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People who tailgate on the interstate regardless of how fast the person in front is going

Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:03 pm
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
171742 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:03 pm
I was going 75 in the right lane and this guy in a big truck came up behind me and got up close. I speed up a little and he stays close. Eventually we come up to a guy going slower so I pass but the guy behind me slows way down to the 60s and tailgates that guy while I drive off.

Trying to improve MPGs by drafting?
Not paying attention?
Gang initiation?

I see it pretty often. Just think it's weird.
Posted by BPTiger
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2011
5754 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:04 pm to
It means you’re driving too slow and should get over to let them pass.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
58974 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:05 pm to
quote:

Not paying attention?
this. And adaptive cruise. I’ll have it set on 82. I’ll look down and will have slowed to 72 without knowing.
Posted by jbird7
Central FL
Member since Jul 2020
5606 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:05 pm to
Some people are just dicks.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
171742 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:05 pm to
quote:

It means you’re driving too slow and should get over to let them pass.


I was in the right lane, as it says. Thanks for reading.
Posted by coolieaux
Horns Down l"l
Member since Nov 2006
178 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:05 pm to
Adaptive cruise won’t tailgate.
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
164990 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:05 pm to
quote:


It means you’re driving too slow and should get over to let them pass.

He was in the right lane
Posted by TexasTiger33
Member since Feb 2022
13364 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:06 pm to
void
This post was edited on 6/8/23 at 6:35 pm
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
171742 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:07 pm to
Thanks, baw. If you take 100,000 shots one is going to miss eventually. Plus we had idiots making decisions.
Posted by Flashback
reading the chicken bones
Member since Apr 2008
8479 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:07 pm to
I dont let them pass if possible.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
171742 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:07 pm to
quote:

this. And adaptive cruise. I’ll have it set on 82. I’ll look down and will have slowed to 72 without knowing.


But this guy stayed behind the other car for miles until I couldn't even see them anymore. Way too long for him to not realize what was going on.
Posted by Cycledude
Member since Jul 2018
1980 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:08 pm to
Guy probably just naturally tailgates everyone without realizing it. Or he’s just a jerk!
Posted by Koach K
Member since Nov 2016
4580 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:09 pm to
Just trash and low-functioning.
This post was edited on 6/3/23 at 9:10 pm
Posted by Handsome Pete
Member since Apr 2019
1810 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:09 pm to
quote:

Adaptive cruise won’t tailgate.


I don't know, on my Toyota I can set it to follow relatively close. Tailgating distance is subjective.
Posted by Cajunhawk81
Member since Jan 2021
2511 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:09 pm to
Left lane it’s completely acceptable. The slow dumbass needs to be pushed by someone. Right lane, maybe they just wanted to pick a fight. Who knows? Interstates need enforcers like hockey. Refuse to get out the fast lane? Get side swiped into the median.
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
17647 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:11 pm to
It’s usually either the a-hole in a lifted F-250 or some methhead in a clapped out Camry running 90 and tailgating.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
171742 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:11 pm to
I was going a pretty leisurely 75 but I'm a pretty aggressive driver so if I think someone is tailgating me he's pretty close.
Posted by Indfanfromcol
LSU
Member since Jan 2011
14772 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:13 pm to
If it’s in the right lane, just brake check them. frick that a-hole. And keep brake checking him until he finally goes around and then speed up and make his life hell.

Sure, this is how traffic gets so shitty but get your point across.
Posted by 427Nova
Member since Sep 2022
1722 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:13 pm to
Idiot.
Posted by LSU fan 246
Member since Oct 2005
90567 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:13 pm to
Hes just trying to get a good look at the traffic in front of you through your window

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