Are you a jerk driver?

The other day I was driving through Kahala when an SUV in front of me stopped at a stop sign and signaled left.

Except you can’t turn left at this particular intersection. The driver, however, didn’t care about that.

A line of cars started to form behind me. And after getting frustrated that the oncoming cars won’t letting him turn left, the driver decided to just do it anyway, causing a near accident and inspiring a lot of people to use their horns for the first time.

This is minor in my book of driving infractions.

I don’t get angry too often — but I seem to have zero tolerance for bad driving.

Here are a few bad driving habits that annoys me:

• When you’re at a red light and the car in front of you doesn’t signal he’s turning left until the light turns green.
• When you’re approaching a traffic signal light and the car in front of you is driving slower than your daed grandmother — until the light turns yellow and he guns it through the intersection, leaving you at the red light.
• Drivers who are preoccupied with something other than driving. This can include — and I’ve witnessed them — applying mascara, text messaging, eating a hot dog, discplining the kids in the back seat, rifling through a purse, picking something up from the floor of the car and shaving.

Oh, there are so many more.

AskMen.com posted a list of the Top 10 Driving Etiquette Mistakes, many of which I agree with. Here’s the list:

• “Nudging” pedestrians
• Tailgating
• Driving too slowly
• Double parking
• Leaving your brights on
• Not letting other cars merge
• Honking at traffic lights
• “Sharing” your music
• Not cleaning your car in the winter
• Not using your turn signals

I wish there was some kind of mandated punishment for bad drivers, a tortuous penalty they would have to face for their poor choices behind the wheel. Like maybe they should take a driving class where they are subjected to their own awful driving. I bet they would change their ways.

Got any pet peeves when it comes to driving?

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