How Do You Deal With Tailgaters?

[goeduck]

I drive the speed limit, not over, not under when out on the freeway or highway. I figure that is why they spend all that money on putting up all those signs. If someone wants to pass, be my guest, but I won't pull over if at the speed limit.

That said, the few times I was towing and could not keep up with the posted limit, I did pull over.

 

[Jstpssng]

I drive the speed limit, not over, not under when out on the freeway or highway. I figure that is why they spend all that money on putting up all those signs. If someone wants to pass, be my guest, but I won't pull over if at the speed limit.

That said, the few times I was towing and could not keep up with the posted limit, I did pull over.

How do you know that your speedometer registers exactly the speed limit? I drove my company Tundra for over a year before realizing it registers 2 mph under my actual speed.

 

[Redbug]

How do you know that your speedometer registers exactly the speed limit? I drove my company Tundra for over a year before realizing it registers 2 mph under my actual speed.

I use my NUVI (GPS unit) and compare now and again. I imagine an app of your smart phone could do the same thing.

 

[steve tym]

I drive the speed limit, not over, not under when out on the freeway or highway. I figure that is why they spend all that money on putting up all those signs. If someone wants to pass, be my guest, but I won't pull over if at the speed limit.

That said, the few times I was towing and could not keep up with the posted limit, I did pull over.

Even on a multi lane road? Seriously?

 

[Jstpssng]

I use my NUVI (GPS unit) and compare now and again. I imagine an app of your smart phone could do the same thing.

That's how I know. My point is that unless somebody has a badge, blue lights and a summonse book they have no right to enforce the speed limit by being a rolling road block or any other method.

 

[LHF2019]

The advice around here, is to NOT pull your tractor or other SMV off for people. You have the right of way once on the road, and you pull over, you have yielded that, so; if it pulling back onto the road, thats on you. They advice to maintain your position, and others can go around as they are able.

Just last week after leaving work came up on a backhoe half on half off road. Not smart. Waited until an area to pass and there was a car in the on coming lane. Not an issue for me but sure enough my tailgating co worker did not think twice and passed with me forcing on coming car off to the shoulder. The backhoe should have been completely in his lane.

 

[Renze]

That's how I know. My point is that unless somebody has a badge, blue lights and a summonse book they have no right to enforce the speed limit by being a rolling road block or any other method.

Exactly

 

[paulsharvey]

Oh, dont kniw if this applies other places; but when passing a SMV, even on multiple lanes; you Techincally are required to slow to the speed of the SMV before passing. I assume that is because the SMV might be over sized?

 

[MossRoad]

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

I'm pretty sure all of our local school buses have them now. Fantastic! We've had a few cases of people passing a bus on the RIGHT SIDE while it was stopped letting kids off or picking them up.

We had a really bad one in 2018 about an hour south of us. Woman killed three siblings that were crossing the road to get on a school bus.

Woman out of prison in school bus crash that killed 3 kids

ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — A woman convicted in a 2018 crash that killed three siblings who were crossing a rural northern Indiana highway to board a school bus was released from prison Wednesday, after serving just over two years.

apnews.com

That led to some changes in school bus operation so they'd only pick up kids on the right side of the road so that kids didn't have to cross roads to board buses.

 

[Renze]

We had a really bad one in 2018 about an hour south of us. Woman killed three siblings that were crossing the road to get on a school bus.

Woman out of prison in school bus crash that killed 3 kids

ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — A woman convicted in a 2018 crash that killed three siblings who were crossing a rural northern Indiana highway to board a school bus was released from prison Wednesday, after serving just over two years.

apnews.com

Well deserved jail time. I always slow down when i see kids, as an adult i should know they are unpredictable.