Tailgaters... what do?
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What do you guys do about tailgaters? Brake check and they'll ram you as they're probably playing with their phone and eating doritos. I have this bumper sticker and it actually seems to have helped some. But there are still some determined to be assholes. What do, /o/?
>>15430270
>What do you guys do about tailgaters?
pull over, let them take lead, switch on highbeams and tailgate them.
They always try to lose me but they never can.
>>15430270
>What do you guys do about tailgaters?
move over since i'm not a passive aggressive prick
>>15430290
On a 2 lane hwy with no shoulder?
>>15430283
How about you worry about what's in front of you instead and move over faggot literally almost beat the shit out of two rear view drivers who tried to brake check me but they missed their exit like scared faggots they are
>>15430283
>tfw people tailgate me because I'm in a coupe
>mfw I have two sets of high beams on my car and fog lights
>>15430296
I say fuck'em. That's what I do. Have to take a stretch of road that goes from two lane hwy, splits to 4 way for a bit, then back to two at three different points. Speed limit is 55, I'll set the cruise to 60. I don't give a shit how fast that asshole behind wants to go. Fucker can go around or wait a couple of minutes. It's always some fucker in a SUV.
>Side and rear mirrors auto adjust to light
>Ignore them
If they're being particularly obnoxious and don't pass me
>Let off gas (but don't brake)
>65...55...45...30...20
>Gun it as they try and pass me
>Always win
V8 stronk
>>15430270
Ignore them. Go ahead, rear end me, my trailer hitch will wreck your engine.
>>15430270
Vigilante Justice just lock up your brakes
>>15430339
You're the cancer
>>15430352
Proud of it
If I'm on a straight away and someone tries to pass me, I always slow and yield to them.
But if some lifted brotruck is riding my ass while I'm doing 10 over on curvy roads, you bet I'm going to fuck with them.
>Don't even give a fuck
I downshift 2 gears without using any brakes. So the lights don't go on but my car starts to suddenly slow down. Usually scares the shit out of them I would imagine.
>>15430366
That's how you get your lucky civic smashed into a ditch
>>15430270
Brake check hard because shitbox. Haven't gotten rear ended yet.
>>15430376
Naw, only you would be dumb enough to fly off the road from a minor rear end.
Just gently slow down until they piss off.
Downshift and enjoy the payout
>get tailgated
>speed up and pull over into the next lane aggressively
>they're too much of a pussy to overtake
>>15430544
Forgot to add
>slow down to match their speed when you're in the other lane
I never get tailgated unless I'm being a retard and not paying attention in the left lane.
If I'm on a four-lane road, I try to find an other vehicle going the speed limit and match speeds while I'm next to them.
>>15430270
>doing twenty over
>some cunt still tailgates
>always have their fucking high beams on
It was worth it the one time I ran by a speed trap that had a cop in it. Cop went after the dude behind me and I sailed off. Scared me for a moment the cop would overtake and gun it for me but nawh. Dumbass prick.
>>15430339
This. Auto dimming mirorrs ftw, your high beams don't bother me, and I'm sure my tiny car is faster than yours. Bring it assholes, cuz I'm a bigger one.
>>15430352
good
>>15430270
Slow down gradually and trigger them. You see how triggered tailgaters get in these threads when people tell them they're stupid for being passive aggressive needledicks and tailgating, it's fucking hilarious.
I throw my Starbucks out the sunroof so it hits their windshield. I've gotten pretty good at it. I think I'm going to start keeping a stash of lead pellets or s.t maybe rig am airsoft gin through to point at the back if that's not illegal
>>15430665
yeah enjoy getting shot in a driveby or rammed off the road.
>>15430639
I suppose I'm a special case as I will trigger the tail gaters and rage hard but that is only if I am in the right. Slow fucks blocking the left lane and not passing I will ride their ass all day.
Meander the lane.
Scares the shit out of people.
>>15430665
A handful of pennies is both innocent enough to find in a car and able to scare the shit out of people when tossed at their undercarriage at speed.
>>15430682
>Slow fucks blocking the left lane and not passing I will ride their ass all day.
You're a fucking shrimpdicked passive aggressive idiot. Enjoy your at-fault crash.
>>15430703
Ahhh does babby not understand the law is keep right except to pass? Enjoy my high beams, I'm sure my sports car with sticky rubber will stop faster than your shitbox grandpa
>inb4 two wrongs don't make a right
But they sure do bother you huh?
>>15430665
My friend has rear window wipers on his GTi, he turned the water sprayers straight back so that they shoot water at tailgaters. It's pretty funny actually.
>>15430724
lmao
triggered immediately just like I said, I barely had to change my phrasing
>>15430270
Speed up to the point where they're not close to me anymore. My speed is determined by the cars in front or behind me.
>>15430352
Maybe you shouldn't have such a weak titty car
>>15430270
Ignore them and continue on with my cruise control set at the speed limit.
I'm usually in the right hand land with at least 3 more lanes to my left (I live in Los Angeles), so if they're behind me it's their own fault.
I ignore them entirely and drive at the speed I want to. If they want to pass the can pass.
>>15430732
Oh geez I'm the triggered one? Top kek. Get out the left lane gramps.
Is it too much to expect people to follow the law? I just don't get it. I'll brake check you or tailgate you if you are breaking the law you shrimpdicked slow driving idiot, and I'd expect people to do the same if I'm in the wrong.
>>15430764
>HE'S BREAKING THE LAW!
>I BETTER BREAK THE LAW TOO!
>I'LL SHOW HIM!
>>15430764
Not every state has a "keep right" law.
>>15430764
>so triggered he starts going on a damage control rant about how going too slow for his personal preference is against the law
>so triggered that he forgot that tailgating is against the law
the comedy doesn't stop!
