Tailgaters

[Chazz 0]

Usually I get 2 responses when I ask what to do If somebody Tailgates you:

 

1.) Go even slower as to piss them off even more. (Which maybe dangerous considering some Individuals out there.)

 

 

2.) Pull over and let the assholes pass If they are In such a hurry.

 

 

 

Just curious what the rest of you have to say on this subject.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I fucking hate them. I can understand if I was going slow in the left hand lane, but if you're tailgating me in the slow lane then I usually just go slower.

 

I'll never forget this one time (Choken, Terror and SideFX will know what I'm talking about) I was driving to work and I was on that state road (741?) right next to Trader World that takes you toward I-71.

 

Anyway, this fat bitch in a car crappier than mine was tailgating me right from Trader World to that light where you turn right onto 741(?). She then tried to pass me, but I knew she wouldn't be able to since her car was all but crying from being mistreated so. I then hit the gas a little bit and she didn't make the pass. I then saw her go crazy and although I'm not a lip reader I could tell that she wanted me to have sex with myself.

 

So I then slowed down even more (traffic was coming the other way so she couldn't pass) and started pointing my finger at her and laughing.

 

Of course it wouldn't have mattered if she passed me because there was some huge-ass truck just a few miles down the road that was causing a back-up. When we got to this point in the road I pulled over just a tad bit to the right and offered to let her pass. She didn't accept.

 

When we went our separate ways at the next light I waved to her and went my own way...

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I'm liberal with my finger, and I cuss really loud, and even more in speech than I do in text, if that tells you anything.

[Guest JacK]

Well, one thing you can do is get your brake lights wired to a switch on the dash . . . when someone tailgates you you flick the switch, and something might happen. A race driver did it once, though I forget who; and I think it might be cheating.

[syxx2001 0]

I just look at them in my rear view. One guy in a Benz SUV almost hit me. I guess he thought speeding up would make me speed up and he slammed on his breaks and skided and had to swerve to keep from hitting me. I want someone to hit me though. Oh boy, what a check.

[Cran Da Maniac 0]

Most of the time I just brake check them, but if that doesn't work, I drive really slow, or drive close to the center line so they can't see around me.

[Damaramu 0]

Yeah I pretty much tap my brakes. I've had people go crazy and flip me off for just that. Or I go really slow. And put the pedal down when they try to pass.

The best thing to do is if you're in the fast lane of the highway going like 80 and you get some asshole wanting to go 100 on your ass AND it's a 2 lane highway then I have something for you.

See between Moore and Norman on my way to OU every morning is a 2-lane highway. Well that situation usually happens to me. So what do I do? I find someone in the slow lane going about 60 and slow down to there speed. Now Speedy McSpeed behind me can't get around me or the person next to me. It drives a lot of people nuts.

I'm going to get shot one day.

[Guest stardust]

I'm always tempted to just slam on my brakes, but instead I'll just tap them a little bit. Or else I'll get into the other lane so they can pass me and then start going as fast as them if not faster and get in front of them again, meanwhile the cars in the other lane are going slower so they can't get anywhere.

[The Kid 0]

I let them pass, then quickly get behind them and tailgate for about ten minutes myself.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Nail the gas and don't look back. Lets 'em know I can go much faster than I was, I just chose not to. A lot of people get pissed when they see a GT driving like an old man, so I get tailgated and dirty looks all the time

[NoCalMike 0]

when I am on a roadtrip I really don't have a problem getting out of the way of someone who wants to go faster, however when I am in the city or just on the city highways where traffic is tight, I can't stand people that feel the need to swerve in and out of traffic. If someone is tailgating me and won't let up, I just start giving break checks until they either get fed up and go around, or they just slow down.

[Dr. Tom 0]

If it's a nice car behind me, I tap the brakes and hope they'll make me rich by rear-ending me. If it's a piece of shit behind me, I generally ignore it.

[syxx2001 0]

You guys are too much. I have done the "pull up to another car" thingy so that the other person can't pass. I've also driven slow and when someone fast wants to pass me and get in front, I punch the gas and leave them behind me.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

You guys are too much. I have done the "pull up to another car" thingy so that the other person can't pass.

Oh, I loved doing that on I-75 with a MACK Truck at my side -- that really screws the tailgater over...

