What annoys you while driving our roads

Tail Wagger

Well I'm sure when I sell my car it won't need the horn replaced, Why?
I just never have to use it. I live in the Country and driving is a dream.
But when I go to the City that's when all the trouble starts. Car horn blasting all over the place. Drivers breaking all sorts of rules and people waving fists and shouting at each other. I do be glad when I head back to my quiet part of the World.

What annoys you enough on the road to start blasting and shouting other drivers off it.?

drunkmonkey

That's about it, my blood is already boiling.

Seth Brundle

where to start?
It would be easier to list the few things I like about driving in this country!

Atomic Pineapple

Tail Wagger wrote: »

What annoys you enough on the road

That I have to share it with others

Anan1

Tail Wagger wrote: »

What annoys you enough on the road to start blasting and shouting other drivers off it.?

This idea that the horn is for giving out seems to be very common - all it should mean is 'I am here'. For example, I always use the horn if i'm undertaking a car blocking the overtaking lane on a motorway. I don't do this to give out, I do it so that they know that i'm there and don't pick that moment to move back into the driving lane.

Paparazzo

I always wonder why so few drivers use indicators? I mean some people do right hand turns, they're sitting in the middle of the road waiting to go and they still don't indicate!
That and people who drive in the right hand land of a motorway. On the M50 the left hand lane is always the most empty lane.

McSpud

Paparazzo wrote: »

I always wonder why so few drivers use indicators? I mean some people do right hand turns, they're sitting in the middle of the road waiting to go and they still don't indicate!

I think lots of people indicate but mostly when they have already started the turn. What ever happened indicate, brake & then turn...

hiscan

People who drive behind you at a distance but with full lights on,I mean if they can see your tailights then surely they must realise that their full beams are blinding you:mad:

MarkN

Tailgating. Particularly by muppets.

You could be driving a Veyron in this country and you'd still have some d*ck up your bumper because his 1.3 Corolla can keep up with you in stop start traffic :rolleyes:

Hagar

Tail Wagger wrote: »

I just never have to use it. I live in the Country and driving is a dream.
But when I go to the City that's when all the trouble starts.

Funny we Dubs notice that too, when you country drivers come up the trouble starts.
Not used to high volumes of traffic, no idea where you're going, no lane discipline, changing direction at the last minute with warning. Lights broken or obscured with mud or something brownish... Staring eyes, white knuckles, cricked necks from looking up at all the tall buildings, open mouthed awe at the coloured lights at the junctions... Sheep-dog jumping around mad in the car... Sheer panic when a bus comes near...










Just messing with you lads, you're really great drivers, honest. :D

Paparazzo

Oh yeah, the scandinavian flick. You don't need to do it when driving along a 2 lane road doing a right hand turn in a micra at 20kph.

dirtydiesel

Most nissan micra drivers, wtf do they not know those cars can do more than 50kph, and those orange lights on the four corners are used to indicate what direction you are turning.
Lose the imaginary 40 foot trailer your towing as well, its not necessary to swing right onto the middle of the road before you turn left, unless of course you are pulling the 40 foot trailer.

Paparazzo

Tail Wagger wrote: »

Well I'm sure when I sell my car it won't need the horn replaced, Why?
I just never have to use it. I live in the Country and driving is a dream.
But when I go to the City that's when all the trouble starts. Car horn blasting all over the place. Drivers breaking all sorts of rules and people waving fists and shouting at each other. I do be glad when I head back to my quiet part of the World.

What annoys you enough on the road to start blasting and shouting other drivers off it.?

Did you ever drive through a town with mass on? Complete chaos!

hiscan

Paparazzo wrote: »

Did you ever drive through a town with mass on? Complete chaos!

Haha it's like they just arrive in town and wherever the car comes to a halt they leave it there.:eek::eek:

445279.ie

Fog lights and no fog :mad:

Bodhan

2 things really drive me up the wall.

1. Tailgating, there's no need, I won't get out of the way or drive faster because your close behind me.
2. People DRIVING in the fast lane on a motorway.

That's it really

MarkN

Bodhan wrote: »

2. People DRIVING in the fast lane on a motorway.

That's it really

There's no such thing I'm afraid :pac:

hoodie6029

1.tailgating
2.inabilty to drive properly on the motorway
3.wonky lights
4.tailgating with wonky lights

Saab Ed

THIS......




You just know your journey is gonna take longer.

