After ~7 years of tailgating...

[edro]

I think this thread has really brought us together as a community.

 

[brandonbull]

Originally posted by: edro
I think this thread has really brought us together as a community.

From some of these posts, I know why on my daily commute there is always some asshat driving in the fast lane not passing anyone. Is it that hard to speed up 5 more mph and then move out of the way so the 20 cars behind you can proceed at a faster speed? Or is it better while on your holy traffic control mission to watch agitated drivers swerve thru traffic so they can pass you?

I'm glad that some states have made driving like a slow jerkoff in the fast lane a reason to get a ticket now.

 

[UberL33tJarad]

This is the result of a tailgater. Short story, I got cut off when I started I accelerating, slammed on the brakes, and the asshole behind me ran into me going 15mph (when everyone else was still going 5-10mph). The idiot's insurance paid $3700 total in damages, and that doesn't even include the two car rentals. They didn't fvcking align the new trunk and missed two marks, so I returned it for more work, hence the second rental.

Pic via my camphone. Don't worry, all the parking permits were removed. The rest are magnets and I'll prolly keep them off.
click

 

[Schwan]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
If someone tailgates, I simply let off the gas completely until the moron gets the message.

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: J Heartless Slick
What some people apparently fail to realize is that tailgating is a safety issue. When you tailgate you are endangering your welfare and the welfare of other people.

Isn't lessening the odds of hurting or killing somebody worth keeping a car lenght distance between you and the car in front of you?

Not for selfish people like the OP, no.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: 6000SUX

Originally posted by: Danadcorps
I see typos and grammitical errors but no ebonics. 6000sux, do you even know what ebonics is?

btw I was just wondering something. If he is tailgating you, you two are going at about the same velocity. If you break-checked, you would slow down to about 5mph less than what you orignally started off with (making the difference in your two velocities 5mph - a fender bender at mos). However, you said this dude almost totalled your car, so that means two things: you are either one of the idiots who steps on the brakes once they get tapped, or you slowed down extremely fast (remember the distance between you two is probably less than 5 feet).

I don't read foreign languages. I am assuming it is Ebonics. Do you know what good English is? Your logic is flawed, and so is your ability to read. I said the dude actually did total my car. I did not slow down extremely fast; the person driving behind him stated that he hit the gas and accelerated into my bumper, another thing you missed. One person here stupidly accused me of having two accomplices travelling with me on the highway. It's hilarious.

So now you're trying to turn it around and say this guy purposely sped up and rammed you.

Good for him. :thumbsup:

 

[6000SUX]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: 6000SUX

Originally posted by: Danadcorps
I see typos and grammitical errors but no ebonics. 6000sux, do you even know what ebonics is?

btw I was just wondering something. If he is tailgating you, you two are going at about the same velocity. If you break-checked, you would slow down to about 5mph less than what you orignally started off with (making the difference in your two velocities 5mph - a fender bender at mos). However, you said this dude almost totalled your car, so that means two things: you are either one of the idiots who steps on the brakes once they get tapped, or you slowed down extremely fast (remember the distance between you two is probably less than 5 feet).

I don't read foreign languages. I am assuming it is Ebonics. Do you know what good English is? Your logic is flawed, and so is your ability to read. I said the dude actually did total my car. I did not slow down extremely fast; the person driving behind him stated that he hit the gas and accelerated into my bumper, another thing you missed. One person here stupidly accused me of having two accomplices travelling with me on the highway. It's hilarious.

So now you're trying to turn it around and say this guy purposely sped up and rammed you.

Good for him. :thumbsup:

I am not turning anything around. I said it before. You're making an even bigger ass of yourself; I didn't think it was possible. Kudos!

 

[Compton]

Originally posted by: aircooled
I brake for Tailgaters

 

[kalrith]

Originally posted by: 6000SUX

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: 6000SUX

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: edro
Just to clarify a bit (not that I don't love the flames), but I only tailgate people in the left lane when the right lane is open and they are driving the speed limit or less.

so if they're obeying the law and driving the speed limit you feel free to harass them?

well, you're an asshole for having never murdered someone in cold blood.

They aren't obeying the law if the right lane is open and they're in the left lane.

That's not a requirement in Massachusetts, to drive in the rightmost lane at all times. The leftmost lane is not a special passing lane on any highway here. Hence, you're wrong-- at least in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire.

If this were an actual law, you'd have constant lane changes, making driving much more hazardous. That's why it's not an actual law, just regurgitated cultural spam on an Internet message board.

Guess what else isn't a law? You never have to give someone speeding the right of way. On the great bulk of highway miles in the United States, there is no minimum speed limit for any lane, either. Speeding is against the law, tailgaiting too, and if you happen to hit someone while tailgaiting prepare to have your ass handed to you by the state.

