What Grinds Your Gears

[BIC_BAWS]

Originally Posted by pastarocket

Drivers, who are stopped briefly at a stop sign, that try to turn right into a street expecting the vehicles in front of them to stop for them.

Where the fuck is your patience and obedience to the traffic rules? Stop behind the stop sign and wait for your turn to turn right when there is a safe distance to turn right!


Idiotic, impatient drivers with a sense of entitlement!

I see many drivers pull this stunt every day in the Lower Mainland. SUV and truck drivers are the worst with this bad habit!!

I just speed up on the road to ensure that driver facing the stop sign cannot just cut right in front of me and ignore the stop sign.

(Sorry for hijacking your rant)

Richmond is a great example of this. Anywhere around Aberdeen LOL. I wouldn't be so mad if they sped the fuck up after they turned out, but nah they taking it slow anyway. What was the point?

[coneZONE]

pedestrians, joggers, etc who walk on the road despite there being one or two unoccupied sidewalks??? i get that some roads only have one sidewalk but how hard is it to cross the road when you get to where you need to cross? Is it hard as a group to travel in single file or pairs on the sidewalk?? They're literally in the lane of travel as they're walking on the road past parked cars.

[underscore]

^ there's an older guy here on a mobility scooter who will do that. He'll use the bike lanes, but if there's no bike lane he just goes down the road, instead of using the massive sidewalks on each side of the road. I'm not sure if he's mentally ill or a prick.

[pastarocket]

Crazy drivers who speed in school zones. How fast? I'm talking about over 60km.

Slow the fuck down! It's drivers like these turds who turn students into roadkill.

[underscore]

When there are two left turn lanes, but everyone goes into the rightmost one first, blocking off access to the half-empty leftmost lane. Idiots like that are the reason traffic gets so backed up.

[Jmac]

Year-round school work while working full-time

My brain has turned to mush, days/weeks/months blur together.

[Euro7r]

Having nose irritation/allergies on nice summer days. Yesterday left side nose like a leaking faucet, now today is my right side...

[Armind]

People who abandon their dog for at least two days alone in a condo. The dog's been barking non-stop and they left the balcony door open. You can hear the barking echo throughout the night, and having the window opened due to the weather doesn't help.

Fuck you. I hope you get evicted or your fuckin' dog gets taken away.

[StylinRed]

ppl who take up two lanes when making a right turn, been happening a lot lately.. is it really that hard to change lanes fully before making your fucking turn

[underscore]

Originally Posted by Armind

People who abandon their dog for at least two days alone in a condo. The dog's been barking non-stop and they left the balcony door open. You can hear the barking echo throughout the night, and having the window opened due to the weather doesn't help.

Fuck you. I hope you get evicted or your fuckin' dog gets taken away.

Call bylaw or the SPCA?

[Armind]

The neighbours on that floor already reported to strata (no pet policy unless grandfathered from the start).

[ZN6]

They need speed bumps at stop signs. people blow by stop signs 3/4 of their car's length before they even check if there's on coming traffic. Some just blow by them completely. Jesus, stop signs are becoming mere suggestions. cops would have easy pickins if they just ticket these fuckers.

[toehook]

Originally Posted by ZN6

They need speed bumps at stop signs. people blow by stop signs 3/4 of their car's length before they even check if there's on coming traffic. Some just blow by them completely. Jesus, stop signs are becoming mere suggestions. cops would have easy pickins if they just ticket these fuckers.

It would be cool if they could replace some of the 3 way or 4 way stops in Richmond with roundabouts . Every so often someone fucks up the order and no one knows who is next to go.

[coneZONE]

Originally Posted by toehook

It would be cool if they could replace some of the 3 way or 4 way stops in Richmond with roundabouts . Every so often someone fucks up the order and no one knows who is next to go.

Yeaaaaaaah but probably GG with people (not) YIELDing to traffic already in the circle lmao

[BIC_BAWS]

People keep doing burnouts near my house, now it smells so bad that I can't tell if it's a burnout, skunk, or gas leak

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[double0seven]

Originally Posted by toehook

It would be cool if they could replace some of the 3 way or 4 way stops in Richmond with roundabouts . Every so often someone fucks up the order and no one knows who is next to go.

