People Who Tailgate

[Chazz 0]

Anybody that I ever asked this particular question to seemed to give several different answers. They Included:

 

 

 

-Go even slower and tap on the brakes until they pass you or turn off (This seemed to be the most popular)

 

 

-Pull over and let them pass.

 

 

 

-Flip them off as they are doing It and/or make a threatning gesture that Indictaes that they back off.

 

 

 

-Wait until they try and pass you and then speed up.(Preferably In a no passing zone.)

 

 

 

-Ignore them and continue to drive as you normally would.

 

 

 

 

Do any of you fall Into these categories? If not, what do you do when your tailgated?

[the max 0]

I hit the brakes relatively hard, depending on how close they are. This usually gets them to back off. When they eventually pass me, I can see them out of the corner of my eye flipping me off or yelling at me, but I don't pay them any attention.

[Black Lushus 0]

just depends on the situation...if I have my family in the car, I keep things peaceful...if it's just me, it could possibly be on, depending on what mood I'm in.

[nl5xsk1 0]

My top choice is to slow way the fuck down, to the point that it's blatant that I'm going super-slow on purpose.

 

If I'm in a bad mood, I flip them off while doing the super slow-down.

[haVoc 0]

I don't get tailgated that often. I don't drive like an old lady.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

A couple weeks back, I was following my girl on the Ohio Turnpike when it was quite slippery out. She had someone tailgating her and I was behind them. I saw her tap on the brakes out of nowhere, which made the car tailgating her do the same. Since it was slippery, I came close to hitting them, even though I wasn't all that close. I knew she'd done it on purpose, since she'd always told me to do that when someone was riding my ass like that.

[Just John 0]

I've never actually tried this, but I've heard some say if you're going fast enough, you can spray your wiper fluid and it'll shoot over your windshield and land on the person behind you... That'd probably scare the shit out of them if it worked.

[The Metal Maniac 0]

Am I the only person who really doesn't think that being tailgated is a big deal?

 

I mean, unless it's night and they're in the exact right spot to get their lights reflecting off my mirrors, I never even notice the people driving behind me. I mean, they're *behind* me, so why should it matter?

 

I've *never* understood the logic of "Hey, there's someone behind me, I better slow down so that neither of us gets where we're going"

[Guest Smues]

I don't usually do anything like slow down to piss them off. The most I do is something speed up when they try to pass me in a no passing zone. But if I'm doing at least the speed limit I never ever pull over so they can pass, they can fuck themselves.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I've *never* understood the logic of "Hey, there's someone behind me, I better slow down so that neither of us gets where we're going"

 

That's because you're probably not an asshole.

 

Depends. If I'm in the left lane I'll try to go to the slow lane unless I have to make a left turn up ahead. The left lane is for speeders, and that's cool.

 

Now if this is taking placing in the right lane, I break, and depending on the traffic situation, I might just slow down a bit, slow down a lot, or go as fast as the driver in the other lane that's in front of the pissed off motorist, so he can't speed around me. If you have a big rig next to you, that's the best situation...

[Damaramu 0]

Usually I'll be going about 10 or 15 over and I'll get some asshole tailgater.

I either tap my breaks, or if it's a one-lane city street I slow down to about 10 under and idle my way along.

If it's a two lane highway and they just won't back off I get to going about the same speed as the slowest car in the lane next to me and keep pace with that car so that there is no way they can pass. It gets kind of funny when it freaks the people next to you out.

[Darthtiki 0]

I find that waving a gun around works

[Fuzzy Dunlop 0]

My advice would be don't drive so fucking slow. If any of you have a serious problem where you're being chronically tailgated, it probably speaks to how slow you're driving, like the other night I was driving home from work at 1am, in the left lane, and the car ahead of me was going at least fifteen below the speed limit. It was insane.

[the max 0]

Night is understandable though. I have bad eyes and driving at night isn't a very good thing for me to do, but I have to for work sometimes. 15 below the limit is a bit much, but I go the limit.

 

I don't understand the 'GOTTA GO AS FAST AS POSSIBLE...GOTTA GET THERE...GOTTA GET THERE' but that just may be my attitude towards the traffic in my area. Around here, you're speeding to get into heavier traffic, which doesn't make any sense to me. I can understand getting frustrated at people in front of you, I do that all day with snowbirds going 50 on the freeway in the fast lane, but to follow closely to someone going over the limit in the right lane? That's just stupid and I hope you meet your demise in the messiest way possible.

[Damaramu 0]

My advice would be don't drive so fucking slow. If any of you have a serious problem where you're being chronically tailgated, it probably speaks to how slow you're driving, like the other night I was driving home from work at 1am, in the left lane, and the car ahead of me was going at least fifteen below the speed limit. It was insane.

 

I just said I'm generally going 10 to 15 over. Just because some asshole in a rice burner wants to show off how fast his piece of shit Honda is doesn't mean that I have to go flying down the highway like a man with a death wish.

[Fuzzy Dunlop 0]

My advice would be don't drive so fucking slow. If any of you have a serious problem where you're being chronically tailgated, it probably speaks to how slow you're driving, like the other night I was driving home from work at 1am, in the left lane, and the car ahead of me was going at least fifteen below the speed limit. It was insane.

