What do you do when someone tailgates you?

[Full Spectrum]

Why bother getting upset or trying to cause others annoyance? Seems very immature and daft to me. If I'm going slower than the traffic for whatever reason I'll stay as far left as practicable (which suprisingly is the law). I really don't understand how people can be so weak minded to get so upset about it.

Reaper

Who's getting upset with 5kp/h off the speedo?.

[Reaper]

Who's getting upset with 5kp/h off the speedo?.

The responses of many in this thread say they perform actions which are intended to annoy the guy behind. Stupid.

Reaper

[Full Spectrum]

The responses of many in this thread say they perform actions which are intended to annoy the guy behind. Stupid.

Reaper

I do agree a touch with you - some have extreme ways of dealing with these people. I just shed some speed as i know they are in some massive hurry. But if there is 2 lanes and they can pass but choose to sit behind me and in my opinion being smart, I'll cut some speed as I'm not in a hurry. So i invite them to pass on by. More then likely I'll pass the hidden cop car, And they wont.

[Cobez]

I had someone sit up my butt for about 5k, eventually he decided to be a smart a**, so he floored it, went round, and the passenger gave me the finger...long story short, next time i saw them was about 10k back in my mirror

So you sped up and drove past them very quickly obviously. Nice one dude, causing another danger on the road besides the idiot who tailgated you and your neons you have that could make a blind man blind all over again.

Good work I'd rather slow down by 20kms and let the person behind me floor it around me and hopefully lose control and die on impact when he or she wraps their car around a pole down the road, taking no innocent people with them.

[minux]

So you sped up and drove past them very quickly obviously. Nice one dude, causing another danger on the road besides the idiot who tailgated you and your neons you have that could make a blind man blind all over again.

Good work I'd rather slow down by 20kms and let the person behind me floor it around me and hopefully lose control and die on impact when he or she wraps their car around a pole down the road, taking no innocent people with them.

I read that as the guy got pullued over for being a knob lol.

[STIK-ON WAGON]

I used to have a lexus IS200 which was great for people tailgating as it had the bright red fog lights at the rear. i never had to hit the brakes i just turned them on and take off. i realize it just ****es them off more but seriously get off my ass as the speed limit is there for a reason! if it said lets go 120km id be going 120km too. lol.

i do a lot of highway driving and one thing i HATE is those massive trucks that tailgate. i usually give them the finger and take off into the other lane but last time i got the company and plates off the truck and made an official complaint to the company. they said they delt with the driver but i think they just said that to me to keep me happy.

[LightningVP]

I used to have a lexus IS200 which was great for people tailgating as it had the bright red fog lights at the rear. i never had to hit the brakes i just turned them on and take off. i realize it just ****es them off more but seriously get off my ass as the speed limit is there for a reason! if it said lets go 120km id be going 120km too. lol.

i do a lot of highway driving and one thing i HATE is those massive trucks that tailgate. i usually give them the finger and take off into the other lane but last time i got the company and plates off the truck and made an official complaint to the company. they said they delt with the driver but i think they just said that to me to keep me happy.

"most" Highway truck drivers can be a**holes...but yeah unfortunetly, complaining doesn't do anything....

[fuzzy2308]

YES i think youll find most pubs have rules. shirt and shoes in most

search before posting in this pub bub

since when do u have to wear shoes in a pub, i went to mi local water hole after work wearing only concrete coverd shorts

[LightningVP]

since when do u have to wear shoes in a pub, i went to mi local water hole after work wearing only concrete coverd shorts

yeah a pub is like the only building that doesn't really have a dress code...especially the further out of the city you go...

[TVR-190]

i had a truck tailgaiting me in the old lexcen 1 day along a main road, was going to my fathers though so i had to turn into a small side street, had my indicator on for a few hundred metres and he was still up my ass, had to pull into the street doing 60 so he wouldnt clean me up

[minux]

"most" Highway truck drivers can be a**holes...but yeah unfortunetly, complaining doesn't do anything....

