How Do You Deal With Tailgaters?

[Renze]

Yes.
I'm not sure if I included it but there also is a statute prohibiting speeding up when somebody is passing.

Here too, but when i was doing 65mph (50mph is allowed with a trailer) a truck (that bypassed its mandatory speed limiter: likely by pulling the breaker from the breaker box) tried to pass me at night on an empty two lane road. I kept him busy in the opposing lane, untill he reached 85mph. When i saw headlights in the oncoming lane (where he was driving) i scooted away at 100mph to not make him do anything stupid and cause an accident by proxy, because the guy looked pretty aggrevated

 

[not2old]

This is one good reason to always have superior horsepower.

I have to agree with this. In the ten years I've had my CTS-V, I've given a jerk my right foot rather than my finger three times that I can remember. Much more satisfying and polite.

 

[BleedingOrange]

I have to agree with this. In the ten years I've had my CTS-V, I've given a jerk my right foot rather than my finger three times that I can remember. Much more satisfying and polite.

Yup, and each time I hope like heck it ain,t a pissed off, of duty cop. With cell phone cameras now so popular, were they can snap your plate, it is even more risky doing stuff that isn,t really legal, while driving.

 

[WinterDeere]

I have to agree with this. In the ten years I've had my CTS-V, I've given a jerk my right foot rather than my finger three times that I can remember. Much more satisfying and polite.

I loved the old big-v8 CTS-V's of the 2010's era. Sadly when we went shopping for a new car for my wife in 2020, with the CTS-V at the top of my memory, I found they no longer offered any of the higher horsepower and higher displacement options in a wagon. We ended up abandoning Cadillac, on that alone. Meanwhile, Dodge was still offering the Durango with 485 and 707 hp options, much more suitable.

I try to never buy any full-size car less than 500 horsepower, that's about the minimum I consider "drivable". Something around 200 - 250 hp/ton.

There's just no arguing with 500 hp in a passing scenario, when most you're passing on the road are driving 4-bangers that struggling to make 200-250 hp.

 

[Jstpssng]

With cell phone cameras now so popular

Not just that. Dash cams are also getting more widespread. I've had (2) school buses running red lights on mine. Not just stale yellow, my light was green when they went through from the other direction.

 

[paulsharvey]

Not just that. Dash cams are also getting more widespread. I've had (2) school buses running red lights on mine. Not just stale yellow, my light was green when they went through from the other direction.

They are adding bus light running ticket cameras to some busses now too.