Do you purposely drive even slower when people tailgate?

Question

I do. Tailgating is SO STUPID. I don't slam the brakes like my friend does, but I do start gradually going even slower just to annoy them. So, if you're reading this, and you tailgate, you're only hurting yourself. Especially that w***e in the blue car this morning. I hate you for that.

Answer 1

Sometimes!

I like to turn on and off my hazard lights every once in a while.  The brake lights light up but you don't have to actually brake!

Answer 2

Haha, I do that, too. It's sooooo dangerous to tailgate.

Answer 3

h**l, yeah! If they are in that big of a hurry..they can get their d**n bumpers off mine and go around me. I act like it isn't bothering me at all and just ignore them as they pass me..or if they are honking at me..I let nobody force me to drive in anyway I do not want to!

Answer 4

Yes I hit my emergency flashers for tailgaters. However the next M/F who speeds up while I am trying to pass them on a two lane road may find themselves in the ditch.

Answer 5

Absolutely!  I hate TAIL GATERS!!  And if they start swerving about as if to pass i speed up till a car is coming the other way then I slow down again.  In a safe manner, of course.

Answer 6

Yes! I slow down until I'm going like 10mph if I have to, to annoy them and get them away from me.

Answer 7

Depends on my mood but as a whole I try not to be drawn into road rage. There are plenty of other things to worry about.

Answer 8

I tap on the brake pedal a time or two, and most of the time that works.  They get the message.

Answer 9

Yep,every time. Seems no matter how fast you are going you have some idiot riding your bumper.

I also take my time pulling away from a stop sign too if someone has been riding my butt.

Answer 10

I love to mess with them .

I'll slow to 10MPH when oncoming traffic is there.

And speed back up when the car can pass.

If they get to close I turn on my left signal and slam on the brakes, and I mean slam on them - I have been rear ended 2 times this year and both times the other driver got out screaming and yelling at me - saying he should kick my ***.



Well it's all on video, but I dont tell him that - I'll show the cop the tape.

2 people have been ticketed and sent to jail

Answer 11

Defensive driving courses tell you that this is the right thing to do. But allow then to pass in the passing zones.

As for me, there are not too many people that have the skill to tailgate me. I used to slow down, but the zit-heads where I live now will pass in no passing zones. Which leaves me with a problem. To put my self at risk driving crazy is one thing, or to let someone else be crazy. But when someone passes me in a no passing zone, we both are putting another car, truck or school bus at risk. So I speed up, till either I can pull over and let them around or I see just how crazy of a driver they are.

I would rather get a ticket for speeding then be in a car crash.