[Cartman 0]

Nail the gas and don't look back. Lets 'em know I can go much faster than I was, I just chose not to. A lot of people get pissed when they see a GT driving like an old man, so I get tailgated and dirty looks all the time

Although I would never do this, I love you for doing it for me.

[Guest Italian Stallion]

I'll let you in on my secret. Works like a charm, it scares the hell out of the tailgater and it doesn't involve the brake. Hit your water thingy to clean the windows. Going about 65 on the freeway, makes the water go right over your windshield and hit the tailgater's windshiled really hard. It works like a charm. One time a guy in a van got so scared he started to swerve because he didn't even know what hit him. Try it.

[syxx2001 0]

Ha, thats crazy. I dont see how it could work though.

[Cuban Linx 0]

I'll let you in on my secret. Works like a charm, it scares the hell out of the tailgater and it doesn't involve the brake. Hit your water thingy to clean the windows. Going about 65 on the freeway, makes the water go right over your windshield and hit the tailgater's windshiled really hard. It works like a charm. One time a guy in a van got so scared he started to swerve because he didn't even know what hit him. Try it.

I'm trying that the next change i get. Anything to piss of tailgaters is good with me, pretty much all the ideas used in this thread i've done at some point.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Nail the gas and don't look back. Lets 'em know I can go much faster than I was, I just chose not to. A lot of people get pissed when they see a GT driving like an old man, so I get tailgated and dirty looks all the time

Although I would never do this, I love you for doing it for me.

You're welcome...?

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Nail the gas and don't look back. Lets 'em know I can go much faster than I was, I just chose not to. A lot of people get pissed when they see a GT driving like an old man, so I get tailgated and dirty looks all the time

I figured you would be the one doing the tailgating...

[MrRant 0]

I have done the rolling road block as well.

 

The other thing I will do is purposely sit at a yellow light when making a left hand turn.... EVEN if there is no traffic coming the other way.

[syxx2001 0]

You mean a right hand turn?

[Guest Dids]

First off- I drive fast, so if you are tailgating me- you're probably an idiot. I can't stand tailgaters. I stopped carpooling with a an ex-roommate because he did that shit.

 

If it's light out- I'll flip my lights. Most people just see red and don't realize it's not brake lights and they'll back off.

 

Then I'll slow down. A lot. Then when you try to pass me, I'll speed up and get in your way.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

If you're driving so slow that you're being tailgaited, though, chances are you need to speed the fuck up, you coward.

[OldSchoolWrestling 0]

I usually drive pretty fast so it pisses me off when people tailgate me but if I have room I'll usually move over and let them pass. If I see they are trying to speed up to cut in front of me i'll block them just to be a dick. Which brings up a great story.

 

I commute between 4:30 and 6am so traffic isn't too bad but its steady. One day this asshole was weaving in and out and cutting everybody off. He pissed off a few people so they took action. He kept trying to go from the slow lane to the lane next to it but nobody would let him pass so he started flashing his lights and being an ass. After pissing off enough cars they boxed his ass in. A car in front of him, a car behind him and a car to his left boxed him perfectly and would not let him make a move. When he slowed down they perfectly kept the box-in intact and he could do nothing. I was marking the fuck out watching this. Eventually they let him out but for the couple miles they did it, revenge was sweet.

[syxx2001 0]

If you're driving so slow that you're being tailgaited, though, chances are you need to speed the fuck up, you coward.

 

Or how about no because I have 3 tickets in one 1 year, 2 I didn't deserve, and because I'm on defer which means I can't get a ticket until May or they take my license until November. So you slow the fuck down and stop driving insurance rates up.

[Guest Homeless Guy Spare Some Change]

can always get some oil slick cannisters for the rear of your car, if they tailgate let the bitches go, they will soon be on the hard shoulder. Or even throwing nails and pins at there car.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

I have the passenger grab the shotgun in the backseat and fire a few warning shots and if they don't stop have them shoot out the tires.

[The Metal Maniac 0]

I can't say that I've ever been bothered by a tailgater. I don't generally care about what's behind me, so long as I ain't getting rear-ended. They wanna sit right behind me? Go right the fuck ahead, it's not like I need to be in that space.

 

I have, however, had people flip me off and curse at me for tailgating them; but I say, if you're driving 60 in an 80 zone, you fucking NEED to speed up, or get off the fucking road. Assholes.

[JHawk 0]

Well, first I tell them that we're all out of beer and bratwursts...

 

Oh, wait...