AA Zone

My pet hate is undertakers. Not the people who drive hearses, but those who swoosh past you on the left when you can go no faster in your lane due to weight of traffic

Ok, my pet hates are as follows:

1. People who sit in the middle lane for no reason.
2. People who slow down to join the motorway instead of trying to match the speed of the cars using it. (Same as Lifecycle)
3. People on mobile phones.
4. People not signalling, expecially on roundabouts.

These are but a few, but can't think of any more at the moment, just wait til I get home, I will have some more then

ArcGalUK

Middle and outside-lane hoggers. It's just rude, causes unnecessary delay and resentment. You know who you are!

I agree with KitKat - too many people think of the lanes as slow middle and fast,
(like swimming pool lanes!). I think you should keep left, unless you're overtaking someone. That way you shouldn't get 'under-taken'.
Actually that goes for swimming lanes too.

Number one problem on our motorways is the idiots who hog the middle lane when the inside lane is empty. On stretches of the M25, where there are more than 3 lanes, you get fools hogging the 3rd/4th lanes and this can be a massive problem where slow vehicles just clog up the system for everybody else. I know undertaking is frowned upon but I can understand drivers' frustration in such cases because it happens all the time; it's a huge problem.

The highway code states that vehicles should return to their lane after overtaking, I think it should be made law: proper use of cameras would actually genuinely increase safety if we clocked every car that sauntered down the middle lane while the slow lane was empty. Slapping fines on these miscreants would clear our motorways and we wouldn't need to "invest" in widening roads that are already wide enough.

Number two issue is people on mobile phones whilst driving. It's especially infuriating to see morons in £60,000 cars who can't afford a hands-free kit. Ban them from driving for a year, that'll teach them.

People who don't indicate when changing lanes, or turning at roundabouts/junctions.

Drivers who have no manners, no gratitude.

Drivers who constantly switch lanes in traffic jams.

Those fools who don't leave a distance between them and the next car and are constantly stop/starting.

The same morons who dive into your braking distance just because there's a gap big enough for their car to squeeze in. (so you leave a braking distance and then another muppet dives in etc etc)

Drivers who race to the end of a queue to get ahead when everybody else is politely getting into single file.

Miserable drivers with faces like wet weekends who can't laugh about all the aforementioned peeves

And then there's the problems I face when I'm on my mountain bike (Obviously not doing 70mph down the M25) - I've only one thing to say about this - make every driver ride a bike through traffic before handing them their driving licence.

I really hate people (usually in souped up old bangers) who tailgate me. They usually overtake at the first opportunity, often at traffic lights or in dangerous places, why is there never a police car around when this happens????

people that turn right at a left only junction (the one outside AA cheadle, in particular) not only does it create a queue for people that actually aren't breaking the law or actually wanting to turn left, but its a hazard for pedestrians on an already busy road.

snails in the fast lane when theres people going faster in the slow lanes!!

People who indicate round bends and brake irratically!

Volvo Drivers and people who do up micras

BMW drivers who think they own the road, I drive a Volvo doesn't everybody understand that we do!

Middle lane hoggers - buy cruise control or get out of the way...

Clapped out Saxos with big exhausts, spend the money on a decent car instead

And finally, People who change lanes without warning, which includes those who think an indicator means you can go where you like regardless of lane discipline and everyone else just gets out of their way!!!