What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[kenmbz]

In my town they don't do the ride up your bumper thing, but when I lived in NJ....

Every time one would do that. I would slow down, open the windows and blast music.
If it was a 35 zone, I would go 25 etc.
They would get tired of it and pass me and I would wave as they went by.

This happened enough that one time I pulled over in a parking lot and waved to the officer to come by for a talk. He took off.

I have many friends who were cops, the one job they hated was when they were sent out to give tickets. Their logic was , as long as the driver is not going too crazy, why waste time and aggravation.

But go crazy, like 70 in a 35 and they had no apprehension of chasing you down for making it unsafe on the road.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

You might out run them, but you can't stay outrun a radio!

We have many areas where their radios don't work. Also, their SUVs and pickups have quite low (limited) top speeds.

On the other hand, they have no reason to chase me. It's much easier for them to just stop by at my place after the fact. Unless it's the officer's first day on the job and nobody have clued him/her in, they know who I am and where I live.

 

[Jstpssng]

My vehicles all have these things hanging on front and back called "license plates." (Except my trailer, that one's hanging on the shed wall.)
It doesn't matter if I outrun them, my goose is going to be cooked.

 

[WinterDeere]

We have many areas where their radios don't work. Also, their SUVs and pickups have quite low (limited) top speeds.

On the other hand, they have no reason to chase me. It's much easier for them to just stop by at my place after the fact. Unless it's the officer's first day on the job and nobody have clued him/her in, they know who I am and where I live.

Back when I was building fast cars (college years), our house was in town, and became sort of the rallying point and common shop for a lot of my buddies. One of the down sides to this is that whenever someone in town would call the police with a noise or speed complaint about someone in a loud or fast car, I'd come home to find the police waiting in my driveway.

Most of them knew me or my family, so it was always a friendly, "you guys gotta take it easy, so Mrs. X stops calling us." Then we'd apologize, shut it down for the night, and repeat the whole thing a week or three later.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Yeah, that's a bit like when I was leaving the greasy spoon in town, with my 300+ hp 2,000 lb. fun car and met three of the state police in the parking lot on their way in.

We BSd for a bit, but before I took off I went back in and asked them "How many of you guys are working today?" One answered "You're looking at it".

Good, I said, now I can drive home at a decent pace. And they all laughed.
There's a lot to be said for living in a rural area where most everybody knows each other, I think.

They knew damn well I was generally going way too fast...except in town where I never exceed the speed limit, and they apparently appreciated that.

 

[fatjay]

People that drive really slow in the ultra fast lane, while people behind them are going insane.

 

[Jstpssng]

People that drive really slow in the ultra fast lane, while people behind them are going insane.

They had to have been covered, both here and in other threads.

Still people keep doing it, so we will keep bringing it up!

 

[fatjay]

They had to have been covered, both here and in other threads.

Still people keep doing it, so we will keep bringing it up!

I guess you aren't familiar iwth dennis leary's work?

 

[Oaktree]

People that drive really slow in the ultra fast lane, while people behind them are going insane.

People who poke along on winding roads with few, if any places to pass. Seems like Suburu or toyota owners make up the lion's share of these.

 

[scootr]

When you give your lowest bid or price on something...and people want to haggle over it.