How do you react when drivers tailgate you?

ClubSilencio

Sometimes I just don't understand it.

How do you react?

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curvy_gamer_loses

Depends. I stay out of the left lane unless I am passing, but if it's a one lane I usually drive 5-10mph over the speed limit but people still tailgate. A quick/light tapping of my brakes gets most people to back off but if they don't I slow down to the exact speed limit

ScottyNoHotty

I usually get a new bumper from their insurance company

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AllOutof_Bubblegum

You do NOT want to tailgate me, ever. I will literally take my foot off the gas and coast. For as long as they can stand it. Then when they've had enough and change lanes to pass me, I gun the gas and refuse to let them ahead of me. This continues for as long as I feel necessary. Lol. I'm evil to people who are dicks for no reason.

caroldavison332

I joyfully pull more to the right and let them pass. Why not?

ew_david

Immediate rage.

myheartsabattleground

In driving school, had a cop tailgate me once. Really scary !

k8blujay

I slow my *kitten* back down to 5 under... especially if there are other cars around that they can't get around... why? because I meet asshatery with asshatery.

AllOutof_Bubblegum

mapmaker_k8 wrote: »

I slow my *kitten* back down to 5 under... especially if there are other cars around that they can't get around... why? because I meet asshatery with asshatery.

Doc0862

In car - brake check and or let the pecker heads pass.
On bike - Pull my 357 mag and wink at em.
357 works EVERY time.

Timshel_

Had a girl doing this just last week. On a three lane road, speed limit is 45 an i am doing about 50. Guy is in the middle lane so I move to the right lane and slowly start passing him. The left lane is completely open but this girl decideds she is going to run up on my butt while I pass. I mean, she is about bump-drafting me, it was THAT close. I waited till she move back just a bit and gave her a quick brake check (tap the brake peddle really quick while still having a foot on the gas). She locked up, screeched tires a bit and moved back. Of course, soon as I was around the other guy she drives by and flips me off. Meh...

I saw her just a mile up the road were traffic always backs up and she wasn't tailgating anyone at least.

The next day I saw her speeding down the side shoulder when traffic stopped. Unfortunately, she will kill someone and not just herself with the way she drives.

I always say, you want to see the true nature of someone, drive with them.

cwolfman13

I'm usually in bumper to bumper traffic...so everyone is tailgating everyone...at about 2 MPH

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OneHundredToLose

Slam on your brakes, causing them to rear-end you. Get out, slam their head against the steering wheel until they stop moving. Pull them out, cut them open, play jump rope with their intestines. Plead insanity, spend the rest of your days in a cushy asylum where you get three square meals and a cute nurse brings you happy pills everyday.

jbuzzed

Doesn't really bother me unless it's at night and they have their brights on. If they don't want to pass me, that's their problem.

I did have a psycho follow me home once though to "teach me a lesson" for some perceived slight. I was bothered by her tailgating.

lisalsd1

I usually just pull on to the shoulder and let them pass. I just bought a new car; it was an expensive "mom mobile."

Akimajuktuq

Happened to me just today in a school zone. I'm already going a couple clicks over the speed limit, we have fresh snow, it's warm and as slick as loon poop as a result. I did a little break check, they started waving both arms around (cuz you don't need arms to drive a car apparently) and backed off just a tiny bit but still followed dangerously close... then I just ignored them because they aren't worth me losing sleep over or getting so enraged that I'm a danger to others. (Caveat: I am on some anti-psychotic medication and it's really helping.... to keep the morons I encounter alive! lol)

MikaMojito

Interesting how many of your use educational breaking to annoy tailgaters. If you do that in Germany, you can lose your license! No matter how irresponsible the driver behind you is, if you break without reason and this causes an accident, you're screwed.

So mostly, I ignose it these days. If there are only 2 lanes and I really want to get past a truck, I'll overtake and speed up quite a bit. If somebody is faster, I move back to the right lane. However, if there's a speed limit on both lanes and I still want to ovetake the trucks (eg 120km/h speed limit, truck at 80 km/h), I could not care less if some stupid tailgater gets stuck behind me. I've got every right to overtake while staying within the speed limit.

Justn7883

Just slooowwww way down lol

Akimajuktuq

It's also against the law to follow too closely. In my case, I don't slam on the breaks, just enough to put the lights on. Seriously, when people are risking my life and my child's life (and other children's lives-ie the school zone) by following too closely it's hard to completely ignore it. I mean they were right on my bumper, otherwise I do generally ignore it because you can't fix stupid.

LCbaby0x

Lol I'm from jersey.. What do you think? Lol

Iguessicandothis

My car has guts and I drive fast. Unless it's a school or construction zone, nobody tailgates me. And if they do in those areas, I just ignore. I'm saving them from getting a very hefty speeding fine.

star1407

AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »

You do NOT want to tailgate me, ever. I will literally take my foot off the gas and coast. For as long as they can stand it. Then when they've had enough and change lanes to pass me, I gun the gas and refuse to let them ahead of me. This continues for as long as I feel necessary. Lol. I'm evil to people who are dicks for no reason.

Omg you and my husband would get on so well!

Once I got enraged by someone driving like a complete *******. She was actually dangerous, not just tailgating but she had cut us up, beeping her horn etc, and was really scaring my little boy who is autistic and has massive anxieties. I was half out the car at the traffic lights with my walking stick in hand ready to beat her to death before hubby sat me back down and talked me down. And I'm a pacifist!

Mapalicious

caroldavison332 wrote: »

I joyfully pull more to the right and let them pass. Why not?

The first not aggressive nor passive aggressive answer on here.

I wish I had your self control.

Being in a car makes me into a different animal.

Athijade

If I can get over safely, I will do so. If I can't, I will do what I can to get to a point where I am able to. If it is something where getting over is 100% not possible, then I will slow down enough where, if they hit me, it won't cause too much damage to me or my vehicle.

In other words, they are simply not worth it.

Birkah

I flip on my windshield wiper fluid and spray the crud out of them. People usually slow down a bit to look to turn on their wipers. Repeat as necessary. Note: This is extremely humorous if the offending vehicle is a convertible with the top down.

itzgoob

I'm always going 10-15 over so generally I slow down

sunnybeaches105

And the answers to this thread demonstrate why I stopped riding my bike or buying expensive cars. Way too many crazies on the roads.