Can anyone explain tailgating? - Page 2

Trilby · 11-02-2006, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Would it involve the introduction of more evidence?

Are you a lawyer?

lhatcher · 11-02-2006, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Why is this thread in "relationships". Makes me think you mean another kind of tail gating.

Because we do have a relationship of sorts with the people around us on the road. There's all sorts of communication going on, from calling them names to flipping them off. I was just wondering if there was intended communication with tailgating or what.

Flint · 11-02-2006, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by lhatcher

I was just wondering if there was intended communication with tailgating or what.

I think so, sometimes. They intend to say "you're not going fast enough for me" but the problem is either #1 they could just go around or #2 there isn't anywhere else, for either of you, to go. So while I guess it is communication of a sort, it isn't productive communication.

glatt · 11-02-2006, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I think so, sometimes. They intend to say "you're not going fast enough for me" but the problem is either #1 they could just go around or #2 there isn't anywhere else, for either of you, to go. So while I guess it is communication of a sort, it isn't productive communication.

or #3 you are already going over the speed limit and don't intend to go any faster as it would be unsafe.

Flint · 11-02-2006, 11:55 AM

I considered a #3, but it should go without saying that I don't give a fuck how fast "they" want to go, for any reason.

Clodfobble · 11-02-2006, 12:28 PM

I think a lot of people don't have a good mental perspective. I was driving with a friend once who started bitching about how the guy behind her was tailgating her, and I pointed out that she was closer to the car in front of her than that guy was to her. She didn't believe me, and we argued about it until later that day we did an experiment with parked cars, and she realized how close she'd been driving to everyone else.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-03-2006, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I think a lot of people don't have a good mental perspective. I was driving with a friend once who started bitching about how the guy behind her was tailgating her, and I pointed out that she was closer to the car in front of her than that guy was to her. She didn't believe me, and we argued about it until later that day we did an experiment with parked cars, and she realized how close she'd been driving to everyone else.

Exactly.....your perception of what's too close to your rear bumper may have no relation to reality. I work with a woman that complains incessantly about people tailgating her on the way home from work, but I drive the same route for the first couple miles and I don't see her being tailgated at all....perception.

Oh yeah, and some people have no clue where their rear bumper actually is.

Griff · 11-03-2006, 06:37 PM

I've noticed that I'm much more testy about tailgaters since I got hit. They really piss me off.

Hoof Hearted · 11-03-2006, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Oh yeah, and some people have no clue where their rear bumper actually is.

I know that most of my problem is my car. I am very low to the ground and I sit just in front of the back wheels, so everything behind me seems closer than it really is.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-03-2006, 06:42 PM

When I was driving a corvette, the people behind me weren't a problem....'cept when they had flashing lights and a badge.

Griff · 11-03-2006, 06:45 PM

The new Vettes have solved the objects in your mirror problem. The occasional rice rocket may show up...

Flint · 11-02-2006, 12:39 PM

On that note: according to George Carlin, anyone driving faster than you is a maniac, and anyone driving slower than you is a moron.

Aliantha · 11-02-2006, 07:52 PM

Well, I have to admit that I do tailgate sometimes, but it's usually in response to people 'cruising' in the passing lane. They piss me off, especially as they're usually going under speed and there are signs at the side of the road saying 'keep left unless overtaking' (as opposed to keep right for you lot I guess).

Unless people are willing to follow the road rules, they should not be on the road.

Griff · 11-02-2006, 08:07 PM

I think its often an external locus of control thing. The tailgater is using you to choose speed. They don't want to be in control of their vehicle.

I also get very pissed at fly up to the intersection, jam on the brakes, and roll into the lane guy. Some of us are trying to get home without a coffin asswipe.

jinx · 11-02-2006, 08:05 PM

I tailgate the living shit out of some people. Specifically, the fucktards that blow a stop sign so they have time to pull out in front of me. You wanna be in front of me that bad? Fine, I'm in your trunk. Jerk.

11-02-2006, 11:55 AM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I considered a #3, but it should go without saying that I don't give a fuck how fast "they" want to go, for any reason. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-03-2006, 06:37 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I've noticed that I'm much more testy about tailgaters since I got hit. They really piss me off. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-03-2006, 06:42 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	When I was driving a corvette, the people behind me weren't a problem....'cept when they had flashing lights and a badge. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-03-2006, 06:45 PM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The new Vettes have solved the objects in your mirror problem. The occasional rice rocket may show up... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-02-2006, 12:39 PM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	On that note: according to George Carlin, anyone driving faster than you is a maniac, and anyone driving slower than you is a moron. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-02-2006, 12:28 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I think a lot of people don't have a good mental perspective. I was driving with a friend once who started bitching about how the guy behind her was tailgating her, and I pointed out that she was closer to the car in front of her than that guy was to her. She didn't believe me, and we argued about it until later that day we did an experiment with parked cars, and she realized how close she'd been driving to everyone else.

11-02-2006, 07:52 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well, I have to admit that I do tailgate sometimes, but it's usually in response to people 'cruising' in the passing lane. They piss me off, especially as they're usually going under speed and there are signs at the side of the road saying 'keep left unless overtaking' (as opposed to keep right for you lot I guess). Unless people are willing to follow the road rules, they should not be on the road. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-02-2006, 08:07 PM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I think its often an external locus of control thing. The tailgater is using you to choose speed. They don't want to be in control of their vehicle. I also get very pissed at fly up to the intersection, jam on the brakes, and roll into the lane guy. Some of us are trying to get home without a coffin asswipe. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-02-2006, 08:05 PM	#15
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I tailgate the living shit out of some people. Specifically, the fucktards that blow a stop sign so they have time to pull out in front of me. You wanna be in front of me that bad? Fine, I'm in your trunk. Jerk. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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