>>15430779
>inb4 two wrongs don't make a right
>But they sure do bother you huh?
kek. like I said, I don't give two fucks about the law I just want you out of my damned way, just as I don't get butthurt when people get on my ass when I forget to get over.
>>15430787
Mine does, tell that to the mexicans tho please.
>>15430794
I shoot back ;)
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>>15430787
"Keep right" only applies to cars going slower than the speed limit. It's not designed so people are required to give the right of way to people breaking the law, and it would be silly to think so.
Never had tailgater problem.
How do you find them?
>>15430802
>inb4 two wrongs don't make a right
It is illegal in my state to block traffic in the left most lane. This isn't personal preference it is the law. Its not like I tailgate people going below the limit on two lane roads, nothing wrong with that "personal preference."
Come on autismo give me some more. Did a bro truck tailgate you today?
>>15430335
This. I drive a full sized pickup, I'm a pretty civil driver and am mindful of the size of my vehicle. I'm not going to do any squirrely bullshit unless some fuckery is afoot. But goddamn if it doesn't put me in stitches when some douchenoodle tries to bully me on a county road with a prius or something.
>>15430804
>that picture
Literally me. ;-;
I tailgate people camping the left lane.
I dont tailgate when:
>there is someone in front of them
>inclement weather
>they are going 10 or more over
>heavy traffic
Otherwise stay right until you need to pass. Jesus christ.
>>15430806
Except most laws are written as "impeding the flow of traffic" and not "going the speed limit."
>>15430806
>"Keep right except to pass"
>"It is unlawful to continuously drive in the leftmost lane blocking traffic"
>"You must pull over and allow other vehicles to pass if you are obstructing more than 5 vehicles"
Literally all those are legal in my state. There is nothing silly about it, you can't go the speed limit in the left lane unless passing and you can't go under the speed limit and hold up more than 5 cars. You state must suck, no wonder you guys get so butthurt.
>>15430820
As you can see half the people in here think it is their right to camp the left lane. What you have posted is common courtesy, something they don't get by getting the hell right.
![if-i-agreed-with-you-we-would-both-be-wrong-bill-nye[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/5GkSJK7.jpg "if-i-agreed-with-you-we-would-both-be-wrong-bill-nye[1].jpg")
>>15430821
>>15430822
There is no law that requires you to let people speed. The speed limit is very clear and easy to understand... for most people.
>>15430831
You need to read the way the laws are written. Please find one of the "keep right" laws that even mentions the speed limit and not the flow of traffic.
>>15430831
>"Keep right except to pass"
>"It is unlawful to continuously drive in the leftmost lane blocking traffic"
Speed limit or not you can't just drive in the left lane in the State of Washington. Speed limit or not, it is against the law. And that not an opinion, that is fact. Maybe in your state its different but here you would be ticketed for holding up the speeders. God bless, they just had a campaign to pull over left lane campers like you.
>>15430296
You can still pass cars on a 2 lane highway, the line just has to be dashed on your side and you must have good visibility to make sure no vehicles go opposite direction.
>>15430831
RCW 46.61.100
Keep right except to pass:
(2) Upon all roadways having two or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction, all vehicles shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic, except (a) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, (b) when traveling at a speed greater than the traffic flow
(4) It is a traffic infraction to drive continuously in the left lane of a multilane roadway when it impedes the flow of other traffic.
No note of speed limit, either be in the left lane passing people or get right (2). And if you aren't the fastest car in the left lane (4) you have to get right and let the speeder pass you before you fall in behind them.
Have you even read your State's Rules of the Road? You probably should
>>15430842
>>15430844
It is illegal to travel above the speed limit at any time.
I cannot make this any clearer.
>>15430873
And it is illegal to obstruct the speeder in the left lane (4) of the above post. It is not your right to play traffic cop, in fact it is illegal for you to obstruct the speeder in WA State.
>>15430869
>>15430822
I get super, mega butthurt. It's a very simple concept. Normies just don't fucking get it.
>Stay right unless to pass
In a hurry? You're playing leapfrog, which is just fine.
>>15430873
Nobody is talking about speeding not being illegal you goalpost moving retard. It doesn't matter if a car is speeding or not, if they're going faster than you, get out of the left lane. Maybe you need to go back to school and learn how to read before you try to argue with anyone. I still don't see a keep right law mentioning you have to be driving the speed limit.
>>15430880
Exactly which is part (4) of this post >>15430869
>Left-Right-Left-Right-Let the bigger speeder pass-Left...
God damned normies
>>15430743
How do you drive the limit in LA? No matter where I am, if its not rush hour, everyone is going 20 over, even in the right lanes. In fact, I almost got fubared a bit ago on the 5 because I was "only" going 75
>>15430820
Exactly.
>>15430873
That is not the point. Playing traffic cop obstructing the left lane with your shitbox just to ruin someone's day with your holier than thou ideals does not make you correct.
Yes you are correct, I am breaking the law going faster than the speed limit. You are breaking the law AND a massive faggot for intentionally blocking my way improperly using the left lane.
Also, better hope we don't end up in the same destination. Because your fedora isn't going to protect you from the public scene that's about to happen.
>>15430878
>>15430888
>>15430913
I acknowledge your replies.
>>15430969
I look forward to meeting you in hell
>>15430913
(You)
>>15430989
>thinking I am fishing for replies
>>15430326
>that poor grammar and sentence composition
All you're beating is your stepdad's BBC for gas money. Fuck off.
>>15430794
>Get whiplashed
>Survive
Their insurance pays my medical bills.
>inb4 no insurance
Enjoy getting your wages gouged or a lien stuck on any asset you own.
>>15431123
Its called "garnished" my redneck friend.
