Extremely annoying things about roads and idiots driving on them

[Rothman]

When someone in your vehicle is extremely picky about parking spaces. In any lot, there's exactly one best space, and they'll want to find it no matter how long it takes. Every other space is too far, too small, too busy, too shady (69.9 deg F and below), not enough shade (70.0 deg F and above), bad feng shui, was on top of a cemetery where they only moved the headstones, etc.

In a busy lot, they'll want to vulch (a verb meaning follow someone walking to their spot, like a "vulcher")

"Just drop me off here, and I'll walk to the door.  Thanks."

But what if you're a driver?

Then why are you listening to where the passengers want you to park?  Ain't nobody got time for that.

Were you ever married?

"Shush, baby.  Shush."

[kphoger]

Were you ever married?

I've been happily married for 14½ years and going strong.    I do almost all the driving (except on long trips, during which we take turns to avoid fatigue).  I park wherever I choose.  When she's driving, she parks wherever she chooses.  If my wife thinks it was a strange spot for me to pick, I guess she might ask me why I chose it, but she certainly wouldn't try to get me to park somewhere else instead.

About the closest thing would be if there isn't enough room between the other vehicles for her to open the door and get out.  In that case, she just has me pull forward for her, then I back in again after she's shut the door.

[Billy F 1988]

Well, I encountered a wrong-way driver on Front Street in Missoula today! Front Street is an eastbound one-way street, and this imbecile in a Durango had my blue deuce Malibu Maxx in its crosshairs for literally nothing to do other than to try and make me shit my pants, which the Durango failed spectacularly. But, on the happier flip side, after I gave the idiot Durango the flashing lights and the horn, disaster was averted. I can't help but wonder how Missoulian drivers, well, every kind of driver in Missoula for that matter, can be ever so STUPID!

[Ned Weasel]

I could have sworn there was a thread recently about people who stop at the end of right-turn slip lanes when the lane continues and there's no reason to stop.  But now I can't find it.  Did it get deleted?  Anyway, that annoys the **** out of me, too.

Oh, it was this thread: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=27986.msg2547664

I was reading that and thinking, shouldn't that go here?

[kphoger]

Well, I encountered a wrong-way driver on Front Street in Missoula today! Front Street is an eastbound one-way street, and this imbecile in a Durango had my blue deuce Malibu Maxx in its crosshairs for literally nothing to do other than to try and make me shit my pants, which the Durango failed spectacularly. But, on the happier flip side, after I gave the idiot Durango the flashing lights and the horn, disaster was averted. I can't help but wonder how Missoulian drivers, well, every kind of driver in Missoula for that matter, can be ever so STUPID!

You sure they were locals?

[1995hoo]

I could have sworn there was a thread recently about people who stop at the end of right-turn slip lanes when the lane continues and there's no reason to stop.  But now I can't find it.  Did it get deleted?  Anyway, that annoys the **** out of me, too.

Oh, it was this thread: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=27986.msg2547664

I was reading that and thinking, shouldn't that go here?

But that raises the question of who is the annoying idiot, if you read the rest of that thread.

[Billy F 1988]

Well, I encountered a wrong-way driver on Front Street in Missoula today! Front Street is an eastbound one-way street, and this imbecile in a Durango had my blue deuce Malibu Maxx in its crosshairs for literally nothing to do other than to try and make me shit my pants, which the Durango failed spectacularly. But, on the happier flip side, after I gave the idiot Durango the flashing lights and the horn, disaster was averted. I can't help but wonder how Missoulian drivers, well, every kind of driver in Missoula for that matter, can be ever so STUPID!

You sure they were locals?

  The hell if I know.

[kphoger]

Well, I encountered a wrong-way driver on Front Street in Missoula today! Front Street is an eastbound one-way street, and this imbecile in a Durango had my blue deuce Malibu Maxx in its crosshairs for literally nothing to do other than to try and make me shit my pants, which the Durango failed spectacularly. But, on the happier flip side, after I gave the idiot Durango the flashing lights and the horn, disaster was averted. I can't help but wonder how Missoulian drivers, well, every kind of driver in Missoula for that matter, can be ever so STUPID!

You sure they were locals?

  The hell if I know.

Well, if I'm from out of town–coming in on a visit, say, from a rural town of 300 people–and I'm trying to get some place, reading directions, looking all around... and I end up going the wrong way down a one-way street... that doesn't make me "ever so STUPID".

FWIW, I've seen several wrong-way drivers here in Wichita.  Not stupid, just turned around, I'm sure.

[webny99]

I can understand a wrong-way driver on a one-way city street. The interstate, though, is a completely different matter.

[kphoger]

Well, I encountered a wrong-way driver on Front Street in Missoula today! Front Street is an eastbound one-way street, and this imbecile in a Durango had my blue deuce Malibu Maxx in its crosshairs for literally nothing to do other than to try and make me shit my pants, which the Durango failed spectacularly. But, on the happier flip side, after I gave the idiot Durango the flashing lights and the horn, disaster was averted. I can't help but wonder how Missoulian drivers, well, every kind of driver in Missoula for that matter, can be ever so STUPID!

You sure they were locals?

  The hell if I know.

Well, if I'm from out of town–coming in on a visit, say, from a rural town of 300 people–and I'm trying to get some place, reading directions, looking all around... and I end up going the wrong way down a one-way street... that doesn't make me "ever so STUPID".

FWIW, I've seen several wrong-way drivers here in Wichita.  Not stupid, just turned around, I'm sure.

I can understand a wrong-way driver on a one-way city street. The interstate, though, is a completely different matter.

Yep.  Of which Front Street in Missoula is the former.

[mgk920]

I don't know if it has been mentioned upthread, but it is somewhat common at least here in eastern Wisconsin, it is unwarranted, unnecessary politeness, such as when someone else clearly has priority at, let's say, a four-way STOP intersection and yet tries to wave others through or in, etc.  This can really slow things down and muck up the traffic flow.

"Don't you remember your Drivers' Ed classes???"



Mike

[kphoger]

but what about the childr.........

[Billy F 1988]

Well, I encountered a wrong-way driver on Front Street in Missoula today! Front Street is an eastbound one-way street, and this imbecile in a Durango had my blue deuce Malibu Maxx in its crosshairs for literally nothing to do other than to try and make me shit my pants, which the Durango failed spectacularly. But, on the happier flip side, after I gave the idiot Durango the flashing lights and the horn, disaster was averted. I can't help but wonder how Missoulian drivers, well, every kind of driver in Missoula for that matter, can be ever so STUPID!

You sure they were locals?

  The hell if I know.

Well, if I'm from out of town–coming in on a visit, say, from a rural town of 300 people–and I'm trying to get some place, reading directions, looking all around... and I end up going the wrong way down a one-way street... that doesn't make me "ever so STUPID".

FWIW, I've seen several wrong-way drivers here in Wichita.  Not stupid, just turned around, I'm sure.

I'm not implying that all out-of-town drivers are stupid, but some tend to get on my nerves. And that's mainly because of my driving anxiety that tends to drive such a thought out. I never used to have driving anxiety over ten years ago. I'll take the bump admitting I was too crass with saying "I can't help but wonder how Missoulian drivers, well, every kind of driver in Missoula for that matter, can be ever so STUPID!"