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Tailgating and driving fast in parking lots. Some people just do these out of habit, it drives me nuts.

Convsersely, a passenger who takes off their seatbelt when I get close to their destination.

Twice I had a Lyft driver (the same one both times) try to sell me a vacation timeshare. It's really awkward being trapped in a car having to hear a sales pitch.

Also, generally don't like when Uber/Lyft cars are heavily scented to cover up the smell of smoke. Makes my skin itch.

Entering an intersection before they are sure there will be enough space to clear it.

Tailgating is frightening, especially when it's very clear that if something suddenly happened ahead the driver could not react without superpowers they don't have.

When they try to get into the back of the car in front of us.

Drivers seem to forget that they always must maintain minimum emergency breaking distance from the car in front, which changes with weather conditions, speed limit, and the reaction times of the driver themselves.

It's not hard to be a good driver. You can even drive fast. Just blink several seconds before you change lanes, keep a lot of space between you and the car in front, and just don't surprise other drivers in any way.

This includes not breaking hard unless you have to (only when you fail to have enough space in front of you to brake smoothly).

Yelling at the other cars the whole trip...

Basically all of the things I see other drivers doing when I'm not in their car.

• Distracted driving (e.g. phone)
• Resigning right-of-way in situations that are unsafe, like on highway entrance ramps and inside traffic circles
• Doing unpredictable things (e.g. quickly weaving through traffic, merging/turning without signaling)
• Zero clue about safe stopping distance for their vehicle, weight, and speed
• Cutting off freight, especially at highway speeds
• Generally unaware of what others are doing around them, only to wind up upset with others, then driving angry/aggressive
• Driving fast enough to overwhelm the car's suspension and traction (wheels leave ground, springs bottom out)

The last one is particularly nauseating and terrifying if you're in the car.

From experience I can tell you that I really hate it when the driver is doing ten over the limit then announces unprompted that he's not afraid of dying in a car accident because he knows he's going to be with Jesus.

Sitting at 60 in the middle lane, and then getting angry because people are tailgating and both over and under taking. Have some fucking lane disaplin.

Tailgating, racing other drivers, quick jerk lane changes, speeding more than ten mph over the limit, last minute braking.

Looking at me when they're talking. I don't care for the politeness of it, just watch the road!

I do about 98% of the driving. I've been driving an ambulance for almost 40 years. I cannot stand almost everything when someone else drives. It takes a lot for me to relinquish the driver's seat when we are doing more than a 4 hour drive.

Speeding, texting while driving, calling while driving, overtaking cars when there is a solid line, overtaking when you can't fuckin see what's in front (e.g.: overtaking a semi in right curve), overtaking while going like 2 km/h faster, going fast (even if within limit) when there is a fog and road signs warn about animals frequently crossing the road, unnecessarily loud music, strongly-heated car.

My friend won't wear his fucking seatbelt so the car fucking dings the whole time

I'm not a huge fan of my father-in-law falling asleep while driving on the highway and then lying and saying that he was just thinking/meditating. I guess, also add my father-in-law thinking that driving down the highway is an acceptable time to meditate.

Recently one of my family members got license and a car. Great! However, whenever something happens that person always starts to shout, insult and behave like a child throwing a tantrum.

It made me going from “oh you want to drive to x place? Alright” to “no, it’s okay. I will take the bus” real quick.

Well... Driving a tesla, letting the autopilot do the work, showing off the amazing acceleration and using the karaoke function while driving when it explicitly tells you as you start it up that you shouldn't use it as the driver.

My mate is usually so sound of mind and an absolute delight to be around. But i just don't like driving in his tesla.

Just being a passenger makes me uncomfortable.

Using their phone, e.g. trying to snap it into their phone holder, planning a route, that sort of thing.