My biggest driving pet peeves.

One of my favorite things to do is complain about other people's driving (it must be one of my favorites because I do it all the time). Here are my top 10.

10. Semi-truck U-turns: for some reason I have seen this a lot lately. It usually happens on the highway by Logan River Golf course. Do semi-truck drivers have a license to do whatever they want?

9. Speeding in the car-pool lane: I normally drive 5 mph over the speed limit, on the freeway I'll bump it up to 8 over. So, I don't consider myself a slow driver. But, I can't stand it when I am in the car-pool lane (going 8 over) and someone gets right on my tail. First of all I can't move over, because of the double line, and second, we are all ready going faster than the other lanes. Back off!

8. Lack of every-other rule: nowhere is this performed better than after a General Priesthood Session at the Providence South Stake Center. There is only one entrance/exit to the church located on a corner of the circular parking lot. As two cars converge on the corner, from separate directions they follow the every-other rule. If every driver did this in every parking lot the world would be a better place.

7. Using your parking lights at dawn: I'm driving to work in the morning and stop at an intersection of the highway to turn right, onto the highway. I look to my left and see no cars. I just get ready to pull out when a truck emerges from the half-dark with only it's park lights on. Turn on your lights for crying out loud.

6. Parallel parking on a busy street: Now this one isn't necessarily the drivers fault. However, I can't stand when someone stops in the middle of a busy road to parallel park. Who really parallel parks anymore?

5. Stopping in the intersection due to backed up traffic: Drive down main street in Logan between 4:00 pm and 5:30 pm and you are bound to see this. The traffic gets backed up from the red light on center street, clear through 100 North. You know you will see at least three cars stopped in the intersection.

4. Stopping in the middle of the road to let someone make a left turn in front of you: I have reason to not like this. Riding home from an Aggie Basketball game with a friend of mine, we got into a wreck. We were driving down the road, when the car in the left lane stopped to let a car make a left turn in front of them and we drilled the car turning. Don't ever be the car in the left lane. Sometime being courteous can be down right dangerous.

3 1/2. Not using the turn signal: Use your turn signal, please! It takes very little effort. You have to move your hand about one inch to do it. Just tap it up or down.

3. Using the turn signal as you are in the middle of the maneuver: Scenario, your driving down the road, approaching an intersection. You signal, move into the right turn lane. Suddenly the car ahead of you cuts you off without signalling. While they are actually turning, on comes the blinker. These people are so lazy that they can only use the turn signal if their hand happens to be moving past it while the steering wheel is turning.

2. Turning into the wrong lane: Why do people do this. They turn onto a four lane road and go right into the right lane. What is so hard about turning into the left lane first, and then moving over into the right lane. You know it's not the turn signal that keeps them from doing this, because they don't ever use it.

1. Texting while driving: I don't think I need to expound on this one. Put your phone down!

If you consistantly make these errors in driving, I do not appologize for my comments. Rather, I am glad that you read this and will think twice before doing it again. I would love to hear what yours are.