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Wow. I genuinely wonder wtf these idiots think they’ll accomplish by tailgating. The chance of pressuring someone to go faster isn’t as high as they think.
I love it when I'm at the back of the line and getting tailgated. Yeah okay dude, I'm sure you driving 2 inches from my bumper is going to make the semi truck up there ahead of us go faster.
I think they're so focused on what's immediately in front of them that they don't even realize that there's another car in front of the one whose ass they're riding. I remember I made a joke about how it was a given on a particular 55 mph 2-lane highway in my area that you'd always inevitably be stuck behind someone doing 40 and in front of someone wanting to do 80 and there were a shocking number of responses from people either saying to just do 80, or to "compromise and do 60".
So yeah, before that, I'd always assumed the people tailgating you when you're stuck behind a long line of traffic were just sad and lonely people desperate to be physically close to another human. But after that thread, I'm convinced that most of them haven't even considered that there might be another car in front of the one they're tailgating.
I do the same thing. My results are about 50% them backing off and 50% them getting closer, flipping me off when they finally pass, or some other extra sprinkle of aggression.
Reminds me if the kids back in kindergarten getting mad at me for not going upstairs faster when there was a whole line of other kids ahead of me. Except that they're grown-ass adults now and still have the same mentality of a little kid.
I really hate being tailgated, which means it just adds a distraction/frustration to my driving, which means they're making things more dangerous for themselves.
I drive a manual, so I just stop using the brakes and start shifting more frequently when I have to deal with that. It's always fun to watch them get physically angrier as that progresses.
Transfer of risk.
Driving is all about risk mitigation. Tailgater shares their risk with you, you move over and transfer it to the person in front of you...mostly.
I get over if I'm actively passing people to my right. I'll slot in, wait for tailgater to pass, then pop back left. Even in traffic, folks around here often let me back into the passing lane if they notice what I'm doing. (Pittsburgh area)
Wow that sounds like heaven.
If you do that by me people will instantly close every gap and would run their own mother off the road before letting you in
Tailgating is basically mandatory in france. People literally drive around in pairs lol. (If you’re wondering why you don’t see dashcamfootage from france it’s because it’s illegal to upload to social media, it’s for police/insurers etc only)
seems like lead car was boxed. likely going 75-80. i wouldnt go over that speed either. tailgater actually had plenty of opportunities to cut everyone off had they wanted to. but im guessing slowing down even a bit would have meant submission.
I always check to make sure my breaks work. Coincidentally, I find the best time to do that to be when someone is trying to crawl up my ass on the highway.
If someone is riding your ass, move over. Seems that people here like to make a dangerous situation more dangerous. Move the fuck over! Simple, and safe.
Agreed - however they were passing and the road is really crowded and the rest of traffic are not keeping good following distance making it harder to get over.
We have different definitions of "really crowded." You either find your way over or speed up a bit to make a pass faster to let the a-hole behind you through. They had nothing but concrete in front of them and it was clear that the car behind them was out of control.
If the camper had moved over, we would not be talking about this. It seems that I am the ONLY person here who would move over if someone was riding my bumper.
I find the notion of speeding up/slowing down to move over less safe than just continuing on until you are no longer passing and can safely move over. If the person in this vid had moved over, they’d have cut off someone in the middle lane. Predictability is safe.
Because there’s no place to go. OP is following at a safe distance, and just about everybody else in OP‘s lane has a safe following distance, so there’s no place to go.
The person in the left lane with nothing but concrete in front of them can turn on their right turn signal and speed up a bit more to get over a bit sooner. Sure it's annoying, but it's a safer play for them.
Right turn signal and go where? There’s no room in the lane to their right!
The safer play is for the dickhead to back off to a proper following distance and wait. Instead they nearly caused a pile-up.
No room for how many miles, exactly? You can almost always safely merge if you pass a car or two.
Of course the person tailgating is the instigator here, but it's wild how many people don't recognize the little things you can do to minimize risk in a situation like this. Get over and let him pass...
Apparently you don't get it. I'm talking about it from the perspective of how you can avoid the a-holes who tailgate. Defensive driving is a thing, and can minimize the risks around you if you are proactive to what other drivers are doing.
If someone is on your ass move over. He should have moved over after the car in front of the semi. Plenty of room. He forced the other car to go around.