Bonito

1. Idiots.
2. Roads that are in bits
3. Twats putting the foot down on back arse roads and driving in the middle of it thinking there'll be nobody coming around the corner.
4. People who can't use roundabouts properly.
5. Lazy people who leave the arse or side of the car sticking out on the road when they use on street parking :mad:
When not driving.
1. People who "forget" that pedestrians have priority and right of way on a pathway when the driver is pulling on to the road.
2. People who will park at a petrol pump when the station is packed and wont even be putting petrol in their car but just going in to the shop when there's one literally 100 metres down the road :mad:

Mimikyu

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LookBehindYou

Using mobile phones, talking or texting.
Lack of indicators, maybe they think that indicators are switched on automatically.
Holding up overtaking lanes.
i could go on and on.

theteal

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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these

seen every single day on the work run

Bonito

LookBehindYou wrote: »

Using mobile phones, talking or texting.

This one scares me more than annoys me TBH.

The Express

- Norn Iorn reg'd cars parking in disabled bays and generally flouting speed limits once they're in the 'free state' :mad:

- The Cnut that is crawling at 40 in a 60 as they approach a traffic light and then blast off when they see amber, leaving you stuck on the red.

- People that pull out from side roads in front of you as if they are in a rush, and they proceed to crawl.

-Fat auld ones in Cordobas and Lanos': a generalisation, but many appear to be oblivious to everything - including the seatbelt caught in the door, collecting road grime....

-'Pilots': the tool in his leaseplan A4 on your rear bumper, trying to impress the blonde on the passenger seat with his handling of the 'cor'! Lights always on (the car, not the blonde :cool:)

Carstuck

1. People waiting to get out onto the road and as you get nearer they pull out in front of you.
2. People who increase speed as you go to pass them.

corktina

What annoys me?

every fecker ahead of me on MY road...f off the lot of you and let me get where I want to be.
Cars in loading bays
Vans in loading bays that arent loading
4WDs in loading bays who arent loading
4WDs in every other situation
B'stards who dont know how to use a roundabout or how to indicate
Non-dippers of headlights
People too lazy to check their lights/install new bulbs
People driving illegally on L plates
farmers
all women drivers
all men drivers who arent me
crossing patrol wardens
traffic wardens
traffic corps
Micra drivers (right hand pedal is to go chaps)
Drivers who havent the courtesy to move over and let faster traffic past
Drivers who don't thank you when you let them out
Drivers who don't let you out
Cyclists with a death wish
Crows
Potholes
Temporary traffic lights badly timed and causing hold ups
Permanent Traffic lights ditto
Taxi ranks
Ice cream vans
school buses
dust carts
Pension day Friday...arrrrgh
Farmers (yess I know i said it b4, but they REALLY annoy me)
Tourists
Locals
Anyone from Dublin
No right turn signs (when I want to turn right)
sleeping policemen
speed traps
Zebra crossings
all other zebras
unofficial speed cops who do 99km/h in middle of road







Also, people posting who say that there is no such thing as a fast lane or road tax..... i don't care what its called, you know what is meant so why bother?

rebel10

Everyday i see it, guys drivin these trucks or tractors, drivin at 50kph on a 100kph road, not bothering to pull in, then when you finally when you do manage to reach a spot to overtake you look to see him on a mobile chatting away. If your job means you are on the roads all of the time, would you not invest in hands free kits? Also how the hell can you hear anyone on the phone when you are driving a tractor?

Cookie_Monster

drunkmonkey wrote: »

That's about it, my blood is already boiling.

English people driving badly annoys you?


Things that annoy me include

People who throw rubbish out the window
People who will never get out of the way, particularly on roads like the Sallygap, where they're doing about 40 instead of 80 :mad:
People who don't slow down going through towns

mondeo

Young lads driving up your ass especially when they have the same car as you and want to check your car out. This happens when I drive my work car, a crappy old jap import Mitsubishi Lancer. Never happens in the Volvo so it's the cars fault:rolleyes:

No indicating on roundabouts...

People who don't know how to drive around roundabouts and think they have the right away when a car is coming from their right and they beep at ya, Can they possibly get any dumber then that?...:mad:

Stoolbend

Young lads in lowered cars swerving everything that resembles a pothole.
People that use the left lane of the roundabout to take the last exit.
People that block yellow box junctions.

And most of what everyone else said!

Bonito

barry81 wrote: »

People that use the left lane of the roundabout to take the last exit.

