Top 5 Annoying Driver Habits
January has been a disaster for me for commuting to work. Whether it is ScotRail cancelling the trains or the traffic moving at less than 5 mph down the M8 but I seem to have had no end of trouble this last month.
This morning I found myself driving at the usual 5 mph down the M8, keeping my eyes peeled for the lane hoppers, dodgers and divers and I found myself thinking about all the habits of other drivers that I find really annoying and which can really wind me up so I thought I’d give you a run down of my top 5 annoying driver habits.
1. BMW Drivers
This is not a habit as such but it seems like all BMW drivers annoy me. I like the cars but no-one who owns one can actually drive and although I frequently jest about working indicators being an optional extra on BMW’s they do in fact come as standard, fully working and ready to use. Just look around the steering wheel and you’ll find a lever… push it and an orange light on the outside of the car will go on… do not be alarmed though… it’s supposed to happen!
2. Lane Hoppers
Every one has seen these people and you have probably been on yourself (I have on occasion). The traffic in the right hand lane slows down so they jump to the left hand lane until the traffic in the left lane slows down and then jump back to the right hand lane often ending up 2 cars behind where they would have been if they had staying in the lane they started in from the beginning. Pick and lane and stick with it people!
3. Divers
I really can not stand these people. I’m driving along at a nice pace with about enough space between me and the car in front should I need to break hard and then the driver from the slow lane dives into the gap forcing me to slow down or run into the back of them. More often than not they do not use their indicators or if they do they are half way over before they even switch them on. Sorry guys… my ESP isn’t quite what it used to be!
4. Tailgaters
I had one of these tonight whilst coming home. It was snowing quite heavily and only one lane is useable so the driver behind me had his car so close to me I can not see his headlights, tries to overtake on the un-useable lane, decides against it and pulls back behind me whilst trying to take off my bumper. No offence but I really do not fancy being in a car accident and finding I’m using your Range Rover as a suppository.
5. Speeding/Not Speeding
I do not really know how to best to title this one but essentially what I mean is where you end up following a driver down a stretch of road which has a speed limit of 50 mph and they insist at going no faster than 40 mph. This same driver will then enter a build up area with a speed limit of 30 mph and will insist on going no slower than 40 mph. I really do not understand that one.
Feel free to comment and let me know about any driver habits which annoy you.
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