>imblying they'd stop
Hope you have underinsured motorist coverage
>>15431141
I do.
>>15430339
Fuck you
>average tailgaters ITT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQJOKM9GkVg
>get brakechecked at slow speed
>still manage to roll the vehicle
You faggots don't know how to drive, admit it.
>>15430270
>What do you guys do about tailgaters?
Drive in yurop, so I don't meet them
i go faster til they back off
lets see how fast you really want to go
>>15430335
This, right here. As long as I'm doing the posted speed or better (protip: I'm always doing at least 5 over) I don't care about the driver behind me.
>>15430794
>living in 'murrica
>>15430270
quick flash of the rear fog lights... people associate bright red lights on the back of the vehicle with braking, so they brake, but since its fog lights, and i'm not actually braking, i'm not going to get my shit rekt... hopefully...
Nothing. I sometimes pull over if I notice they're tourists, but just a few meters before a speed camera so they get fucked.
>mfw triggering tailgaters by slowing down gradually then nailing it when they go to pass
>mfw this will trigger tailgaters in this threat who will start calling me names and telling me that I'm "obstructing the flow" and other shit which is "illegal" while completely ignoring that as long as I'm going the speed limit it's the tailgater who is doing something "illegal"
>>15432380
>Nothing. I sometimes pull over if I notice they're terrorists
>>15431891
>get pulled over
>get shot by police
Whoops! Try again?
>downshift
>backfire and shoot fireball out of tailpipe
>>15430895
most of my commute is on the 5, which is loaded with trucks. trucks usually stick near the speed limit and i flow with them.
>>15435084
i'm not black and my car is registered to a very prominent former politician
they don't waste traffic stop time on rich people
>>15436185
Ugh. Fuck that, takes forever to get anywhere. I'm seriously starting to think about moving out of here. I love LA but holy fuck the shitty drivers are getting to me.
>>15430878
it is not your job to play traffic cop
i had someone swing their arms out the window purposefully enter my lane causing me to slam on my brakes because they thought i was going to fast
> shits dangerous
>>15430878
>>15430913
Driving the speed limit is now "playing cop."
kek
>>15430270
If you break because you saw a deer coming out of the woods you get to walk out with the insurance money because 9 times out of 10 it's going to be seen as their fault for hitting you.
this is from the 2016 driver's manual. If you are being tail-gated, change lanes or pull off the road.
Highway patrol can deliver citation for obstruction of the flow of traffic. Keep in mind that they have quota to meet so a ticket can be delivered to a driver deemed to be an obstruction just as easily as someone speeding (actually, it's easier).
>>15437133
"Obstructing the flow" of speeders is absolutely ridiculous.
>If you’re driving along Highway 101 in the far left lane and you’re doing the speed limit of 65 mph, are you legally required to move over for drivers who want to go even faster?
>No, says CHP Officer Jon Sloat.
>“You may annoy some people but it’s not illegal,” he says.
>But at the same time, he notes, while it’s legal to go the speed limit and not move over, the “smart thing is to move over and let the idiots go and we’ll catch up to them.”
http://roadwarrior.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/12162/do-you-have-to-let-them-pass/
I drive normally cause the one time I brake checked I put a lot of people/cars in danger
>learners license w/ mom and her car
>1 lane past transit train station
>its 7am heavy pedestrians cause transit
>guy is tailgating me and I'm already 10 over
>see pedestrian waiting to cross I know he doesn't
>full stop heavy break check
he backed off tho
I tailgate everbody I see at any speed they're going because I enjoy the thrill of knowing any mistake will probably kill me.
I followed some guys in mercedeses and bmw's going >200kmh in 90kmh area trying to shake me off, and more often than not they did because my car isn't very fast.
The faster you go, the more adrenaline you get trying to touch their back bumper.
>>15430270
What do I do?
>the speed limit and dont look at them when the overtake
>If you drive stick, gear down so the break lights dont come on
>If on freeway wait untill they get cockey to get right up your ass then slam breaks just enough to make them think they will hit then speed off. If done right they should almost lose control.
Otherwise who the fuck cares, if im not speeding or in a fat lane im not risking my licence for anyone.
>>15430562
What country do you live were drivers are friendly like that? I stay out of the fast lanes and usually drive the speed limit yet people think its ok to drive up my ass
>>15430270
So at an interchange like this, where three lanes turn into two separate directions with two lanes each, and I want to go to the left, what should I do?
Because I got into the middle lane pretty soon after passing the sign. I went around 15 km/h above the limit, but was still tailgated by some guy in a van, who then gave me the finger when he passed me when he went to the right at the interchange.
Should I have stayed in the rightmodt lane longer? It seems risky, because I don't want to get into a heavily trafficked lane in the last minute, and it was still possible to pass me in the leftmost lane.
We don't have these kinds of interchanges in my country, because we don't really have any large highways, so I guess I'm not used to it.
>>15430270
Apply brakes sporadically and with force
There was this BMW driver (WHAT A FUCKING SURPRISE) in his 335i tailgating the shit out of my car even though I was going 10mph above the speed limit, I can't even, he was so close I could see his fucking face in the rear view mirror.
What did I do?
>Completly move my foot away from the gas pedal.
>>Let the car deacelerate by itself
>From 70 to 50 mph (speed limit was 60)
>He gets desperate and starts swerving around to pass me.
>it's a two way lane.
>He goes for it, fucker was too close to clearly see that a truck was coming from the oposite way at full speed.
>He panic and steers back into my lane while breaking.
>He loses control and oversteers into a ditch.
I was laughing so hard that day.
