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How do you deal with 'Tailgaters' ?

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    #62
    FullblownRose
    Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭FullblownRose


    Carpentry wrote: »
    But they do teach you to look bit futher down the road and try to predict any hazards on the road so you should slow down anyway seeing children playing near the road, sudden braking not going to save their lives... common sense

    Please go back and have a few more lessons.

    What you call confidence in your own (or a tailgaters) driving ability is actually overestimating your ability and its arrogant and dangerous.

    Having read the justifications on this thread I realise now that tailgaters arent a bit ashamed, they actually think theyre great drivers - when they are a menace!

    I never used to report people but I'm going to start reporting tailgaters from now on. At least that way I might save them from learning the hard way!


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    #63
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    veryangryman wrote: »
    What's the issue?

    Being bellicose, bullying sh1t heads that cause the majority of pile ups on motorways might be one of them.


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    #64
    Carpentry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Carpentry


    FullblownRose wrote: »
    Please go back and have a few more lessons.

    What you call confidence in your own (or a tailgaters) driving ability is actually overestimating your ability and its arrogant and dangerous.

    Having read the justifications on this thread I realise now that tailgaters arent a bit ashamed, they actually think theyre great drivers - when they are a menace!

    I never used to report people but I'm going to start reporting tailgaters from now on. At least that way I might save them from learning the hard way!

    And how are you going to judge whats tailgating and what is just simple driving behind ?


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    #65
    FullblownRose
    Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭FullblownRose


    Carpentry wrote: »
    And how are you going to judge whats tailgating and what is just simple driving behind ?

    Dear God!
    If you don't know how to tell the difference please tell me youre not a driver!


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    #66
    anncoates
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    Carpentry wrote: »
    And how are you going to judge whats tailgating and what is just simple driving behind ?

    Having basic brain activity.


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    #67
    jpb1974
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭jpb1974


    Carpentry wrote: »
    And how are you going to judge whats tailgating and what is just simple driving behind ?

    Common sense? (*Deja vu moment)


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    #68
    Carpentry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Carpentry


    FullblownRose wrote: »
    Dear God!
    If you don't know how to tell the difference please tell me youre not a driver!

    I actually am, been driving few years and never had a single moment of trouble on the road.

    But I can tell you one thing. People who call other drivers tailgaters usually leave acres of space between the cars and then tend to catch the light sometimes going through the junction on red light and that's dangerous without doubt, or by leaving so big spaces between cars cause thing called traffic.


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    #69
    Carpentry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Carpentry


    jpb1974 wrote: »
    Common sense? (*Deja vu moment)

    not really


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    #70
    FullblownRose
    Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭FullblownRose


    Carpentry wrote: »
    I actually am, been driving few years and never had a single moment of trouble on the road.

    But I can tell you one thing. People who call other drivers tailgaters usually leave acres of space between the cars and then tend to catch the light sometimes going through the junction on red light and that's dangerous without doubt, or by leaving so big spaces between cars cause thing called traffic.

    That's like saying 'I touched an electrical appliance with wet hands once and didn't get electrocuted'

    You have probably just been lucky. And possibly caused trouble without realising it.

    Ive never seen 'acres' of space left- and wouldnt worry about people causing traffic, thats not an excuse to tailgate.


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    #71
    jpb1974
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭jpb1974


    Carpentry must be a wind up merchant.


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    #72
    Carpentry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Carpentry


    I am just pissed of with people that cannot drive or can barely and calling the others dangerous because they do not understand how it is to feel confident behind the wheel or just simply as a decent driving person.

    Are you one of the people that put handbrake on every time they need to stop ?


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    #73
    [Deleted User]
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    Carpentry wrote: »
    Does that mean that you just simply don't give a f... about what's going on the road around you ?

    Feel sorry for you....

    ...and by the way, it should have been "most stupid thing"

    I have no idea how you managed to get that out of my post.

    You really think heavy braking won't save someones life?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9kxWXGshxg


    I wouldn't feel sorry for me. I certainly don't.

    What I called your post is perfectly acceptable and you know it. Or do you?


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    #74
    Carpentry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Carpentry


    And you are calling this heavy breaking ? he was driving like 5 kph ....


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    #75
    [Deleted User]
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    Carpentry wrote: »
    And you are calling this heavy breaking ? he was driving like 5 kph ....

    Yup. What would you call it? As a result of his heavy braking he didn't slap into the idiotic, unexpected cyclist.


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    #76
    spongebob89
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭spongebob89


    Slam the breaks, get your car fixed on their insurance an claim wiplash, make ****loads of money then laugh about it 6 months later


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    #77
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users Posts: 7,552 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    Carpentry wrote: »
    And how are you going to judge whats tailgating and what is just simple driving behind ?


    Go have a look at the rules of the road, maybe? And then use your noggin.


    As for pulling over, that just basically encourages the tailgaters the next time when they think "oh well driving up someones arse made them move the last time, I may keep doing it".


