The types of drivers that tick me right off · 5:15pm Jun 8th, 2016
I've been driving for just about a year now, and in that short time, I've encountered many a dumbass on the road. This is a given, and with almost 125,000 cars registered in Ireland as of December 2015, it's inevitable that you're going to run into some eejits here and there. But still, they have a way of getting to you, don't they?
Everyone who drives has some particular drivers who really irritate them, and I've decided to share my own with you, in no particular order. Maybe you'll relate to me, or maybe you have some pet peeve drivers of your own. Let me know in the comments!
The Conversationalists
This is something that primarily occurs here in rural Ireland, and it never, ever stops being infuriating. You can actually feel your blood pressure rising when it happens. Picture this: you're cruising along at a nice, reasonable speed, then you come around a corner and have to slam on the brakes. There are two cars stopped in the road, facing in opposite directions, and the two drivers are having a bloody chat with each other. In the middle of the fucking road.
And of course, neither of them has noticed you -- or maybe they did notice you, but are having far too jolly a time to get moving. You don't want to start a confrontation, so all you can do is sit there grinding your teeth into powder until they finally move on.
The Daredevils
These drivers apparently have a lust for adrenaline, or fancy themselves as the next Evel Knievel. How else can you explain their propensity for shooting out into blind spots without so much as turning on their indicators? And then of course, they continue on their merry way, oblivious to the chorus of horns and screeching tyres behind them.
The Bus Lane Bandits
This is a type of driver that you'll be familiar with even if you don't own a car. These people have found a clever way to get around walking from a parking space to a shop -- they'll simply park in the middle of a bus lane or fire lane with their hazard lights on. Never mind that they're blocking no less than two buses from getting out behind them. They may want their milk and lottery ticket, but by God, they're not going to walk an extra twenty metres if they can help it! Bonus points if they drive off looking indignant at the bus driver behind them giving them filthy looks. And speaking of hazard lights...
The Hazard Lights Knights
For these people, turning on their hazard lights is the catch-all solution to any illegal manoeuvre. Their hazard lights might as well be the star mode from Super Mario Bros., since they think those lights grant them full diplomatic immunity and physical invulnerability.
Illegally parked? Hazards! Stopped in the middle of the road to take a phone call? Hazards! Blocking an ambulance exit at a hospital (I really wish I was making that one up)? Hazards! You can be as much of a twat as you want with those babies on! Hell yeah!
I know where you're getting at here Shamrock95.
Me and my family have our fair share of driver problems.