What’s up with the brake, brake, braking when you see my headlights in your rearview mirror.
I don’t get it…you sendin me amessage that I shouldn’t be behind you??? I’m too close??? then stopping in the middle of the road ain’t gonna solve it!! Asshat…you think your Mini Cooper is so special that it should have a rural road all to itself??? Wake up fuckface, there were 6 other cars driving 10km under the speed limit because of your asinine behavior.
Wassup with rain and fog…the road is still the same, especially in daylight.
Now fuck off and look ahead of you.
—seriously pissed commuter
This article appears in Jun 25 – Jul 1, 2009.
Maybe you should pay attention to how close you’re following cars. Tailgating is a rude and ignorant thing to do.
…not to mention illegal.
The road is not the same during rain and fog, its slicker when it rains and visibility is reduced when its foggy. Reducing your speed and increasing your following distance would be the prudent thing to do.
This guy is probably the guy who would cut up the inside of you, only to end up in a right-turn-only lane, then try and edge his way forward into the straight-on lane while sitting in the intersection.
I don’t let those people in.
Plus buddy – if the person is driving for the conditions, and you hit them…
Not their fault, jackass. Go wrap yourself around a telephone pole.
If someone’s tapping the brake, they’re telling you ‘YOU ARE TOO FUCKING CLOSE SO BACK OFF OR MY EXHAUST WILL SHOOT THREE DOZEN STEEL TENT PEGS THROUGH YOUR FUCKING WINDSHIELD’.
Oooooh – 10 klicks under the speed limit…as compared to your usual 10 or 20 over. Just think…over a typical 15-25 klick commute, divvied up between highway and city streets, you could be delayed by up to 6 or 7 minutes…assuming you nail all the greens and there’s no rush hour traffic…*and* assuming there is a slowpoke ahead of you the entire distance.
More realistically, of course, you might be delayed by a WHOLE minute. Jesus. Your time must be incredibly valuable. Are you a CEO or something? Either that or you got the final warning from the boss about tardiness…
Fucking asshole, stop fucking tailgating
If someone is tailgating me I purposely drive 10-15km/h slower than I usually would. Deal with it or illegally pass me so I can take your plate #.
I won’t drive below the speed limit if someone is tailgaiting. I don’t regardless. I will, however, tap my brakes and slow down quickly to the exact speed limit, and if I notice them getting extremely po’d, I pull over and let them go by. Trying to purposely slow down the traffic below the posted speed limit and piss someone off is NOT any safer. And purposely slowing down traffic (obstructing traffic flow)is also ‘illegal’ under the MVA. And warrants a ticket just like speeding…I’ve have actually seen this happen! And I’ve never seen(not to say hasn’t happened)fog so thick I couldn’t see a car 5 feet in front of me. And if you hit your brakes to purposely let someone rearend you…newer vehicles have little black boxes, just like airplanes that will show your intent. Good thing there is such a lack in common sense in the world…I don’t know where I’d get my Sat morning entertainment….;-)
I should also mention however, tailgaiting IS a fucking rude and unsafe thing to do, regardless of road/weather conditions or speed/traffic conditions. Who cares if it’s illegal or not, it’s a stupid, brainless thing to do….but then again so would be hitting the brakes and causing an unnecessary accident, huh?