Tailgating
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From: Lexington, SC
I sharply speed up 5-10 mph, watch rear view mirror to see what happens. If he stays on my bumper, I promply drop it down one gear. I dont touch the brake. I wouldnt like to warn them. Oh-yeah, its funny to see them trying to slow down and stay in control. This technique is used only in a case of a really rude person (a person that just wants to tailgate and not go around). Yeah, I know its dangerous. No kids in both cars.
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From: Alberta, Canada
my rear bumper is higher than the hood of an average car, so, tailgate me at will, oh, and I have this big hitch that likes to be implaled up a warm tosty radaitor...and I have 8 ft box that carries gravel and lots of heavy stuff.....If you can't keep up, than its best you stay the hell away from me, and no I don't tailgate, I like to stop with out hitting any one and I have respect for the road, even chevy and dodge owners.....
If someone is tailgating me, and they have a way around me, but choose not to pass......
I will usually slow down 5 miles per hour. If that does not work then I slow down another 5 miles per hour. If they still are enjoying tailgating me I will let off the gas until a.) we come to a complete stop b.) he/she gets fed up enough to go around. As soon as they attempt to pass, I speed up. If they are faster than me, then they have gotten the point, if they aren't...then they get to play all over again.
Most tailgaters here are males...probably 18-30. Driving whatever will burn gas. No matter how fast you go, there is always someone that thinks you are going to slow.
Now if I am in the fast lane passing a slower vehicle and I am being tailgated, I will speed up so as to get around the slower vehicles and out of the way.
I would love to have some sort of spray nozzle mounted on the bottom of my rear bumper, with a resevoir filled with some sort of syrup type liquid. Sticky, and a pain in the @ss to get off.
I will usually slow down 5 miles per hour. If that does not work then I slow down another 5 miles per hour. If they still are enjoying tailgating me I will let off the gas until a.) we come to a complete stop b.) he/she gets fed up enough to go around. As soon as they attempt to pass, I speed up. If they are faster than me, then they have gotten the point, if they aren't...then they get to play all over again.
Most tailgaters here are males...probably 18-30. Driving whatever will burn gas. No matter how fast you go, there is always someone that thinks you are going to slow.
Now if I am in the fast lane passing a slower vehicle and I am being tailgated, I will speed up so as to get around the slower vehicles and out of the way.
I would love to have some sort of spray nozzle mounted on the bottom of my rear bumper, with a resevoir filled with some sort of syrup type liquid. Sticky, and a pain in the @ss to get off.
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From: Cape Coral, FL
I haven't been tailegated in 8 years.
My g/f thinks I have race car syndrome. I can't stand to be passed by anyone. Most of the roads around here are multi-lane, straight and flat.
HMMM. Just like a racetrack.
My g/f thinks I have race car syndrome. I can't stand to be passed by anyone. Most of the roads around here are multi-lane, straight and flat.
HMMM. Just like a racetrack.
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From: Somewhere near the back of beyond
Originally posted by MROLDV8
Far be it for me to be sexist...but around here, most tailgaters are women. Is this true anywhere else?
MR
Far be it for me to be sexist...but around here, most tailgaters are women. Is this true anywhere else?
MR
I don't usually pay a whole lot of attention to the gender of the person at the wheel behind me.
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From: N. Florida
Originally posted by wild-mtn-rose
Besides with the weather we've had here lately tailgating is a really, really bad idea.
Besides with the weather we've had here lately tailgating is a really, really bad idea.
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From: Oxford, CT
Ya' know 01 XLT SPORT, you are now officially one of my heros. I was trying to explain to my wife the minivan principle. If you see a minivan being driven aggressively it is 99.9% of the time a male driver.
Originally posted by 01 XLT Sport
Here in the great state of New Hampshire the most aggressive, obnoxious and usual tailgaters are males with no *****’s. They drive the evil minivan and seem to be on a mission to prove their non-manhood by tailgating.
I look at the minivan for what it is, the special bus for soccer dads that have had their ********* cut off by the “real man”, the one that really wears the pant in the house (the wife).
