Forget which presidential candidate is ahead in the polls. What the world really wants to know isn't who will be the next man in the White House but how to survive in the traffic around the White House.
So Market Opinion Research of Farmington Hills, Mich., polled Republicans and Democrats to find the "sure-fire recipe" for irritating fellow motorists.The No. 1 gripe: Women who apply their makeup while motoring to work?
Nope.
Men who shave on the way to the office?
Uh-uh.
Drunks or those swigging booze or beer while passing you?
Surprisingly near the bottom of the list of motorists' pet peeves.
The No. 1 grievance was drivers who cut you off, cited as the top gripe by 20 percent of motorists polled.
Others on the list were:
- Driver's who don't use their turn signals (16 percent).
- Drivers who tailgate (15 percent).
- Driving too slow in the fast lane (13 percent).
- Driving too fast (5 percent).
- Using a cellular phone (3 percent).
- Discourteous drivers (3 percent).
- Running red lights (3 percent).
- Changing lanes too often (2 percent).
- Reckless drivers (1 percent).
- Drivers who don't dim their bright headlights (1 percent).
- Drivers who stop for no reason (1 percent).
- Drivers who blow their horn (1 percent).
- Drivers who drink (1 percent).
- Drivers who fail to merge (1 percent).
- Drivers who ride their brakes (1 percent).
- Gawkers (1 percent).
- Drivers who pass on the right (1 percent).
- Drivers who won't let you pass (1 percent).