Why oh Why do so many people tailgate ? and why do they get away with it? I am not a slow driver, it doesn't matter how fast you / I go, someone always wants to get ahead of you. I think it's our fast paced competitive culture. anyway I find Tailgating to be Rude and Dangerous, I mean it's a no brainer.

Lexiecat

 

I tend to get a bit drunk and eat too much......oh wait, wrong tailgating. :lol:

 

haha you're funny. yeah, I mean the Other kind of tailgating.

Following way too close, like 10 feet at high speeds.

but you knew that.

glad you have a sense of humor.

LC

 

a guy who hauls to one of the same places I do ( works for a different company) rear ended a truck at the scales on I-20 in Georgia last week, a four wheeler cut off the front truck and he was able to stop but the rear truck hit him. NOW here is what this idiot told me. he was NOT tailgating, the other truck was empty and he was loaded so the other guy could stop and he couldnt. He is convinced that he wasnt too close, just that the other truck could stop quicker. I think this moron needs to find another profession and judging by what his boss told me, he may be doing it soon

 

Yep. We don't need him on the road for sure. Yeah the other guy will probably get sited, not him. no common sense anymore, not too much anyway. Hardly anyone watches out for the other guy it seems. I do.

I drove very aggressively when I was a teenager. I learned the hard way to not tailgate. Once I passed a Mercedes to get on the freeway, and anyway here I go around the corner gaining speed, going maybe 40ish, and the woman in front of the pickup truck that was in front of me STOPPED. this is on the onramp. I slammed into him, totalled my lovely orange datsun wagon, right into his big metal bumper. Burst my bubble right there and then. No damage to truck, or him or me thankfully, so he says "need a ride.?" and I got in. Pretty funny Now, wasn't then.
This is oh about 25 years ago. When people were nicer it seems. And cars were way less expensive.

I get upset when I hear that 'the weather' caused the 'accident'. granted Fog is BAD news. but I mean here in CA on Hiway 17 thru the Santa Cruz mountains, beautiful redwoods, anyway, people fly, and on rainy days they still drive like that, and tailgate.

There are so many multi car pile ups, caused by the bad weather. right.

17 us BAD, but on Pacheco Pass Hi 152, here in CA it goes thru the central valley, runs west to east, or vice versa, haha, anyway it get Foggy and tho I have yet to experience it, in the winter, spring, fog time, I've been driving it all summer long, great weather no fog or rain. This road seriously scares me. There was a 100 and truck pile up in Fresno a couple weeks ago. A few miles down the road, same central valley tho. It was Foggy all of a sudden I suppose, but still all things being considered much of it could have been avoided, I think.

Something that really gets to me is say: when you come around a corner and there is a semi, and say you are new to this road, and so you need to get over, and the guy or gal next to you either doesn't see you, and for sure even if they do see you, well you are out of luck, because they are not gonna budge one iota for you. There are only 2 lanes. and no shoulder. so add this to fog, and people flying in the left, fast lane, and well you get the picture.

I had a great drivers' ed teacher in high school, way back when. I always remember 2 things he said, 'always have an out', 'always know where everyone is around you', and when backing up, look back until the car is stopped. okay that's 3 things. great advice. I know that so many people do not have an out, don't know where others' are, don't care where others are. Clueless.

It's a well known FACT about the conditions on this pass, I mean locals know it.
I don't know why there aren't signs posted before at the bottom of the pass on an hourly basis when needed. I am going to write to our Senator, Arnold S.

If I stay in the slow lane, I am vulnerable to getting slammed into by a semi, lots of them tailgate also, and if I stay in the fast lane, well for sure there is no where to go if need be, and people go 70+. Can't win on this one.

I hope I always plan ahead and get accurate current reports before I head over there, it's like 25 miles long or something like that with Nothing in between point A and B. And no shoulder on most, and big cliffs on lots of it. Not a good mix. Very few places to turn around, I am paying good attention and learning where they are tho. Just in case.

I am going on and on. This driving stuff really gets to me. And this site is new to me, and I will try to not ramble on like this too often.

LC

 

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That is some of the best (albeit basic) advise that can be and should be adhered to. If nothing else always be aware of you surroundings.

Oh BTW....,.... he is your "Governator".

 

I tried and tried to get thru, but couldn't. I was going to say what I wrote about on this page.

I think that adrenaline plays a part, tho it is not an excuse. I've never heard that brought up before.

I wish people in general were better and considerate drivers. Unfortunately, I've got a feeling that day isn't gonna come anytime soon.

LC

 

i sit low enough in the seat that i can't see too close in front of me, so when the car disappears i figure i am too close.

 

It's not very safe at all to tailgate.

I drive on HWY 82, from Wichita Falls, to Lubbock every night. It's a 200 mile trip, one way. About 140 of it is 2-lane. We have deer, pigs, and no tellin what other wild animals you might see out there. I have people all the time in their 4-wheelers that like to stay about a motorcycle length :P behind me, until they decide to pass. That's not very wise to run that close back there with all the animals we have out there.

A buddy of mine that drives for Fed Ex was telling me a while back that one of their drivers had to hit the brakes in order to keep from hitting a pig, and the 4-wheeler tailgater nailed the back of his rear trailer.