The Smarmy Carny

I guess I'll grade these pet peeves at how good they are at "peeving" me off. The higher the grade, the more annoying. A couple years ago, these probably all would have been between A- and A+ because I frequently experienced road rage. Since then, I have slowed down and calmed down, but it's unavoidable to run into someone doing at least one of the following things:

• Not using the turn signal: B+ As with many pet peeves, this is often situational. It's much more annoying when you don't pull out because you didn't know the vehicle was going to turn into the parking lot you're pulling out of, or when you almost ram a swerving vehicle that didn't bother signaling first.
• Tailgating: B Tailgating is silly to do because it doesn't get you anywhere faster. It just makes you closer to the car in front of you.
• Driving too fast: D People driving faster than me are rarely bothersome unless they're also tailgating, but that falls under another pet peeve. So long as they're not driving so fast that they are a danger to themselves or others, it's mostly fine.
• Driving too slowly: B- This is one of the major nuisances of the road, particularly on rural roads. There's nothing quite as exhilarating as coming over a hill to find an old couple driving 20 mph in a 55 mph. Brake check!
• Not being me: C If you're not me, that's a problem I have with drivers. I prefer to be the only one driving.

Please feel free to leave a comment. What do you agree or disagree with, and why? Which driving pet peeves do you wish were included that I didn't cover here?

This entry was posted on Saturday, July 28th, 2007 at 17:58 by Novac and is filed under All, Automobiles, Blogathon, Blogathon 2007, Charity, Ratings, Transportation, Travel.   You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

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