A good way to deal with Tailgaters!!

[MichaelD]

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<< Funny. You wouldn't do that if you had a nice vehicle. Or if you lived in South Texas where the uh, immigrants, oh excuse me, LOCALS, don't have insurance. You would move out of the way, and quickly at that. Any vehicle down here with a cracked windshield and four bald, non-matching tires is called "THE NOSEGUROMOBILE" "Seguro" is Spanish for "insurance" "no seguro" is no insurance and you can figure out the rest. >>

Dude... I live in "little mexico," speak Spanish, and I know exactly what it's like to get into an accident with an illegal immigrants (who run RAMPANT here) with no insurance.

And, yes, I still do it. My mom drives a Lincoln TownCar and she does it -how would we not do it if we had nice cars?

Anyway, that's what I do. Don't like it? Stay off my tail.

nik >>



OK, I won't tailgate you. Good luck to you when you get rear-ended by a Chevy 1 Ton, carrying a load of cement, with a non-English speaking driver that has No Seguro, Senor.

 

[Hubris]

I just slow down if I have a tailgater. Then, once I've effectively ticked them off, I downshift and speed up. They usually get the message. Thankfully, I don't often drive in rush hour traffic, so I don't have that added stress.

 

[iamwiz82]

i have no sympathy for the asshole on his crotch rocket who does 130mph on the freeway. If he hits car cuz he passes on the right, sorry. I wont be sending flowers to the funeral.

My fault, i meant right.

 

[MichaelD]

<< i have no sympathy for the asshole on his crotch rocket who does 130mph on the freeway. If he hits car cuz he passes on the left, sorry. I wont be sending flowers to the funeral. >>



I agree with you 100%. I'm talking about the people that are doing 70 in a 70 and when I try to pass doing 75/80 they spray me, swerve into me, slam on the brakes, speed up and change lanes all at the same time. They should die a fiery death. Twice.

 

[cipher00]

i have no sympathy for the asshole on his crotch rocket who does 130mph on the freeway. If he hits car cuz he passes on the left, sorry. I wont be sending flowers to the funeral.

Ok, nobody likes squids, least of all me, since I ride, too, and they make (the much larger group of) auto drivers angry. That's a given. But if they're going to pass you, shouldn't they be on the left?

 

[MichaelD]

<< i have no sympathy for the asshole on his crotch rocket who does 130mph on the freeway. If he hits car cuz he passes on the left, sorry. I wont be sending flowers to the funeral.

Ok, nobody likes squids, least of all me, since I ride, too, and they make (the much larger group of) auto drivers angry. That's a given. But if they're going to pass you, shouldn't they be on the left? >>



Technically and legally; yes, they should be on the left. However, many car drivers as well as motorcyclists regularly pass on the right, on a highway. There are many folks who decide that they are the Keeper of the Speed and they sit in the left lane doing exactly the speed limit or slightly under. They will not move over, so I will and do pass on the right. AFter correctly signaling my intentions and looking twice.

I've seen people in MIATAs that have an 18-wheeler a few inches off their rear bumper not move over because "dammit, I am The Keeper of the Speed, and thou shalt not pass me!" Those types need to become road kill and thin the gene pool out a little more.

 

[SCSIfreek]

a-holes that tailgate you at night in the left lane while you're driving 80mph on a 65mph highway are a-holes, they won't pass you but to tailgate and expect you to move into the right. I'll spray them with black paint if they piss me off that much. so watch out!!!!


--Scsi

 

[Jzero]

<< a-holes that tailgate you at night in the left lane while you're driving 80mph on a 65mph highway are a-holes, they won't pass you but to tailgate and expect you to move into the right. I'll spray them with black paint if they piss me off that much. so watch out!!!!


--Scsi >>



Why?
I mean if it's at night and there isn't much other traffic, how hard is it to move over and let the guy pass?
I guess I was raised strangely, but I actually glance in that shiny thing that hangs in the center of my windshield once-in-awhile and if I see a pair of glowy things in it that appear to be approaching me and I'm not passing anyone else, I just get out of the way....

Edit: My gf is really bad about this. We'll be in the car and she'll be cruising in the left like 80 in a 65 which is fine, but there'll be a car behind us tailgating and she doesn't even seem to notice, and then when he goes and passes on the right, she's like "Look at this jerk passing on the right" and i'm like "WTF?!"

Last week she was following me somewhere...I was leading at about 75 in a 65 and I pulled to the left lane to pass some cars. I stayed in the left lane figuring if a car comes up behind, I'll see my gf pull to the right to let him go by.
I look in the mirror a few min later and I can see there is a car behind my gf's car.
So I move over and she follows.
It was a COP! Lucky for us he had better things to do than pull either of us over, but when we got home she says "I didn't even see that car behind me and then when we moved over and I saw it was a cop I was flipping out!"
How she didn't see him, I cannot imagine.