>>15437920
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9T8UVY6TDI
>>15430270
floor it
>>15437920
>so close i could see his face in the mirror
you've never driven a car have you
you can see people's faces in the mirror in pretty much any situation
>driving in heavy rain at night on a small Appalachian back road (two lanes, one for going to town and one for leaving town)
>very curvy and wet so I'm going slow (about 35 mph)
>big ass dodge ram zooms in behind me, gets right on my bumper
>guy flicks on highbeams
>continue to go the same speed and ignore him
>guy flicks on big ass LED bar
>still not changing my speed
>guy veers into the lane driving the wrong way to pass me
>has head-on collision with a soccer mom SUV with two broken headlights
>pretty sure everyone died
Tailgating is a bad behavior, and I admit that I'm guilty of it sometimes. Not out of malice, the problem for me usually comes when a driver is wildly inconsistent in speed (e.g. speed limit is forty and within a minute they've gone between 20mph and 45mph up and down repeatedly without rhyme or reason).
When you do get tailgated, brake checking isn't really a good idea. The idea of "revenge" or "just desserts" may seem gratifying, but the driver is likely to do one of two things:
1) If the option to legally pass you exists, he does, in which case the brake check probably wasn't necessary.
2) Assume that your brake lights coming on probably aren't legitimate, which means if you have to make a sudden stop, he rear ends you. Even if he is "at fault" for the accident, unless he's 100% at fault (Rare) you'll lose your good driver discount on insurance, and your car will still be diminished in value from the accident.
>>15437133
It's really up to states and locales to determine how they want to ticket. Ticketing speeders is easy, but if you're presenting a significant disruption to the flow of traffic you can be ticketed. Most states have regulations to stay to the right except to pass, so even if you are doing the speed limit you are supposed to move to the right if you are no longer passing traffic to your right.
>>15432410
It's less about legality and more about common sense. What you're doing is pointless and petty, and makes it more likely that the other driver performs a risky passing behavior, making it more likely that he, other drivers, and/or you get involved in an accident as a result. Speed limits in the US on highways are typically 55 or 65mph for fuel efficiency, not safety, and if the flow of traffic on the flow is regularly above the speed limit than going the speed limit (or just under it) may be more dangerous. Studies have proven that the safest speed is essentially the average of the road, with increasing accident risks as you deviate from that.
Why do people with powerful cars tailgate more than people with shitty cars? I drive a 316i and I don't tailgate before overtaking but I've been tailgated numerous times by more powerful Beemers and Audis (mostly). VAG, BMW and Merc drivers are absolutely the worst in terms of tailgating. I only tailgate people who drive 20kmh under the limit and they're the only car in front of me, but I pass them as soon as it's possible.
>there are people in this world who won't move over unless you tailgate them
It happens to me all the time on the way to work. Some broad or 60+ dude in the left lane who has 40 cards queued up behind them but they won't even consider getting until the car immediately behind them glues itself to their bumper.
>>15430913
You do realize he's right, right?
It's not "Blocking the flow of traffic" to be in the left lane driving the speed limit when there are 5 douchenozzles trying to zip about, flying around 20+ over the speed limit.
In fact you'll get pulled over and charged with reckless driving for tailgating someone in this situation.
You're wrong, fag
>>15430339
>>15430623
Auto adjusting mirrors?
How to get them?
>be at intersection where 2 4 lanes meet
>light goes green
>accelerate to 30, speedlimit 35
>light is long as fuck so plenty of traffic
>white trash minivan lays on the horn, wont pass
>slap it in neutral and coast
>bitch taps me
>slam brakes
>bitch impales self on trailer hitch
>get out
>bitch gets out
>she screams that im endangering her and her child with my selfish driving
>after inspecting damage (there is none) we both drive off
>TFW someone endangers their own child because they're impatient
if asshats are going to be asshats, you dont need to provoke them to get asshat material on your dashcam
>>15430270
Installed an LED light bar at eye level across the top of my trunk. When people get too close I turn it on
>>15430270
First of all, check to make sure it's not a copper. They tailgate to piss you off and make you drive dangerously so they have an excuse to pull you over. Especially at night.
Ignore them if I'm doing the right thing already.
If I'm in the fast lane on the motorway, I'll pull over for them if it's safe.
If they're tailgating when I'm in the middle lane on the motorway, I'll step on the gas and then lift off completely. That pitches the front end up to lose speed faster, so they have to react suddenly with no brake lights. If that doesn't make them back off, I'll drift slowly from side to side in the lane like I'm drunk. If they're still there, I'll waggle the wheel until the back end kicks out. That never fails to make them fuck off.
On a regular road, I'll keep it steady when I hit a spot to overtake on. If they don't take it, then they can go fuck themselves, because that's the last accommodation they're going to get.
For persistent fucktards, I have change in the cupholders. A 2p piece is surprisingly heavy.
>>15437985
It's more about common sense What you're doing by tailgating is illegal, pointless and petty, and it increases the risk of a collision.
Protip: when the logic you use to argue against someone can be used against YOU to greater effect, you're wrong.
>>15436200
> I smell weed
> I am searching your vehicle
> I feel threatened by your objection
> Bang
>>15437984
The oncoming car had no lights at all at night in the rain?
>>15430283
what car do you have? my car is too slow for games like this
>>15430283
>find a douchebag who doesn't know how to drive
>allow them to pass
>antagonize them while reducing your response time
>inviting a literal piece of shit to ruin your day and cost you thousands in insurance premiums
fully potato, anon
Throw pennies at their car :3
>>15438139
>it's not blocking traffic
Yes it is.
Traffic collisions are caused by differences in speed, you are aggravating differences in speed. While you probably wouldn't be at fault if they rear ended you it would still be an unnecessary collision and there would be a danger to health and life which would not have occurred if you were in the lane you were supposed to be in.
tl;dr - get the fuck over
>>15438012
Mostly to coax them into changing lanes to let them speed on
Or just a bad habit, wonder if there's a legitimate psychological definition as to why
Lately I've been having people pull in front of me a lot, like I'll just be driving down the road and somebody will pass me then move into my lane directly in front of me.
