wait longer for your stupid lazy ass.

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bc9toes@reddit

Being parked in a parking spot with their headlights on. I turn them bitches off as soon as I’m done moving

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Optimassacre@reddit

When someone is washing their hands and they go to put soap on their hand but have to wet it under the faucet first. Like, why though?

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HKGPhooey@reddit

I have so many and they all affect me. (Btw, OP, it’s “affects” you, not effects you.) Here’s some: Braking on a downhill for no reason. People flipping you off for their mistake or bad driving. Not realizing your blinkers are on for miles. Having no idea how to navigate a circle/roundabout, especially who has the right of way. Leaving a gap open when stopped to let people turn across your lane is a dangerous thing to do. Drivers using the break down lanes in stop-and-go traffic to pass people. Not understanding what a blinking yellow/red means. Drivers going down the wrong way on a one way traffic and expecting you to move for them. People saving parking spots by standing in them and the car not showing up for 5 mins. People not turning their lights on when it rains or it’s dusk. People’s dogs roaming around in the vehicle, not belted down nor in a crate…so dangerous. Handicap parking abusers and when you call them out on it, it’s like it’s your fault instead of theirs. 4 way stop signs…who goes first, some of you have no clue. If you’re hauling things in your vehicle, make sure everything is tied down and won’t fly out and hit you when you’re behind. If you’re driving leisurely in the passing (left) lane, GTFO of the way until you’re turning left soon.

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Yakker65@reddit

Existing

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Donkey_DNA@reddit

"Pull through" parking

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Sig-vicous@reddit

When someone turns their steering wheel while they're stopped, before they start moving.

Maybe the steering components are built well enough today that it doesn't matter in the long run. At one point it was a concern of adding extra unnecessary stress to those components. Much less forces involved if you're at least barely rolling when you turn the wheel.

Just a mechanical sympathy thing. Like I said, not sure if it matters much today, but it still bugs me when I see it.

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upsndwns@reddit

Bigger concern with that is when someone rear ends them they will be pushed into oncoming traffic instead of straight ahead.

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j_grouchy@reddit

Waving other drivers on when they have the right of way.

Slowing down almost to a stop to make a right turn.

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topdollar38@reddit

People who will not turn into the closest lane, then immediately signal and merge over into the lane they should have just turned into from the beginning.

I'm no saint when it comes to turning into the closest lane 100% of the time, but it does make me wonder what's going on in their head when they pull that specific maneuver.

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jonathan_ericsson@reddit

Idk if I have an advanced left arrow at an intersection and there’s nobody coming the opposite direction trying to turn right, who cares what lane you turn into?

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GothicPurpleSquirrel@reddit

When they start creeping forward when they think the lights gonna turn green, especially when they grossly mistime it. Creates a false "traffic is moving" thought in people not paying attention, plus its just annoying.

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rriflemann@reddit

People that use the interior rear view mirror as a makeup mirror.

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Fit_Review7663@reddit

When new cars have their automatic stop enabled and the car turns off and on at every light/stop sign. You're putting 50x more wear on the starter.

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jonathan_ericsson@reddit

A little hard to explain: when you’re going to turn right onto a road and the cars on that road heading the other direction have a left turn arrow, but the person in front of you won’t turn right. Like, if those cars have the turning arrow it’s safe for us to turn into the roadway

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Styx_Renegade@reddit

People who speed up and get in front from the left and go to the right most lane despite there being miles of empty space behind me.

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npaladin2000@reddit

People who insist on doing the speed limit in the left lane.

Runners up are those stupid motorcycle stunt gangs.

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rudbri93@reddit

The headlights off, flashers on, wipers on full speed bit. Pick a fuckin lane.