{"id":8415,"date":"2018-04-24T09:46:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T23:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/?p=8415"},"modified":"2020-06-20T00:28:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:28:54","slug":"the-most-frustrating-driving-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/blog\/the-most-frustrating-driving-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Frustrating Driving Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It would be so much easier if we all drove perfectly all the time, but not even a robot (aka an autonomous car) can do that. \u00a0The best that most of us can do is to try to avoid mistakes and try to be considerate of other people.\u00a0 However, there are some people out there on our roads who have the most tooth-grindingly annoying bad habits behind the wheel, and I don\u2019t mean that they pick their noses at red lights.\u00a0 Not only are these habits annoying to other drivers (and pedestrians and cyclists and motorcyclists and\u2026), they\u2019re also a bit dangerous.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a list of some of the habits that really get up people\u2019s noses.\u00a0 Which of these get your blood boiling \u2013 and which ones are you guilty of and need to stop?<\/p>\n

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  1. Not indicating.<\/strong> This one\u2019s my pet hate.\u00a0 Quite frankly, I\u2019d prefer to be behind a driver who indicates when going around a sharp bend than anywhere near one who doesn\u2019t indicate. \u00a0Not indicating is particularly annoying and dangerous at intersections, especially roundabouts.\u00a0 There\u2019s always that one person who comes up to the roundabout where you have to give way, doesn\u2019t indicate but turns left.\u00a0 By the time they\u2019ve made their move, you\u2019ve stopped to give way and lost your chance to enter the intersection.\u00a0 Even worse is the person who comes up to the roundabout, indicates left and then goes straight ahead \u2013 now, that\u2019s an accident waiting to happen.<\/li>\n
  2. Schizophrenic speed.<\/strong> This one gets my husband\u2019s blood boiling every time. Schizophrenic speed happens when a driver goes very slowly around bends and the like.\u00a0 Nothing wrong with that and it\u2019s probably a safe thing to do.\u00a0 However, these people let a long line of cars build up behind them and never pull over when they have a chance. In fact, when they get to a straight bit or even a bit of road with a passing lane, they speed up full bore and even pass the speed limit, meaning that you\u2019re going to have to take all kinds of risks to overtake them\u2026 and they don\u2019t want to be overtaken.\u00a0 If you\u2019re a slow and steady type who doesn\u2019t like to corner fast, fine, but stay comparatively slow when the straights come so others can overtake you safely.<\/li>\n
  3. Phone addicts.<\/strong> Come on, we all know that it\u2019s illegal to use a handheld phone when you\u2019re driving, but how many people do you see driving around with a phone clamped to their ear with one hand.\u00a0 Get a handsfree kit, for goodness\u2019 sake! \u00a0Even worse are the ones who have just a little look at that wee text that just came in because it might be important.\u00a0 We\u2019ve all had those close calls with phone addict drivers.\u00a0 JUST LEAVE THE PHONE ALONE!<\/li>\n
  4. Tailgating.<\/strong> Emergency stops happen. You never know when a cat or a kid will run out on the road ahead.\u00a0 Driving too close to the car ahead is crazy, as you might miss their brake lights going on and not jam your own brakes on in time.\u00a0 Even worse, if it\u2019s rainy or if the road is slippery, then even if you hit the brakes in time, you\u2019ll still ding the person ahead.\u00a0 Honestly, dropping back to a decent following distance won\u2019t make you late for work!<\/li>\n
  5. Red light running and failing to give way.<\/strong> There are no excuses for running a red light or ploughing through a Stop sign unless you\u2019ve got flashing lights and a siren on your vehicle \u2013 and even then you have to be careful at intersections just in case.<\/li>\n
  6. Parking where you shouldn\u2019t<\/strong>. We\u2019ve all seen perfectly healthy people walking out of cars parked in the disabled parks, and we\u2019ve probably also all seen cars parked over driveways, on yellow lines, in bus stops\u2026 If this is you, what makes you think that the rules can be bent for you?\u00a0 It\u2019s illegal, folks, even if you\u2019re just nipping in for a loaf of bread or to post a few letters.<\/li>\n