I don't think people comprehend roundabouts either

[mr_chin]

Originally Posted by double0seven

I don't think people comprehend roundabouts either

You're suppose to yield to the person to your right... right?

[mr_chin]

Originally Posted by StylinRed

ppl who take up two lanes when making a right turn, been happening a lot lately.. is it really that hard to change lanes fully before making your fucking turn

There are right turn lanes that are also HOV lanes.

One time, my buddy was in the right turn lane on Grandview Hwy towards boundary. The moment he changed lane just before the Wendy's entrance, a bicycle cop pulled him over. The officer stated that he is not suppose to make a lane change until he does the turn. This was during rush hour. True story.

[double0seven]

Originally Posted by mr_chin

You're suppose to yield to the person to your right... right?

Who cares, someone will stop for you when you go

[underscore]

Originally Posted by double0seven

I don't think people comprehend roundabouts either

I once saw a truck pull up to a roundabout and do this to make what used to be a left turn:

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Originally Posted by mr_chin

There are right turn lanes that are also HOV lanes.

One time, my buddy was in the right turn lane on Grandview Hwy towards boundary. The moment he changed lane just before the Wendy's entrance, a bicycle cop pulled him over. The officer stated that he is not suppose to make a lane change until he does the turn. This was during rush hour. True story.

I'm not sure if it's a provincial law or a bylaw, but here you're allowed 2 blocks in the HOV lane before/after a turn.

[toehook]

- People who are busy talking/ texting and stand on the corner of the street. Sometimes I yell out the window if they are going to cross or not. Stand back and doing your thang.

- People who mistake you for an employee. For example; When I go to Costco I usually bring my gloves (we usually buy our stuff there) and people think when you move boxes of romaine lettuce, you must work there. When you don't give them the bag of lettuce that is in YO hands, they get mad. I should get a t shirt with the back saying "No, I do not work here." but then again I like to fuck with them and then tell them I don't work there. The face changes from "Customers are always right" to "Oh sorry, you don't work here?". Love that shit.

[UnknownJinX]

- Cars that slow down too much(or better yet, brake) for no reason when going uphill. Looking at you, Prius taxis.

- People who are capable of walking fast that take too much time to cross the street.

- Cyclists that ignore traffic rules and think they are better than cars.

- BC Transit in Victoria in general. Slow(good luck going anywhere on weekends), unreliable, expensive for a public transit system, and tried to run into me twice. I have never called buses bad names before coming to Victoria, but now every time I see one, I say them.

[BIC_BAWS]

This is gonna be something that grinds most people's gears

Sorry in advance to anyone I piss off when I stall. Learning manual.

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[jeedee]

Originally Posted by toehook

- People who are busy talking/ texting and stand on the corner of the street. Sometimes I yell out the window if they are going to cross or not. Stand back and doing your thang.

- People who mistake you for an employee. For example; When I go to Costco I usually bring my gloves (we usually buy our stuff there) and people think when you move boxes of romaine lettuce, you must work there. When you don't give them the bag of lettuce that is in YO hands, they get mad. I should get a t shirt with the back saying "No, I do not work here." but then again I like to fuck with them and then tell them I don't work there. The face changes from "Customers are always right" to "Oh sorry, you don't work here?". Love that shit.

can i ask?

why do you wear gloves while shopping

[UnknownJinX]

Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS

This is gonna be something that grinds most people's gears

Sorry in advance to anyone I piss off when I stall. Learning manual.

This reminded me of the time when I first learned MT in an old Corolla, ho boy.

One night, I stalled like 4 times in a row. Reason? Forgot to put the car in first gear(a thing I always forgot in the beginning; it was in third when I tried to get it moving). There was no car behind me, though.

Another day, I stalled 3 times or so in a row. It was on a fairly steep hill, so I ended up panicking and stalling a lot. The lady with a new Accord behind me was super nice and patient though, never honked or anything, just waited until I moved away. Really wanted to shout a loud "Thank you!"

For this reason, I tend to be a bit more patient if it looks like the person in front of me is a MT noob that stalled. We all go through that stage, and it's great to see someone taking up this art. It won't really grind my gears; hopefully, you don't grind yours, heh.

Watch out for pickup trucks and Jeeps though. They tend to be more impatient and honk at you if you stall. Some Prius taxis also can be aholes about it.