Those #@*!#!
Other Drivers!
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Chat: #%*!@# Hawaii drivers!MERGE, MERGE, MERGE!!! Hawaii has some of the shortest on ramps, they should be the best mergers...learn to merge, don't stop!!!
--Michelle Honda
California
As a survivor of 10 years of battle on the Likelike, I want to know what is the thought process through which all those drivers who go up the Likelike at 30 mph in the left lane and then once through the Wilson, down it at 65mph. What is that about? (I have moved to Texas with no plans of returning, so you can let me in on the secret).
--Dave Yates
Fort Worth, Texas
First, those police cars that speed well past the normal speed limit and know they can get away with it. Second, any motorcycles that drive between cars in traffic.
--Kevin Chun
Honolulu
People who think that they have a god given right to speed (classic aggressive driver) should remember that driving is a priviledge. I do agree that slower drivers should stay in the right lane. One of the other things that bug me are people who drive to the end of the acceleration lane and stop. They need to learn how to merge and use the acceleration lane for just that.
--Chuck Hirata
Wailuku
1) Drivers who feel they must merge immediately instead of going to the end of the on-ramp -- especially when they stop and wait for an opening -- mo bettah to go on down to the end the ramp.2) Drivers who feel that just because they put their arm out the window with a shaka sign that it permits them to do whatever stupid thing they want to do.
3) Those "compact" parking stalls, not designed for the "less than compact" individuals trying to get out of their car while trying not to set off the car alarm of the car parked next to you. I love parking lots on themainland where there is tons of room.
--Doug Vincent
Honolulu
I used to complain constantly about the drivers in Hawaii going one speed, SLOW! That was until I moved to New Mexico where the speed is FAST and FASTER. Be glad you live in Hawaii where people still know what leisurely drive means.
--Robynn Tatupu-Suka
New Mexico
Please let me be the first to employ the one phrase that explains all this bad driving behavior: PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE. The people who feel they have the least power and control in their lives drive slow in the fast lane, don't signal, stop instead of merge, and otherwise take our lives into their hands on a daily basis... just to show us they can.
--Richard Sullivan
Los Angeles
Da only thing I hate is seeing a DRUNK driver in front of me and I am too afraid to pass em' cuz he or she may ram me or something, and wen I call da cop da bugga no respond. (Kinda too late, ah) The HPD should put a incentive with every drunk they catch, they get one free case of donuts or something.
--Leonard Miyasato
Washington
The most annoying drivers are:By far, slow drivers in the fast lane.
Buses, taxis, commercial trucks and Handi vans in the fast lane. They rarely go fast enough and tie up traffic.
Those drivers who just have to get in the far left hand lane immediately upon entering the freeway, then poke along like they are on a Sunday stroll.
The drivers who pull out in front of me causing me to have to slow way down. Can't they just wait until I pass (because there is nothing behind me).
Mopeds who come around me on the right shoulder at traffic lights then cuss me when I pass them. Mopeds should be outlawed.
Drivers who think bicycles do not belong on the road. Try telling that to HPD. Unless the bicyclist wants a ticket, they'd better stay off the sidewalk (although HPD can ride their bikes on the sidewalk all day).
--Jeffrey Robbins
Aiea
The most annoying thing about other drivers is how the person in front of you sees someone they know driving next to them and this somehow causes their right foot to lift ever so slightly off the accelerator causing this mini parade.
--Janet Ah Mook Sang
Honolulu
Most irritating habit to me is when I'm patiently waiting in line to get onto the freeway and these idiots drive all the way to the front of the line waiting for suckers like us to let them cut and then flash the stupid shaka sign. Of course I have to let them cut otherwise they"ll just rudely cut in and I end up hitting them and it's all my fault! You'll find these idiots at the Vineyard on-ramp and Beretania/McCully intersection trying to get to the freeway entrance, guaranteed!
--Laureen Kam Chu
Honolulu
1) Car Pool bandits. Just because you have 2 people in your car does not give you the right to immediately cross 4 lanes of traffic, blindly cutting off others, and just creating a dangerous situation.1a) Car Pool violators who go slow. OK fine if you want to use that car pool lane with just 1 person in it, but you better well not be going at or under the speed limit, creating a huge chain of cars behind you.
2) Flying 18-wheelers. An 18-wheeler doing 70 is far more dangerous than a car doing 100.
3) Trucks that don't cover their loads (rocks). If you ever been hit by a flying rock you'll know what I mean.
4) Cars that run out of gas, especially during traffic. There should be a huge fine for cars that are stuck, causing major traffic jams, due to running out of gas.
5) Cellular phone users. If you see someone using a cell phone, I suggest you get out their way ASAP! Research has shown cell phone users who drive at the same time create a tremendous road hazard.
6) Red light runners. Is one or two extra minutes waiting going to seriously ruin your day? Probably not, but hitting someone or another car can ruin your life.
7) People who don't know how to yield or know the right of way.
8) Left lane bandits. Please, get out of the way if you want to go slow. I've seen car trails a half-mile long due to one inconsiderate fool.
9) Fools who don't move over when an emergency vehicle is behind them. Hello, those bright red lights and sirens aren't for amusement, ya know?
--Steve Dempsey
Honolulu
My pet gripe concerns busy intersections where motorist speed into the intersection, making you jam the brakes, then slowly make a turn or slowly drive their car across the intersection.
--Charlene Martin
Aiea
Don't you hate drivers:1) who cannot signal their way into your lane but can signal out?
2) that stay in the far left lane ONLY because it's "conveniently" empty (when a flood of other drivers are getting bottlenecked behind them)?
3) who are best friends with their brake pedals and just can't wait to use them for every little thing in traffic?
4) who rubberneck and cause traffic because of an accident on the other side of the freeway?
5) who park their cars in parking lots with little or no regard to those little helpful things on the ground called "lines"?
6) who seem to think that the term "speed limit" means any speed under the posted signs is okay when technically, "speed limit" means no faster, as well as no slower, than the posted sign.
Thanks for letting me vent!
--G.T.
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