You have to view some pretty bad drivers out their on the open roads ,which ones top your list. For me its the unpatient lane crowders who jump out of the lane to try to move up then crowd back into the lane they were just in.

I used to have a bumper sticker that said:

'Visualize using your turn signals'

When I would see that I would just say to myself, why don't they just get out of bed two minutes earlier. Along the same line, the driver that goes to the last two feet before a lane ends before cutting in while everyone else has been waiting single file for half a mile.

When I was younger and my Dad said these words to me, I didn't really understand.....
Now it's so obvious.

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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These types really piss me off when they do it later than me!

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I really hate drivers who drive into the side of my one-ton truck because they are busy on the phone.

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1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

I can see a Far Side sketch with the caption as follows ,The perpertual non movement of traffic was just a theory until resently ,know has respectfully been proven as fact. IThis was a laugh, recently I witnessed a driver behind the wheel of an auction bought cop car driving down the shoulder ,the aggrevated cars in traffic honked their horns as he passed , rocks dinging cars as he speed by,well ,fake cop meet a real one and as he was getting a ticket he got to hear it from the slow moving traffic as they passed by ,that was carma x 2.

Tailgaters top my list.

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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Mine too. Back the fornicate off. Tailgating me will not make the traffic in front of me speed up. No I will not speed up to fill that 8 secondgap between me and the slow traffic in front of me, that's a normal sane following distance PLUS what I need to slow down more slowly so you don't rear end me because you're two feet off my bumper and paying more attention to your cellphone than driving.

Honestly I just put on the blinker and slow down and wave them past. It ain't worth the headache. If I'm feeling particularly irritable, I might lay on the horn and give them a thumbs down out the window.

In some places, using your signal before a lane change is just giving the enemy advanced notice. When I drove a big truck in Portland, I turned on the blinker, waiting three blinks, then went over. Everyone scattered - if you waited for them to make a gap you were screwed.

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The jumping back and forth lanes thing is poor planning and in stop and go traffic, non productive for the most part.

Stopping on top of / past the _BIG WHITE STOP BAR_ at a traffic light. The bar is there to hold traffic back so others turning can make it past with something like a long trailer. If anyone here stops on / past the bar, please state your logic.

Don't be surprised if I place my car / truck microns from your front bumper as I turn.. .

Fine, what about when the light is a solid green and waiting to make a left turn? Is there not enough time to make it through the intersection when the light changes? Seriously, I like to learn as my instructor was a failure.

I have had now two people not pull into the intersection to wait for their turn. Both times I didn't know they were going to do this so started rolling. The first time was at a light that I know does not function in a manner that allows the full lane to go, causing the next lane over to be blocked. Most folks seem to get this so get up and go when they have the arrow and then two get out in the intersection so the lane moves more rapidly. The fellow diddle dallied so he forced the long line to wait again. We got the green turn arrow the next time, he didn't go, I don't have a horn, so tried to show the way by snuggling a little closer when again he just sat there. Finally since he wouldn't move just went around him... Then yesterday I got flicked off because again I started rolling. This was all within a week, so now I see I need to wait until they move and not feel pressured by the fellow behind me.

Very good and helpful list!

So what if the deceleration/acceleration ramp is too short for the vehicle?

I leave a half to one car space in front of me a lot of times if it is reasonable. Two reasons: one is because the off ramp is blind so figure if I am hit I have more margin to stop (and instead of turning per the turn, straiten so more chance pushed in the median than into the vehicle in front) and this is the main reason, so when the light turns green I can get a head start so I don't get honked at for being slow. In my ticket class (passing a truck) it said pull up to where you can still see the vehicle in front's tires.

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Current fleet:

1985 Mercedes-Benz 280TE - Waiting for heart surgery.

1985 Mercedes-Benz 300TDT - Rear ended 23 September 2016 and now looking for a new home.

1979 Mercedes-Benz 300TD - Parted out.

1964 Volkswgen Beetle - Vater's since September 1968 and undergoing a restoration.

1971 Volkswagen Sunroof Squareback with F.I. - in need of full restoration.

1971 Volkswagen Squareback automatic with F.I. - Vacationing with her caretaker until he is in better health.

For short ramps, you have to use your judgement which is something people typically don't use on their own anyway...

As far as stopping position, It's fine to stop well back from the car in front of you if you are the last in the line. As more cars fill in, move on up.

Most people drive very selfishly and are out there strictly for themselves and not to promote the safety and flow of the traffic around them by maintaining proper situational awareness.

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Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

The solution would be to wait at the stop bar. . .

Pulling up to the center of an intersection then having traffic pass on the berm is dangerous for oncoming traffic that wants to make a left hand turn.

Regardless, none of this changes the physics of long trailer, tight corner, car stopped into the intersection blocking traffic. ..

What are you all doing on my road anyway???

Apparently making you late for your appointment with death.....

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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