1. Cars & trucks making deliveries, especially on typically fast-moving one-way streets, which take up a lane of traffic rather than pulling over all the way into the parking lane when there is plenty of room to do so. Nothing seems more dangerous about city driving than the ritual of everyone trying to merge at the last minute in order to avoid getting stuck behind said vehicle.
2. Pedestrians who are completely disconnected from the world around them and make no effort to be courteous to drivers. Yes, pedestrians have the right of way, but it makes sense to pick up the pace a bit (or at least look like you’re trying to) when someone is waiting on you.
3. Bicyclists who do not obey stop signs or traffic signals. I respect you for the physical energy you’re putting into being greener and cheaper than me when I’m in a car, but you are subject to the same regulations as vehicles and it’s for your own good! It drives me crazy when a biker comes to a near collision with a vehicle and gets all pissed off when he just completely ran a stop sign. The vehicle is looking for other vehicles at or near the intersection, not a biker 25 yards away who is going fast enough to be in the intersection once the driver starts moving forward.
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