Tailgating annoys me!
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This is the reason i hate driving. I have 2 little girls sitting behind me and behind them is some idiot that seems to think they can drive as close to me as possible. Better still looking annoyed because i am doing the speed limit.>:(
The biggest annoyance in driving by far.
In its worst form, it can be a particularly violent form of road rage and a form of intimidation.
The biggest annoyance in driving by far.
In its worst form, it can be a particularly violent form of road rage and a form of intimidation.
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On a few occasions, I've made left turns off into different roads just to rid myself of persistent tailgaters. It wastes my time in taking me off my route, but it gets rid of the tailgater for me.
More details on how to deal with tailgaters here.
...Uhh, I think I much prefer the Russian approach.
http://gifs.gifbin.com/052012/1336066176_merging_in_russia.gif
does that actually work ?? or does it make it worse ?
This was a good read cheers.;-)
I would say make things worse, and makes you no better than the person tailgating you. Just as easy to let them passed you, and easier to keep away from them. Better to have them in front of you.
good advice.. BUT what if when you slow down, they slow down. you speed up they speed up. and they start to flash their lights at you.
a young woman may become scared.
Rubbish!
It's a reaction to their bad behaviour. If they can overtake safely then let them... I'm a slower downer every single time
It wasn't too bad when I was learning as people would just pass me, but since I'm no longer in a learner car other people get really close and never seem to want to pass me.
In agreement with this. What people don't understand is that when they are doing it kids are sat in the back which in my case a baby and then what if i had to slam on.
There really should be a tv ad or something showing the dangers.
I slow down as I know it will get on their nerves being held up.
Obviously, there's no excuse for speeding or tailgating but if you're slowing down deliberately to obstruct another road user, you're contravening the HC yourself.
As for tailgating, yeah people do it with me sometimes. It was really bad a few days before xmas, I went to Leeds to pick my my girlfriend (I am in Sutton on sea, about 110 miles away). Not so bad up there, but on the way back it was dark so I was a little more cautious. I had loads of people get right up my arse on some of the back roads. If anyone has been to East Lindsey, you know what I mean by the state of the roads round here. If not, then its like this. Almost all roads are National Speed limits, so 60mph. Those same roads are barely thick enough for two cars to pass each other, and they are lined by ditches, and the edges of the road have crumble outcrops. Death traps. So I go at about 50 and slow on the corners and people end up nearly in my boot.
Also, its not often women (they do do it), its mostly douche bags in cheap AUDIs and BMWs.
I think the point is meant to be that you slow down to allow them to overtake, not in order to piss them off.
It can also be a safety measure, given that lower speed means less stopping distance required and any collision will be less serious.
Which is fair enough.
As a rule, I tend to support anything that involves courtesy rather than antagonism, regardless of any legal imperatives.
When you get comments such as this:- ... it's apparent that some people have different motives for their actions.
Keeping to the speed limit is no problem.
What annoys me are drivers who are driving so slow even in a 60mph area and they are holding up traffic and causing a lot of other drivers including me to get frustrated and take unecessary risks to get past them.
As to slowing down on purpose because you think the driver behind is to close that is so stupid it can cause an accident.
Probably only if you're too close, though, so go figure...
Once upon a time a guy at work was driving along a country road in his works Land Rover and all the sheep in the field next to the road started galloping off ahead of the Landie.
All of a sudden, one of the sheep bounced over the fence, into the road.
He hit the brakes, causing the Landie to slide and a car following him ran into the back of it.
He was prosecuted for driving without due care and attention and the company insurance had to cover repairs to the other vehicle.
That's somebody who, you would have thought, had justification for slamming on his brakes.
Personally, I'd prefer to avoid an accident entirely rather than have one which might be the other person's fault.
Well if a women becomes that scared, and feels she is in harms way then I would say break the law and use your phone to inform the police, do not stop try to get to a busy area were there are more cars and people and sound your horn to get attention from other people