Why do tailgaters tailgate other drivers?

Question

READ CAREFULLY: This is a two-part question.

Answer Part A if you ARE A TAILGATER.

Answer Part B if you DO NOT TAILGATE.

PART A: Fill in the blank: "I feel fully justified in routinely endangering the property, safety, and life of any complete stranger who has even slightly inconvenienced me because..." (Feel free to share whatever pathetic whine you dish to your white-knuckled passengers and/or the rare cop who bothers to cite your predatory behavior. Rationalizations that have been shared in court are especially welcomed.)

PART B: Fill in the blank: "Tailgaters are..." (Let's get some deep psychological analysis here.)

I will begin: Tailgaters are unbelievably enormous jerks with ridiculously tiny genitalia. This deficiency causes feelings of deep insecurity and uncompensated loss which they cannot resolve, therefore resulting in the need to constantly lash out at whatever random, defenseless drivers they encounter.

Next week: Why do child molesters diddle babies?

Answer 1

I've been tailgated many times when I was going the speed limit. If your going to be late when you don't speed, that's your problem. Don't jeopardize me and everyone on-board with me because you didn't get your *** going two or three minutes sooner. Many times I've found tailgaters, who have just been tailgating me and then passed me so they could speed, sitting at a red light when I got there. Or just getting out of they're vehicle when I pulled into the same parking lot. They had used more fuel and they got to the same place less than a minute before I did.

Answer 2

Tailgatets are comple a******s who only feel tough behind the wheel and nowhere else. they truly believe that climbing in my trunk will get them to their destination faster.

Answer 3

Because they are *** holes

Answer 4

Tailgatets are idiots who make **** thinking that will be better able than the outross there or know what they want. The fact is that I trust more in a common driver!

Answer 5

The odd thing is whenever I drive in traffic,someone will tailgate me.But when the topic comes up in conversation,no one will admit to being a tailgater.I sometimes believe most tailgaters don't realize they are tailgating.

Answer 6

Okay okay I'll take the heat on this one...

Part A: "..." because you're wasting everyone's time. Some 50 cars behind you traffic congestion is forming. Not because of construction, not because of an accident, but because YOU want to SELFISHLY obey your OWN speed limits and illegally impede traffic in doing so. It is my obligation, as the driver following you, to intimidate you into moving out of the way. You choose to intimidate hundreds of drivers forcing upon them your wishes, stripping them of their rights to drive at the pace which majority rules. I choose to intimidate one ignorant jerk on behalf of hundreds. I choose to accept this level of danger, but you are in every bit as much danger as I am, will you choose to continue this danger? Enhance it by braking? Or eliminate all chances of an accident by moving out of the way and allowing traffic to flow at the normal pace?

If you've ever driven down a major highway down the opposite side to rush hour, you will understand what I mean how a single slowpoke in the fast lane will actually cause congestion a little down the road. It's really frustrating, the slow driver has no idea what he is doing.

EDIT: I'm so sorry to hear that you were injured by a tailgater rear ending you. I hope you sue him to the point he can no longer afford to drive. My scenario is only for left-lane bandits, where the person is deliberately blocking traffic... and even then I grew out of it. I never got into an accident, nor had any close calls due to tailgating, but it does not take an accident to make me learn... although I can't speak on behalf of everyone...

Answer 7

Get out of my way.