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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 2954417" data-attributes="member: 30035">I just discovered a new peeve over the weekend. We were driving to the Oregon coast for the day, on winding two-lane highways through the mountains. At numerous points there are passing lanes where the width of the road permits. On at least 3 separate occasions, a driver who had been tailgating our car (different driver each time) waited until the passing lane was about to end before choosing to pass us. On a couple of occasions while my fiancee was driving he sped up to prevent other drivers from passing, because otherwise they would have cut us off when the road narrowed back down to two lanes.  :\ Other peeves: When you're trying to get out of a parking lot into heavy traffic and other drivers won't let you out. It should work like a zipper. One car exits parking lot, one car moves forward, lather rinse repeat. Same is true for merging onto a busy freeway. But no, at least here in Oregon, everyone has to be 'in front', which means you can't let another car get ahead of you.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:"  data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /> People who stop at the top or bottom of an escalator and just stand there, so no one can board or disembark from the escalator without running into them.People who stand right in front of the door to an elevator and then start to board the minute the doors open, without waiting to see if anyone needs to get out. Also people who immediately climb aboard the bus without waiting to see if any senior citizen or disabled person needs to get out.People who wait at the bus stop for 5 minutes but don't get their fare ready until they actually board the bus.People who ride bicycles in the dark without any visibility gear. Pedestrians who cross in the middle of the block when there's a pedestrian crosswalk 15 feet away.People who leave their dogs in their cars on hot days, or who drive around in pickup trucks with loose dogs in the back.Young men wearing their pants so low that they have to lift up the crotch in order to walk.We're a peevish lot, aren't we?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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