Everyone has their own pet peeve about how others deal with the snow. There was a forum thread earlier this winter on people snowmobiling in the streets without drawing much attention from the police. Historically, one of the most common complaints voiced in our letters to the editor section during the winter involves those who blow snow off their walk and driveway and onto the street. I’ve seen people jogging nearly in the middle of the road during heavy snow at night and have heard from others who have witnessed the same. I admire and encourage exercise, but running in the road during a snowstorm, even with reflective gear, is dangerous for runners and motorists.
My own personal top pet peeve is people who don’t bother to clear the snow off their vehicle and then get on the highway and let it blow off on the vehicles behind them. After each storm, I’ve marveled at the amount of snow and ice that people leave on their roof because they are too lazy to reach up and clear it. A couple of weeks ago, an approximately 3-foot chunk of ice from the roof of an SUV struck my windshield so hard I ducked. Luckily, the windshield remained intact. This morning as I was driving on the connector to exit 13 of I-91 northbound. I saw a car pull on ahead of me and knew it was going to be a problem. The driver had cleared his windshield, but nothing else. So when he started to accelerate on the connector he created blizzard conditions for the driver behind him who happened to be me. About a week ago a tractor trailer that hadn’t been cleared was blowing snow all over the three northbound lanes of I-91 as it approached exit 15. I got excited because I noticed a state police cruiser ahead and thought for sure that cop would pull the truck over. No such luck.
Enough about my pet peeve. Tell me about yours.
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It amazed me the amount of times I saw snowmobiles on my street. They all came at night----it started around 9 p.m. and didn't end until just past 10:30 p.m. I live on a quiet cul-de-sac so the constant revving up of the engines was more than annoying while I was trying to relax on a Saturday evening.
I totally agree with you regarding people who do not completely clean off their vehicles. There should be a law against it. These people are so rude and oblivious to the fact that their laziness is potentially dangerous to other drivers.
My other pet peeves are as follows:
People who drive with dogs in their laps---and I've seen rather large dogs who actually nearly block the driver's view.
Hand held cell phone while driving.
People with SUV's/Suburbans/etc. who park within inches near the back of my van so that I can't open the trunk to put groceries in.
Oh...and this morning as I was driving to work, a driver in the opposite direction threw out his cigarette in the street right in front of me. Had I been going faster, the cigarette would have landed on my van.
Many times I truly think that society has lost its sense of caring for other people.
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