Revenge of the tailgated!

cyclonebri1

There are 2 totally differnt issues under discussion here,

1) The situation where the driver in front is driving normally on a single carriageway and the driver behind appears to intimidate by tailgating, whether his intent is to push the other driver to get them to increase speed, or to bully them into pulling over or whatever?
Only the type of driver that does this will know

For certain the tailgater is driving incorrectly, then,

2) The situation were the driver in front has the opportunity to move to the left regardless of whatever speed the car in front wishes to travel at, ie, on a lightly traficked dual carriageway or motorway. The motive is almost always "I'm a car and I'm not driving in the lorry lane", or "I'm doing 70 and thou shalt not pass"
This is clearly the front car at fault but it leads to the other party tailgating and quite often undertaking.

Both equally out of order but in the 2nd case it takes 2 to tango;)

bear1969

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

There are 2 totally differnt issues under discussion here,

1) The situation where the driver in front is driving normally on a single carriageway and the driver behind appears to intimidate by tailgating, whether his intent is to push the other driver to get them to increase speed, or to bully them into pulling over or whatever?
Only the type of driver that does this will know

For certain the tailgater is driving incorrectly, then,

2) The situation were the driver in front has the opportunity to move to the left regardless of whatever speed the car in front wishes to travel at, ie, on a lightly traficked dual carriageway or motorway. The motive is almost always "I'm a car and I'm not driving in the lorry lane", or "I'm doing 70 and thou shalt not pass"
This is clearly the front car at fault but it leads to the other party tailgating and quite often undertaking.

Both equally out of order but in the 2nd case it takes 2 to tango;)

how is car in front at fault ? leave home 5 mins earlier if you are in that much of a hurry

MrsE_2

jackieb wrote: »

So, the OP should have speeded up to get away from the tailgater, so he could brake and indicate in plenty of time to let tailgater behind know that he was about to avoid something on the road?

I think the tailgater got his just desserts in that case, but the pizza incident was just wrong & the speed up-slow down merchant just silly. I doubt the pot hole bothered the 4x4 much - they are built for rough roads, they have much firmer suspension, mine copes fab with pot holes.

If I'm tailgated I just ignore them, but I do usually start slowing down & increasing the distance between myself & the car in front of me, due to the dangerous position the driver behind is putting me in.

cyclonebri1

bear1969 wrote: »

how is car in front at fault ? leave home 5 mins earlier if you are in that much of a hurry

Cos he's driving in the wrong lane, if you can't understand that you are part of the problem:mad:

MrsE_2

joyfull wrote: »

It's been interesting to see how heated and personal these exchanges have got.

For my own peace of mind, and to ensure I don't contribute to the carnage on our roads I will take on board some of the pretty savage criticism by a minority of posters of my behaviour. I also note that there has been a lot of support.

I get 'wound up' by tailgaters because I feel threatened and intimidated by them. I feel chased & pursued and it's scary. I feel pushed to go at a speed that's doesn't feel safe for me and don't always know what to do if it's not safe to let them pass.

I have learned something. In future I will try not to react and simply do all I can to let them move on.

Do you drive a small car? I have a (small) 4x4 & tailgaters are much less of a problem than when I drove my tiny Toyota.
My driving hasn't changed.
When I'm with my DD in her car (ka) I notice people do it to her more too.

I think its something men (usually) in bigger cars do to smaller cars (often driven by females).

MrsE_2

ceebeeby wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Sorry for childishly laughing, but that is genius!!!

I always wanted one of those signs on my back windscreen that said "if you get any closer you'll realise I haven't wiped my bum" but I'm far too prim and proper really!!

I also hate tailgaters, however, just pull over as soon as I can as they scare me too much. It's kinda like bullying really isn't it ...?

I had a sign on my last car that said....

"THE CLOSER YOU DRIVE THE SLOWER I DRIVE" - my DH reckoned it was more likely to p tailgaters off & incite them:mad:

I have one for my new car, but I haven't put it on, as they are not so much of a problem now.

I did see a brillant sign that said "THIS CAR SLOWS DOWN WHEN TAILGATED":D

cyclonebri1

MrsE wrote: »

Do you drive a small car? I have a (small) 4x4 & tailgaters are much less of a problem than when I drove my tiny Toyota.
My driving hasn't changed.
When I'm with my DD in her car (ka) I notice people do it to her more too.

I think its something men (usually) in bigger cars do to smaller cars (often driven by females).

It's exactly the same in terms of people pulling out in front of you, all fine in my vectra, but when I drove the wifes clio I understood what she was allways going on about:eek:

MrsE_2

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

It's exactly the same in terms of people pulling out in front of you, all fine in my vectra, but when I drove the wifes clio I understood what she was allways going on about:eek:

I had a focus for a week while mine was in the garage recently.

I realised how much "space" people give you in a 4x4.

ahillsy

The 2 main types of bad driving that annoy me are tailgaters and lane hoggers, and unfortunately they tend to feed each other.

I find lane hoggers as annoying tbh - the people who sit in the middle or outside lane when there is no need to as they have no cars to pass, and seem oblivious to the what they are doing. Often, I've been in the inside lane doing less than the speed limit and caught up with someone going slower in the middle lane - pulling across to the outside lane to go past them, then back into the inside lane is even more frustrating when you still see them sitting in the middle lane still. Even worse when they sit in the outside lane.

This situation is what I mean when I say the 2 feed each other - often lane hoggers get tailgated and flashed to try and get the message across that they are hogging.

olly300

ahillsy wrote: »

The 2 main types of bad driving that annoy me are tailgaters and lane hoggers, and unfortunately they tend to feed each other.

Not all the time though.

I've seen a woman in a small car being tailgated by a large lorry. If he hadn't tailgated her he would have been stuck behind her for the time she decided to drive at 30mph or whatever along that stretch of road.

As he was tailgating her someone allowed him to pull out into the other lane to let him over take her.

Passing the woman she had both hands glued to the steering wheel, was white in the face and looked like she was physically shaking.

It was broad daylight, the road was dry and straight, there was no sun in your eyes and on a route where lorries and those that don't break the speed limit use the left most lane and those who want to drive faster use the right hand lane.

Good thing she wasn't driving on the road at night as she would have caused an accident for going too slowly as the road has no lighting.