Two major pet peeves for me

[Ferrets are Cool]

One: The asswipe companies who pay people to say "I owed 66 thousand dollars in taxes and blah, blah, blah helped me so that I only had to pay $500." YOU OWED THE FUCKING TAXES!!!! PAY YOUR TAXES JUST LIKE I DO!!!!!

Two: Asswipes driving in downpours with NO LIGHTS ON!!! Especially when they are driving GREY vehicles!!!! TURN YOUR FUCKING LIGHTS ON...NOT ONLY IS IT THE LAW, it's just smart.

ok, rant off.

[marie999]

1. Since it is the law,

shouldn't manufacturers make it so your lights go on when you turn on the wipers?

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. It may work that way in some vehicles.

I am not sure since the newest car I own is a 2005.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. It's not the law in every state.

In 18 states, if the windshield wipers are on, then your headlights must be turned on as well.

STATES REQUIRING HEADLIGHTS TURNED ON WHILE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ACTIVATED

Alabama
Arkansas
California
Delaware
Illinois
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Virginia

https://www.wkyc.com/article/weather/headlights-on-with-windshield-wipers-state-by-state-laws/95-6be91cb9-5384-4f26-8eb5-8dfa0546eb1e

[marie999]

13. I see many people in NC who don't turn theirs on.

They don't turn them on even when it is getting dark or in the morning when it is still dark.

[eppur_se_muova]

22. Plenty in AL too. Honestly, I didn't know it was the law here.

Saw it posted on highway signs in a couple of states -- IL, VA, maybe more that I've forgotten -- I've never seen such a sign in AL since I moved back here several years ago. But I've been doing it anyway, ever since I saw the first such sign in any state. It really does help, and I recognized a good idea when I saw it.

[USALiberal]

3. Lighten up! Nt

[Karadeniz]

4. My pet peeve is with people who think my animal rescue is a hobby.

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. That's a good one too

[lame54]

5. And what's with beer tops? Do you screw or twist?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. It's often younger drivers not using headlights around here.

They also drive without headlights at early dawn or late dusk, which indeed makes them almost invisible to me if their vehicle is road-colored.

For their young eyes, maybe it seems nearly as bright as mid-day?

Keep in mind that there's several older drivers out there, youngins.

[moondust]

8. Turn signals.

Lots of drivers don't use them now. I guess it's too much work. Maybe they're maskholes again flouting the big bad gubment and all its laws and tyranny. Freedumb!!!!!!!!

Oh, and distracted drivers on their phones.

I don't remember it being like this when I was younger. People mostly took driving seriously as the single job they had when they got behind the wheel.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. Apparently, you're not alone. :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/7ma963/if_headlights_automatically_turned_on_with/

[dchill]

11. "Now you're betting with the king of sports books."

That's right: Jamie Foxx is my current pet peeve.

[Ferrets are Cool]

15. ...

[BobTheSubgenius]

12. What kind of cars are these people driving that the lights don't come on when the engine is started?

Daytime Running Lights, at the very least. I think that feature has been around for 20 years.

[marie999]

14. The lights do not come on automatically 0n my 2015 Kia Optima,

but I have set them so they do.

[Ferrets are Cool]

17. It must not be universal on every vehicle

because I see all brands and models on the streets with no lights in the rain.
I drive a LOT, so I get a chance to see this quite often. I also live in a city that gets more rain than any city on the mainland.

[BobTheSubgenius]

23. I had assumed they were universal, which, like many assumptions, was wrong..

Turns out, they have been mandatory in Canada since 1990, and are mandatory in the EU. US car makers didn't want to, in large part because they felt it would add warranty repairs in the form of burned out bulbs.

[marie999]

16. People who drive in the left hand lane for miles.

It is illegal in NC.

[Ferrets are Cool]

18. It's illegal here in AL also.

The ones that abuse it the most are the ones driving 85 in a 70.

[NurseJackie]

19. People who refused to pull into an intersection when there's no "leading-green" left-turn arrow.

People who refused to pull into an intersection when there's no "leading-green" left-turn arrow. I despise the timid drivers who hang-back behind the stop-bar, even after the light turns green... apparently waiting for some magical break in oncoming traffic that never comes. So they just wait and wait and wait.

[NurseJackie]

20. People who say "pitcher" when they're referring to a "picture" or a "photo" or "painting".

[Ferrets are Cool]

21. As a professional photographer of over 30 years....

I agree.

[BobTheSubgenius]

24. I have several grammatical and spelling pet peeves, unfortunately.

I guess the word peeves are "I could care less," when they clearly mean the negative, "opps" for "oops" and "loose" for "lose." Those are just stupid.

Much worse are the people that assume the rules don't apply to them.

[Ferrets are Cool]

25. !00% on all of those.

I could care less makes me very upset.