Pet Peeves of the Morning

[jstark47]

I'm in the mood for a rant. Read it or skip it, but maybe you'll find some things here that set you off, too!!

• Peeve #1- Drivers of vehicles (usually construction or waste management trucks) that spew copious amounts of water out the back on subfreezing mornings. Thereby making an artificially-created half-mile long black ice slick......
  
  Peeve #2- Road construction crews that leave signs up announcing the lane is closed...... and it's not. Thereby panicking the sheeple cagers, who start making kamikaze lane changes to avoid the impending closed lane..... which is open.
  
  Peeve #3- NJ DOT and their addiction to road salt. It rained hard on Wednesday, with the temps forecasted to drop at the end of the rainstorm, with some snow possible. Actually, there was no snow, not a flake. But NJ DOT salted I-295. They didn't just salt it, they slathered it with salt. Which will stay there for quite a while, since they put the salt down after the rain ended. Now, 36 hours after the last rain, I-295 is wet and slick. Why? Salt is hydroscopic, holds moisture. I-295 is going to stay wet and slick for quite a while. The local roads are clean and dry - municipalities probably have tighter budgets for road salt. But NJ DOT has more money (and salt) than sense. Idjits.

So, what's bugging you guys and gals this morning?

[mogster]

It's evening here & I made the mistake of going to a large shopping centre at 4pm. getting in was easy but getting out was much more troublesome.

my peeves therefore are:

1/ why if there is a queue of traffic do drivers suddenly make up their own rules about roundabout exiting?

2/ why do drivers completely ignore all highway codes & queue across pedestrian crossings; junctions; hatched areas (no stopping) including completely blocking the local fire station?

3/ why do cyclists ride without lights

4/ why do learner riders ride without protection & in a suicidal fashion in the dark

5/ why is my bank balance significantly less healthy than it should be

all that just in the last hour

[jstark47]

Sounds like the UK's indigenous population of moronicus imbecilus is alive and well and thriving too!

[BRUMBEAR]

I also have to drive /ride the fine state of NJ's roads and I can't even begin to tell you or make you understand how dirty/dangerous/slippery/and congested they are unless you drive them you just can't conceive the state of insanity thats out there.
Rant understood I salute you for slabbing it on 2 wheels in the Garden(hah) state

[ceemes]

My pet peeve in the morning? My alarm clock, going off at 3:25AM, every morning, Monday thru Friday (and sometimes Saturday if I forget to turn the silly thing off).....

[dr_bar]

1) People that drive all night long with only their daylight running lights on, don't they know that they don't have tail lights that way???
2) Car MFR's that don't put light sensors in their vehicles to automatically switch to full head light, tail light operation.
3) People that refuse to use turn signals.
4) People that pass you, pull in front of you, then slowww downnn...
5) Cold weather that freezes up the local fishing hole so I can't catch dinner.

And that's only how I'm feeling right now...

[mogster]

Todays rant waking up at 0300hrs when I don't need to be up till 0630hrs

[Wrider]

Dr Bar reminded me of a couple that really get my goat.
1. When I'm coming up behind you, you're doing 5 under the limit right behind the other guy going 6 under the limit, don't pull out in front of me still doing 5 under as you crawl past him. You can afford to slow down the extra 1 mph or speed up so I don't have to adjust my speed.
2. Drivers that pull out in front of you from a side street onto a main street, way too close for comfort to begin with, then don't accelerate! When I honk it's for a reason, don't honk back and flip me the bird, you're lucky I was able to avoid you!

[sunshine229]

My morning pet peeve is when I wake up long before my alarm and then can't get back to sleep!!! I'm on a roll with this one, it's been like this every since I flew back to North America from the UK... (boy I can't wait to get home...)

[sapaul]

Really sorry some one got your goat, I like goats too. Hope you find another one soon