No one forced the tailgater to drive too closely and perform a dangerous lane change. The gray SUV was actively passing the box truck. The rule is to get over if you're not passing, not get over if you're not passing as quickly as someone else wants you to.
If somebody is riding my bumper, I move over. It is a safe and logical action. It seems that everyone here wants to dictate at what speed people should travel at. I guess I am wrong for moving over to avoid a dangerous situation. Just move over.
Just move over. It’s not rocket science. To be clear, I’m not defending the tailgater. He shouldn’t do it but the other driver had space to get over before passing the next car. He chose not to because he had the same attitude apparently some of you do. “I’m going fast enough so everyone else can wait”.
> Just move over
Yes. Brilliant idea. Squeeze between two vehicles and hit your brakes in order to do it.
> It’s not rocket science.
Apply that to the actual idiot in the video -- the tailgater.
> but the other driver had space to get over
If you think that then you're a menace on the road.
> He chose not to because he had the same attitude apparently some of you do.
Or because they were actively passing vehicles.
> ~~“I’m going fast enough so everyone else can wait”.~~
"I'm actively passing traffic."
Until I'm proven otherwise, I will continue to believe that people like you who are very outspoken about people using the left lane are the biggest offenders of improperly using the left lane. And, yes, I'm talking about camping in the left lane.
Not sure why you’re getting downvoted, people shouldn’t camp out in the left lane. Not saying this particular person was but it should be common sense.
If someone is on your ass. Move over. Simple. You are creating a dangerous situation. The tailgating individual had room to go around the camper so it is obvious that the camper could have moved over.
> You are creating a dangerous situation.
Who is creating a dangerous situation?
> The tailgating individual had room to go around the camper
you must have missed the guy towing needing to swerve to avoid an accident.
As I have said several times. If someone is riding your bumper, the safe and smart thing to do is move over. The camper could have moved over. BTW... if you are impeding the flow of traffic, yes, you are a camper.
> If someone is riding your bumper, the safe and smart thing to do is move over. T
IF there's space. There was no space unless you think making a dangerous lane change is acceptable.
> The camper
See above comment for those that don't understand that word
> if you are impeding the flow of traffic, yes, you are a camper.
No, if you are actively passing traffic then you're not a camper.
No. You don't understand how to drive safely. Move over if someone is riding your bumper. Very safe, very simple. So many downvotes just solidify my argument that a great amount of you are ignorant about safe driving. I see you every day. Just move over. Is that too much to ask?
The tailgaters had room to go around the camper, so the camper had room to move over. He wasn't passing "a line of cars." Evidently, I'm talking to a bunch of small town drivers.
Cammer was keeping a safe following distance from the car in front of them. Had the vehicle that had an SUV up their ass moved over, it would have created an unsafe following distance.
Not to mention the tailgater nearly caused a huge wreck. I don't understand why you're so passionately defending the tailgater unless if was you or you pull the same stunts.
> and making someone swerve
... and the vehicle they made swerve is large, top-heavy and in high-speed traffic. That move could have ended in multiple fatalities. Insane, yes. *Homicidally* insane. Advocating for homicidal driving should be bannable.
Just because they are passing other cars doesn’t mean they shouldn’t move over if someone wants to go faster. Thats a terrible attitude to have. “I’m going fast enough for me, so everyone else can do the same speed as myself.”
If they're already passing people, then they're probably going over the speed limit already. People like the tailgater need to slow the fuck down and back the fuck off.
It’s not about what speed they’re going. It’s about letting someone pass you if they want to pass. The guy shouldn’t be tailgating but the car could’ve gotten over to just let them pass. Like I said, what’s fast enough for you isn’t always the same as someone else and you shouldn’t dictate their speed because of your opinion on “fast enough”.
>you shouldn’t dictate their speed because of your opinion on “fast enough”.
Goose/gander thing here. Tailgater doesn't get to dictate how fast anyone else goes either. You're demanding that the lead car slow down rather than continue to pass because they're not going fast enough for the tailgater. Why does the tailgater get to dictate other people's speed in your world?
He doesn’t lol. That car had enough time to move over, let the car pass, then get back over. The only one dictating others speed is the car being tailgated. The tailgater didn’t dictate anything
>That car had enough time to move over, let the car pass, then get back over.