They will do this and just sit there, even if they don't turn shortly ahead and nobody else is even on the road.
Shit is annoying.
>>15438294
I'm against tailgating and try to avoid it as I said in my prior post, the problem is that driving the speed limit in the leftmost lane is a behavior that encourages tailgating. Right or wrong, it increases the risk of an accident for everybody on the road, including the person driving the speed limit.
De jure the person doing the speed limit is correct (although some states have statutes that indicate drivers should "keep right except to pass" - on most major highways, doing the speed limit in the leftmost lane would have cars passing you on the right, putting the left lane driver doing the speed limit in violation of that), but de facto, they're needlessly increasing the risk of an accident by doing something that often results in bad behavior (tailgating) from other drivers.
I usually am going 80 in the fast lane. If someone tailgates me I'll speed up slightly to 85. If they feel the need to go faster then they can fucking get over and pass me on the right going 95-100.
Also I personally tailgate anyone going under 75. It's called the fast lane for a reason. If you decide not to get over, I open the cutouts, drop a couple gears and go blowing past you loud as fuck, changing lanes in front of you with no signal. This implies no cars ahead of you.
So cal driver here. So many shit/asshole drivers here, myself included.
>>15439049
>my preferred speed is the only acceptable option and it's everyone else's responsibility to learn my shitty driving habits
>>15439049
http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html
Most states have laws that slower traffic remains to the right. If you are no longer passing traffic in the lane next to you and are driving slower than other traffic, it's your duty in most states to go to the right. For instance, in New York
http://codes.findlaw.com/ny/vehicle-and-traffic-law/vat-sect-1120.html
>(b)In addition, upon all roadways, any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic, or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.
This is a ticketable offense in New York. One common way to get it is to be an asshat driving in the left lane at the speed limit and not moving over to the right to let a cop pass. Another is to do substantially below the speed of traffic in the other lanes.
Cops also get a huge boner in NY for ticketing people who pass on the right. Less so on one of the leftmost lanes, more if you use the rightmost lane to pass traffic in the middle/left lanes.
>>15437219
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=veh&group=21001-22000&file=21650-21664
>a) Notwithstanding the prima facie speed limits, any vehicle proceeding upon a highway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at such time shall be driven in the right-hand lane for traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand edge or curb, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.
That cop is a cuck who doesn't understand or enforce the laws of his own state.
>>15438815
Nobody has any obligation to move for a tailgater, and nobody ever should. If tailgating accomplished nothing but crashes, less people would tailgate. By suggesting people yield to needle-dicked passive-aggressive morons by moving over, you encourage tailgating.
>>15439163
Actually, it's the law in many states that slower traffic that is no longer passing moves to the right. What state do you live in, anon?
What happened to drop a gear and disappear?
Tailgaters don't really bother me, unless I'm on my motorcycle and that takes 2 seconds on the throttle to fix that problem. I kinda zone out and rarely look at my mirrors in a car. If anything I just drive slower or deliberately wall them off if Im in a shitty mood.
I almost killed a tailgater driving some tiny acura shitbox, I was driving my truck, he could'nt see what waa in front of me and traffic was stopped ahead, I whipped into the turning lane at the last minute and I could hear his brakes screeching but no crash unfortunately
>>15439111
Greater Los Angeles area son. Git gud or get rekt. Also my asshattery only applies to fast lane. You want to be a slow faggot choose a different lane.
>>15439169
Doesn't matter, I'm only in the left lane when I'm passing, if you tailgate me while I'm passing slower traffic, YOU are in the wrong, doesn't matter what state or nation, I'm right, you're an easily butthurt prick
>>15438139
The left lane is for passing which implies a momentary violation of the speed limit if it is to be safely and promptly executed so, yeah, you are. Passing exists because vehicles don't maintain a constant speed and don't all accelerate at the same rate. Passing allows cars to get in front of semis so the cue flows through efficiently. When you block the passing lane because "hurr speed limit", you're breaking the law. When you go 10 over in the passing lane, get back over, and slow back down, the cops don't care, that's what your'e fucking supposed to do.
>>15438813
They think your car is slow and don't want to miss lights because of geriatric acceleration.
ITT: tailgaters exhibit classic symptoms of butthurt and cognitive dissonance
>Going too slow is illegal and dangerous the law says move over!
>I'm justified in doing something illegal and dangerous because I said so the law is wrong!
>>15439169 here
Also, essentially any defensive driving course will teach you that de-escalating conflict with other drivers is the safest thing to do.
https://driversed.com/resources/terms/tailgating.aspx
>Tailgating is following another car too closely. If someone is following you too closely, be careful. Tap your brake lightly a few times to warn the tailgater that you are slowing down. Brake slowly before stopping. Avoid tailgaters when possible by changing lanes. If you cannot change lanes, slow down enough to encourage the tailgater to go around you. If this does not work, pull off the road when safe and let the tailgater pass.
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum/content.php?35-Defensive-Driving-Rule-27-Get-Rid-of-Tailgaters
>What about when YOU are being tailgated? This is a dangerous situation for you as well. It is important to get the guy behind you "off your back." Here are some things to keep in mind.
In a similar vein, if a car uses his horn to honk at you for a non-emergency purpose, it's perfectly legal for you to give him an up yours arm gesture or middle finger, but you're more likely to encourage aggressive driving behaviors and road rage, so defensive driving courses teach against it.