So you're saying there is no "Keep right except to pass" or "Slower Traffic Keep Right" signs in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire

You got it. When there is a "Slower Traffic Keep Right" sign, it is on at least a three-lane highway, and the rightmost lane is basically used by tractors and the like. This never has any impact on how you can drive in the leftmost lane. There are no "Keep right except to pass" signs.

This is especially true if the person is doing the speed limit. Do you really think that there's a law that says if drivers in the left lane are breaking the law by speeding, then drivers going the speed limit are suddenly breaking the law by not getting over? That's ridiculous!

A couple of years ago, Michigan signed a new law specifically making road rage illegal. Then, unmarked cop cars would do the speed limit in the left lane and then pull drivers over that would tailgate, cuss, flip them off, etc.

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: 6000SUX
Five years ago I was driving an older Mercury Sable that I was planning to sell anyway. I wasn't having the greatest day to start with, and was tailgated by a dumbass like the OP. I hit the brake, he couldn't 'respond fast enough, and he totalled my car and his. Pretty nice insurance settlement.

Looking back, it was one of the best feelings I've ever had. I made the roadways safer in the long run and helped punish a lawbreaker, all at his expense.

While tailgating isn't a great solution, neither was your course of action. I'm pretty sure that inducing an accident is illegal, whether or not the person behind you is following too closely. In this case, with you hitting your breaks for no reason (i.e. did not need to avoid hitting something in front of you), I'd blame you for the accident.

 

[imported_Crusader]

If tailgated I slow down to ridiculously slow speeds until they try to pass me, sometimes 5MPH.

Then when they try to pass me I floor my 400HP Firebird Formula and might use the N20 (another 100HP) if they REALLY wanna pass me..
I continue to do that every time they attempt to pass for miles until they quit attempting to pass me.
Tailgaters are little b!tches and deserve to be owned.

I've also thrown spare change out my window to hit their car if they refuse to back off.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: BDawg
I bet tailgaiting would be drastically reduced if morons would read their driver's manual and not cruise in the fast lane.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: 6000SUX

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: 6000SUX

Originally posted by: Danadcorps
I see typos and grammitical errors but no ebonics. 6000sux, do you even know what ebonics is?

btw I was just wondering something. If he is tailgating you, you two are going at about the same velocity. If you break-checked, you would slow down to about 5mph less than what you orignally started off with (making the difference in your two velocities 5mph - a fender bender at mos). However, you said this dude almost totalled your car, so that means two things: you are either one of the idiots who steps on the brakes once they get tapped, or you slowed down extremely fast (remember the distance between you two is probably less than 5 feet).

I don't read foreign languages. I am assuming it is Ebonics. Do you know what good English is? Your logic is flawed, and so is your ability to read. I said the dude actually did total my car. I did not slow down extremely fast; the person driving behind him stated that he hit the gas and accelerated into my bumper, another thing you missed. One person here stupidly accused me of having two accomplices travelling with me on the highway. It's hilarious.

So now you're trying to turn it around and say this guy purposely sped up and rammed you.

Good for him. :thumbsup:

I am not turning anything around. I said it before. You're making an even bigger ass of yourself; I didn't think it was possible. Kudos!

I'd rather be the World's Biggest Ass than a Roadhog like yourself.

 

[ajtyeh]

hardy harhar

 

[6000SUX]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
I'd rather be the World's Biggest Ass than a Roadhog like yourself.

You are fast closing in; enjoy! I'm not a road hog, just someone who drives with respect for others.

An English Tip: You Make Yourself Look Even Dumber with Excessive Capitalization.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: 6000SUX

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
I'd rather be the World's Biggest Ass than a Roadhog like yourself.

You are fast closing in; enjoy! I'm not a road hog, just someone who drives with respect for others.

Like the respect you showed for the guy behind you and you jeopardized everyone's life in the vicinity with your vigilante stunt.

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: 6000SUX

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
I'd rather be the World's Biggest Ass than a Roadhog like yourself.

You are fast closing in; enjoy! I'm not a road hog, just someone who drives with respect for others.

Like the respect you showed for the guy behind you and you jeopardized everyone's life in the vicinity with your vigilante stunt.

I don't think we will ever get through to this self righteous vigilante. He is just too stubborn.

 

[TheArabian]

If you slow assess would just get out of our way we wouldnt have to tailgate you! YOu guyz are like fu*cking snails

 

[kalrith]

I do hate it when people are in the left lane on the highway going below the speed limit. But I'm not going to endager their lives and my wife's and mine by going 65 mph about 3 feet from their bumper. On the opposite side of things, I'm also not going to endager lives by slamming on my brakes when someone tailgates me.

What I really hate is when I'm passing in the left lane going about 10 over, and someone flies right up on my bumper and stays there until I get over (even if it takes a few minutes to get around traffic). There's no reason for that. I don't alter my actions because of peer pressure, and I'm certainly not going to do it for someone I don't know and will never see again. I'm not going to go 20 over because someone else wants me to, and all tailgating does is want me to teach them a lesson by matching the speed of the semi next to me for 5-10 minutes.

