In that scenario the tailgater is a jerk .. I only tailgate in left lane . To pass and then remerge to right and If I'm not satisfied with the car in front of me in any lane but the left lane I go back to the passing lane no tailgating though except in left lane
Nothing but jerks, my friend. And, I got news for ya.. You can accelerate to 85, 90MPH (should only be done by trained professionals.. do not try this at home.. haha) and guess what? They will still tailgate.
It is actually a very dangerous situation because you can be seen as escalating vs de-escalation. The ONLY thing that works is to gradually slow, with or without the brake lights, and then you lose your advantage when they have the opportunity to get in front of you and maybe return the favor. Has happened, yup. See my earlier post about a jerk vs someone truly in a rush, which is fine.. if the police pull them over, that's on them.
Chase the rabbit, don't be the rabbit.
I too have been tailgated by police and did not want to be seen as brake-checking, since those brake lights light the same if you feather the brake or stomp...
I always go 5mph over like clockwork.
9-10 over. And keep your eyes peeled for Staties, 10 over drop it down when you see them to acknowledge their authoritah and 5 over either leave it or do the same...
Shows as 4-7 over on their radar on most cars, not all but many. Some are true to speed, some (most!!) make you think you're going a little faster as a safety feature.
See a cop, either leave it set or drop it down, I've been told (by Staties) they won't waste their time for 5 over. I'm sure somewhere, it has happened, but, there are ways to get tickets and ways to not get tickets, go on highway and set cruise at 75 in a 70 and you won't get one... they will sit their and wait for their 80+. And if there is much traffic they may let that go too. You'd be surprised..
I've gotten a ticket for 10 over. But that was at 3:15 in the morning, virtually no traffic, remember, the speed limit drops to 65 some places. They got me. Never again.. And, yes, I was surprised, and, yes, I did state I thought the speed limit was 70, as it was for the previous ~250ish miles. Slow night. But it happened. 10.. 10 flat.. 9 and I probably would have been okay....
I agree ^^^^^^
Tailgating is very stupid.
I get where I'm going. Typically 8-9 mph over posted speed limit on 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70 mph zones.
But I don't run 4 feet behind someone.
I had a local police officer tailgate me a couple of weeks ago. I saw that nimrod come on to Rte 199 at the Rte 60 exit. I drive my typical 68-69 mph... And leave him behind knowing that I could see that police vehicle again. Sure enough .... 3 miles down the road deputy dumbass comes running up to me and tailgates me the last mile to my exit. In a area at night with deer known to be all over the place in that area routinely...
I was not impressed. That moron was trying to push me to go a bit faster as to write me a ticket...
I proceed to take deputy moron on a guided tour of the local neighborhoods in a big circle pattern.... That idiot followed me that entire way...
Funny to me... Because I actually drive the same whether deputy moron is there or not. As I came to my area he finally left me alone. If moron Jr would have followed me in there I would have circled my neighborhood and took that idiot on another guided tour of another couple of nearby neighborhoods.
For the record... I have told a couple of local police officers in person that I appreciate them and what they are trying to do. I also talked with a really nice state trooper and told him the same.
I got to know many of my local police officers at the gym I used to work at. And I got to know most of the state troopers. 90 percent plus were really good everyday people.
I know there's always a few idiots in every profession... Mine certainly has them too. I worked with a few that didn't know how to act right.
More like 4 inches !! But. Thank you, and.. yes!
About to rack up some miles, Christmas break is but 8 hours away.
Road trip!