Stress is an epidemic, and we’re not really helping ourselves in managing that stress with the way we drive on a daily basis. If we respect the laws by driving within the maximum and minimum speed limits or by not crossing red lights, the road would be a better place to be moving about on, but we don’t respect the laws, and we’re horrible drivers. Here are some of the most annoying drivers I encounter every day.
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The one that drives slow on the left lane
Most highways have three to four lanes, and these lanes are there for a reason. It’s simple, if you want to drive slow, use the rightmost lane, if you want to drive faster, use the leftmost lane. But no, your day is never fully complete without encountering an offender who’s driving at 30km/h on the left lane. Is it so hard to comply with such a simple law?
The one that texts and drives
Don’t text and drive, a campaign some Lebanese people will never ever comprehend and comply with. It’s just scary the amount of people you will see using their phones while driving. They’re annoyingly slow, and it gets worse when they drive behind you, because sometimes they’d be too busy texting their BFFs that they forget to use their damn brakes.
The one that hesitates to overtake
These drivers are usually found on two-lane moderately tight mountain roads. If you want to overtake a slower car ahead, you must flash your headlights, wait for the leading car to give you enough space, and then OVERTAKE; you don’t just pull up alongside it and stay there while asking yourself: “should I overtake? should I not overtake?”. Driving is all about fast reflexes and promptitude. Hesitation can get you, and others, killed.
The one that keeps braking on the highway
They’re not as common as other types of drivers, but driving behind one those can be quite a nerve-racking experience. Instead of slowly releasing the throttle at highway speeds in order to gradually slow down (despite not having any cars ahead of them), they repeatedly press on the brakes, which is not only displeasing to the passengers, but also to the cars stacked up behind them.
The ones that blocks an intersection
When there’s traffic congestion at the intersection, the right thing to do is just stop BEFORE crossing the intersection and wait for the cars ahead to move further forward before making the move yourself. However, some Lebanese drivers choose to force their cars into the middle of the intersection, blocking traffic and eventually causing a gridlock.