>>15439183
You're right de jure, but you are basically encouraging a dangerous situation for yourself and other drivers by not de-escalating a situation where the car behind you has inadequate following distance and rear ends you. If he does hit you, your car STILL gets an accident that needs repair (that takes time/goes on your driving record/may raise your auto insurance rates). Or the other driver may try to pass you on the right, again illegal in most states, but if he tries to do that and cut in your lane and he cuts you off/he hits another vehicle and his vehicle becomes an obstacle in front of yours for you to hit, YOU STILL GET IN AN ACCIDENT.
Down shift my steel body pickup and let them run under my bed
>>15439212 here
In a similar vein, you're not legally OBLIGATED to give someone holding a knife/gun who demands your wallet said wallet, but you're much more likely to be stabbed/shot if you don't comply. You can be high and mighty about how you adhered to the law and he didn't as you bleed out.
>>15439205
Advocating tailgating and pointing out that it's safer to try to let tailgaters pass you than to continue having them tailgate you and refusing to move over are not things that have to be hand-in-hand. Tailgating is illegal and dangerous, but refusing to move over may be illegal (if you are not continuing to pass traffic in the lane right next to you) and even if it isn't illegal, may be encouraging a dangerous situation.
>>15439181
see>>15439156
If traffic is passing you on the right then it is your obligation under California law to move to the lane to your right.
Technically, anyone who blows by you on the right puts you both in violation of the law.
Fuck, my trip to Germany made me appreciate how good the drivers are about lane discipline on the Autobahn. The moment there was space to the right, they continued the speed they were doing but moved right, until they wanted to pass traffic and then they moved to the left for as little time as they needed to pass. In the US many drivers don't get this.
>>15439205
It's only dangerous because you're going so slow
Mentions of the law are to remind you that you're no saint either. Also, to remind you of all the times you didn't get pulled over for hogging the left lane. They should be equal to the amount of times we didn't get pulled over for doing 65 in a 60.
>the law doesn't actually matter
>officer discretion (average joe's opinion + lights and gun) does
>yfw a lane hogging neon green civic with anime slaps is more likely to get ticketed than a stock accord going a little fast
>>15439278
shit i think their justification for being morons goes something like this
>ah pick ah lane an stick with it honah buns
>its cawled bein an adalt ya'll, whatsa word fer it, resignation, right cowboy?
>ya'll street racer liberals, stop passin mah ferd
>*eats burger while driving*
>>15439049
But anon, it's not called the fast lane.
Consider the following:
My average freeway speed is 80mph
I do not tailgate, ever. It's dumb.
If you are going 65 in the passing/far left lane, I will be behind, you not tailgating.
But I sure do want to pass, so why not let me?
It would be safer for everyone, more efficient, and courteous.
If even just the people reading this thread spent the next week moving over and allowing people behind them to pass, there would be fewer collisions/deaths.
My friend jerked off in his car while on the highway.
>>15438470
You are blocking me when you're stopping at red lights
tl;dr - get the fuck over
>>15441185
On a separate occasion, he also masturbated using butter as lube.
No amount of showering could get it out.
>>15430283
Are you perhaps the truck from Duel?
Never gave a fuck in my work truck, a flatbed ford, if they hit me they're eating a very stiff underride bar.
Once I threw a screwdriver at someone tailgating me in a passing zone with no traffic.
All other ocassions I move over or ignore them.
Its also fun to put my left turn signal on, come to a complete stop, and then turn my right signal on until they pass me. Worth the keks
I always laugh at these threads. You always have the same group of posters:
The "gotta go fast outta my way" drivers and the "Hey stop going so fast" citizen-vigilantes.
Mixed between them both are the lawyers who's only bar they ever passed was the soap
Thank the lord ignorance of the law is never an excuse for stupidity
>>15430270
i go exactly 50, speed limit is 50...thats all theyre getting outta me.. once theyre riding ass i just slow even more to fuck with them, eventually they pass and rage speed, most of the time they eventally get pulled over down the road and here iam doing 50 passing them and getting great mpgs (civic btw) with no piggies on my tail
>>15430270
brake light flash. if they get closer i do it again and i drive slower to piss them off...
>>15441335
You missed the holier-than-thou asshole who thinks he's above everyone in that list.
>>15438139
Actually, yes it is. You must be going the speed consistent with the flow of traffic. So if everyone in the left lane is doing 80 in a 70 and (you) are doing 70, you are breaking the law.
>>15430270
Move over. If you're being tailgated, odds are you're the one on the phone.
>>15439156
>laws defending criminals
Automatically dumb.
>>15439278
>>15439186
>>15439183
>>15439169
>>15439163
>two lanes northbound on highway
>cruise control on at speed limit, right lane
>coming up behind truck
>get ready to merge
>have to merge over early because left lane car sees me coming up to truck and speeds up to stop me
>tailgates me as I speed up to pass quickly
>move over past truck again and go back down to speed limit
>guy who got mad is back down to my speed too
or another favorite
>still two lanes northbound
>a phalanx of cars is waiting to pass trucks on left
>coming up on end of phalanx
>person merges from back of phalanx into right lane
>speeds up to try to get ahead of me before I pass the truck
>fails
>merges just behind me and tailgates me, blaring horn the entire time
>cuts again in the space between the next trucks
It's like you can't ever sit in the right lane, because then you can get trapped behind an advancing phalanx of cars that want to cut you off. You also can't wait your fucking turn when you're in the phalanx, because there's always going to be someone who will speed ahead on the right to get ahead of people who are still waiting to pass.
>>15438221
kek, thank you anon for that laugh.
I once had a faggot in his civic tailing me while i was carrying a good amount of grass bales in my 1999 CRV.
He was flashing high beams, honking, etc. What he doesn't understand is that a 17 year old 2 liter carrying WAY over it's weight capacity can't speed like his NASCIVIC.