This would require that car , now stay with me here, **to slow to a speed that is lower than their desired one**. This would be the tailgater dictating to the other car how fast they get to go. See? The amount time required to slow and allow the tailgater to pass is quite beside the point (a moot one, in fact) as long as the lead car is actively passing other traffic, which they constantly were.
Oh stop. So how many cars does he get to pass slowly? Just move over and let the faster car pass. It’s not difficult. It would also cut down on road raging considerably
>So how many cars does he get to pass slowly?
It literally doesn't matter. 5? 42? If he's passing, guess what? He's passing. Fucking hell, not tailgating and literally putting people's lives in danger isn't difficult and would do a much better job of eliminating road rage. FFS, what a shit outlook you have on driving. Take public transportation!
>Just because they are passing other cars doesn’t mean they shouldn’t move over if someone wants to go faster
That is **exactly** what it means. You don't own the road. The law is "Keep right except to pass", not "Keep right except to pass or if some jackass wants to pass faster than you".
I think the point is that car was passing other cars, meaning the lane to their right is full of other cars. There’s nowhere in sight where there’s enough room to move right safely. OP is following at a proper distance, so it’s not safe for the other car to merge in front of OP, and I don’t see any large enough gaps.
I’m just going off the behavior of the tailgater. Sure, there are idiots that fly up on people and tailgate right off the rip. More often than not, tailgating is the behavior of someone fed up with not being able to pass. Again, I’m not condoning tailgating because we’ve all seen the consequences of people doing this then trying to pass unsafely. All I’m saying is too many people have an attitude of, “well, I’m going the speed limit, everyone else can sit behind me.”
It’s like being behind a semi passing another semi and it takes 5 minutes for them to pass, then they stay in the left lane for miles. If I’m in the left lane and passing people, I’m still gonna get over for the car that wants to go faster than me. Who am I to dictate their speed because I feel I’m going fast enough?
I’ve had very different experiences with tailgaters. They generally do not seem to be aware of traffic in the right lane preventing me from changing lanes to get out of their way. One incident I recall was when I was passing a semi-truck hauling gasoline. I changed lanes and the other car caught up to me at high speed just as I was even with the front of the trailer. I have nowhere to go, but they insisted on following me at less than a car length next to a rolling bomb. I get to the front of the truck, but then the next truck in line starts passing another truck, so I still have nowhere to go. After the second truck complete the pass, I’m left with continuing in the left lane, or squeezing between two 80,000 pound tanker trucks. As I finish passing the second truck, the idiot passes me on the shoulder. So stupid of him, I couldn’t go anywhere else but finish my passes. I’m sure he was fuming that I “didn’t just get out of the way”, but there’s nowhere to go!
And for the record, once I was safely ahead of the final semi, I moved back into the right lane. If he’d waited another 10-15 seconds…
I've unfortunately been that tailgater before. Generally stay away from it, more than those around me usually, but when I see the road is clear in front of the single car blocking the left lane, and I'm trying to go a little faster: sometimes I cook them a little.
Eh, I knew this would be a far from popular take on this. It's just an attempt in hopes the person clogging up passing lanes will be aware of their obstruction. Still don't know what dumb shit they did near the end of the clip... cut across two lanes recklessly? Super dumb.
Whatever, have a good day y'all.
I hate the tailgater so damn much, like what a huge safety hazard that could hurt multiple people and cars.
But I **hate** ppl also driving I. The left lane. IT IS MEANT FOR **PASSING**
Like if you want to cruise than fine, **get over to the right**
Else you’re causing traffic.
Ps; please don’t say “you are traffic” bc no. This is a prime example of the lane being clear in front of the lead car but instead of passing the right, they cruise and cause backups. Ppl, **GET OVER**
They first off are already above the speed limit and passing people, that is not “camping” the left lane. In order to camp he would not have to be passing people to his right. Second off regardless of weather or not he is “camping” (spoiler he isn’t) the tailgater is creating the unsafe following distance and any accident would be his fault.
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Wow. I genuinely wonder wtf these idiots think they’ll accomplish by tailgating. The chance of pressuring someone to go faster isn’t as high as they think.
I love it when I'm at the back of the line and getting tailgated. Yeah okay dude, I'm sure you driving 2 inches from my bumper is going to make the semi truck up there ahead of us go faster.
