Thread: Pet Peeves?

Originally Posted by Orville

So-called e-Bikes. They are, in point of fact, electric scooters that generally can cruise at about 40 kmh, though newer ones can get up to 60. These things get to be classed as "bicycles" because some genius stuck two pedals on them in a place where only someone riding bitch could use them. They will keep to the curb lane, which is good. But there slow speed and wide design (like 250 cc Honda) makes them an impediment to traffic on ALL but residential streets. So traffic backs up behind them as cars and trucks are forced to wait for room to maneuver around them. Then, at the next traffic light, they will cruise up along the curb to the front of the line, and force the entire process to start all over again. Worse still, if you deliberately pull next to the curb to prevent these shenanigans, they will just pull onto the sidewalk and cruise up to the lights that way. my wife regularly wishes she had a disintegration ray to use on bad drivers . . . I would start with ALL e-bikes.

Yes!!!! x1000 they are so irritating while driving to work. They don't require licences, so any Tom, Dick and Harry can own one regardless of driving abilities or knowledge of rules of the road.. They should be licensed just like a vehicle.

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Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

Yes!!!! x1000 they are so irritating while driving to work. They don't require licences, so any Tom, Dick and Harry can own one regardless of driving abilities or knowledge of rules of the road.. They should be licensed just like a vehicle.

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Biggest users are idiots serving one year suspensions for DUI. Heard one in the grocery store talking to another owner about how he was never getting his license renewed. So much cheaper. Yeah, and they cannot take your license away again for being a drunk, either, so THAT'S a bonus.

Originally Posted by engine46

They're the ones that if they go to a biker event several states away, they put their scooters in trailers & drive them there pulled by a pickup truck, then about 50 miles away or less, they'll pull them out of the trailer & ride in acting all worn out from such a long ride.

Of the 5 times I have been to Sturgis (yes, I rode both ways a touch under 1K miles from my place)), I died laughing at the 'Gucci-Riders' who would load their bikes and trailer from Rapid City to the rest area 1/2 way to Sturgis (which is less than 30 miles)...unload and ride the 15 miles into Sturgis, just so their hair (what little they had left) would be blown around. lol

Originally Posted by Orville

Biggest users are idiots serving one year suspensions for DUI. Heard one in the grocery store talking to another owner about how he was never getting his license renewed. So much cheaper. Yeah, and they cannot take your license away again for being a drunk, either, so THAT'S a bonus.

And the fines are even that much more for it!!!!

Originally Posted by AcesandEights

Of the 5 times I have been to Sturgis (yes, I rode both ways a touch under 1K miles from my place)), I died laughing at the 'Gucci-Riders' who would load their bikes and trailer from Rapid City to the rest area 1/2 way to Sturgis (which is less than 30 miles)...unload and ride the 15 miles into Sturgis, just so their hair (what little they had left) would be blown around. lol

Wannabes............trying to look as if they rode the whole way, for example from key Largo, Fla. That also applies to other riders trailering their scooters almost all the way & unloading about 15-20 miles away.

One of my peeves is when I'm watching a movie & there's a car chase involved in which they are using front wheel drive autos that normally have 4 cylinder or V6's yet they sound like a big block Chevy with dual exhausts. They might be fooling others but not me.

Not sure if all of mine would fit in one post.

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Why not blow off a little steam and share some of your minor annoyances? I know, I know..."Think Positive!". Sometimes a guy's gotta vent over the little things though IMO.

One of my pet peeves is related to pronunciation and it's something that I've perceived as making its way into U.S. English vernacular only in the last decade or so:

Pronouncing "st" like "shht". No idea where that came from. Instead of "street" ......a pronunciation of: "shhtreet".

I was wondering who would pronounce street like that, then I realized I probably do.
I'm from Alabama, so you might find speaking with me a very uncomfortable experience.