CARS, shopping carts and bad driving are the focus of this second installment of readers' gripes.

Anne Williams of Spotsylvania County is fed up with people who talk or text on cell phones while driving, a complaint listed by a host of other readers. Texting and driving is also now illegal in Virginia.

"It seems to me that wherever I go, someone is in the passing lane going under the speed limit," she said. "When I glance over, they are invariably on their cell phone, chatting away."

Williams said campaigns against the practice have opened her eyes to just how many folks are yakking on phones while driving.

"I saw a woman the other day, with kids in the back seat, who didn't even slow down or glance to her left as she turned right on red," said Williams. "What on earth is so important that you can't stop talking or texting for a little while?"

She loved the message on a bumper sticker she saw: "Honk if you love Jesus. Text if you want to meet him!"

George Roberts of Fredericksburg has a beef with people not owning up to it when they open their car door and ding other people's cars.

He and his wife were in their car eating ice cream the other day, when a truck pulled up alongside.

"The driver opened his door and bumped our car," said Roberts. "No big deal, but I put the window down and asked him for an apology. His response was that he didn't do any damage, 'so get out of my face!' All I wanted was a simple 'I'm sorry.'"

Roberts noted that the couple drove off "hoping he'd choke on his ice cream and wondering if he really would have hit somebody with glasses on."

Charlotte Row of Spotsylvania can't fathom pedestrians who walk near traffic after dark without wearing something that would help motorists see them.

"It's very unsettling to get so close before seeing a pedestrian," she said. "Sometimes the only way I see them is their white sneakers. Please, walk on the left side of the road against oncoming traffic."