[SOLVED] people tailgating what to do? - Page 2

amdfanboy · 09-07-2008, 03:27 PM

I am always in control. I live in Canton, OH.

manc39 · 09-11-2008, 03:02 PM

If you're doing 40 in a 45 people will catch up and a few will tailgate. You're holding them up and they will see that as unacceptable. They're thinking, "why can't this person just do the speed limit, it's only an extra 5mph and it's perfectly safe in the current conditions to do so". So they may get angry and get a bit too close, perhaps looking for an opportunity to pass.

You can either:
Speed up to 45.
Ignore them, it won't bother you anyway as long as both of you are anticipating the road ahead.
Pull over and let them go.

**Aus_Karlos** · 09-12-2008, 02:38 AM

I know its solved but anyway..
Slam ya breaks on, if they hit you its their fault that they where too close and their insurance has to pay out damages.. XD

Volt-Schwibe · 10-07-2008, 12:38 PM

you could also go buy one of those little 5$ fake cameras, and stick it in your back window, pointed towards the wouldbe tailgater, and then find a "smile, you're on camera" sticker to put next to it.

you'll find noone likes to be filmed, they will stay plenty far back.

MMZ · 10-08-2008, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aus_Karlos

I know its solved but anyway..
Slam ya breaks on, if they hit you its their fault that they where too close and their insurance has to pay out damages.. XD

man that's asking for full blown road rage. some old guy did this **** in his POS minivan and i'm in a high performance car with good brakes, handling, power, etc. so stopping or moving out of the way in time wasn't a problem.

i'm not going to risk my car vs. his $500 clunker by playing roadwarrior with him, but i did follow him and got out and had a nice talk with him when he was stopped at a light. also, it does take a tremendous amount of discipline to purposely stand on your brakes to get hit like this.

a long time ago, one guy on a newsgroups was talking about how he pulls the E-Brake really hard and it also smoked a lot in his POS car to scare off tailgaters. this also didn't trip off the brake lights, so the tailgater would be scared shitless due to having no warnings of his car suddenly stopping. he also described his car make, etc.

funny thing is, i ran into him. not knowing at first, but he was blocking the left lane of a 4 lane highway, doing the limit. so i tailgated him and honked my horn. he pulled the E-brake and i saw the smoke show...this instantly made me suspect that this was the same guy from the NG. this was when i was young and much more wreckless. so i ****** with him for the next 2-3 miles.

in a bad area, this is like asking for big time escalation. in Texas, you can probably get rightfully shot based on their "Castle Doctrine" which could extend to their moving vehicle.

Flatliner · 10-08-2008, 06:52 PM

here's what my brother does: if somebody's going slow in front of him, or if he's being tailgated. he'll slow down, and keep slowing down, all the way to a complete stop if he has to. as soon as they try to go around, he'll speed up and not let them pass. they get behind him again, he will repeat over and over and over. he has a car fast enough to do it, so that's how he gets away with it. usually i hide my face when i'm with him though.

09-07-2008, 03:27 PM	#21 (permalink)
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09-11-2008, 03:02 PM	#22 (permalink)
manc39 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: England Posts: 46 OS: Windows XP SP2 My System	Re: people tailgating what to do? If you're doing 40 in a 45 people will catch up and a few will tailgate. You're holding them up and they will see that as unacceptable. They're thinking, "why can't this person just do the speed limit, it's only an extra 5mph and it's perfectly safe in the current conditions to do so". So they may get angry and get a bit too close, perhaps looking for an opportunity to pass. You can either: Speed up to 45. Ignore them, it won't bother you anyway as long as both of you are anticipating the road ahead. Pull over and let them go.

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Flatliner Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: colorado Posts: 79 OS: WIN XP PRO SP2	Re: [SOLVED] people tailgating what to do? here's what my brother does: if somebody's going slow in front of him, or if he's being tailgated. he'll slow down, and keep slowing down, all the way to a complete stop if he has to. as soon as they try to go around, he'll speed up and not let them pass. they get behind him again, he will repeat over and over and over. he has a car fast enough to do it, so that's how he gets away with it. usually i hide my face when i'm with him though.