| I am the best driver in the world, as are you, and | | | | Annoyance factor: 60% |
| we know all the other people on the road are | | | | Searching |
| no-hopers who shouldn't be allowed to drive a | | | | Driving slowly looking for an address, but not |
| tricycle, let alone a car. So why is it that the | | | | indicating or pulling to the left so that other drivers |
| police don't penalize people for being irritating | | | | can pass. |
| drivers? Send these to your friends who drive - | | | | Annoyance factor: 75% |
| especially the ones you know commit these | | | | Lane hogging |
| heinous acts of automotive indiscretion. | | | | Middle-lane magnetism, or just plain bad lane |
| Riding the brakes | | | | discipline. Keep left if you're not overtaking (or |
| People who drive automatics often rest their left | | | | right if you're in the US or Europe). |
| foot on the brake. This means their brake lights | | | | Annoyance factor: 85% |
| are on all the time, and in extreme cases they will | | | | Erratic speed |
| use far more fuel and wear out their pads. It also | | | | You're doing 80kph where I can't overtake you, |
| means that drivers following them don't actually | | | | but then speed up to 110kph when I can. That's |
| know when they're braking. | | | | just bad karma. Or, you're the type of person |
| Annoyance factor: 95% | | | | that overtakes me, then slows down to slower |
| Weaving | | | | than I was doing. |
| It's rush hour, everyone's heading in the same | | | | Annoyance factor: 99% |
| direction, the lanes stop and start at different | | | | Hesitation and indecision |
| times, and some monkey is trying to eek out a | | | | Driving is not the deli counter. It requires an acute |
| several metre advantage every kilometre. | | | | mind, but hesitation and indecision forces other |
| Annoyance factor: 60% if the driver doesn't pull in | | | | drivers to try to read yours. If you don't know |
| front of you; 95% if the driver does | | | | what you're doing, indicate, pull over, and let other |
| Inexperience | | | | by until you've decided. |
| We can't expect drivers who spend 90% of their | | | | Annoyance factor: 95% |
| driving time at rush hour speeds to be confident | | | | Tailgating |
| and comfortable doing 100km/h on the open | | | | If you really want to get that far up my |
| highway. So, let's encourage them to fly or stay | | | | backside, buy me some flowers. It's especially |
| at home rather than hold us up dawdling along at | | | | annoying if I'm already above the speed limit, but |
| 85. | | | | within the police's tolerance. |