How do you deal with 'Tailgaters' ?

jimgoose

dunworth1 wrote: »

I never stated in that order though
So I'm still right

Aren't they all.

Carpentry

jimgoose wrote: »

Oh yes.

Oh yes what ? Or you're google isn't up to speed today ?

dunworth1 wrote: »

I passed mine by getting friendly with the examiner

And you're telling me that is dangerous to have me on the road next to you ? poor me

jimgoose

Carpentry wrote: »

Oh yes what ? Or you're google isn't up to speed today ?...

Far from Google we were reared, bah.

Carpentry

We still didn't come up with the idea how to get rid of the so called tailgaters ? Im not going to feel safe on the road knowing they are out there;)

dunworth1

Carpentry wrote: »

Oh yes what ? Or you're google isn't up to speed today ?



And you're telling me that is dangerous to have me on the road next to you ? poor me

I never said that. I'm pretty sure that sometimes I do things which is dangerous while driving

Everyone one does one way or another

dunworth1

Carpentry wrote: »

We still didn't come up with the idea how to get rid of the so called tailgaters ? Im not going to feel safe on the road knowing they are out there;)

Roll down the window extend your right arm and extend your middle finger

Andy From Sligo

Custardpi wrote: »

The Russian method is probably the most effective in these cases.

oh yeeeeeah! - thats the way to go lol

Andy From Sligo

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I have an LED display in my back window.

I click a button on my steering wheel and it flashes 'Back Off Buddy' in red letters.

It can be changed to say other things but I keep that one as a default.

Very handy.

id like one of them too ....

GTE

Andy From Sligo

just thought of another deterrent - camera pointing out from back window with a powerful flash - blind the b*stards! ...

dgt

In my old car, no one ever tailgated me.

Can't figure why...

Andy From Sligo

Arjun Spoiled Invoice wrote: »

Very few 50km/h zones have a hard shoulder. Anyway driving on the hard shoulder is a motoring offence.

yeah thats what i thought ....

Andy From Sligo

The_Captain wrote: »

If someone is driving agressively behind you, slowing down only makes them more likely to do something dangerous to get past you.

yeah i agree with that, slowing down winds em up more

The_Captain wrote: »

If you aren't in a hurry and you're a sensible driver, why not just let them pass?

and the ones where you let/want them to pass ... but they still continue to tailgate? ....

FullblownRose

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

and the ones where you let/want them to pass ... but they still continue to tailgate? ....

For your own safety if you cannot shake them off, safely stop. I did this tonight and spoke politely to the driver about their tailgating. ''I wanna get home!'' was the response. No embarassment, no apology, because they felt they had the right to drive faster than everyone else because in their mind they are more important than everyone else on the road. I took the opportunity to record the license plate no. and will be forwarding it t the guards and reporting them for dangerous driving.

Drive at a reasonable speed of course and don't be overly slow and cause tailbacks, goes without saying- but Never speed up because a tailgaters pressuring you into it.

Sam Kade

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

Exactly, read the road ahead and slow down before you are up the arse of the car in front, remember only a fool breaks the 2 second rule

danrua01

A note to tailgaters: flashing your lights does not have a positive effect.

Sam Kade

Carpentry wrote: »

Keep looking in the rear view mirror on the car behind definitely not going to help either

You must be a professional at this tailgating :rolleyes:

WoollyRedHat

With Alligaters. Treat tailgaters with Alligaters. You know it makes sense.

the_syco

FullblownRose wrote: »

Theoretically they could have to brake if something ran out ahead in the dark with poor visibility.

I find people who "brake check" when I'm behind them do so constantly. Sometimes it's a light tap, sometimes it's a heavy tap. I'm usually far enough behind them that I don't need to jam on my own brakes, but sometimes they slow down and then jam on the brakes, so you gotta have your wits about you.

TheBrinch wrote: »

I skimmed the entire thread and didnt see one mention about just speeding up. Simple.

If you're going at 80km/h down a country road, how would speeding up stop them tailgating you?

kryogen wrote: »

I generally slow down and speed up to annoy them, brake erratically and swerve around a little. They tend to back off then

If I was behind you, I'd just ring the Gardai and report you as a drunk driver.

Andy From Sligo

ratracer wrote: »

I don't get this at all. Why would you be intimidated by anyone driving behind you?? I'd just keep driving my own course. If someone wants to pass, let them off but don't stress over it, unless you are not confident in your own driving ability.

its fecking annoying thats why - and a form of bullying - and lights blinding in rear view mirror at night - and why have the potential inconvenience if they plough in the back of you?

Kevin McCloud

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

its fecking annoying thats why - and a form of bullying - and lights blinding in rear view mirror at night - and why have the potential inconvenience if they plough in the back of you?

Get rid of your middle rear view mirror, waste of time anyway, fold in your side mirrors problem solved.

Sam Kade

JeffKenna wrote: »

He said he was driving 'close' to the 50km. My reading of that is he was just under it. It's people like the OP who cause the most accidents on roads, thinking he has a god given right to hold people up because of the speed limit. Find a place to pull in and let people pass, I don't know one stretch of road in this country where you couldn't find some gap and leave the traffic behind you building up off.

Here we have the king of the road :rolleyes: Get out of his way lads

JeffKenna

Sam Kade wrote: »

Here we have the king of the road :rolleyes: Get out of his way lads

What if someone was sick in the car and time was of the essence to get them to hospital? Has happened to me before.

Joshua5

if you can do it safey, just crap in your hand and throw it out the window at their windscreen.

Sam Kade

JeffKenna wrote: »

What if someone was sick in the car and time was of the essence to get them to hospital? Has happened to me before.

Call the ambulance

Tail Docker

Avoid having to Tailgate doddery dawdlers by driving a massively powerful car. Overtaking gets done faster and you don't need to spend ages glaring at their brake-lights every time they meet a car/bend/puddle/slight incline/something yellow.

ratracer

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

You might be a confident driver but if you ignore what is behind you, I wouldnt class you as a very competent driver. You need to be wary whats behind you incase of unexpected circumstances.

Don't get me wrong, I don't tailgate and it bugs the crap out of me to have some gobsh1te driving up my ass ( doesn't happens all that often though ), all I said was if keep my own course and not allow myself be intimidated by it. The reactions by some on here to 'brake testing' etc is every bit as dangerous and stupid as the tailgater in the first place.

Arrive alive folks, be patient !!

Kevin McCloud

Tail Docker wrote: »

Avoid having to Tailgate doddery dawdlers by driving a massively powerful car. Overtaking gets done faster and you don't need to spend ages glaring at their brake-lights every time they meet a car/bend/puddle/slight incline/something yellow.

But the problem is where a continuous white line exists where one cannot do a pass out maneuver.

Sam Kade

Tail Docker wrote: »

Avoid having to Tailgate doddery dawdlers by driving a massively powerful car. Overtaking gets done faster and you don't need to spend ages glaring at their brake-lights every time they meet a car/bend/puddle/slight incline/something yellow.

Wow, Mr. Big in his big sh1te car :rolleyes:

Chancer3001

Oh my god. I was driving for ages at 50 feckin kmh

I can cycle faster than that.

Get out of the way of the proper drivers please