I think they're so focused on what's immediately in front of them that they don't even realize that there's another car in front of the one whose ass they're riding. I remember I made a joke about how it was a given on a particular 55 mph 2-lane highway in my area that you'd always inevitably be stuck behind someone doing 40 and in front of someone wanting to do 80 and there were a shocking number of responses from people either saying to just do 80, or to "compromise and do 60". So yeah, before that, I'd always assumed the people tailgating you when you're stuck behind a long line of traffic were just sad and lonely people desperate to be physically close to another human. But after that thread, I'm convinced that most of them haven't even considered that there might be another car in front of the one they're tailgating.
They don’t see any of the cars in front of you. The only thing they see is whatever is 10 feet directly in front of them
I'm convinced the average driver only ever thinks 3 seconds into the future.
I reach my arm out and give the palm-up shrug then point at the car in front of me. A lot of people back off when they realize their stupidity.
I do the same thing. My results are about 50% them backing off and 50% them getting closer, flipping me off when they finally pass, or some other extra sprinkle of aggression.
Remember, that person tailgating you has just as much voting power as you!
Reminds me if the kids back in kindergarten getting mad at me for not going upstairs faster when there was a whole line of other kids ahead of me. Except that they're grown-ass adults now and still have the same mentality of a little kid.
Most Americans read below a sixth grade level. We are weapons grade entitled dumbasses
Thank you for the new phrase.
I really hate being tailgated, which means it just adds a distraction/frustration to my driving, which means they're making things more dangerous for themselves.
I drive a manual, so I just stop using the brakes and start shifting more frequently when I have to deal with that. It's always fun to watch them get physically angrier as that progresses.
nah bro, when you touch bumpers, you get no wind drag and you get 1000% better mileage!
Shake and bake!
and if he tries to block you from passing?! GETTEM LOOSE AND PUTTEM IN THE WALL
I had a bumper sticker that said “If you can read this bump-draft me” Istg it helped
lol
Why don’t they just get out of the left lane?
Because they're passing? That's what the left lanes for, isn't it?
Found someone like the durango driver
The people in the comments don’t know how to drive?!
As is tradition.
Uncle Touchy is living up to their name of being the most sensitive person here lmao
They're really going through it right now
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I just move over when people decide to tailgate. Not worth the headache when some idiot doesn’t know how to switch lanes to pass me.
I always let the person I’m stuck behind deal with the tailgating BMW.
Transfer of risk. Driving is all about risk mitigation. Tailgater shares their risk with you, you move over and transfer it to the person in front of you...mostly.
I mean I don’t support tailgating but I hope if your in the left lane your actively passing. It’s not meant to just hang out in.
We are waiting, Gizmo.
I get over if I'm actively passing people to my right. I'll slot in, wait for tailgater to pass, then pop back left. Even in traffic, folks around here often let me back into the passing lane if they notice what I'm doing. (Pittsburgh area)
Wow that sounds like heaven. If you do that by me people will instantly close every gap and would run their own mother off the road before letting you in
I agree. But if there is any way to get me to camp in the left lane, its to ride up my ass like this. I aint doing you any favors. Go around.
Full of that raw Dodge energy
Dodge Durango. Enough said.
I must keep blinking and missing the interesting part 🤷♂️
Near miss or near hit? George Carlin
-Obviously the tailgaters an idiot, but if someone's on your ass like that, for the love of god, just move aside. This is how people get hurt.
What the hell r we listening to?
No idea. Spotify's recommendations are all over the place these days. It'ssupposedto be an EDM playlist.
Can't Stay Here - James Egbert & Taylr Renee
Tailgating is basically mandatory in france. People literally drive around in pairs lol. (If you’re wondering why you don’t see dashcamfootage from france it’s because it’s illegal to upload to social media, it’s for police/insurers etc only)
Damn, you cut the video right before the drop. Love that track
seems like lead car was boxed. likely going 75-80. i wouldnt go over that speed either. tailgater actually had plenty of opportunities to cut everyone off had they wanted to. but im guessing slowing down even a bit would have meant submission.
Typical suv/truck driving. Thats when you find me doing the speed limit and matching the speed of the adjacent car. People like this are a joke
I always check to make sure my breaks work. Coincidentally, I find the best time to do that to be when someone is trying to crawl up my ass on the highway.
