Top 10 Exasperating Driver Types in Southern California
12-05-06, 06:21 AM
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Great list!
I have two more, but Ramon got the first one - people blocking the right hand turn lane.
How about people using anti-cruise control? They speed up and slow down for no discernable reason. They especially like passing you, getting in front of you, then slowing down. Of course they speed up as you in turn try to pass them.
I played this leapfrog game with a driver for over half an hour coming home from Thanksgiving dinner last month.
I have two more, but Ramon got the first one - people blocking the right hand turn lane.
How about people using anti-cruise control? They speed up and slow down for no discernable reason. They especially like passing you, getting in front of you, then slowing down. Of course they speed up as you in turn try to pass them.
I played this leapfrog game with a driver for over half an hour coming home from Thanksgiving dinner last month.
12-05-06, 02:33 PM
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Maybe it's just me, but I can't stand the unbalanced lanes at stoplights and especially at dual lane turns. When there are 2 or more lanes travelling in the same direction, it totally boggles me how one lane will have 20 cars waiting and the other lane(s) will only have 1 or 2.
12-05-06, 02:51 PM
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You know what I really hate? When there is two left turn lanes. And when your in the right most lane, You make a left. then the joker on the left lane goes to your right cause he/she wants to be in the right lane at the end of the turn.
It always happen at the signal by San Gabriel Plaza (Focus). Valley Blvd & Abbot Ave. I'm always on the right lane making a left onto Valley going Westbound, because well. I need to make a right shortly after. But everyone thinks I'm not there when I make a left. I'm always prepared when this happens and give them a long blast of the horn.
It always happen at the signal by San Gabriel Plaza (Focus). Valley Blvd & Abbot Ave. I'm always on the right lane making a left onto Valley going Westbound, because well. I need to make a right shortly after. But everyone thinks I'm not there when I make a left. I'm always prepared when this happens and give them a long blast of the horn.
12-05-06, 04:53 PM
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Today I encountered a driver who thought the divided two lane and my opposing lane specifically was a turn pocket. She turned into the lane and nearly caused me to hit her head-on. Good thing for the brakes on the LS. Of course she was on a cell phone. 
12-07-06, 04:59 PM
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By Patrick Byrne and Joanne Helperin and John DiPietro
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Ladies in Mercedes
These drivers are typically middle-aged women (sorry about the gender typing, but it's true) whose husbands have bought them status cars that they do not know how to drive.
These women are not to be confused with the younger Angelenos who gab on cell phones and check their looks in the rearview mirrors while a small dog sits in their laps. Don't even try to get around these drivers. They seem to meander exactly where you intend to try to pass them every time.
In all seriousness though, Southern California offers some of the best driving in the country once you learn the rules. So be safe out there and enjoy. When you encounter any of these drivers on your way to your destination, just remember to breathe and slowly count to 10. You'll thank us later.
Ladies in Mercedes
These drivers are typically middle-aged women (sorry about the gender typing, but it's true) whose husbands have bought them status cars that they do not know how to drive.
These women are not to be confused with the younger Angelenos who gab on cell phones and check their looks in the rearview mirrors while a small dog sits in their laps. Don't even try to get around these drivers. They seem to meander exactly where you intend to try to pass them every time.
In all seriousness though, Southern California offers some of the best driving in the country once you learn the rules. So be safe out there and enjoy. When you encounter any of these drivers on your way to your destination, just remember to breathe and slowly count to 10. You'll thank us later.
That's not a bad thing actually. If more people would drive like that we would have a lot less accidents. When I am driving my Benz I tend to drive slower as well, I just feel relaxed and just follow the speed limit even though I dive an E500 and it goes from 0-60 in like 5.4 sec
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