Today, I was tailgated by a car with his high beams on for an hour. Any time I changed my speed or lane, he would do the same. I finally managed to get away from him because a cop pulled me over and gave me a speeding ticket. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was tailgated on the highway. There was a car in the lane next to me, and my tailgater was WAY too close to risk slowing down, so I sped up in order to switch lanes, which bumped me over the speed limit. That's when my tailgater turned on the flashing lights. FML
Today, after driving a few hours late at night I decided to entertain the car tailgating me by not letting him pass. After doing this for 3miles, reaching 93MPH, I decided to let the car pass me. When I switched lanes, the car tailgating me light up in red and blue. It was a cop. FML
Today, some aggressive asshole was tailgating me on my way home, bumping into me twice. I got scared and kicked my car into high gear and got out of there. Seconds later, a traffic cop came out of nowhere and pulled me over for speeding. FML
Today, I got pulled over for speeding and got a $200 ticket. After I pulled away, I decided to warn the next car about the cop up ahead by flashing my headlights. The next car was another cop. He didn't appreciate my "help". FML
Today, a cop almost rear-ended my car, slammed on the gas with no warning, swerved around me, flipped me the bird, then cut me off and then drove a full ten miles under the speed limit. When I changed lanes to overtake him, he pulled me over for road rage. FML
Today, I was pulled over and was given a $300 ticket for going 90mph on a 70mph highway. The cop swore he saw my silver car darting in and out of traffic. A couple of minutes earlier that exact car had passed me while I was following the speed limit. FML
Today, I pulled up to the stoplight near my house. It was dark with no traffic and the car behind me kept edging closer and closer to me. I finally got fed up with waiting and the car and ran it. In fact, it was a cop and he was trying to read my license plate because the back light was out. FML
Today, a cop rear-ended me. Then I received a ticket from him for driving too far under the speed limit. We were in a school zone. FML
Today, I got pulled over for a busted tail light. The officer gave me a warning and told me to fix it. Ten minutes later I was pulled over again for the same busted tail light by the same cop. This time he wrote me a ticket. FML
Today, the car in front of me was going slow and I flashed my lights and honked. I floored it and passed the car, flipping off the driver. Just as I went around the next corner, I got pulled over by a motorcycle cop. A few seconds later, the guy I flipped off drove by honked and waved. FML
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saberjpg 6
Usually if you decide to drive well below the speed limit, they will pass you. Otherwise, you should just pull over give them little choice. If they pull over with you, then you can call the police and let them know you have a car following you that seems hostile and will not stop harassing you. Then they will get pulled over and you win.
shortcake563 21
should have just break checked. that's what I do if someone keeps riding my bumper they normally back off then
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MrEldritch 14
It's a conspiracy, man. They were totally in cahoots, that cop and the other person.
shortcake563 21
should have just break checked. that's what I do if someone keeps riding my bumper they normally back off then
ALonelyStranger 12
What if they hit you?
glover425 6
It would have been their fault(not the OP's) for not allowing enough space.
tj4234 36
Yeah, don't do this... you can also be done for reckless driving as well as the guy who is tailgaiting. Flash your rear foglight on and off instead. It's a red light, so they will think it's your breaks.
clair_brodie 35
How many cars have fog lights, let alone rear ones?
species4872 20
Brakes* All you've got to do is touch the brake pedal slightly as the brake lights will come on before the brakes engage.
thedragonborn456 4
That's a great idea until you get rear ended.
blupenguin29 14
Why didn't you just pull over for a minute?
saberjpg 6
Usually if you decide to drive well below the speed limit, they will pass you. Otherwise, you should just pull over give them little choice. If they pull over with you, then you can call the police and let them know you have a car following you that seems hostile and will not stop harassing you. Then they will get pulled over and you win.
marahjuana 6
and you let it go on for an hour.... why?
whatunicorn 17
you should have pulled over. That is literally something that is the driver handbook. IMO YDI. Next time pull over and if you truly feel unsafe dial 911.
Inkoseh 33
An hour? A whole hour you let lights go into your eyes? If idiots do that to me I just flip my rear mirror down and turn my side mirrors. If i'm staying in one lane for a long time on the freeway they're not needed. I've also done the 'Reflect their light into the driver side windshield' too, giving them a tiny taste of their own medicine! :)
species4872 20
Freeway or not, mirrors are always needed. You should check your mirrors at least once every 30 seconds.
cantfixme36 28
The solution to a tailgater isn't speeding up... its slowing down to exactly or just below the speed limit to piss them off, then tap your breaks every few minutes to make them nervous (if they hit you, it's their fault for tailgating)
AyeJay101 25
Plot Twist: the tailgater was actually the cop.
cornelius74d 13
My go to is brake checking and using my windshield washer fluid. You'll see them use the wipers because it will hit them... wash again, and again. They'll move. I promise.