  7. Look at my lights!<\/strong> This one mostly gets seen on rural roads at night, but can also be found around town at times.\u00a0 This sort of driver wants to see the road ahead when its dark and only dips the lights at the last moment\u2026 by which time, the oncoming drivers are blinking and blinded.\u00a0 The other variations on this theme are the driver who takes the headlights off dip a fraction of a second too soon, and the driver who doesn\u2019t dip the lights for pedestrians and cyclists\u2026 who still get dazzled like other people.<\/li>\n
  8. Ignoring things with fewer wheels<\/strong>. Motorbikes, bikes and horses are all legitimate and legal road users, and have as much right to be on the road as you do, even if they are smaller, have fewer wheels and a smaller engine.\u00a0 This means that you have to give them the same courtesy and consideration that you\u2019d give another car.\u00a0 This means not cutting them off, not opening doors suddenly and not getting mad when they have to get in front of you because they want to turn right at the next intersection.\u00a0 Pedestrians also have the right to cross the road, although they do have to give way to you\u2026 except at a pedestrian crossing, where you have to give way.\u00a0 You have to give way to them for the whole time that they\u2019re crossing the road, with no waiting until they\u2019ve got to nearly halfway, then going.\u00a0 Wait until the pedestrian has got to the other side or to a traffic island before you go on.\u00a0 And you did check that pedestrian crossing ahead to see that nobody was waiting, didn\u2019t you?<\/li>\n
  9. Open top trailers<\/strong>. I don\u2019t know how many chips in the windscreen we\u2019ve picked up thanks to things flying off the trailer ahead of us and whacking the windscreen.\u00a0 The trailer in question may be hooked to a truck or to a smaller vehicle, but the end result is still annoying. Even if it\u2019s not a stone flying off and chipping windscreens, other debris getting off a trailer is hazardous and annoying (lawn clippings, leaves, dust\u2026).\u00a0 If you\u2019re a gardening contractor or if you\u2019re taking a load of garden rubbish to the tip, then cover that load or at least put it in a bag so it doesn\u2019t blow everywhere.<\/li>\n
  10. Merging morons.<\/strong>\u00a0 When two lanes merge into one, the idea is that Car A, which is in the right-hand lane and is slightly ahead goes into the merged lane first, then Car B, which is in the left-hand lane. \u00a0Then Car C, which was immediately behind Car A in the right-hand lane gets to go in.\u00a0 If Car C is a merging moron, then he\/she will push ahead and force Car B over to one side out of the stream of traffic until someone sensible(Car D in the right lane) comes along.\u00a0 Car B can also sometimes be a moron, racing ahead to try to get to the merged lane ahead of Car A.\u00a0 In all these scenarios, be Car D \u2013 the one that\u2019s courteous and keeps an eye out for other drivers rather than having a Me First attitude.<\/li>\n
  11. Litterbugs.\u00a0 <\/strong>Technically, you shouldn\u2019t dispose of any rubbish out of the window of a car.\u00a0 However, I\u2019m willing to wink at organic rubbish that will feed wildlife and break down naturally or grow a new tree, such as apple cores, banana peels and apricot stones.\u00a0 Hey, in 10 years\u2019 time, a forager for wild fruit might thank you!\u00a0 However, there\u2019s an art to chucking biodegradable fruit bits out of the window, the most important part of which is to wait until (a) there\u2019s nobody behind you and (b) your apple core will land in long grass.\u00a0 There is no excuse for throwing out drink cans, papers, plastic bits, or fast food packaging.\u00a0 Cigarette stubs \u2013 which are less common these days, thank goodness \u2013 are even worse, as they can set fire to dry grass in summer or burn that cyclist you didn\u2019t see (I\u2019ve been the cyclist in this situation).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Any terrible driving habits that enrage you that I\u2019ve missed?\u00a0 And which ones are your pet peeves?\u00a0 Have a good rant in the comments about them! http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/offers-zaim\/online-zaym-na-kartu-payps.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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