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    #78
    Carpentry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Carpentry


    Snotaul Goodman wrote: »
    Yup. What would you call it? As a result of his heavy braking he didn't slap into the idiotic, unexpected cyclist.

    it's just impossible to break heavy if you barely roll


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    #79
    Carpentry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Carpentry


    sup_dude wrote: »
    Go have a look at the rules of the road, maybe? And then use your noggin.

    That's quote from RSA

    "Always leave enough room between you and the vehicle in front to allow you
    to stop safely. In dry conditions, you should make sure that you are at least two
    seconds behind the vehicle in front. In bad weather, make sure you are four
    seconds behind."

    2 seconds isn't that big gap as you imagine.


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    #80
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users Posts: 7,552 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    Carpentry wrote: »
    That's quote from RSA

    "Always leave enough room between you and the vehicle in front to allow you
    to stop safely. In dry conditions, you should make sure that you are at least two
    seconds behind the vehicle in front. In bad weather, make sure you are four
    seconds behind."

    Yup, exactly! There's your answer


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    #81
    [Deleted User]
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    Carpentry wrote: »
    it's just impossible to break heavy if you barely roll

    But your man just did it in the video I posted. He was going faster than 5km/ph too by the way.


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    #82
    Carpentry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Carpentry


    Snotaul Goodman wrote: »
    But your man just did it in the video I posted. He was going faster than 5km/ph too by the way.

    How could he be going faster if he just stopped because of the taxi driver in front of him, you just gave a bad example, not my fault....


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    #83
    fran17
    Registered Users Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭fran17


    Only a fool breaks the two second rule.Hence he was a fool as I doubt it was a woman.


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    #84
    Tokyo
    Registered Users Posts: 22,655 ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Carpentry wrote: »

    2 seconds isn't that big gap as you imagine.

    A quick calculation for various common road speeds says that a 2 sec gap equates to:

    10kph = 5.4m
    50kph = 27.6m
    80kph = 44.4m
    100kph = 55.4m

    To give you something to scale that against, I drive a Land Rover Defender 110, a pretty big 4WD, and that's 4.5m long. So, those lengths translate to in and around:

    10kph = 1 4WD length
    50kph = 6 4WD lengths
    80kph = 10 4WD lengths
    100kph = 12 4WD lengths

    It looks like it's you who isn't so sure of what a 2 second gap looks like...


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    #85
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,218 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Back when cars were a lot more basic, a mate had a Wipac spot lamp mounted on the boot of his Mini, as a reversing light. Believe me, if you drove on his bumper, you would find yourself slamming on your brakes until your eyesight recovered!


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    #86
    [Deleted User]
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    Carpentry wrote: »
    How could he be going faster if he just stopped because of the taxi driver in front of him, you just gave a bad example, not my fault....

    No he didn't :confused:

    The only time he stopped is when the cyclist appeared


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    #87
    Tzardine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,884 ✭✭✭Tzardine


    If I am on a motorway I will usually wait until I am alongside a truck and then I will slow down to match it's speed. Usually about 80kmh I will keep this up until I am bored of going slow. . I love the wild gesticulation that I can see in my mirror.

    I feel it's our duty to fnuck with thele tailgaters.


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    #88
    danrua01
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭danrua01


    I keep driving normally. I'm usually at the speed limit unless there's a good reason to be under.

    It's annoying and especially more so when they're headlights are misaligned/too bright


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    #89
    Carpentry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Carpentry


    mike_ie wrote: »
    A quick calculation for various common road speeds says:

    10kph = 5.4m
    50kph = 27.6m
    80kph = 44.4m
    100kph = 55.4m

    To give you something to scale that against, I drive a Land Rover Defender 110, a pretty big 4WD, and that's 4.5m long. So, those lengths translate to in and around:

    10kph = 1 4WD length
    50kph = 6 4WD lengths
    80kph = 10 4WD lengths
    100kph = 12 4WD lengths

    It looks like it's you who isn't so sure of what a 2 second gap looks like...

    2 seconds rule explanation, again from RSA

    "A good way to see if you are four seconds behind the vehicle in front is to
    choose a point such as a lamp post or road sign. When the vehicle in front of
    you passes the post or sign, say the following rule twice – ‘only a fool breaks the
    two second rule’. Check where your vehicle is in relation to the chosen point. If
    you have moved past"


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    #90
    Elmer Blooker
    Registered Users Posts: 6,120 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    iDave wrote: »
    Don't know how to do deal with them myself but...now you might think this as dramatic...but they are the scum of the Earth.
    90% of drive a combination of Audi or BMW.
    I don't think you're being dramatic, the self-entitlement of these juveniles never ceases to amaze me.


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    #91
    Tokyo
    Registered Users Posts: 22,655 ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Carpentry wrote: »
    2 seconds rule explanation, again from RSA

    "A good way to see if you are four seconds behind the vehicle in front is to
    choose a point such as a lamp post or road sign. When the vehicle in front of
    you passes the post or sign, say the following rule twice – ‘only a fool breaks the
    two second rule’. Check where your vehicle is in relation to the chosen point. If
    you have moved past"

    You seem to have some notion that what you just said disqualifies what I've just proven... :confused::confused:


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