With that said if I am driving my Lightning I am already pissing them off when they come up on me because my plate says UDLOSE. Once they get close, AND if I have room, I simply nail it and leave them back in the wusshood so they can reminisce about their past manhood prior to acquiring the “special bus”.
I am telling you, these guys driving these minivans are some evil motherfluckers…
If I am not in my Lightning I don’t do anything but continue to drive, like they are not there because for me a minivan is nothing to fear, its not a big truck, its not a big rig, it’s a special bus for mommy to take the children to soccer practice or for daddy to get stuck with while mommy is driving the F250 to work…
Sometimes I let them pass and then I get into my NASCAR attitude and draft them. Drafting is different then tailgating because drafting is a strategic move to conserve fuel and if need be, to have the ability to slingshot around the guy in front. It’s manipulating the airflow for my advantage.
The reason drafting is different then tailgating is tailgating is just something morons in minivans do because they are pissed off they are driving the minivan to begin with…
Here in the great state of New Hampshire the most aggressive, obnoxious and usual tailgaters are males with no *****’s. They drive the evil minivan and seem to be on a mission to prove their non-manhood by tailgating.
I look at the minivan for what it is, the special bus for soccer dads that have had their ********* cut off by the “real man”, the one that really wears the pant in the house (the wife).
With that said if I am driving my Lightning I am already pissing them off when they come up on me because my plate says UDLOSE. Once they get close, AND if I have room, I simply nail it and leave them back in the wusshood so they can reminisce about their past manhood prior to acquiring the “special bus”.
I am telling you, these guys driving these minivans are some evil motherfluckers…
If I am not in my Lightning I don’t do anything but continue to drive, like they are not there because for me a minivan is nothing to fear, its not a big truck, its not a big rig, it’s a special bus for mommy to take the children to soccer practice or for daddy to get stuck with while mommy is driving the F250 to work…
Sometimes I let them pass and then I get into my NASCAR attitude and draft them. Drafting is different then tailgating because drafting is a strategic move to conserve fuel and if need be, to have the ability to slingshot around the guy in front. It’s manipulating the airflow for my advantage.
The reason drafting is different then tailgating is tailgating is just something morons in minivans do because they are pissed off they are driving the minivan to begin with…
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Originally posted by 01 XLT Sport
Here in the great state of New Hampshire the most aggressive, obnoxious and usual tailgaters are males with no *****’s. They drive the evil minivan and seem to be on a mission to prove their non-manhood by tailgating.
I look at the minivan for what it is, the special bus for soccer dads that have had their ********* cut off by the “real man”, the one that really wears the pant in the house (the wife).
With that said if I am driving my Lightning I am already pissing them off when they come up on me because my plate says UDLOSE. Once they get close, AND if I have room, I simply nail it and leave them back in the wusshood so they can reminisce about their past manhood prior to acquiring the “special bus”.
Here in the great state of New Hampshire the most aggressive, obnoxious and usual tailgaters are males with no *****’s. They drive the evil minivan and seem to be on a mission to prove their non-manhood by tailgating.
I look at the minivan for what it is, the special bus for soccer dads that have had their ********* cut off by the “real man”, the one that really wears the pant in the house (the wife).
With that said if I am driving my Lightning I am already pissing them off when they come up on me because my plate says UDLOSE. Once they get close, AND if I have room, I simply nail it and leave them back in the wusshood so they can reminisce about their past manhood prior to acquiring the “special bus”.
ain't that the truth! but not just in NH. We have these *******-whipped guys in Canada too!
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From: Gulf Coast
Normally I don't care how close the other driver is to me, unless I can't see their headlights. I measured it one day and for a typical car to be close enough to not see thier headlights they have to be within 20 ft. If they are that close I do one of two things. 1) swerve to the side and throw crap on their windshield or, 2) slow down to a safe speed for the 20 ft interval. Normally it's the latter, our shoulders only have sand. As soon as they slow down and back off so I can see their headlights I speed up to normal speed again.
