What do you consider "tailgating"?

[NEWTREADS]

now i set the cruise cntrl at 9 above the limit, listen to the radio and watch the madness unfold around me.


Well put bigred.

[mikeb]

All you brake check people are doing it wrong. You are supposed to use your E-brake so your brake lights never come on which usually causes the offending driver to slam on thier brakes and swerve to avoid you. I've noticed they tend to stay back after that.

that's why manual transmissions rule. 5th to 3rd then watch there eyes get real big in the mirror.

[butcher bergs]

i used be a "bergs" driver but as i get older and wiser i have slowed down a lot.

Wait just a minute...

For the record (and the haters): I definitely was not tailgating this guy. He started to change lanes and I began to move past him at that time. During that moment of my attempt to pass, this guy started to stradle the lanes at which point forcing me to brake and back off. Yes, I did get close to him, albeit not on purpose. How was I to know that he'd make a half lane change just as I attempted to pass him?

FWIW; I'm a mostly-patient driver, I just travel alot faster than the general public. No stress for me while I'm behind the wheel, that I'm sure of.

[The Snowman]

ill tell you why. they dont want to be interfere at next on ramp because people dont know how to merge.

Didn't you get a ticket for this very same thing?

[bigred875]

Wait just a minute...

For the record (and the haters): I definitely was not tailgating this guy. He started to change lanes and I began to move past him at that time. During that moment of my attempt to pass, this guy started to stradle the lanes at which point forcing me to brake and back off. Yes, I did get close to him, albeit not on purpose. How was I to know that he'd make a half lane change just as I attempted to pass him?

FWIW; I'm a mostly-patient driver, I just travel alot faster than the general public. No stress for me while I'm behind the wheel, that I'm sure of.

i just meant 80 everywhere..."faster then everyone"...i wasn't bashing you or saying you are a bad driver...sorry if it came across that way

[The Snowman]

now i set the cruise cntrl at 9 above the limit, listen to the radio and watch the madness unfold around me. when someone tailgates me now, i no longer brake check, i graduallly slow to 10 below the speed limit...they pass, sometimes flip me off...i hit resume and am on my way.. if they are a real asshole i may speed up andpace with another slow driver so they can't get around....but thats usually on a bad day...just not worth the aggrevation..

I do damn close to the same thing now, except I usually do around 70 on the 65 speed zones. I'm turning into an old man, except that I refuse to drive under the limit.

[SVRACER01]

All you brake check people are doing it wrong. You are supposed to use your E-brake so your brake lights never come on which usually causes the offending driver to slam on thier brakes and swerve to avoid you. I've noticed they tend to stay back after that.

i was reading an article one time about some road racer (car) guy that had a switch to turn off the brake lights in his car. someone got too close hed brake a little early for a turn and BAM! busted radiator

[Kham]

Didn't you get a ticket for this very same thing?

no because i know how to merge. i know how quick and when i can move when nobody is in front. somebody was just being a dick head. you gotta believe me chuck.

[The Snowman]

no because i know how to merge. i know how quick and when i can move when nobody is in front. somebody was just being a dick head.

It's the "other guy" defense.

[Kham]

It's the "other guy" defense.

i dont get it.

[butcher bergs]

i just meant 80 everywhere..."faster then everyone"...i wasn't bashing you or saying you are a bad driver...sorry if it came across that way

I ain't trippin' y0. I can see how my post mislead you. Sorry 'bout that.

I already know I'm a bad driver but I usually straighten right up after a few beers down at the Foxhole.

[Fitz]

My definition of tailgating really depends on what I'm driving. I'm a lot more confident in the car than I am on the bike. The zx6r has great brakes but so does the Evo. The ambulance not so much so I tend to hang back a bit. Driving in the US is so messed up anyway compared to Europe. People would rather sit in the fast lane and bitch about you "tailgating them" instead of simply moving over a lane and letting you by. No blood no foul in my book.

Fitz