Tailgating fun :p

[PepperElf]

I was a bitch today but I am not upset about it.

I can't say I'm totally immune to being angry about tailgaters. When they start riding my ass as if they think aggressive driving will make me speed for them it annoys me. But it doesn't make me go faster. I'll tune them out if I have to.


And sometimes I just pull a bitch act. Like I did today.


I'm driving down a hill and sure... you go faster down hills but that's what brakes are for. And on this hill the speed limit goes from 40 to 30.

I slow down to a little over 30 and the car behind me is RIGHT behind me. And looking angry cos I'm doing the speed limit. And even under normal conditions that won't make me speed, but on top of that, the cops were *everywhere* today. Must be the fact it stopped raining/snowing for a little while.

So anyway, car behind me is pissed, riding my ass. I'm constantly on the brakes to keep within the speed limit.

Finally I say... "Fine. Brake check!"
I didn't do a full one, but... enough of a hard tap that the driver behind me got a little scared of hitting me and backed off instantly. Even stayed off my ass until I got to my turn.

Then the car took off like a bat of out hell glad to be away from my slow speed-limit-obeying self.

to the driver: O well, you'll get over it.

[sarasquirrel]

this happens a lot to me, ill be driving to work and i have to go down a hill as well. he speed limit is 40, but i tend to go faster. maybe 45 or maybe 50

but there's been a couple times where for some reason im doing 60 and STILL have someone riding my ass. i mean im going 20 over the limit, and you still want to go faster ?

[otakuneko]

I brake-checked a cop once -- at night, so I didn't see the light rack.

I was all as the cruiser passed me and I saw the big blue letters on the side saying "POLICE"

...I'm still convinced that he was trying to make me go faster so he could ticket me.

[Bandit]

I brake-checked a cop once -- at night, so I didn't see the light rack.

I was all as the cruiser passed me and I saw the big blue letters on the side saying "POLICE"

...I'm still convinced that he was trying to make me go faster so he could ticket me.

Yep - that's one of their tricks at night. Tailgate to try to get the person ahead to speed then bang. Like shooting fish in a barrel for them.

B

[lvsssycat]

I despise tailgaters!

when some jerk is crawling up my butt, I decide that it is now the perfect time to to turn on the rear window washer.
Works every time!

[protege]

Yep - that's one of their tricks at night. Tailgate to try to get the person ahead to speed then bang.

I've had cops do that to me at night. Doesn't work, because (locally) the police cars are pretty obvious--they're all Ford Crown Vics, usually dark-colored, or white depending on borough/township. The spotlight on the A-pillar, the dog-dish hubcaps, the push bars on the front, plus the MG (municipal) prefix on the license plate tend to give them away. Oh, and if you're not doing anything, they always back off right before the borough line

[AriRashkae]

I've had cops do that to me at night. Doesn't work, because (locally) the police cars are pretty obvious--they're all Ford Crown Vics, usually dark-colored,

My mom bought an old Crown Vic statey unmarked car. basically, they just took out the fun electronics and stripped the identifiers. Faded dashboard said it was car #147.

I loved that thing. It was a tank, with a midline speed of 75. Made little tiny me feel much safer. Maneuvered pretty well for its size too. Plus, for the first few years, we would (unintentionally) scare the crap out of drivers on the highway (accidentally pulled a guy over who'd been annoying us with his high beams ), and never had a problem with crap drivers until they retired the last of the old Crown Vics.

[PepperElf]

so what happens if you stop quickly and the cop hits you? O_o

although i don't like the idea that they're trying to push people into speeding, that can be dangerous... and it's somewhat entrapment in my opinion.

it'll serve them right if someone does a full break-check and the cops it them... it'll look bad on the precinct i'm thinking

[finlayfox]

Here is what i do when i have a tailgater and i am going speed limit +...
First if i am a little over, i slow to speed limit. once at speed limit if they still are on me like i am the drunk short-skirt girl at a club with no panties, i gradually slow down... and down... and down until i am 10 below the speed limit(or if on the interstate, the minimum posted speed). if they are still on me, i brake-check them. return to the lower speed, and stay that way until they get off my ass. and then once i minute or so i brake-check again, repeat until they are no longer there.

sub-note - this process has never gone on passed the second brake-check

[blas]

I have no tolerance for tailgaters. On my morning commute, I tend to go 70-75 on the freeway....well over the speed limit.......and people get on my ass and honk and fly past me doing well over 80. I hate the morning commute. Everyone must be late or just that important!

The worst part is my trip is about 10 miles of freeway, and sometimes the SAME bitch/asshole will tailgate me the entire time instead of just switching lanes!

[AriRashkae]

I've brake-checked a guy who was so close behind me I couldn't see his headlights. He stayed waaaaay back after that.

[Nashida]

Near my parts, brake-checking doesn't make them back off. It actually gets worse because they ride even closer, start flicking the high beams, and honking.

And I've had cops do that at night where they follow you to see if you speed, and I did my typical "speed limit or less" trick. He signals to pull over and I do so.

Me: Evening, Officer. Is there a problem?
Him: Yes. You from Massachusetts?
Me: Yes...
Him: Huh. You're the first person I've ever tailed who actually slowed down....

[AriRashkae]

Me: Evening, Officer. Is there a problem?
Him: Yes. You from Massachusetts?
Me: Yes...
Him: Huh. You're the first person I've ever tailed who actually slowed down....

Awesome. We're not called Massholes for nothing. My best friend's older brother, while he was teaching her to drive, said, "Don't drive defensively. Drive offensively. Drive to piss off the jerks!"