How do you deal with them?

I've driven up to Bristol and on the A34 I had a merc with a private plate get right up my arse, flashed seceral times and put his right indicator on. So I crawled past the left lane traffic, and hen I past the last car I dropped it into 5th and planted my foot. The toss pot ended up undertakin me at about 100.

I just gain satisfaction in winding them up

... but it could be argued that you could cause an accident by doing so! The amount of times I've seen someone go for a frustrated undertake and ended up nearly slamming into someone they didn't see, or get cut off by the tailgaitee speeding up somewhat, is numerous.

I tend to just move out of their way if I have the room to. I never do it, as I came off worse against a Mitsubishi Carisma doing that in my first year of driving.

Zen is the best approach to driving. also karma'll get them eventually...

Move out of their way, if possible, otherwise gradually slow down so that it gives them a better chance of getting well away from me.

left foot braking On the whole though, it aint worth the aggro mate, just find a suitable gap, pull to the left and let 'em pass. I've had a lot of them over the years and it really isn't worth a potential bout of road rage just because some arrogant ****** thinks you shouldn't be in front of him.

I had someone sitting about a foot away from my bumper earlier while i was mainting a safe distance between a learner car infront that was doing 30 in a 60, she didnt even take the hint aftrr i blipped the brakes twice and put my fog lights on, even after servral hand gestures to drop back she was still obliviuse.......i hate tailgaiters with a passsion :(

I just pullover when it's safe to do so nowadays or the same as Llanigraham above, move out of the way and slow down a little. Life's too short.

How do you deal with them?

I've driven up to Bristol and on the A34 I had a merc with a private plate get right up my arse, flashed seceral times and put his right indicator on. So I crawled past the left lane traffic, and hen I past the last car I dropped it into 5th and planted my foot. The toss pot ended up undertakin me at about 100.

I just gain satisfaction in winding them up

Yeah, I had a similar thing last week with a child driving a polo. I was passing a lane of traffic at a decent speed & the idiot came up behind me at three figure speeds & sat literally a coupla feet behind me & as close to the central reservation as possible, I couldn't instantly get outta his way as I was actually overtaking at that moment. I gently braked him down by about 20 mph (my brake lights were illuminating him & his girlfriends face he was that close). Then I floored it, over took the traffic & pulled into lane 1, leaving him sitting in lane 3 with not enough power to get passed the cars on his inside for a while untill he gathered some momentum... Chidish I know but maybe just maybe he'll be less aggresive next time? Generally though, like everyone else says, just let them by as soon as you safely can.

just boot it and leave em in my dust!!!

or pull over and let them past safely. Depends what mood im in, where when and what!

I did let him pass, just on the wrong side :p I backed off a little short of 100 and decided it wasn't worth it as he was a stubborn "not getting the idea" kind of douchebag.

If he'd backed off a bit I would haveprobably sped up, moved over and let him pass.

Why does it seen its only ever l "boy racers" or idiots in beemers etc. so long as your keeping a safe distance from car in front it'll just frustrate them more.

5h hour drive yesterday had it a lot especially in busy traffic..the cause of busy traffic on motorways, dual carriage ways....ppl driving to close!

Depending on my mood either sit there and not budge just to frustrate them more.

Boot it safely so they can't see a damn thing due to the amount of smoke I'm chucking out or the best response to some older gents laughing with each other trying to see how close they could get...Stop dead on the busy high street, proceeded calmly to their car, once drivers window came down the keys were quickly removed from the ignition car locked and keys throw underneath......

I did let him pass, just on the wrong side :p I backed off a little short of 100 and decided it wasn't worth it as he was a stubborn "not getting the idea" kind of douchebag.

If he'd backed off a bit I would haveprobably sped up, moved over and let him pass.

Think it works both ways really.. Just chill and stop being stubborn yourself.

All you've done is make him think he should've undertook you earlier without a 2nd thought, perhaps next time he may cut you up, slam on the brakes and claim on your insurance.

But in the spirit of being young, if you feel you need to show the size of your crotch with your car you should move to the inside lane then put your foot down, watch him attempt to overtake you.

I don't understand what tailgating achieves? If someone is going slower than me then I just go round them. This obviously depends on road conditions but you'll not get much of a view ahead to asses if its safe to overtake by sitting 2 inches from someone's bumper.

How do you deal with them?

I've driven up to Bristol and on the A34 I had a merc with a private plate get right up my arse, flashed seceral times and put his right indicator on. So I crawled past the left lane traffic, and hen I past the last car I dropped it into 5th and planted my foot. The toss pot ended up undertakin me at about 100.

I just gain satisfaction in winding them up

He may be a toss pot but that's no reason for you to increase the chances of an accident.

And there is a chance that he had a genuine reason for driving like he did. When my second child was born every thing happened very quickly and we had to make a mad (headlights and horns) dash 20 miles to the maternity hospital - son was born in the car park.

Edited 8 October, 201213 yr by slider

If the wife and or wee man is in the car I'll bite my tongue and sheepishly get out the way.

