'What Cheeses You Off?' Road User Behaviour Survey

The RACQ’s 2006 What Cheeses You Off? survey asked people to rate a range of road user behaviours according to how ‘annoying’ they felt the behaviours were. RACQ received 4510 responses to the survey.

In the 2006 survey, cyclists, pedestrians, motorcycle riders and heavy vehicle drivers, as well as motorists, were invited to comment on each others’ behaviours. However 85% of responses were from motorists.

What Cheeses You Off top 10

According to Queensland road users, the top 10 most annoying road user behaviours are:

Drivers who follow too closely behind your vehicle.
Aggressive driving behaviours of drivers in trucks or buses.
Drivers talking/sending text messages on hand-held mobile phones.
Drivers who increase their speed when you try to overtake them.
Drivers who indicate too late or fail to indicate their intentions.
'‘Bullying tactics’ by drivers, for example, flashing their headlights, blowing the horn, verbal abuse, hand signals.
Cyclists who fail to use appropriate lights at night.
Slow moving vehicles which do not move over to allow others to overtake.
Drivers who do not pay attention due to other activities, such as eating, drinking, smoking, doing make-up, reading, changing CDs.
Cyclists who blatantly disobey road rules.