Originally Posted by Miriel
I agree with both of you. I feel horrible for learner drivers who get honked at for not reverse parking quickly enough, completing a three-point turn in three points or even just driving at the speed limit.
I hate tailgaters too. With city driving, most of time spent behind the wheel will be at or near traffic lights, so what's the point of wanting to go slightly faster. Unless you have a sixth sense that tells you that you won't make the next light unless you do 90kph for the next 500 metres, stfu with the horn and high beams and dangerous driving.
But probably more so than any other breed of driver, I find irresponsible provisional drivers the most annoying. I once encountered a car being driven by someone who had clearly just got his licence. He was doing well over the limit, had his mates dangling out the windows yelling godknowswhat at other motorists. I respect that if you pass your test, you have just as much right as anyone else to use the roads, but if you're going to act like a complete douchebag, take a chill pill. No one cares that you can drive. And I'm sure no one else but you thinks you're have a natural talent for it.
So anyway, I'm slightly behind this guy in a lane next to him. He tries to cross over into my lane but there's not enough room for him. My bonnet is well past his quarter panel, but he tries for it anyway. Luckily, it was a wide road and I'm able to swerve slightly away before laying on the horn. Then, for some reason, his friends all start making obscene gestures at me from in front, as if I had done something wrong. Little while later, he goes back to his lane because I guess he found the one I was in too slow and as he approaches an amber light, slams on the brakes when he should've clearly gone through it. He causes an accident behind him but drives off, not realising his role in it. Later on again, I'm behind him again because we've both turned off onto a smaller road that curves around a bay. He's excited to see there are no cars in front of him and floors it through a fairly long, gentle curve. Maybe he saw the guy who honked him in his rearview and wanted to show me how his Supra could own my Corolla. If his intention was to impress, it didn't go well, because he veered too close to the kerb and didn't realise his rear kerbside wheel had gone up a driveway. The car slams back down on the road violently as he drives through it and the aftermarket rear bumper comes loose and drags behind his car for another 200-300 metres before he has the common sense to stop.
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