Worst type of drivers on the road?

[guartz]

you americans, you are lucky you have ROADS.

in russia, we have no roads, just dirt. AND NO TIRES.

WE USED OUR FEET LIKE FLINTSTONES.

[brisk]

Drivers with blue/yellow/annoying color headlights.

[Jotaru]

People who slow, slow, slow.. then STOP... to take a turn. Off of a busy road / main road / highway... what the hell, your tiny car can take that turn at 40, and you're stopping to a standstill to do it. Move the hell out of the way.

People who don't use the turn signal, especially in a situation where it causes mass confusion / slowdown - if you're in a mixed straight/turning lane and you have no turn signal, I'm going to assume you're going straight.. but be wary that you might be turning.. and just be all sorts of confused. Things like that. When I have to slow to a stop to figure out what the hell you're doing to continue on, something is wrong.

And something I'm surprised I haven't seen... people who DO use turn signals for lane changes and such, but not until they're ACTUALLY doing it. Seriously, if you're changing lanes, what good does it do to turn on the signal when you're between the two? OBVIOUSLY you're changing lanes, the car is already in motion; its great you decided to try and be clever and use the signal, but at this point, its doing neither of us any good. If you're going to use the damned thing, use it as its intended- early enough for people to see wtf you're doing.

I generally drive 10-15 over, have never been pulled over... One time I had a guy tailgating me hardcore at night, with super bright lights, so I slowed wayyyy down.. maybe 20 on a 45-50... and then just hit it. I was 18, I was in my BMW (first car too) so I felt on top of the world- I hit 100 and just blasted away. Of course, at the FOREVERRR stoplight ahead the guy caught up- it was a state trooper. He pulled up next to me and bitched me out nonstop (young male in a brand new BMW doing that shit must've made him livid) but I guess he didn't want to do anything as he was driving like a dick himself. I got off with verbal warning.

[Arachna]

You must hate 43% of the american population.. But i dare call out "hypocrite" because I highly doubt you aren't one of those ppl who randomly talks on the phone while driving. or do you just never pick up ur phone or pull over?

I don't pick up, I'll just get back to them when I'm no longer driving. I wrote my first post just before entering dynamis, now that I have more time I'll add a few things to my list.

- People who can't/won't signal. Fuck you, I can't read your thoughts.
- People who should give way but don't.
- People who take eternity to make a simple turn. Slow drivers too.
- People who keep stalling their car.
- Tailgaters.
- People who can't park properly. I shouldn't have to enter my car via the passenger side because you seem to think I'm Gumby and a 10CM gap between my door and your car is wide enough.

Finally, one thing that really annoys me is cyclists. A lot of them completely slow down traffic as they take up too much space in the lane and its unnecessary given that they could use the footpath a metre away from the road.

[nivlakian]

Borrowing some from Arachna

- People who can't/won't signal. Fuck you, I can't read your thoughts.
- People who should give way but don't.
- People who can't park properly. I shouldn't have to enter my car via the passenger side because you seem to think I'm Gumby and a 10CM gap between my door and your car is wide enough.

- People who leave their signal on FOREVER. Are you turning here? Maybe here? Leaving my lane? Coming into my lane? Why is your signal on?!

[eunhye]

I just have the simplest solution for Americans.

Make the written and driving test really, really hard. If people remember that driving is a privilege, not a right, then they will pass.

Fact: A study published in 1998 by the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and public health revealed that women clocked 5.7 auto accidents per million miles driven, in contrast to men’s 5.1, even though men drive about 74 percent more miles a year than women. The only good news was that women tended to take fewer driving risks than men, so their crashes were only a third as likely to be fatal.

Not sure what the number is today.

And don't let illegals drive. How and why they are allowed? People who hire them. Fine these people. Enormous amounts of money and give back to the kids who have add, which in turn will get them on meds, which in term when they are old enough to drive, will hopefully be good drivers.

[HAcoreRD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxxXXxuCNq0

[Aksannyi]

Minivan drivers are the worst. I don't know what it is about them, but they're all horrible.

[Dezzimal]

When I lived in Utah, mormons with SUVs really pissed me off. I think that drivers get progressively worse as you move closer to either coast, because wisconsin is fine for me, just the usual (hmong) asians and old people that cause problems.

[Xno Kappa]

People from the south when it snows. They freak out and slow down to 10 mph.

[Koga]

Housewives behind a SUV with a Cell Phone in use.

[Not Kuno]

I live in Flushing so I can safely say Asians are the absolute worst drivers imaginable. Women can be bad, but asians are much worse, all of whom seem to suck at driving terribly except for like 18-25 year old guys.

[Obev]

The worst type of driver is me.

[guartz]

I agree with what you said earlier about it hurting the automobile market hurting (especially buick, oldsmobile, and lincoln lol), in addition to there being a problem if they couldn't drive there would be issues with things like them being able to get medications. What if they are widowed, no kids, little family, and can't drive, how do they get to the pharmacy? Tough situation. Also, needing to test that many people that frequently would be expensive, time consuming, and require a lot of people to just work it.

Still, something needs to be done, don't you think?

long term care, even at home nursing care that's covered by medicare, or if you're poor medicaid. Driving is not necessary for older folks, to be honest.

But nothing will be done like extra tests, because old people won't vote for it, and industries won't lobby for it.

[guartz]

I live in Flushing so I can safely say Asians are the absolute worst drivers imaginable. Women can be bad, but asians are much worse, all of whom seem to suck at driving terribly except for like 18-25 year old guys.

I was gonna say! Although I hate asian ricers, they are ok drivers.

[Quixotic]

Old asian women are definitely the worst. When I lived in Seattle (where there is a decent asian population), I avoided driving thru Chinatown like the plague. Now that I live in the Bay Area, it's much worse. BTW I'm asian :D

[Shuemue]

Why has nobody said nvidia vista drivers are obviously the worst?

[Ace-o-fire]

teenyboppers and soccer moms around the mall. God help me!

[guartz]

Why has nobody said nvidia vista drivers are obviously the worst?

because dell drivers for onboard devices are the worst,

[Belipo Jones]

anyone that cuts off 18 wheelers thinking they can stop on a dime. I swear to god I get at least 5 of these mother fuckers everday where they rather risk dieing in a fiery car wreck then wait behind a truck. I'm not worried about killing these assholes I'm worried that they cause an Accident and I lose my License.

18wheeler ran me off the road once just started coming into me lane i saw it so i went of the road

most woman drivers are terrible