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......Well living out in the country, I drive with my light on as much as possible, on 2 lane roads you have a much better chance of being seen by on-commers and I LIKE others doing the same.

I also tend to turn the oposite before turning into a corner, as an old racer you just get a better "line", providing no traffic of course!
 
The lights that I was referring to are the really bright
ones that you can turn on & off,especialy on jacked-up 4WD pick-
ups.Very inconsiderite.
Also,the merging lane thing.At a stoplight,driver's in the
right lane have to "floor it" when the light changes.I also al-
most got into two big accidents when people tried (& succeded)
passing me (at speed)when the lanes merged.If I realise that it's
getting dangerous,I'll back off.
The other thing mentioned here is when someone stands out
in the street,while talking to their friend sitting in their car.
I know how these people drive,& that scares me when I see it.

- Doug
 
<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-weight: bold">In no particular order:</span></span>
<span style="font-weight: bold">1.</span> Tailgaters (People who have no concept of Physics)
<span style="font-weight: bold">2.</span> Left Lane hogs (to echo Tony).
<span style="font-weight: bold">3.</span> Pass impeders (a. You change to the left lane to pass a slow moving semi. b. You allow another person ahead of you to move over to pass the truck in front of you because you're just a nice person. c. They get beside the truck and stay there for 10 miles, doing .0005 MPH faster than the truck, but 5MPH under the speed limit! They are completely oblivious to you being frustrated behind them.
<span style="font-weight: bold">4.</span> People who turn on red arrows! (and people who honk at you for NOT turning on red arrows)
<span style="font-weight: bold">5.</span> People who turn left and swing into the far right lane instead of the lane closest to them (as you are supposed to).
<span style="font-weight: bold">6.</span> People who try to jump in front of everyone at the last possible moment when signs 5 miles back tell you to merge into a single lane ahead.
<span style="font-weight: bold">7.</span> People who don't use turn signals - you just have to read their minds!
<span style="font-weight: bold">8.</span> People who sit next to you at a stop light playing <span style="font-weight: bold">BASS</span> so loud that your fillings start coming loose!
 
Take to me the Riverr... put me in the waterrr




Billy Bass
 
I have a bad habit of not being able to wait to get home to eat Dungeness crab. I can usually get a pound down in the time it takes to get home.
I'm a crab-and-run driver.


Oh how I hate Billy Bass and the fact that the fish has my first name.

Basil likes 'im, let call him "Basil Bass".
 
My hot button is pushed by people who drive cars that are so unmaintained that they're a danger to everyone around. Last week we helped an elderly woman stop her minivan that was rolling through a parking lot at a slow walking pace. There were balls from one of her CV joints rolling all over the place. We got it stopped but I then had to guide it to a curb to hold it on the slope. The parking brake was inoperable and of course putting the transmission in "park" did nothing because of the broken CV joint.

She said it'd been making funny noises for a few days.
 
coldplugs said:
My hot button is pushed by people who drive cars that are so unmaintained that they're a danger to everyone around. Last week we helped an elderly woman stop her minivan that was rolling through a parking lot at a slow walking pace. There were balls from one of her CV joints rolling all over the place. We got it stopped but I then had to guide it to a curb to hold it on the slope. The parking brake was inoperable and of course putting the transmission in "park" did nothing because of the broken CV joint.

She said it'd been making funny noises for a few days.
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Maybe she couldn't afford to. Gotta give old folks a break!!!
 
Not a fan at all of Bleu (stinky)
Swiss is fair
 
Try this:

Drive down the interstate matching the speed of the car behind you. Move to the right lane and speed up slightly, enough that you should, all things being equal, pull away from the following car.

9 times out of 10, the following car will speed up and pass you. Guess it's just something they have to do. Is there a rule?
 
Or your in the right lane and the guy in the left lane paces you for miles just in that slightly blind spot around your left rear wheel.
 
4aKen said:
Or your in the right lane and the guy in the left lane paces you for miles just in that slightly blind spot around your left rear wheel.
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That's another good one! (and by good I mean bad)
 
Here's another one....people who do not turn on their lights when it's raining like all get-out - you can't see them until you run up on them or try to turn in front of them!
 
I`m sure some of you have encountered this, But try stopping a 14,000 Lb Motor Home when some idiot pulls out in front of you!
I hear plenty of honking @ me, because I travel @ 55 mph in the right hand lane when traveling in the M.H.
On ramps are hazardous when traveling in the right lane @ 55 MPH.
People that think they will survive an accident with a 14,000 LB M.H. are IDIOTS!
The M.H. is big enough if you can`t see it without the lights on in the daytime ...... you must be blind!
If I can see nothing but your grille in my rear camera ..... you are much much too close for comfort!
Wear your clothing while driving I can see your lap through my side cameras! {you`d be surprised}
Do not draft me .... It irritates me severely! {I barely have enough engine to move 14,000 LBS as it is without pulling you along!}
Pay attention while next to me {I give more than ample warning with my signal lights} because when I run out of lane I AM coming over rather you are there or not!
OH and IF you care to buy the fuel .... yes I can go a little faster *SMILE*
 
There's help for your motorhome's power & gas mileage: Banks Power System.....https://www.expressrv.com/cart/cgi-bin/Html/Products/trailer_banks_power.htm...I put it on mine & I could get up to speed quicker & my gas mileage went up enough that I could do between 60 & 65 in the right lane without using any more gas! You've gotta try it....

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Oh, with those trailer brakes (on both axles) dialed up, my trailer slowed me down better than did my RV's brakes.
 
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