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Venting on Utah Drivers!!

I just got home from work.
Not like High School, I think I am finally turning into someone popular.
People are so nice and are constantly honking and waving at me.
I do like the left lane because it is so homey and I feel safe when none of those crazy fast drivers are on my left.
The most annoying drivers are the ones that just appear right behind me and rest their headlights on my bumper.
I swear they were just beamed behind me by Scotty or something.
I usually take that time to create a "teaching moment" by either pacing the car next to me, or slowing down until they back off, or change lanes..... then of course I speed up so they can't pass me.
It's also fun to watch those cars constantly change lanes to get a second or two ahead of the next car, they drive like a fly flies. It makes me laugh when I am right behind them at the off-ramp. I usually help them feel at home by bumping them just a little at the light, because I know they had a rough day and need a laugh.

My favorite moments are when I am the first to a stop sign, and I not only wave the other 3 drivers on, but the 3 that were behind them. It makes me feel good, and the people behind me appreciate it as well, as I get more honking and waving.

This is my favorite state.
People are so nice.
 
Boondocksaint27 said:
A pet peeve I have due to the traffic accidents I have had to work is this: Imagine you have a busy four lane road with a turn-lane in the middle. It's rush-hour and the traffic going Northbound is backed up. Vehicle A is in the turn lane trying to turn left (West) and go through the busy Northbound traffic. Vehicle B is in the inside lane and stops to wave vehicle A through their lane. Vehicle C who is travelling in the outside lane and can see only stopped cars next to them, has no idea vehicle A is trying to turn through their lane...and WHAM! Sideswipe. Now vehicle A is pissed because they assumed that both lanes had stopped to let them through and vehicle C is pissed because they were going straight and had no idea vehicle A was coming.

Oh, and for those curious, vehicle A would be at fault because vehicle C was going straight and had the right-of-way. Yes, even though vehicle B had stopped to let them through.
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I am 100% behind you on this. This is dangerous, and car B should never..... NEVER.... stop in their lane of traffic to let someone through unless they stopped because of traffic and were going to stop anyways.

Ok, that one for me does top all of the other bad driving habits in Utah.
 
A police officer pulled a driver aside and asked for her license and registration. "What's wrong, officer," the driver asked. "I didn't go through any red lights, and I certainly wasn't speeding."

"No, you weren't," said the officer, "but I clearly heard you through your closed window at that last light swearing a blue streak at the car in front of you when they stopped at the red light. Then I saw you flip them off as you passed them. I also saw you red-faced and screaming at a car that turned into the lane next to yours even though they did not impede into your lane."

"Is any of that a crime, officer?"

"No, but when I saw the "Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam" and "I love Primary" bumper stickers on the car, I figured this car had to be stolen.
 
LogGrad98 said:
A police officer pulled a driver aside and asked for her license and registration. "What's wrong, officer," the driver asked. "I didn't go through any red lights, and I certainly wasn't speeding."

"No, you weren't," said the officer, "but I clearly heard you through your closed window at that last light swearing a blue streak at the car in front of you when they stopped at the red light. Then I saw you flip them off as you passed them. I also saw you red-faced and screaming at a car that turned into the lane next to yours even though they did not impede into your lane."

"Is any of that a crime, officer?"

"No, but when I saw the "Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam" and "I love Primary" bumper stickers on the car, I figured this car had to be stolen.
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I heard the same joke with the fish symbol on the back. Funny, yet too true.
 
I guess one thing to add to the thread is the Utahrds stopping on the "No Stop Required" merges and waiting for the cars to pass by. Read the ****ing sign or notice that you've got OWN lane to merge to.

BTW yes, Utah drivers are bad, but as someone who has driven in Naples, Athens and Istanbul you must know that there are much much worse driving conditions than here, in the promised land.
 
You can't compare drivers country to country really. I mean you have never been truly scared for your very life until you've been in the back seat of a trabant with a 300 lb east german guy in the front talking to you looking over his shoulder while the little lawn mower engine screamed as you rocketed over wet cobblestone streets at 60 mph through tiny villages at dusk, ignoring stop signs, villagers, and livestock. Those things are bombs waiting to explode and they drove them like they were insane or had death wishes or something.

That is just a whole other animal.

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Seriously just about like this:

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The Thriller said:
I hate drivers that don't signal. How annoying it is to wait and wait thinking that a car is going to go straight and then they just turn.

How annoying it is to be stuck in the right hand lane behind a person only to have them just skid off the road into a parking lot or something without signaling.
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This frustrates me more than anything. It's such a simple thing to do EVERYTIME you change lanes or turn. Here in Arizona I would guess that people use their blinker about 20% of the time when changing lanes on the highway. Just flip the blinker on people. It's easy!
 
My main pet peeve are left hand turn arrows that up to 6 people go through even after it's already turned red.

Another one that gets me is drivers that get in the right hand turn lane and then jet through the intersection into the merge lane on the other side just so they can jump traffic.
 
It's kind of amazing that drivers are pretty much the same all over...all the problems you guys are talking about, we have them here in LA>
 
One more bitch: If you are going slower than traffic, stay the **** out of the HOV lane. Just because you have 2 or more does not mean you have to drive in that lane.
 
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