 

[AdamK47]

I actually give more room to the person in front of me than I should. I don't like chips in my paint from stones picked up by the vehicle in front. For tractor trailers and vehicls carrying gravel I give two to three times more room.

 

[TheVrolok]

While tailgating is pretty lame (I'm very guilty of speeding, I rarely drive below 90 on I-80 when I'm coming home from school and often top 100 when the traffic patterns permit) and I would rather slow down until an opportunity to pass presents itself, I've gotta say that you asshats who think you're hot stuff by "pumping the breaks" or more importantly you people who think it's cool to get rearended are absolutely insane. If you think tailgating is wrong, but it's ok to try to CAUSE AN ACCIDENT and potentially KILL someone - whether it be yourself, the tailgater, or someone nearby who had absolutely nothing to do with it, you're far more in the wrong than the asshat tailgating that you could have easily let pass. Put your egos aside, and let him pass.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
While tailgating is pretty lame (I'm very guilty of speeding, I rarely drive below 90 on I-80 when I'm coming home from school and often top 100 when the traffic patterns permit) and I would rather slow down until an opportunity to pass presents itself, I've gotta say that you asshats who think you're hot stuff by "pumping the breaks" or more importantly you people who think it's cool to get rearended are absolutely insane. If you think tailgating is wrong, but it's ok to try to CAUSE AN ACCIDENT and potentially KILL someone - whether it be yourself, the tailgater, or someone nearby who had absolutely nothing to do with it, you're far more in the wrong than the asshat tailgating that you could have easily let pass. Put your egos aside, and let him pass.

FTW!!

 

[kalrith]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
While tailgating is pretty lame (I'm very guilty of speeding, I rarely drive below 90 on I-80 when I'm coming home from school and often top 100 when the traffic patterns permit) and I would rather slow down until an opportunity to pass presents itself, I've gotta say that you asshats who think you're hot stuff by "pumping the breaks" or more importantly you people who think it's cool to get rearended are absolutely insane. If you think tailgating is wrong, but it's ok to try to CAUSE AN ACCIDENT and potentially KILL someone - whether it be yourself, the tailgater, or someone nearby who had absolutely nothing to do with it, you're far more in the wrong than the asshat tailgating that you could have easily let pass. Put your egos aside, and let him pass.

Well said...I agree completely. No amount of road rage or tailgating warrants someone causing or risking an accident. I don't care if someone's on my bumper, flashing their lights, flipping me off, etc. I'm not going to slam on my brakes and risk killing someone.

 

[Danadcorps]

Originally posted by: 6000SUX

Originally posted by: Danadcorps
I see typos and grammitical errors but no ebonics. 6000sux, do you even know what ebonics is?

btw I was just wondering something. If he is tailgating you, you two are going at about the same velocity. If you break-checked, you would slow down to about 5mph less than what you orignally started off with (making the difference in your two velocities 5mph - a fender bender at mos). However, you said this dude almost totalled your car, so that means two things: you are either one of the idiots who steps on the brakes once they get tapped, or you slowed down extremely fast (remember the distance between you two is probably less than 5 feet).

I don't read foreign languages. I am assuming it is Ebonics. Do you know what good English is? Your logic is flawed, and so is your ability to read. I said the dude actually did total my car. I did not slow down extremely fast; the person driving behind him stated that he hit the gas and accelerated into my bumper, another thing you missed. One person here stupidly accused me of having two accomplices travelling with me on the highway. It's hilarious.

1. I dont see any foreign languages being used in the quote by topweasel
2. The logic flows and therefore makes sense. You are probably using the wrong word when you were trying to make a retort.
3. "As a rule of thumb, impacting into another car is equivalent to impacting into a rigid surface (like a wall) at half of the speed. This means that rear-ending a still car while going at 30 mph is equivalent, in terms of forces, to impacting a wall at 15 mph. The same is true for the impacted vehicle."

MEANING he either had an extremely fast car, and/or your car was worth near to nothing in the first place, and/or you decelerated extremely fast as he accelerated into your butt, and/or you continued to apply the brakes once he hit you.

OR

The alleged tailgater wasn't tailgating at all but was just a non-attentive driver (this would make more sense with your story than what you have told us).

Remember that tailgating means that he was extremely close to your rear bumper.

You didn't say if you hit the brakes once he hit u from behind. That would obviously cause more damage to your car than if you

If there is anything else i missed, please fill me in (i dont recall all the details of your accident)

6000sux, just be glad you weren't driving a pinto.

what does "ftw" sand for?

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: edro
...I finally got a "Following too close" ticket last night.

Flame away slow drivers!

If Skoorb were still a regular, he could commend you.

(who knows, he still may)