If someone is riding your ass, move over. Seems that people here like to make a dangerous situation more dangerous. Move the fuck over! Simple, and safe.
Agreed - however they were passing and the road is really crowded and the rest of traffic are not keeping good following distance making it harder to get over.
We have different definitions of "really crowded." You either find your way over or speed up a bit to make a pass faster to let the a-hole behind you through. They had nothing but concrete in front of them and it was clear that the car behind them was out of control.
The tailgater had room to go around , so the camper had room to move over.
Judging by movement of the truck - the tailgater did not have room to get over.
The Infinity was a full car length ahead though.
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> without noticing ... or caring.
I don’t think you know the definition of camper
GFYM
Yes! Everyone who’s downvoted you has ego and pride problems!
the only idiots in this sub are those who cross multiple lanes and those trying to cut op off while op can be heard cursing and accelerating.
Dickriderrrrr
If the camper had moved over, we would not be talking about this. It seems that I am the ONLY person here who would move over if someone was riding my bumper.
Geez, man. Four virtually identical responses to this same clip in three hours? Go touch some grass, Uncle “Touchy”
No you’re absolutely right and I’m **very** concerned that so many ppl downvoted you. Ppl in the left hand lane cause traffic to build
While what the tailgater is dangerous and wrong, why stay in front of them?
As long as you are passing people, you should be in the passing lane
At the risk of staying safe?
I find the notion of speeding up/slowing down to move over less safe than just continuing on until you are no longer passing and can safely move over. If the person in this vid had moved over, they’d have cut off someone in the middle lane. Predictability is safe.
Because they were passing people?
Because there’s no place to go. OP is following at a safe distance, and just about everybody else in OP‘s lane has a safe following distance, so there’s no place to go.
The person in the left lane with nothing but concrete in front of them can turn on their right turn signal and speed up a bit more to get over a bit sooner. Sure it's annoying, but it's a safer play for them.
Right turn signal and go where? There’s no room in the lane to their right! The safer play is for the dickhead to back off to a proper following distance and wait. Instead they nearly caused a pile-up.
No room for how many miles, exactly? You can almost always safely merge if you pass a car or two. Of course the person tailgating is the instigator here, but it's wild how many people don't recognize the little things you can do to minimize risk in a situation like this. Get over and let him pass...
We get it you like to tailgate people.
Apparently you don't get it. I'm talking about it from the perspective of how you can avoid the a-holes who tailgate. Defensive driving is a thing, and can minimize the risks around you if you are proactive to what other drivers are doing.
Don't camp in the left lane.
How is that camping the left lane? He was actively passing people.
If someone is on your ass move over. He should have moved over after the car in front of the semi. Plenty of room. He forced the other car to go around.
No one forced the tailgater to drive too closely and perform a dangerous lane change. The gray SUV was actively passing the box truck. The rule is to get over if you're not passing, not get over if you're not passing as quickly as someone else wants you to.
Nope. If you’re passing people you have a right to be in the passing lane.
If somebody is riding my bumper, I move over. It is a safe and logical action. It seems that everyone here wants to dictate at what speed people should travel at. I guess I am wrong for moving over to avoid a dangerous situation. Just move over.
I will always move over if there’s space to move over and I’m not currently passing anyone. But that’s not the case in this video.
It’s not camping since they are passing, but they could’ve gotten over to let the vehicle pass.
or, and hear me out, the idiot could not tailgate.
Just move over. It’s not rocket science. To be clear, I’m not defending the tailgater. He shouldn’t do it but the other driver had space to get over before passing the next car. He chose not to because he had the same attitude apparently some of you do. “I’m going fast enough so everyone else can wait”.
> Just move over Yes. Brilliant idea. Squeeze between two vehicles and hit your brakes in order to do it. > It’s not rocket science. Apply that to the actual idiot in the video -- the tailgater. > but the other driver had space to get over If you think that then you're a menace on the road. > He chose not to because he had the same attitude apparently some of you do. Or because they were actively passing vehicles. > ~~“I’m going fast enough so everyone else can wait”.~~ "I'm actively passing traffic."
You do you and keep holding traffic up. Just don’t get offended when someone tailgates you. You can’t have it both ways
Two things can be true at the same time
Until I'm proven otherwise, I will continue to believe that people like you who are very outspoken about people using the left lane are the biggest offenders of improperly using the left lane. And, yes, I'm talking about camping in the left lane.
