Bumper sticker idea:
This Vehicle Transports Hazardous Materials
Owner Not Liable For Infection Of Nearby Vehicles
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No difference in effect.
Faster traffic uses the left lane.
If there is no slower or any traffic at all you stay in the right lane.
If some numbnut tailgates you, you are not faster. You should than at the next opportunity safely merge right and once he has passed, use your rocket launcher to permanently remove the nuisance driver from traffic.
We need to find a way to nuke them from space. Itâs the only way to be sure.
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Exactly.
If you smash into anyone elseâs rear end in traffic, anyoneâs, you are the one who fucked up. Unless the person you hit was going backwards. Which never happens.
If you âcanât stop in timeâ thatâs because you fucked up and didnât leave enough space to stop. Itâs not nobodyâs fault. Currently all the cars are being driven by someone. Itâs not an accident. Accidents can be prevented. Itâs a crash that the tailgater caused because they screwed up and were following too close.
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Delicious.
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I used to do that subconsciously. Usually, if you speed up just enough theyâll be satisfied and back off. I got sloppy and let the people with the bright ass headlights bully me.
Then one night I saw these suddenly turn on:
Turns out you canât sue a cop for completely illegally tailgating you. Traffic judge threw it out and enforced the $500 fine I was given for trying to get away from a cop who was actively endangering my life.
These days if someone tailgates me, it can only happen in the rightmost lane, and Iâll just let off the gas, until I come to a stop if necessary to give them a hint that they should go around me if they want to move faster than the rest of traffic.
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Oh that feels good to watch. Itâs what we all wish we could do.
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Yes, in your state. You might want to read that link again. It says the signs are reminders of a law that applies to ALL divided highways in the state. There are also signs along the Texas highways telling you to buckle your seatbelt. That doesnât mean youâre not required to wear it on roads that donât have that signage.
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I can only assume youâre talking about the tailgater.
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When I was young, foolish, and conscientious, I used to ease off the gas all whenever someone tailgated me. Now that Iâm older and wiser I only do that in the right lane.
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YES. This. My attempts to merge are not a personal fucking challenge.
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Well except the case when every lane is going the speed limit and the freeway is somewhat congested at which point, the left lane is in fact not the âpassingâ lane in any reasonable sense.
Hell, isnât this the reason why people most often tailgate? To get the guy in front of them to go faster than the cars on the right even if they are already going at or faster than the speed limit?
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No, Iâm talking about the self righteous jerk in front, who thinks that if he moves over and lets this guy pass, without âpunishingâ him, heâll feel like his man card will be revoked. I mean really, what do people like this thinkâŚtheir dicks are going to fall off unless they prove themselves? Tailgating isnât coolâŚbut putting the lives of a half dozen innocent people in danger is much, much worse. People in this video escaped with their lives by INCHES. Absolutely disgusting. In case you missed it, Iâve spent years suffering from blinding migraines from a tough guy macho hero just like him.
Cops used to tailgate all the time in my area in order to collect supplemental road tax. The last time a cop did that to me, I slowed down to just above the minimum speed (56mph). He still pulled me over. When I told the judge I slowed down because he was dangerously tailgating me, he laughed and said âmaybe if you were a woman I could see you being afraidâ. Itâs all a rigged system.
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If Iâd known at the time, I would have emergency stopped so at least my $500 would go to fixing that fucking pigâs squad car, instead of to maintaining the countyâs unnecessary and unused 3 helicopters and 2 hovercraft they bought with DHS money in 2002.
Funny, I read this in a cartoon years ago and never forgot itâŚIâm pretty sure itâs subconscious.
Interesting thread. I really didnât think anyone would say the âbrake-checkerâ was at fault here. There are so many legit reasons for touching the brake:
I canât move over and this car is approaching at high speed, has it seen me?
Sat-Nav says Iâm going over the speed limit, slowing down.
Thought something was going to happen, it didnât (car pulling out, bird strike.)
Thought something was on the road, it wasnât.
The following things happen in the UK a lot. I donât know if if they happen in the US. They will cause brake lights, despite clear road:
Spotted cop in moving car
Spotted cops in stationary car, beside road
Spotted cop car on bridge with speed camera
And most likely: spotted yellow (or worse, motorway grey), fixed speed camera and Iâm over speed limit
What really amazes me though is the tailgating car/SUV. The car in front didnât actually brake that hard, no complete stop and I couldnât see lots of smoke. The following car just didnât seem able to brake a little above gently without the driver losing control.
If you are going to endanger everyone on the road by tailgating, at least use a car that remains under control during heavy braking.
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Yes, the driver at the rear is guilty of that from tailgating.
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I always assumed they got that close to read your license plate number. I know my vision isnât great for text at a distance so Iâd personally have to be fairly close to make everything out. It used to be easy to spot the Crown Vics, but now with the Chargers and the hand full of other vehicles we have rolling around I tend to cautious if I see a vehicle I donât know.
Some bits have limits. The general traffic speed isnât that much higher than a quiet UK motorway- Trucks at 56, cars at 70-85ish. The driving standards are generally better though, much less dawdling and better lane discipline.
We did have the police using our van as a mobile hiding device to pull other drivers in thoughâŚ
This doesnât happen unless both drivers behave badly.
If youâre so close to the vehicle in front that youâll crash if they brake, then youâre too close. On the other hand, if youâre in the passing lane with room in front (a quarter-mile in this case) and somebody is trying to pass you, then let them get down the road and on with their life.
Thereâs no way of knowing whether the tailgater who lost this battle is an aggressive jerk who does this all the time, or a usually-considerate person who was legitimately in a hurry and just misjudged the encounter with Mister Amateur Law Enforcement Rolling Road Block.
So fuck that brake checker. And, probably, the checkee as well. And non-robot drivers.
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