If I'm on my own I'll **** with using any of the various methods outlines above. In fact sometimes I'll brake quite hard, other times I'll lift off and slow right down before flooring it. Normally the eejit will get the point that I'm screwing with them and will back off.

Young women for some reason never do, they just sit there and don't overtake; they just like to sit right behind the car in front. SWMBO does it all the time and denies she's ever too close. BUT anyone who comes within 1/4 mile behind her is a tailgating ******.

recently discovered with the felly if you start shifting into reverse gently it activates reverse light before going into gear (or at 70 crunching a bit if not careful), most effective!

I usually ease of slightly and pull in at the earliest opportunity. Washing the windscreen usually makes them back of a bit also, though I usually reserve that treatment for daft motorcyclists...

People that don't use their indicators also annoy me immensely. It appears to be mostly confined to drivers of BMWs and Audis, are indicators an optional extra on these brands?

If it's just me I tend to slow down and **** them off further, maybe flick the lights on and off to trick them into thinking I'm braking. If I've got the mrs and/or little one in the car I tend to move out of the way before giving them a mouthful as they drive past.

I just get out their way. In the Octy that usually meant accelerating and then pulling into the 1st lane when there was a space (usually leaving the tailgater behind in the process, looking very sheepish as they tried to catch up). In the Feli it's more a case of picking my moment to pull in which at times is very frustrating for them but hey ho.

I usually ease of slightly and pull in at the earliest opportunity. Washing the windscreen usually makes them back of a bit also, though I usually reserve that treatment for daft motorcyclists...

People that don't use their indicators also annoy me immensely. It appears to be mostly confined to drivers of BMWs and Audis, are indicators an optional extra on these brands?

The classic winsdscreen washers trick, thats my favourite. As someone else said, on my own id slow right down and hold them up untill they were really aggravated then pull over and floor it and then after a while id resume my normal speed and give driver a golf clap as he drove by. With missus and bairn though id probably still slow him up and offer a hand gesture just without the flooring it bit first. Its all very childish but i cant help it. I used to rage a lot on the road but i think its funnier now to laugh at someone who is raging at you as it winds them up even more than raging back plus the missus ends up falling out with me if road rage now. Obvioulsy if my laughing resulted in an out of car incident then i would naturally dispense with the other driver steven seagal style, minus the ponytail.

I think that speeding up and not moving over if pretty stupid.

Just pull over and let them pass.

If I'm on a single carriageway road and someone sit up my rear end then I will just boot it and give them a gob full of smoke.

The main time this happens is sat behind a slower moving vehicle and they then sit right up behind you. You then over take at the next available opportunity and then they are never to be seen again... probably never bothered to overtake.

Phil

The classic winsdscreen washers trick

Did this on the A1 about a month ago on an Audi A3 that was evidently keen on reading the dealer sticker in the back window of me Furby. Always love the view in my mirror afterwards.... satisfying movement of wipers followed by dropping off and angry expression!

But I will always pull back in to the left lane when opportunity arises, I want tailgating idiots as far away from me as possible. If you're getting undertaken more than once in a blue moon you have poor lane discipline imo. I get most annoyed by tailgaters when they have nowhere to go, left lane is full, and there's a line of traffic ahead of me in my lane too; have to resist the temptation to lett them pass then sit behind them with full beam and fogs on on (just to categorically state I've never done this, but it's been mighty tempting on occasion)

Normal roads are another matter, I never get tail gated in a national speed limit (wonder why that is :think: ). But I wish drivers who have a line of 10 cars stuck behind them would have the good grace and manners to pull over once in a while and let everyone pass! They are of course almost always oblivious to the trail of frustrated anger behind them I suspect.

Normal roads are another matter, I never get tail gated in a national speed limit (wonder why that is :think: ). But I wish drivers who have a line of 10 cars stuck behind them would have the good grace and manners to pull over once in a while and let everyone pass! They are of course almost always oblivious to the trail of frustrated anger behind them I suspect.

They normally have their wing mirrors still folded in so are completely oblivious. lol

Must admit that it's very rare I get tailgated on NSL roads. Only when I come to a 30mph or approaching a roundabout then someone sits up the bumper... then get the NSL sign or across the roundabout, floor it and watch them disappear from my mirrors.

Phil

I pull in at the earliest opportunity and just let them get on with it, i learned a long time ago that getting "even" or getting angry with idiots just raises my blood pressure so these days i just live and let live, drive like a **** and karma will get you in the end

Poor driving is unfortunately not going to go away and can only be properly dealt with by the police. Getting wound up and doing stupid things yourself achieves little other than making the situation worse. While I get really annoyed by it as well, I try and just take a deep breath and allow more space in front (which will probably get filled up by the next idiot). Just think of the serious road rage indcidents that have happened where people have been seriously injured or killed because they did things very similar to what people above have been talking about.

Poor driving is unfortunately not going to go away and can only be properly dealt with by the police.

LoL. Yeah when they invent a camera otherwise plod will stick to hiding behind bushes on long straights.