And no i wasn't slow as fuck, i was going 75-80 on a 70, the guy probably wanting me to go faster cos it was a 1 lane road. Idk why he didn't just go around me, it's one of those roads that have the dashed line between the two lanes so you can overtake using the oncoming lane.
Anyway, he was tailing me really close, so i got pissed and just pressed my brakes, not slammed it, but kinda pressed it hard. He braked too but not fast enough and his civic rear ended me.
I get out and it's some fag who's just got is g2 and bought a used civic. Starts mumbling and shit.
I just say, an animal ran across the road and i had to slow down. A lie but whatever. And start asking for his insurance information. And i take a pic, tell him if he runs i'll just take it to the cops.
My crv is fine, the tow hitch cracked the guys civic bumper and maybe did some other damage. idk, i don't care. Yes i have a tow hitch on a 99 crv, pls no bully.
Guy starts pleading with me and shit, tells me not to report it, it'l make his insurance go up, and i'm all naw man that really hurt, i think i need some therapy. guys like half way to crying, gives me his insurance and shit, and his number. Says he'll pay for whatever i need, just not to tell his insurance.
Anyway, i leave him in tears, he's on the phone while i leave. I didn't call him back for a while, but called him eventually in a really grim tone, like i just told someone. Cos i started asking shit like 'whats the car color again?' 'what year?' and shit, he's about to cry i swear. After 12 minutes of making him cry, i just say 'alright man, be careful next time, don't worry about it.'
Didn't do anything after that. CRV is OK too, can't stop abusing her though.
>>15441877
Sorry your police force is full of braindead morons
>his public servants don't use discretion to its fullest extent
>they don't let 10-15 over on an empty and dry straightaway slide and pull people over for going 55 in a 60...on ice
>>15430270
a anti tailgate switch duh
>>15432331
get runover ;^)
>>15430339
That's nice
Let we tell you the story on how I got rid of a shitbox e46.
>Owned a shitbox early 2000's BMW E46, got it off a public auction for 300 bucks
>only drove it on rainy days which is about a third of the year, every other day I take my motorcycle
>coming back from work it's about fifteen mins of highway and 15 mins through the main drag of town and im home
>as soon as I get on the highway this beat up mini van gets behind me
>Can't tell if he;s ass heavy, or his head lights were fucky because they were aimed perfectly at my mirror
>going 75 in a 60 in the right lane
>left lane totally clear
>Fucker decides he wants to sit right behind me, at 10 PM blinding me the entire way
>halfway home, say fuck it and move over
>he follows
>merge back right
>he follows
>itson.jpg
Shall I continue?
>>15443013
Doing it anyways, yall fuckers dont have a choice.
>highway is totally empty, can see for quite a ways behind and i see no other head lights
>slow way the fuck down, like 40 mph
>fucker slows down too, but gets really close in the process
>que horn blaring and flashing high beams
>Eventually get off the highway
>call buddy who lives in town and works for a tow company, luckily he's working tonight
>slow down to a crawl, like 10 miles an hour on the onramp
>mini van still directly behind me, swerving and honking his horn
>Get onto the main road, pretty sure it was a 40 mph speed limit
>Gun it at the turn to see what this guy will do
>He catches up and continues his antics
>Call buddy again, tell him to wait for me at a specific intersection with certain information
>little info on it, two way street, T instersection with the turn to the left,thick guard rail/jersey barriers on the right
>time of year where the deer in the area are in rut so they're fucking everywhere (literally)
>See buddy up ahead in the tow truck at the T intersection
>Mini van directly behind me
>Slam on my breaks suddenly, BOOM
>Mini van collides with my rear end right before T section
>I swerve off to the left after getting hit and bump into the front of the tow truck
>plastic and metal bumper vs ranch hand style brush bar
>Rear end, totaled, front end totaled, somehow managed to blow a rear tire too.
To be continued?
got a truck, put a trailer hitch on it. no more tail gaters, because they know if they rearend me 90% of the damage will be done to their car, and would total it
>>15443090
>Zero damage to tow truck, maybe some chipping on the spray paint job
>Mini van driver gets out, I get out, buddy gets out
>Minivan driver turns out to me a girl in her early 20's and immediatly starts running up on me saying this is all my fault and she's gonna sue me and she's not at fault yadda yadda yadda
>I tell her I saw a mule deer in the road and had to brake to avoid it and the van must of pushed me into the tow truck.
>Tow bro confirms story
>She's still screaming and starts running back to her van taking pictures and starts calling someone, sounded like her mom or dad
>I go back to my car and call the police to report the accident,
>tow bro calls another truck to tow the van
>Police arrive, take statements, info etc, give out paper work
>get a ride to the local ER,xrays, neck brace, pain meds, etc
>"whiplash and possible concussion"
>I eventually get a hold of my insurance, lady was deemed at fault and her insurance company will be liable for all damages.
>Her insurance company calls me and asks how I am doing
>Mention I am in great emotional distress of my beloved BMW and in much physical pain
>"Oh I'm so sorry, I have an offer for your personal injury settlement I think you'll really like"
>I ask her what she has in mind
>"We're willing to offer you a lump sum of 500 dollars"
>lolno.jpg
>>15443145
Long story short:
BMW: 300 bucks
Insurance value: 8000 bucks
Personal injury/damages/expenses: 18,000 in my pocket
Plus they also paid all my medical bills. Tow bro also got some cash and a much smaller settlement. The paid the damages for his brush guard right to him and he just painted over the spot I scraped.
Moral of the story kids, Don't fucking tail gate people and being an obnoxious cunt about it. You might do it to someone like me who has nothing better to do than make you rear end me, then spend a week at home off work playing xbox in my underwear high on pain meds your insurance company paid for.