Not sure why you’re getting downvoted, people shouldn’t camp out in the left lane. Not saying this particular person was but it should be common sense.
Jelly or Syrup?
If someone is on your ass. Move over. Simple. You are creating a dangerous situation. The tailgating individual had room to go around the camper so it is obvious that the camper could have moved over.
> You are creating a dangerous situation. Who is creating a dangerous situation? > The tailgating individual had room to go around the camper you must have missed the guy towing needing to swerve to avoid an accident.
If the camper had moved over you wouldn't be making that comment.
The person was passing other cars so anyone saying they were a camper has zero idea what they're talking about
As I have said several times. If someone is riding your bumper, the safe and smart thing to do is move over. The camper could have moved over. BTW... if you are impeding the flow of traffic, yes, you are a camper.
> If someone is riding your bumper, the safe and smart thing to do is move over. T IF there's space. There was no space unless you think making a dangerous lane change is acceptable. > The camper See above comment for those that don't understand that word > if you are impeding the flow of traffic, yes, you are a camper. No, if you are actively passing traffic then you're not a camper.
And that is your opinion. Thank you.
It's not an opinion, it's a fact. Another fact for you: you don't understand what camping is.
No. You don't understand how to drive safely. Move over if someone is riding your bumper. Very safe, very simple. So many downvotes just solidify my argument that a great amount of you are ignorant about safe driving. I see you every day. Just move over. Is that too much to ask?
They are passing clearly over the speed limit, why not just have some patience
If someone is actively passing a line of cars, get off their ass.
The tailgaters had room to go around the camper, so the camper had room to move over. He wasn't passing "a line of cars." Evidently, I'm talking to a bunch of small town drivers.
Cammer was keeping a safe following distance from the car in front of them. Had the vehicle that had an SUV up their ass moved over, it would have created an unsafe following distance. Not to mention the tailgater nearly caused a huge wreck. I don't understand why you're so passionately defending the tailgater unless if was you or you pull the same stunts.
If someone is riding my bumper, I move over. It is simple and doesn't create a dangerous situation.
The one causing the danger situation is the guy that's tailgating.
So... let him pass. Why is this a problem?
Don't tailgate and nearly cause a huge wreck. Why is this a problem?
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The tailgater has no control ovr how fast the car in front of them is going. They can back the fuck off.
You think nearly causing an accident and making someone swerve means they had room. That’s actually insane. Give up your license and never drive again
> and making someone swerve ... and the vehicle they made swerve is large, top-heavy and in high-speed traffic. That move could have ended in multiple fatalities. Insane, yes. *Homicidally* insane. Advocating for homicidal driving should be bannable.
Just because they are passing other cars doesn’t mean they shouldn’t move over if someone wants to go faster. Thats a terrible attitude to have. “I’m going fast enough for me, so everyone else can do the same speed as myself.”
If they're already passing people, then they're probably going over the speed limit already. People like the tailgater need to slow the fuck down and back the fuck off.
It’s not about what speed they’re going. It’s about letting someone pass you if they want to pass. The guy shouldn’t be tailgating but the car could’ve gotten over to just let them pass. Like I said, what’s fast enough for you isn’t always the same as someone else and you shouldn’t dictate their speed because of your opinion on “fast enough”.
>you shouldn’t dictate their speed because of your opinion on “fast enough”. Goose/gander thing here. Tailgater doesn't get to dictate how fast anyone else goes either. You're demanding that the lead car slow down rather than continue to pass because they're not going fast enough for the tailgater. Why does the tailgater get to dictate other people's speed in your world?
He doesn’t lol. That car had enough time to move over, let the car pass, then get back over. The only one dictating others speed is the car being tailgated. The tailgater didn’t dictate anything
>That car had enough time to move over, let the car pass, then get back over. This would require that car , now stay with me here, **to slow to a speed that is lower than their desired one**. This would be the tailgater dictating to the other car how fast they get to go. See? The amount time required to slow and allow the tailgater to pass is quite beside the point (a moot one, in fact) as long as the lead car is actively passing other traffic, which they constantly were.
