Bad driving habits you have picked up

pudzey101

I myself am guilty of a few of these picked up over the years .

few options I included are : Driving tired , Speeding , No seatbelt , using your mobile , Stopping too close to other cars , Indicating , road rage towards other drivers , checking mirrors , bad parking . Coasting (travelling with the clutch down or in neutral).

Or none im an angel behind the wheel

Just wondering/curious because I just completed my motocycle IBT ( car ADI lessons similarity ) and wasn't aware of a lot of things i was doing wrong on both vehicles :rolleyes:

Whats your bad habit ?

Brian Scan

pudzey101 wrote: »

I myself am guilty of a few of these picked up over the years .

few options I included are : Driving tired , Speeding , No seatbelt , using your mobile , Stopping too close to other cars , Indicating , road rage towards other drivers , checking mirrors , bad parking . Coasting (travelling with the clutch down or in neutral).

Or none im an angel behind the wheel

Just wondering/curious because I just completed my motocycle IBT ( car ADI lessons similarity ) and wasn't aware of a lot of things i was doing wrong on both vehicles :rolleyes:

Whats your bad habit ?

No posters on this thread have bad habits, but many have witnessed drivers who do.

pudzey101

Brian Scan wrote: »

No posters on this thread have bad habits, but many have witnessed drivers who do.

Should have named it bad habits EVERY driver has picked up :pac:

ah everyone must have picked up 1 or 2 at least from time to time

RobAMerc

Is expecting people to use the correct lane on the Motorway a bad habit ?

I presume using ones headlights to flash someone hogging the overtaking lane is a bad habit judging by the reaction of 95% of right lane hoggers when they do finally pull over.

I do drive faster than the posted limit occasionally ( ducks from flying items from boardsies on high horses ), but I promise you, I am fully aware of what I am doing, I am totally awake 100% of the time I am driving and concentrating 100%of the time.

I guess I am a very bad man.

Skylinehead

RobAMerc wrote: »

Is expecting people to use the correct lane on the Motorway a bad habit ?

I presume using ones headlights to flash someone hogging the overtaking lane is a bad habit judging by the reaction of 95% of right lane hoggers when they do finally pull over.

I do drive faster than the posted limit occasionally ( ducks from flying items from boardsies on high horses ), but I promise you, I am fully aware of what I am doing, I am totally awake 100% of the time I am driving and concentrating 100%of the time.

I guess I am a very bad man.

Also the whole robbing Mercedes thing :pac:

whiskeyman

Driving with one hand / other hand not fully engaged with the wheel or resting for too long on the gear stick.

Often have to snap out of it and be more fully in control of the car.
I'll be honest that I'd be good on nearly all the above, except for the odd bit of coasting.

I used to have some more of the above, but I've changed my driving habits a lot in the past couple of years from just getting old / being wiser and understanding a lot more the dangerous driving can bring.

check_six

I'm a little concerned that "Indicating" and "Checking Mirrors" are included as *bad* habits.

If they are against the new paradigm in responsible driving, I think I need to seriously reassess my own motoring style.

The Backwards Man

One I hate when other people do it but do myself all the time, leaving a big gap to the car in front in slow moving traffic so I don't have to come to a stop.

livedadream

coasting, im a daemon for it,

foot is constantly on the clutch, trying to stop but cant see it getting anybetter...

Agricola

Forgetting to check my own wing mirror when overtaking. Must be a subconscious thing because I'd never overtake 2 vehicles at once myself, but other people have different ideas.

VisibleGorilla

I pretty much drive like I'm doing the test with the exception of speeding.

pudzey101

great honesty everybody few choices i never taught of here , checking blindspots is another i forgot aswell i never do it

Hulk Hands

Ive resorted to undertaking a couple of times recently on the motorway. I despise it generally and hate the clowns who daily zoom up the inside when the right lane is full in traffic and aggressively edge out again when met with something. However sometimes on an quiet motorway with what seems like someone with the cruise control set to 110 determinedly staying in the fast line, youve no choice. Either that or flashing the headlights which i hate also. Seems to happen a lot with rental cars also, the lane rules barely seem to be adhered in some countries.

Cheensbo

I do loads of bad shít, drive too fast, drive too slow, use the phone, dance, scare people with my badass acceleration when overtaking..

But one thing I don't get - and wouldn't do unless I'm listening for a mechanical noise at speed is coasting... is there a reason / logic or is it just a habit? How does it become a habit?

For me coasting is horrific, the car is neither accelerating or slowing (although it is slowing as such) it's not ready for an input to correct an unexpected obstacle or manoeuvre nor is it under complete control... try cornering hard in neutral vs in gear - one way you'll be grand, the other you'll be in the ditch....

biko

Coasting, and it's getting worse.

Mar4ix

Today in city center, 06 audi a4 driver turned right indicator , but steered in to left. Is that bad habit or simple , plain stupidity ??

Vicxas

Undertaking, especially when coming off the motorway and people sit in the middle lane.

Comhrá

My no. 1 fault:

Allowing myself to get distracted driving around town. A few time now, I've driven way too close to the vehicle in front while I was 'people-gazing' and 'car-gazing' Must work on it.

whiskeyman

tippman1 wrote: »

My no. 1 fault:

Allowing myself to get distracted driving around town. A few time now, I've driven way too close to the vehicle in front while I was 'people-gazing' and 'car-gazing' Must work on it.

Very prevalent during the hotter summer months when requirement for heavy clothing get less....

This will cease shortly

:pac:

callaway92

Checking Livescore when driving is something I have to stop.

Speeding is a way of life.

Road Rage is always justified.

IrishZeus

Road rage is a definite. Spend too much time in the car not to be irritated by some of the gobsh*tery that occurs.

Speeding was a big one for me but that has calmed significantly with age and the arrival of kids.

Recently, I've noticed that I do undertake quite a bit but this is generally at rush hour and is due always to traffic on left lane moving quicker than traffic in middle and outside lanes, as no-one ever uses the left lane. No agressive undertaking - moreso "go with the flow" undertaking.

Does that even count as a bad habit?!

callaway92

IrishZeus wrote: »

Road rage is a definite. Spend too much time in the car not to be irritated by some of the gobsh*tery that occurs.

Speeding was a big one for me but that has calmed significantly with age and the arrival of kids.

Recently, I've noticed that I do undertake quite a bit but this is generally at rush hour and is due always to traffic on left lane moving quicker than traffic in middle and outside lanes, as no-one ever uses the left lane. No agressive undertaking - moreso "go with the flow" undertaking.

Does that even count as a bad habit?!

It's really fúcking dangerous

IrishZeus

callaway92 wrote: »

It's really fúcking dangerous

I'm talking about doing 90km/hr in the left lane as the middle lane does 85km/hr. No cutting in and out or any of that craic or undertaking far faster than the right hand lanes are moving.

Honestly I think it would be more dangerous trying to swap out two lanes to overtake middle lane hoggers.

whiskeyman

Another bad habit... well, something I don't do enough of:

Ensure to look left and right when going straight on through a junction / crossroads... even if you have green light and all others red.

I wonder how many of us actually do this?
I was told to check *every* junction you pass through just in case of red light jumper / emergency vehicle / kid of bike / idiot etc... on an advanced driver course.
I'm pretty sure it saved my life on time when what must have been a drunk driver sailed through a red coming from the right but thankfully I was able to break and avoid.