If I'm on a roundabout that I'm unfamiliar with I'll use the outside lane. I'll indicate properly but rather than potentially causing an accident I'll take the outside and take my time. Sometimes a bit of patience is needed TBH.

dirtydiesel

corktina wrote: »

What annoys me?

every fecker ahead of me on MY road...f off the lot of you and let me get where I want to be.
Cars in loading bays
Vans in loading bays that arent loading
4WDs in loading bays who arent loading
4WDs in every other situation
B'stards who dont know how to use a roundabout or how to indicate
Non-dippers of headlights
People too lazy to check their lights/install new bulbs
People driving illegally on L plates
farmers
all women drivers
all men drivers who arent me
crossing patrol wardens
traffic wardens
traffic corps
Micra drivers (right hand pedal is to go chaps)
Drivers who havent the courtesy to move over and let faster traffic past
Drivers who don't thank you when you let them out
Drivers who don't let you out
Cyclists with a death wish
Crows
Potholes
Temporary traffic lights badly timed and causing hold ups
Permanent Traffic lights ditto
Taxi ranks
Ice cream vans
school buses
dust carts
Pension day Friday...arrrrgh
Farmers (yess I know i said it b4, but they REALLY annoy me)
Tourists
Locals
Anyone from Dublin
No right turn signs (when I want to turn right)
sleeping policemen
speed traps
Zebra crossings
all other zebras
unofficial speed cops who do 99km/h in middle of road



That just about covers nearly every driver in the country except maybe bin lorries!!!!!!!!!!:D Oops just saw you did mention the bin men

donvito99

Chelsea Tractors....grrrrrr.

+ People who drive these with large sunglasses...grrrrr.

TestTransmission

Bonito wrote: »

If I'm on a roundabout that I'm unfamiliar with I'll use the outside lane. I'll indicate properly but rather than potentially causing an accident I'll take the outside and take my time. Sometimes a bit of patience is needed TBH.

eh,why?Can you not just look ahead and see the roadsign or work it out?You taking the outside lane could easily cause an accident.

Overature

people who drive/own range rovers and 4 by 4s in city/town evers who do not need them, are never going to pull a trailer and never going to go off road in it, you seem moms dropping there kids of in them, you dont need fcuking need them.

bazza1

gits who dont indicate properly on roundabouts.:mad:

Bonito

if it's a small roundabout yes I can but if it's a large roundabout with trees and mounds of flowers that I can't see over and has no sign 'til you actually reach the exit you want then the outside lane is where I'll use. The only people I'll be holding up is those entering the roundabout at the 2nd exit but my indicator wont be on to take that exit so they should stay put.

The majority of roundabouts that have 2 lanes to enter it have 2 lanes on the exit of it so the only chance of an accident is if the person on the inside lane who knows the roundabout decides to swerve and exit in to the outside lane - the one I'll be using.

As I said, sometimes all that's needed is a bit of patience. No point in rushing, we all get there in the end.

yuloni

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Bassboxxx

Poor use of Indicators, or none at all!!

some people use them that late i think they should start calling them reminders instead...as in, remind you of your last turn!!!

people not letting me out even when it only requires them to slightly slow down for 2 seconds (I have to say it's mostly women who do this)

For Forks Sake

A Micra (it's always a Micra) with any of the following items on the rear parcel tray:

-A straw hat
-A tartan blanket
-A box of tissues
-A small white terrier dog.

Sure signs that you won't be reaching your destination any time soon

Helium

Drove all my life in the Big smoke and experienced lots of bad driving but nothing that scares me as much as the mofo's down here on our narrow country roads who treat them like their own Rally Stage!!! Grrrr!! me own bleedin car is wrecked trying to avoid them.

J_Wholesale

Drivers who don't understand indicators. The purpose of indicators is to indicate what you are about to do, not what you are currently doing. You don't need to tell other drivers that you are turning left when you are in the process of turning left. They already know, because they can see you doing it. You need to tell them, or 'indicate' to them, BEFORE you begin to do it.

The Nutty M

Bonito wrote: »

if it's a small roundabout yes I can but if it's a large roundabout with trees and mounds of flowers that I can't see over and has no sign 'til you actually reach the exit you want then the outside lane is where I'll use. The only people I'll be holding up is those entering the roundabout at the 2nd exit but my indicator wont be on to take that exit so they should stay put.

The majority of roundabouts that have 2 lanes to enter it have 2 lanes on the exit of it so the only chance of an accident is if the person on the inside lane who knows the roundabout decides to swerve and exit in to the outside lane - the one I'll be using.

As I said, sometimes all that's needed is a bit of patience. No point in rushing, we all get there in the end.

