Two things that get on my nerves

[Sidicas]

Originally Posted by captainm27

Don't ask me why, but these two things really irk me. Are you one of these people?

1. Inching Forward While Stopped Waiting for a Light

Are you one of those people, who while waiting for the light to turn red, keep inching forward, closer towards the car in front of you who is also stopped by the way? Why do people do this? Do they feel that by "pressing on the car" the light will change faster? ugh!

Guilty as charged. Though I usually stop 10 or 15 feet behind people and then creep forward to about 5 feet or so.. If I don't creep, then somebody is likely to go AROUND me and try to wedge themselves in right in front of me.. I give plenty of room because I'm forgiving for people who need to get into the left lane for the next stop light.. So if they're in the right lane trying to get into the left lane they can do so, but creeping forward prevents people behind me from doing a right and then left just to get ahead of everybody else..


It's not like I get crazy close, I've had cars get so close to my old Coupe that all I could see out the rear window is the headlights from their truck..

I'm surprised something so little annoys you..
These kinds of driving habits are inherited or somethin.. My dad drives an automatic and he'll take his foot off the break and flip it into neutral at a stop light and the car will start rolling backwards and then he'll flip it into drive to get back to where he was before and keep going back and forth between neutral and drive...

If he's on a hill and he rolls forward when in neutral, then he does it between neutral and reverse. But if the hill is steep enough, it won't go backwards so no rocking and he just leaves it in reverse.. He has mumbled something about if you get rear-ended it's better to have it in reverse at a stoplight, you're less likely to hit the car in front of you.. But that sounded more like an excuse to me.

Originally Posted by captainm27

2. Shifting From Reverse to Drive Without Coming to a Complete Stop
I cringe when someone is giving me a ride somewhere and they do this. It just gets to me. I feel like they are putting uneeded stress on the tranny. Is it really so hard to stop, then shift? Gurr!

I don't see why it would bother you, it's not your car.. IF it was your car, yea that'd drive me nuts..