Stop tailgating ??
Dude, stop sandbagging !
50 % of the time I can clearly see the fault is with the vehicle IN FRONT.
It may not be a matter of tailgating but an issue of …sandbagging.
Just this morning – I thought of this post–. The light turns green and nine vehicles zoom off toward thier respective work and school. I’m number six behind someone who just doesn’t seem to get it that those first four trucks are now fourteen car lengths ahead, he’s being passed right and left and that would be his CLUE to keep up the pace at least to the speed limit.
– I thought of this post —
I give ‘‘adequate following distance’’ and at least one a-hole seems to think that that is his free space to cut me off…some of them then slow down !
– I thought of this post –
If someone is ‘‘braking in city traffic’’ therefore wondering about getting hit from behind…the problem is THEM !
This is the driver who zips into my lane one foot ahead of my front bumper and bitches at me for tailgating them…only to slam on their brakes and attempt to turn off with a turn signal AFTER they’ve begun the turn !
The problem is the car in front.
It’s
turn signal first.
then change lanes.
then slow down to turn.
Even then I cought myself not planning ahead enough.
Turn signal with brakes and lane change one foot ahead of the car behind.
’‘Man that was close’’ the kids said.
Which got my attention big time, the 12 year old will be driving soon.
" yes and that was the wrong way to do it." I said. “there was no accident BUT that was just asking for trouble.“
she asked “so what would have been right ?”
” 2 options” I said.
" #1 …planning ahead I should have SLOWED to a space in the traffic and,
#2…I should have missed our turn off ,waited for a space to change lanes and turn, then just gone around the block, which would have cost a whopping two more minutes, big whoop,"