 

I just said I'm generally going 10 to 15 over. Just because some asshole in a rice burner wants to show off how fast his piece of shit Honda is doesn't mean that I have to go flying down the highway like a man with a death wish.

 

Well, firstly, I wasn't even talking to you, I was making a general statement to people who are being "chronically tailgated," yet continue to drive the limit or below in the left lane. Also, I related a real-life experience to futher my point, and you still thought it was in reference to you. Tell me why that is.

[gWIL 0]

I was getting tailgated in a 45 mph zone, while I was going 50, I stopped at red light then went 15 mph because there was no way the guy could pass me. He was flippin out. It was funny.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

Doc Ock seems like one of those guys you come across frequently on the freeway that you're never going fast enough for. The speed limit could be 70, you could be going 85 and they'd still be on your ass, yelling, "Your car says you can go 130, so go 130!!!" These people typically drive oversized trucks they don't particularly have a use for, except telling everyone around them that they're not going fast enough.

[Slayer 0]

Equally as annoying as tailgaters are the people speed up right behind you and, even though the passing lane is clear, get right on your ass before deciding they want to switch lanes and pass.

[nl5xsk1 0]

I should have included in my original post that I was only thinking of back-roads and things like that, not the highway. Highways are built for faster cars on the left, slower cars on the right, so I have no issue changing lanes and letting people that want to fly by do just that: fly by.

 

I've *never* understood the logic of "Hey, there's someone behind me, I better slow down so that neither of us gets where we're going"

I'm normally not in a big hurry, Maniac. If I get to work, or home, or the bar, or whatever, in 10 minutes compared to 5 minutes, it won't make much of a difference in my life. And normally the people that ride my ass when I'm driving tend to be frat-looking fuckers that are probably in as little of a hurry as me, but feel the need to drive fast for no real reason. I'd rather be LATE for something, and mess with them, then speed up just because they want me to.

[Fuzzy Dunlop 0]

Doc Ock seems like one of those guys you come across frequently on the freeway that you're never going fast enough for. The speed limit could be 70, you could be going 85 and they'd still be on your ass, yelling, "Your car says you can go 130, so go 130!!!" These people typically drive oversized trucks they don't particularly have a use for, except telling everyone around them that they're not going fast enough.

 

I don't drive a truck, and I seriously only get upset when people are going below the limit in the left lane. Nothing pisses me off more than when I have to pass them on the right.

[Damaramu 0]

I don't think anyone here goes below the speed limit in the fast lane or even the speed limit. It's just that there are people on the road that feel that no matter how fast you are going they have to go faster even if you are breaking the sound barrier.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

I can understand going the speed limit in the fast lane at times. Depending on where you are, cops are sitting pretty in arbitary spots, so even if you normally drive above the limit, you may be on the look out for them. I know that's how I am. I never see a cop around when these idiots are going 90 for the sake of it, but they'll appear for a minor infraction of the speed limit.

[Guest wildpegasus]

Am I the only person who really doesn't think that being tailgated is a big deal?

 

I mean, unless it's night and they're in the exact right spot to get their lights reflecting off my mirrors, I never even notice the people driving behind me. I mean, they're *behind* me, so why should it matter?

 

I've *never* understood the logic of "Hey, there's someone behind me, I better slow down so that neither of us gets where we're going"

 

 

Because it's dangerous to tailgate and it's a safety hazard especially in the winter time when you have all the snow and ice on the roads.

 

 

WP -- Loves slowing down fast drivers.

[geniusMoment 0]

Since I am always the one tailgating I have the other perspective. It seems everytime I drive on a two lane road I have to pass someone in a no passing zone because everyone drives slow as hell, and yes, even the speed limit is fucking slow as hell. I've had people speed up, sometimes going 20 mph faster than they were previously driving, when I try to pass. In that case I usually get behind them and tailgate them for miles. I will follow their stupid ass all the way to their house if I have the time. People kill me, they really do. You should see how their reactions change from pissed off to worried as they can tell I am following their coward asses.

[Guest Snoot]

Because it's dangerous to tailgate and it's a safety hazard especially in the winter time when you have all the snow and ice on the roads.

 

 

WP -- Loves slowing down fast drivers.

 

Yet, hitting your breaks when you have all the snow and ice on the roads, and a vehicle on your tail, is safe.

[2GOLD 0]

When I'm bored, I slow down intentionally to get tailgaters and just to piss people off. Nothing brings a smile to my face than a line of five cars stuck behind me while I slowly drive drinking a soda.

 

And then when they get pissed off behind me followed by the middle finger I get when they finally get to go past...ah, like Christmas morning.

[geniusMoment 0]

When I'm bored, I slow down intentionally to get tailgaters and just to piss people off. Nothing brings a smile to my face than a line of five cars stuck behind me while I slowly drive drinking a soda.

 

And then when they get pissed off behind me followed by the middle finger I get when they finally get to go past...ah, like Christmas morning.

That's the problem with people, you give them a little control and it goes right to their head.

[Art Sandusky 0]

I just... act as nice and compromising as I can when driving. I look at it as a group effort of everyone out on the road, so no need for me to cause trouble or get anyone mad. I rarely get mad either, only if something exceedingly dangerous is done by someone near where I am. I'm such an old man.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Says the person who showed pics of his wrecked car some years ago...