 

[Koing]

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<< a-holes that tailgate you at night in the left lane while you're driving 80mph on a 65mph highway are a-holes, they won't pass you but to tailgate and expect you to move into the right. I'll spray them with black paint if they piss me off that much. so watch out!!!!


--Scsi >>



Why?
I mean if it's at night and there isn't much other traffic, how hard is it to move over and let the guy pass?
I guess I was raised strangely, but I actually glance in that shiny thing that hangs in the center of my windshield once-in-awhile and if I see a pair of glowy things in it that appear to be approaching me and I'm not passing anyone else, I just get out of the way.... >>



ditto.

Here in England we drive on the left so I alway pass on the right. Never passed on the left yet. Not been tailed much here but if I am I just drive normally at the correct speed limit and if the person got really aggressive and I could move over I would on a motor way, but I've not had to do this yet......

 

[iamwiz82]

sorry guys, i meant to say right, but i was in a hurry to get out of work

 

[swayinOtis]

i used to have a bumper sticker that said Get Too Close To Me and I'll Flick A Booger On Your Windshield

I want one that says Out on Bail For Murdering a Tailgater

 

[KeyserSoze]

I ALWAYS move out of the left lane, if the person behind me is obviously going faster than me. What pi$$es me off, is when they tailgate me, and I CAN'T move out of the lane cuz of a car next to me.

Word to EVERYBODY: KeyserSoze will ALWAYS get out of the way if you are going faster than him, just get off my nuts long enough for me to change lanes.




KeyserSoze

 

[amnesiac]

We don't have "passing lanes" in LA. All 3-4-5 lanes are fair game.
My major pisser is the jackhole who goes 60/65 in the frickin carpool lane, esp. if traffic is doing 70/75.
It's usually the frickin "locals" or some dumb hick in a near-blow'd-up pickup.

 

[swayinOtis]

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My major pisser is the jackhole who goes 60/65 in the frickin carpool lane, esp. if traffic is doing 70/75.
It's usually the frickin "locals" or some dumb hick in a near-blow'd-up pickup. >>



it's me, isn't it?

 

[rutchtkim]

nice find, will use this advice

 

[SuperTool]

I usually speed, so when someone is tailgating me, I let them pass, and then go at their speed and voila, free radar detector

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

What you really need is sunscreen, the "sport" or "sweatproof" ones work best since they are designed not to dissolve in water... It's greasy and smudges sooo well if they try to wipe it off

-Ice

 

[datalink7]

The absolute end of solution for tailgators!

Muahahahahahahah!

 

[AndrewR]

btw, toss a penny out your window, and a nice police detective will show up at your door after I call in your license plate. I highly recommend not be so stupid as to do that!

Sure, the police will send a detective, or anyone for that matter, for a penny hitting your vehicle on the highway because it is UNHEARD of for debris to fly around when cars are traveling at high speeds.

The simple solution is just to drive slowly. I ease off the gas and go slower and slower and slower and...they back off, and I speed up. Of course, around here it isn't much of an issue, but I enjoyed toying with @ssholes when I lived in Atlanta. There is never a shortage there either.

 

[UofI]

Don't ever give in and get out of the way. I usually just drive the speedlimit and ignore the idiots. However, if they flash their lights or what not, you better believe ill slow down to 30 miles an hour on the highway or the city.

 

[Mark R]

Tailgaters really frustrate me. I try hard to maintain a safe distance between myself and the vehicle in front, and it is extremely annoying to have someone with absolutely no regard for either their or your safety pressuring you to drive faster than you are willing to, or able to.

It's even more annoying when they flash their lights or sound their horn, when there is no possible manouevre that you could perform to get out of their way. e.g. overtaking a convoy of heavy lorries uphill on a 2 lane highway. This has happened several times. I move into the overtaking lane in good time, with nothing behind me, and then as I'm coming up to the first lorry, so fool in a high-powered car driving at 90 mph slams on his brakes moments before hitting me, and then proceeds to drive so close, that I cannot even see the hood of his car, sound his horn and flash his lights, despite the fact that it is clearly unsafe for me to pull over until I have passed the convoy.

I've not really found a particularly satisfactory solution. I always move over if possible, simply for my own safety. If, however, someone essentially has me trapped then I sometimes succumb to the temptation to flash my brake lights at them. This usually makes them pull back, although one person when he did eventually overtake, cut me up so closely, that he nearly forced me off the road. Naturally, I sounded my horn, so he promptly slams his brakes on hard enough to skid.

 

[sharkeeper]

Try tossing a few of these at your tailgater. :Q

Cheers!

 

[Smaulz]

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<< pitts and wilding... I hope you're the first two behind me.... >>

Me too.. My windshield is dirty.. >>




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