What a load of ****. I have worked for many transport companies and even now provide management support roles to many, if you think these complaints are not listened you are really mistaken, especially in your brand name companies. As for most highway drivers are arseholes, again another load of crap, do you know how many drivers are out there? That said, I do an odd local job when I get the chance for a certain company to keep my skills up, the way car drivers are around trucks, you can understand why some have this attitude. Try driving a B-Double through Melbourne and then see what your attitude is like.

i had a truck tailgaiting me in the old lexcen 1 day along a main road, was going to my fathers though so i had to turn into a small side street, had my indicator on for a few hundred metres and he was still up my ass, had to pull into the street doing 60 so he wouldnt clean me up

Unfortunately this does not just happen in trucks, it happens with cars also, people that have this attitude especially in heavy vehicles should not be on the road in any vehicle.

[TVR-190]

i try to avoid truckies, not cause i dont liken them but because i know what they do aint easy, i see people cutting in front of them at the light and think to myself, people really are stupid.

[VN_Luke]

Depends on the situation really - but in most cases, if there's someone up my arse and I'm in the right lane, with nothing holding me up apart from sensibility from going faster - I'll jump in the left lane and let them go past... - not enough time in my life to spend it annoying people on purpose

Otherwise if I'm in the right lane, being held up by the car in front... with someone right up my arse, I'll just keep a safeish distance to the car in front and hope they catch on , if not, slowing down a little later than 'comfortable' for those tailgating for slow/stopped traffic up ahead usually gets the message accross....

and if all else fails, I could do with a new car anyway. - and usually I find it's the pricy cars tailgating - so chances of insurance are good I reckon. lol


but now I understand why there's so much traffic when everyone is just in a hurry to get to work apparently some people are too good to let people past and have to prove something by doing half the speed limit

[pitt88]

So your the one who causes an accident by speeding up when someone goes to overtake on the right? Way to attempt to cause a head on accident.

funnily enough i dont do it on roads in which over taking would cause a head on collision, im not stupid enough(however stupid i may be) to do it on the roads that are 2 lanes, one way each

[jas98]

ok...what do you do when a cop is tail gating you? I had one last night and he was right up me ass for about 1 k then backed off a little.....hmm lol i know he may have been checking out the car...rego etc but still its dangerous when he is in a 4wd with high beam on....

[MasterOfReality]

If I'm doing the speed limit and someone tail gates, then I'll generally speed up to about 5-10km/h over the limit.

If they then keep tail gating, then I immediately drop my speed to 10km/hr under the limit.

Plenty of gestures and verbal insults have been exchanged with this method, but the way I see it is I do give them a bit of grace by speeding up a little bit. If they persist and then get cranky about it, then its their problem not mine.

[stocky]

ok...what do you do when a cop is tail gating you? I had one last night and he was right up me ass for about 1 k then backed off a little.....hmm lol i know he may have been checking out the car...rego etc but still its dangerous when he is in a 4wd with high beam on....

highly doubt he had high beams on. probably just looked that way due to the ride height difference. he was probably just trying to see if you would break the law by speeding ahead

[Morton]

Depends on the situation really - but in most cases, if there's someone up my arse and I'm in the right lane, with nothing holding me up apart from sensibility from going faster - I'll jump in the left lane and let them go past... - not enough time in my life to spend it annoying people on purpose

Couldn't agree more.

[jas98]

highly doubt he had high beams on. probably just looked that way due to the ride height difference. he was probably just trying to see if you would break the law by speeding ahead

yeh your probly right....still was bright as though.....lol i saw him at the servo...well there was about 4 cop cars there....and he happened to leave just after me (was by himself)

[Robbo_c]

I usually slow down about 5k's,and when i hit i roundabout i will floor it,or near my street there are lots of speed humps so i will just do about 5k,s over them that really ****es people off.

[arrow224]

I simply do the speed limit, or the speed that is safe considering the conditions. If they want to go faster than me, congrats. Find some broken lines, an overtaking lane or a dual carriageway and be done with it.