Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[DieselBound]

That's great, bcp! (the first one for sure, the second one, well- we FEEL that way, but...)

 

[4570Man]

I find that the chronic tailgaters are younger females. (though I recently had an older female driving a BMW SUV tailgate the crap out of me) Older folks in my area seem to be the ones that I get behind (though not tailgate) which results in attracting the tailgaters on MY behind!

It takes all the self control I have not to lay on the brakes with those people.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Priceless! I love it. Talk about a paradigm shift!

Tailgating. It's like driving a nail with your thumb next to the nail your driving. Why would you do that? I WAS stupid enough to do that with a long recycled deck screw (with a buggered head), really leaned on it with the screw gun, and just about put the robertson bit through my thumb! Excellent learning experience.

 

[4570Man]

What I really don't get, is there is absolutely no benefit to tail gating and only risk. You aren't going to get there any faster!

Just saw a movie on the old P.I.E,, Pacific Intermountain Express Company of the 50s. Drivers could not exceed 50mph, had a data logger and despite tight schedules, were REQUIRED to help motorists in distress/broken down.

That company rebuilt all its own fleet down to the smallest components in their own shops. LOTS of jobs! Curious what happened to it. Maybe deregulation of the trucking industry.

But boy, how society has devolved!

Regulating some vehicles so a slower speed is stupid. Everyone going the same speed is much safer.

 

[bcp]

It takes all the self control I have not to lay on the brakes with those people.

Here's one that did that, at about 0:30

Bruce

 

[Industrial Toys]

That brake checker should get their next license FREE! Hats off to them! Job well done!

And yet, I bet (if still alive) that individual WILL STILL NOT change their driving style.

 

[Jstpssng]

While I don't condone tailgating, I also don't agree with "brake checking" or any other games when driving. I had a trucker give me the high beams on the interstate as I passed him while following another pickup too closely; what he didn't see was I hadn't had time to back off after that other pickup driver pulled out and cut me off just as I was overtaking him, and I had to burn off about 10 MPH just to keep from hitting him.

I used to travel through Vermont on Sunday nights on my way to NY to work; it seems like I always was one of the few people in the travel lane while the passing lane would always be clogged, most likely by some LLB who was "driving the speed limit." We would drive for miles that way, with both lanes travelling the same speed. I could never see the benefit of driving in a pack like that, knowing that I wasn't going to get anywhere any faster.

 

[GLyford]

It's all about stress. Seems that we've been conditioned to be in a state of constant stress. The tailgater will get by you only to then have to tailgate someone else. They're living their entire lives like this!

I have seen this many times. I used to work 3rd shift, driving to work at 11 at night on a 3-lane highway, no-one else on the road and some jerk needs to ride my bumper. Pull into a different lane and he zooms way up to the next car on the horizon and rides his tail. Whatever...

The other one is people getting behind a truck and getting mad because they can't see around them and the truck won't get out of their way. Hey, if you backed up two car lengths you could SEE that you have completely empty lanes to pass on either side. Nope, staying right there headlights to mudflaps getting steaming mad.

 

[lucky llama]

I don't understand all the problems with tailgating. If you drive fast enough very few people will be willing to keep up. Problem solved!:drink:

 

[WVBill]

I hate the people who drive "on my shoulder" in the passing (left) lane while I drive in the driving (right) lane. They'll just sit right there next to my left rear bumper. And if I slow down hoping they'll complete the pass, they slow down too!!