Found out all this later through a friend of a friend of a friend who knew her that she thought I was her ex who cheated on her and knocked up the other girl.
>>15437853
Two miles is a decent amount of time to get over even at freeway speeds so long as you're not in heavy traffic. You could maybe have gotten over a bit later, but it sounds like you did the reasonable thing and just got an asshole behind you. You had a lane on either side, he could've gone around. Was traffic on the left moving much faster than you were? You could also have gotten over in that lane if you felt pressured.
>>15430270
Shit, I just let them keep on tailgating me because I know they're pissed off that I'm driving the speed limit when I saw them hauling ass behind me.
If they rear end me, then their insurance pays for my car. If they wanna pass, then they can take the risk. I'm not going to speed just for some asshole. Maybe I'll get lucky and a cop will pull over the tailgater.
What I used to do
>used to hoon around alot late at night
>learned the limits of my vehicle
>driving in daytime
>a wild tailgater appears
>already doing the limit on a single lane road
>alright fuckboy, you want to play?
>head for next 90 degree corner at max speed
>fuckboy behind me can't see corner because of how close he is
>take corner with my wheels screeching
>faggot behind me brakes hard and slips out of his lane almost going across the road
>follows me 50 metres back now, plenty of space
What I do now
>grew up and decided not to drive like an ass
>bought a 4x4
>faggots tailgate me on single lane roads
>their asshurt faces slowly dissapear underneath my tailgate
>can't see the problem? No problem!
>>15443013
>>15443090
>>15443145
technically this is insurance fraud
>>15443197
10/10
Took a women down a notch while you're at it.
That's probably wrong of me, but a total of 7 women have hit me in their luxury cars. I legitimately fear a women in a luxury car than a child with a gun. Kids with guns are generally smart enough to not fuck around with them, women in Luxury cars just cant seem to 'SEE ME THERE!'
>>15443239
>"Yea bro! then i did a sick drift and he was all! OHH SHIT! and i had DejaVu blasting, and i had my tires screeching, bro! The guy braked off the cliff bro! Even the police where 50 meters back now!"
>>15443290
OP here, I'm well aware. I had no intentions of doing anything until she started following me and acting erratic. After that all remorse went out the window.
>>15443297
It was really a eye opening moment on how easy all that process is, if someone had the hankering they could probably make a living off that given how much it can really pay out.
>>15443239
I never understood why people tailgate trucks and large suvs in smaller cars
best case scenario you blow your radiator on the tow hitch
worst case you get a face full of differential
like i get you're mad, i get mad too sometimes, but damn
>>15443322
Just another reason to have a dash cam and maybe a rear view cam as well.
Seriously, so many people i know have gotten into shit because of what someone else did but they got blamed of it.
Russians may be niggers born the wrong color, but they figured out that most things that go wrong is because of other people.
>>15443333
Nice digits
Why people tailgate is because they're retarded. You can only go as fast as the thing in front of you, so even if your in his ass, you're not gonna get anywhere faster.
You should be able to see the wheels of the vehicle in front of you, if you can't YOU ARE TOO CLOSE FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY.
>face full of differential
L-Lewd.
tldr of this thread
>everyone on /o/ likes to play SJW police
>everyone on /o/ apparently never breaks rules
>no one ever tailgates
Look, stay the fuck out of the left lane unless passing. Go the speed that you feel comfortable driving, a comfortable alert driver is a safe driver. Don't be a dick.
Life isn't this complicated guys.
>>15443457
How about, don't tail gate?
Just don't tail gate, it doesn't matter how fast the guy in front of you is going. Only time tail gating is OK is if it's stop and go traffic.
Look nigger.
I can drive in the left lane all i want, cos my places laws aren't your places laws. But tail gating REGARDLESS OF THE LAW ON LANE USE is worst and more dangerous.
No one has to pull over so you can pass, some people will do that, but they're not required to. It's YOUR prerogative to go around them.
So
>TL;DR stop being entitled to a road you can speed on, go around a nigger, don't expect him to move for you.
and if you do tail gate, know that animals like to run across roads, and i do not apologize for my hitch fucking up your radiator.
>>15443590
>Tailgating anywhere else but the passing lane
Most states designate the left lane as passing. My State has left lane AND traffic obstruction laws. I take that through every state I pass through. If you happen to be lolligagging through KY in the left lane, you're likely going to get tailgated. If not by me, then by someone else.
I also follow my own prerogatives. If someone comes up behind me in the left lane, I move ASAP.
Sometimes it's just safer to just yield to other drivers. Soccer moms in luxury SUVs especially. I stay away from those oblivious cunts
>>15443671
I don't. But that's cos i drive a large vehicle with a tow hitch.
Yes it can be safer to move, but the end lesson is still not to tail gate because if you get into a crash, most likely the tailgater is at fault.
If someone tail gates me, i'm not moving for shit. I don't care what else, i won't block you changing lanes or anything, but i have a rear and front camera so you can try whatever you want and i just don't care.
Steely dan is on, and i have zero shits to give.
It's a driver to driver thing, but tailgaters are worst than people who drive slowly in the left lane. Slow drivers don't do anything bad, they're usually just on the speed limit and they don't accelerate to not let you in front of them or anything. They're just kinda doing the limit.
>>15430270
Speed the fuck up and stop driving slow you cuck.
In traffic I tailgate people really bad not because I'm speeding or mad they're slower, but I just don't realize how close I am because I get stressed out. Once I notice I back off and feel like a shithead for probably pissing off whoever is in front of me.
>>15443744
>Going at 150mph.
>A BMW M3 is tailgaiting me.
THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!
I brake checked this one guy on the express way and he went into the median swerving out of the way of me lol
