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PersonalFudge9059 t1_j4osowm wrote

Reply to comment by Animallover4321 in Is there a word for out-of-staters who don’t know how to drive in the snow? by cbandes

People who tailgate during/after snowstorms are assholes, and reckless. I don’t care if you have AWD or winter tires, go slower and stay at a distance of 2 cars from the person in front of you. Idk how people pass driving tests lol.

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Animallover4321 t1_j4p7ycc wrote

I don’t get tailgating you don’t get there any faster if you leave a little room in front of you.

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GoochMasterFlash t1_j4phv0d wrote

You especially never get anywhere faster when 2/3 people will just slow down if you tailgate them. Nothing makes me want to go from driving 5 over to driving 5 under like some asshole trying to get into my back seat. Ill let them pass illegally if they want to be that stupid. Only successfully baited one person into a ticket doing that but its so rewarding

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Animallover4321 t1_j4pxuaf wrote

Isn’t it satisfying? Eventually with the asshole behind me started to really piss me off (again he could pass at anytime in left lane) so I ended up slowing down to the speed limit which at that point was 55. Too bad he never got a ticket.

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BlaineTog t1_j4qfy79 wrote

They're trying to force the driver in front of them to go faster. The idea is to make them so uncomfortable that they either speed up just to get some tail room or move a lane to the right to get out of the way.

Mind you, slow driving in the fast lane is its own faux pas, but I don't find that to be a problem nearly as often as tailgaters do.

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Animallover4321 t1_j4qg2jg wrote

Yeah but when there’s a car in front of the car being tailgated there’s nowhere to go.

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BlaineTog t1_j4qj855 wrote

They expect you to tailgate the car in front of you, impelling them to go faster. It's stupid, I know.

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RisingPhoenix92 t1_j4qood6 wrote

Had a trucker do that to me, was pissed off enough by it I didnt realize I should have asked my friend to grab the plate number and call both Staties and Target for the driver causing such an unsafe situation.

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Maronita2020 t1_j4r9klj wrote

I've had both cars and truckers do it to me a zillion times over and just slow down and drive like that for over five miles and they blow their horns continually so I slow down even more. They keep blowing there horn so I slow down even more then they move to another lane give me the middle. I give them a big smile and a wave. I'm sure I've pissed them off big time since they didn't get the reaction from me that they wanted by giving me the middle finger. lol

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DunkinRadio t1_j4pyaa4 wrote

Whenever I've asked people why they drive so close the answer is invariably "I want to get there sooner/faster."

[shrug]

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