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Me personally, I don't tailgate for one very simple reason. Since I have insurance and if I hit that person for whatever reason (he brake checks me, I go too fast, etc, etc), my insurance pays and they tend to frown on it.
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I get out of the left lane when I see someone catching up to me,,, sorta like the autobahn,,, but when (like the original poster stated,,, on a two lane country road) someone tailgates me I slow down to 5 MPH under the limit, and keep it there, I feel that the 5 MPH under the limit is good defensive driving, just in case I do need to slam on the brakes,,, i.e. deer runs out, car backs out of a driveway,,, etc.
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It's the law here. Slower traffic keep right. It does not matter what speed you are doing, if there is someone faster, you are legally required to move over. Period. And in the realistic world, that is a very good law. It is designed to prevent people from going ballistic when stuck behind a slower car, even if the slower car is doing over the speed limit.
Face it, someone that is driving 90 while the majority of people are doing 75, in heavy traffic, is a problem. This law makes it where he/she can just keep on going without causing a confrontation. It certainly beats making the impatient driver weave in and out of traffic. Notice that this law is totally independent of the speed that you're going. IMO, that is a very smart move. There are some that say "I'm doing the speed limit, so I can stay in the left lane, since the other person is going too fast." Not so. What the other person is doing is none of your concern, and furthermore, unless you carry a badge, you do not have any legal right to slow or stop them. The realistic version of this is that if you refuse to move over, you are creating a more dangerous situation. It's all about dealing with reality, not the so-called perfect world situation. I always try to move over as soon as possible, even if I might have slipped a few MPHs over the limit....
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Very well put. Every drives different speeds, and for different reasons. I always assume that someone coming up on me fast, has a reason to be wanting to drive that fast, and it's up to me to honor that reason. In New England there are some unwritten rules of the road. Below the speed limit is unacceptable, and in the left lane on the highway, absolutely unacceptable. When riding someone's tail, it is your unwritten agreement..."If you promise to get to the right in short order to let me pass, I promise to go around you quickly and get out of your way." It is in reponse to too many situations where someone went right to allow a pass, the passing vehicle crept up, didn't really pass, but ultimately trapped the first car in the right lane.
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I remember someone putting Citronella oil in a can and squirting it into his exhaust manifold, for "mosquito fogging" ha!
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Well, you should just hit the brakes at that point. Same as you would if you were in a drive gear. The brakes don't stop working, if the car is in Neutral..
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It's called speeding.
Some of the roads I travel are winding country roads with poor lines of sight. Plenty of times I see people walking or jogging. Or bicyclists. A few years back one of the neighbors was killed jogging. Presumably he was trying to keep healthy. I am responsible for the safe operation of my car, not the leadfoot behind me. So he isn't going to force me to drive his way, because as I've said I'm responsible for the safe operation of my car. I usually go about 5 miles above the speed limit, so I guess that makes me a slowpoke. Too bad. One day I looked in my rear view mirror and saw one car on my tail and a second car on his tail. Thinking perhaps there was some real urgency I managed to find a spot to pull over and let them both pass. As I cruised by the local beer joint there they both were just getting out of their cars. I guess it was some sort of *emergency* after all.
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'When we were in high school ...In the '70's ...One guy mounted an aircraft
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I simple like to brake check people.... They stop tailgating.
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I just give the trailer brake, hand lever, a good hard tug. It causes the brakes on the trailer to lock up, while the tractor brakes remain off. Just accellerate while doing it, and keep the trailer behind you, and pull the lever. The result is the trailer wheels locking up, and a fantastic smoke show, with no actual threat to anyone involved. The tractor will just drag the trailer for a second, with the wheels locked up.
The only downfall to this, is that if you do it often enough, you end up with flat spots on the trailer tires, and it makes funky noises. Every time you do it, they lock up on the exact same spot on the trailer tires. Pretty cool, especially when pulling someone else's trailer to begin with....LOL
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Did you read the first post?
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If I'm on a 2 lane road and you tailgate me while driving the posted limit, you might be the next person getting a piece of a dead 'gator (broken truck tire tread) in your radiator. YES! it really happened. I tried to dodge it and the sorority girl called her uncle the deputy. Long story short - she got a lesson 'road hazard damage.'
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