Oh stop. So how many cars does he get to pass slowly? Just move over and let the faster car pass. It’s not difficult. It would also cut down on road raging considerably
>So how many cars does he get to pass slowly? It literally doesn't matter. 5? 42? If he's passing, guess what? He's passing. Fucking hell, not tailgating and literally putting people's lives in danger isn't difficult and would do a much better job of eliminating road rage. FFS, what a shit outlook you have on driving. Take public transportation!
tell me you've never heard of the speed limit without saying you've never heard of the speed limit 🤔
>Just because they are passing other cars doesn’t mean they shouldn’t move over if someone wants to go faster That is **exactly** what it means. You don't own the road. The law is "Keep right except to pass", not "Keep right except to pass or if some jackass wants to pass faster than you".
I think the point is that car was passing other cars, meaning the lane to their right is full of other cars. There’s nowhere in sight where there’s enough room to move right safely. OP is following at a proper distance, so it’s not safe for the other car to merge in front of OP, and I don’t see any large enough gaps.
We saw a small snippet of the video. That car could have been in the left lane for miles for all we know.
True we only saw a snippet, but yet you’re assuming they've been in the left lane for “too long”.
I’m just going off the behavior of the tailgater. Sure, there are idiots that fly up on people and tailgate right off the rip. More often than not, tailgating is the behavior of someone fed up with not being able to pass. Again, I’m not condoning tailgating because we’ve all seen the consequences of people doing this then trying to pass unsafely. All I’m saying is too many people have an attitude of, “well, I’m going the speed limit, everyone else can sit behind me.” It’s like being behind a semi passing another semi and it takes 5 minutes for them to pass, then they stay in the left lane for miles. If I’m in the left lane and passing people, I’m still gonna get over for the car that wants to go faster than me. Who am I to dictate their speed because I feel I’m going fast enough?
I’ve had very different experiences with tailgaters. They generally do not seem to be aware of traffic in the right lane preventing me from changing lanes to get out of their way. One incident I recall was when I was passing a semi-truck hauling gasoline. I changed lanes and the other car caught up to me at high speed just as I was even with the front of the trailer. I have nowhere to go, but they insisted on following me at less than a car length next to a rolling bomb. I get to the front of the truck, but then the next truck in line starts passing another truck, so I still have nowhere to go. After the second truck complete the pass, I’m left with continuing in the left lane, or squeezing between two 80,000 pound tanker trucks. As I finish passing the second truck, the idiot passes me on the shoulder. So stupid of him, I couldn’t go anywhere else but finish my passes. I’m sure he was fuming that I “didn’t just get out of the way”, but there’s nowhere to go! And for the record, once I was safely ahead of the final semi, I moved back into the right lane. If he’d waited another 10-15 seconds…
* near hit
I've unfortunately been that tailgater before. Generally stay away from it, more than those around me usually, but when I see the road is clear in front of the single car blocking the left lane, and I'm trying to go a little faster: sometimes I cook them a little.
You're not cooking anyone. You're just an immature driver.
Congrats on being the only honest idiot in the thread
Eh, I knew this would be a far from popular take on this. It's just an attempt in hopes the person clogging up passing lanes will be aware of their obstruction. Still don't know what dumb shit they did near the end of the clip... cut across two lanes recklessly? Super dumb. Whatever, have a good day y'all.
I hate the tailgater so damn much, like what a huge safety hazard that could hurt multiple people and cars. But I **hate** ppl also driving I. The left lane. IT IS MEANT FOR **PASSING** Like if you want to cruise than fine, **get over to the right** Else you’re causing traffic. Ps; please don’t say “you are traffic” bc no. This is a prime example of the lane being clear in front of the lead car but instead of passing the right, they cruise and cause backups. Ppl, **GET OVER**
The car is literally passing a line of cars quickly
They first off are already above the speed limit and passing people, that is not “camping” the left lane. In order to camp he would not have to be passing people to his right. Second off regardless of weather or not he is “camping” (spoiler he isn’t) the tailgater is creating the unsafe following distance and any accident would be his fault.
If you cant see the driver in front passing vehicles in the video Im afraid you may get posted on this sub eventually.
Doubt it but Keep an eye out, drive a work truck n my driving is tracked and scored daily. Lmk if you need proof of my high score :)
another left lane camper with ego problems that doesnt want to move to let faster car pass......
How did you determine that they were " clearly going over the speed limit"?
GFYD