I'm sorry my man but I have to disagree with you on your theory.I drove a seat leon up the road in front of the truck who tried the same move as you are describing.His excuse to the guard, "Sure I always go around this way". In the end up he forked out for a full bumper respray and a new alloy rim on the truck on top of all the damage done to his own(from the rear quarter panel to the front bumper was scratched or dented). You'll come in the blind spot of artic some day that simply wont be able to see you until it's too late,no amount of this patience you proclaim can make up for your rule breaking and simple ignorance that everyone will make allowance's for you while you complete a manouvre.

ballytrim

Roundabouts - The clue is in the name! Go around the feckin thing!
Don't start in the left-hand side and go straight across cutting me up on the inside when I'm turning right!
Don't start in the left-hand side when you're going to take the 3rd, or more, exit - ie 'turning' right effectively!
Don't take up a position on right-hand side, inside, and go straight on cutting me up on the other side!
Don't turn left, 1st exit, without indicating leaving me and a line of traffic behind me waiting even longer to try and get out because we can't read your feckin mind and others of your ilk and it is a major contributor to traffic delay.
Don't indicate right when you're going straight on, 2nd exit.
Turning right in the middle of the road, tuck in! Don't block a major road by turning right from a position on the middle or left side of your side of the road!
Traffic lights, don't overtake me and shoot through temporary traffic lights because I was the one who stopped at a red light! That's what they are for.
Don't tell me to 'wait on green', I know that and anyone who needs to be told shouldn't be driving!
Guards - Do your feckin job ! Try 'policing' the traffic now and again rather than just taking the easy option; speed traps on dual-carriageways etc.
The N3, funny how the guards are never at the beginning of the dual-carriageway or anywhere near where all the bad driving, lane changing, bus lane driving is but prefer to wait at the very, very end, if at all, and rarely actually pull anyone lest it should slow the traffic 'flow'. Best time to drive like an a~@e, during rush hour traffic! You'll never get pulled.
3 Lanes on a motorway, what a joke! Can't manage the 2!
Road Works speed limits - not legally enforceable and everyone knows it so what's the point? Did anyone ever actually drive at 60kmph on the M50? Unless it was due to the volume of traffic? Did anyone ever get done for going faster than 60kph? Don't think so!
Nordie drivers in the ROI and ROI drivers in the north!
Disabled bays and parent & child bays - these are not for when it is raining! Or you're just to plain ignorant and lazy to park properly. Shops/Garages etc do something about it when you see it.
Bus Eireann, who granted you speed limit immunity? Dublin Bus and taxis, who said the bus lanes were a speed limit free zone?
4x4's, BMW's, Mercs etc - you do not need to park across more than one parking space! If you cant park the sha~~in thing then get a smaller car!
Speed limits don't need to start in the middle of bl@@d~ nowhere, 2 km out of the town.

That'll do for now whilst I take a wee break and get my blood pressure down again. But there is more...

mcgal01

Texting! :mad:

corktina

gr8 rant ballytrim...are we related?:D

Mc Love

Anan1 wrote: »

This idea that the horn is for giving out seems to be very common - all it should mean is 'I am here'. For example, I always use the horn if i'm undertaking a car blocking the overtaking lane on a motorway. I don't do this to give out, I do it so that they know that i'm there and don't pick that moment to move back into the driving lane.

Sometimes i think this approach will startle them and then they will start to pull in on top of you :eek:

These type of threads make me angry to the stage i want to live out GTA in real life :mad:

corktina

Mc Love wrote: »

Sometimes i think this approach will startle them and then they will start to pull in on top of you :eek:

These type of threads make me angry to the stage i want to live out GTA in real life :mad:

totally wrong approach when undertaking a lane hog.....you should sound horn AND give the finger...get it right fellers...

Tail Wagger

corktina wrote: »

What annoys me?

every fecker ahead of me on MY road...f off the lot of you and let me get where I want to be.
Cars in loading bays
Vans in loading bays that arent loading
4WDs in loading bays who arent loading
4WDs in every other situation
B'stards who dont know how to use a roundabout or how to indicate
Non-dippers of headlights
People too lazy to check their lights/install new bulbs
People driving illegally on L plates
farmers
all women drivers
all men drivers who arent me
crossing patrol wardens
traffic wardens
traffic corps
Micra drivers (right hand pedal is to go chaps)
Drivers who havent the courtesy to move over and let faster traffic past
Drivers who don't thank you when you let them out
Drivers who don't let you out
Cyclists with a death wish
Crows
Potholes
Temporary traffic lights badly timed and causing hold ups
Permanent Traffic lights ditto
Taxi ranks
Ice cream vans
school buses
dust carts
Pension day Friday...arrrrgh
Farmers (yess I know i said it b4, but they REALLY annoy me)
Tourists
Locals
Anyone from Dublin
No right turn signs (when I want to turn right)
sleeping policemen
speed traps
Zebra crossings
all other zebras
unofficial speed cops who do 99km/h in middle of road







Also, people posting who say that there is no such thing as a fast lane or road tax..... i don't care what its called, you know what is meant so why bother?

You really have it bad!... you should travel on the Dart and you won't have any problems!,,,

susanroth

Op what part of the country is it you love driving in? I hate driving in the country, potholes:mad: and desperate:mad: uneven surfaces annoy the sh!t out of me:mad:
I would love to know why or how people are okay with driving 60mph on these sh!te roads