{"id":2273,"date":"2013-11-11T12:09:47","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T17:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roadtrafficsigns.com\/blog\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2024-07-29T02:08:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T06:08:32","slug":"10-vehicles-you-dont-want-to-get-stuck-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadtrafficsigns.com/blog\/10-vehicles-you-dont-want-to-get-stuck-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"10 vehicles you don’t want to get stuck behind"},"content":{"rendered":"

The road is meant to be shared, but that doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019ve got to bring up the rear of a disaster-in-waiting. If you see any of these vehicles on the road, take the next detour, switch lanes, or hit \u201creroute\u201d on your GPS\u2026<\/p>\n

10. Horse trailers<\/h2>\n
\"Horses<\/a>

Courtesy bugeaters<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

The smell, the speed, the steed\u2026\u00a0 If you see a horse trailer approaching, switch lanes. Sure, the horses are cute. But you rarely get a frontal view, and that trailer is full of passengers whose aromas you don\u2019t want to inhale in a standstill traffic jam.<\/p>\n

9. Garbage trucks<\/h2>\n

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\"A<\/a>

From Jeffrey Beall<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Speaking of lethal combinations of jaw-dropping odor and hair-pulling speed (or lack thereof), there\u2019s not much worse than a prime seat for a slow-moving, stewing garbage truck\u2019s daily routine. Unless, that is, you also enjoy watching paint dry or water boil. Didn\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

8. Dangerous trucks<\/h2>\n
\"Precariously<\/a>

From thisreidwrites<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Any truck that looks stitched together with a few pieces of duct tape and some ill-gotten plywood is likely not the safest option to be caught behind. Ditto for trucks packed to the brim with drivers\u2019 overflowing hoards — or, as in the pictured case, in-transit appliances.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0Horse-drawn carriages, trolleys, and other tourist traps<\/h2>\n
\"Trolley<\/a>

From kevygee<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Maybe that historic method of transportation, running its route since 1500-whatever, first helped you fall in love with your charmingly decrepit city. When you\u2019re late to work and trapped behind a 5-mph wooden contraption overflowing with fanny-packed tourists and booming local \u201cfun facts\u201d on the loudspeaker for the umpteenth time, however, the appeal tends to fade.<\/p>\n

6. Leaf-peeping retirees<\/h2>\n

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\"Fall<\/a>

From Erik Drost<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

A scenic drive past the changing foliage is not only an ideal way to spend a Sunday afternoon relaxing — depending on your perspective, it\u2019s also a prime time for cursing the snail-like leaf-peepers doing 30 mph in a 50 mph lane in the vehicle in front of yours.<\/p>\n

5. Cement mixers<\/h2>\n
\"Three<\/a>

Image via Daniel Parks.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Ah, cement mixers: An object of fascination for pre-schoolers worldwide and an eternal bane of urban and suburban drivers. Find yourself behind one of these filthy churning machines and prepare to slow your own roll.<\/p>\n

4. RVs in precarious places<\/h2>\n
\"RV<\/a>

Via deltaMike<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

RVs in general are a pain to – pardon the pun – trail behind. But add a mountain, dilapidated highway, or mudslide into the mix, and you\u2019ve got yourself a stress-inducing combination. Do yourself and your passengers a favor and merge away from RVs in precarious places.<\/p>\n

3. Hummers, limos and party buses<\/h2>\n
\"NASCAR<\/a>

From Gerry Dincher<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Comprising the ultimate trifecta of driverly annoyances, Hummers, limos and party buses provide a steering wheel-pounding combination of slower speeds, ridiculously amplified sizes and sounds, and unwanted window and\/or sunroof displays of disorderly, drunken passengers\u2019 body parts.<\/p>\n

2. Ford Pinto<\/h2>\n

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\"souped-up<\/a>

Image of what it looks like to have more time\/money than sense courtesy stevelyon<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Long heralded as one of the worst cars in history, the Ford Pinto, which was produced until 1980, is also widely known for catching fire and exploding upon impact. No further comment needed.<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Mobile art projects<\/h2>\n
\"Intricately<\/a>

From PeretzP<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Exercise special care when driving through stretches of highway that resemble mobile art exhibitions. Vehicles that could pass for a piece from Picasso\u2019s Rose Period rather than a passable mode of modern transportation will inevitably be shepherded by drivers with egos as big as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s never a good idea to sacrifice your vehicle’s ability to stay upright for aesthetics, either.<\/p>\n

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