What are they getting? That you drive like a tool?

 

i understand, cleveland. they have merge lanes like that in montreal, and they are really adrenalin pumping machines. you have about .5 seconds to decide whether you should speed up or slow down to merge, and some a-hole breathing down your back and trying to 'push' you is a fair target for blowing off steam.

going the speed limit is not a crime. tailgating is.
there are no unspoken rules of the road like 'all drivers must yield to impatient a-holes who can't tell their gas pedal from their dick'.

some people would have slammed on the brakes to warn off tailgaters. i've done it(it's dicey, but i have skills. i wouldn't recommend it to anyone, as it is extremely likely you will be rear ended). should add, now that i'm older gradually slowing down to well under the speed limit is even more effective. slow down until they "GET IT', lol, and then proceed a tempo.

 

You summed it up. I'm glad someone here understands the law and safe driving.

 

lol

 

Using your left foot to lightly tap your brake pedal enough to illuminate the brake lights while still maintaining your speed with your right foot on the gas pedal will accomplish the same thing and you won't get rear ended.

 

I often wondered if hooking up a switch to toggle on and off the reverse lights would be a deterrent for tailgaters!

 

If they're really being tailgated....really close.....simply turn your lights on momentarily. With the driver behind, concentrating on you, the flash of rear tail lights is unexpected and he/she will react to the impression the brakes are applied.

It's an old "Cat & Mouse" trick from the 60's.

If it doesn't work....nothing lost. You're open for other tactics.

EDIT....just thought of this........wasn't available in the 60's. Press the button for the Hazard Lights. I believe they illuminate with brake light intensity

 

If worst comes to worst...rig your rear washer nozzle to squirt backwards and fill er up with cat pee..may take a second for the full effect..but the reaction is pricelessssssssssss

 

LOL I'm already wiring this into my HHR. I need this since coasting into driveways is dangerous since i don't hit the brakes, and my turn signal is a decent warning but not a true way to determine when i'm actually going to turn. This will allow me to warn the person behind me without using extra fuel.

Since I feel everyone has equal rights to be safe on the road, i DO care about those that may not notice that i am coasting. People like aaron can use my fake rear brake lights to drive around me to get to the red light as fast as possible, without being hindered by my iceoff coasting :)
Your welcome aarons of the world.

 

Interesting set of statements. There is a conflict above.......

Just to disclaimer right off the bat. I do not intend to escalate this thread into a fight.

I actually (no sarcasm..really) just wanted to clarify what my mindset was, and not have it MISinterpreted by aaaron.
I have no beef with you aaron. However I do believe that your not looking at this in the most logical way and legal way.

So to further explain my feelings.

My beloved s-10 was rearended. The lady talking on the phone behind me was merging as I was comming from work. This was in oct 2005. The traffic was stop and go, we sped up and

slowed down twice. the third time she was talking to her passenger (i dont trust s&g highway drivers), head turned 90 degrees to where she was going. hit me at 40, I was completly stopped. she never hit the brakes, the passenger wasnt looking at me either. My neck and back were fd up, my rearend crushed, her car totaled (alfa romeo), and a (at fault also for not maintaining a safe distance) poor s10 blazer hit the alfa since they had no warning.

So lets see here, two citations, two tickets, 2 damaged cars, 1 totaled, 1 fd up neck and back (this cost her also). this is the type of thing I hate. i won't allow your hurry to endanger me. You don't matter if my safety is at stake. i'll merge when I feel like, at what speed i feel like without regard for your intentions. I still don't have a single moving violation in the past 8 years. I'd like to keep it that way. I am not an obstacle, I am a driver. You need to accept that REALITY.