DRIVING ODDITY #6:
Pet Peeves About Others' Driving Habits
Here are a couple of good driving habits that not everyone does, but boy, I sure wish that all drivers would just pick 1 or 2 and try them, because they'd really help out there on the roads...
These "good-driver behaviors" were taught to me primarily by my Dad during the days when I was going through Drivers Ed, and then engrained into my brain practically every time we were in the car together from that day forward!
It's funny now, and I have to say: I agree with most of what my Dad taught me about driving...
When 2 or more vehicles are driving one-behind-the-other, if the lead vehicle is larger than the vehicle in the rear, then the driver of that vehicle (usually an SUV or pickup truck) should drive in such a manner that the littler car immediately behind you can actually SEE around you.
(That's a good one, right?...)
It's perhaps the most courteous thing that an SUV driver can do. (I drive an SUV.)
For example, whenever it's bumper to bumper traffic, or stop & go, I always drive on the right-most side of whatever lane I'm in JUST SO the driver behind me can see the cars in front of me.
Now, isn't that nice of me? I don't want to block the view of smaller vehicles behind me, AND I want them to see what I see -- brake lights up ahead or smooth sailing -- either way.
I take great pride in noticing when the drivers in smaller vehicles behind me are staying left-most while I'm staying right-most in the same lane... But I get frustrated when other drivers don't do it for me.
Whether it be a bigger SUV blocking my view, or a regular SUV whenever I'm driving Jim's car, it just seems like the courteous thing to do... but not everyone "gets" it.
Translated: I should always get out of the way of faster drivers. And I should never cut people off whenever I'm merging into their lane.
The only downside is my tendency to get agitated when others don't give me the same courtesy. C'mon. Share the road, dude. Let's ALL be courteous. Peace out.
Ugh!!!! Just who do they think they are?! I know my friend Laura who tends to do this (still love ya, Laura!) once explained it to me this way: She felt she was doing her civic duty to "help others maintain the legal speed limit" if she was massively slowing down lines of cars in the fast lane.
My first thought: Doesn't it get aggravating doing such a "good deed" while everyone's tailgating your a#s???
My second thought: Most of the people who do this probably just see it as some form of a game... "How many people can I pi$s off today?" Well, it works. But let me just say this, you need a few lessons from my Dad!
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One of the things I usually do on two-lane (two way) roads is that if someone is following me, I stay to the left of my lane when there is traffic approaching, and when it is safe to pass, I drive on the right side of my lane to give a little more room. It seems most (almost all) drivers behind me have NO idea what I'm doing, but "it's the thought that counts."
Hello... it's called the "fast lane" for a reason! Get it? There's a "fast lane" (far left), and there's a "slow lane" (far right). Now, what about "fast lane" implies: go exactly the speed limit?
Get back in the middle lane where you belong, Suz :)
And no... actually THIS piece of valuable advice my dad shared with me was one of the FEW times he spoke rationally and calmly while making a point. (Perhaps that's why it's one of the few pieces of his advice I've actually chosen to hang onto?)
C'mon, fess up...regarding your biggest peeve...you get irritated when people are in the fast lane going exactly the speed limit - not just "under the limit" as you expressed. I'm one of those people, who think "ok mr speedy behind me, I'm going the limit so just chill" !And I'm thinking your dad didn't use those exact words during his lesson? Wasn't it more like "Dammit Lynnette, stop making those people brake!" :)