BlaineTog t1_j4qfy79 wrote on January 17, 2023 at 3:32 PM

Reply to comment by Animallover4321 in Is there a word for out-of-staters who don’t know how to drive in the snow? by cbandes

They're trying to force the driver in front of them to go faster. The idea is to make them so uncomfortable that they either speed up just to get some tail room or move a lane to the right to get out of the way.

Mind you, slow driving in the fast lane is its own faux pas, but I don't find that to be a problem nearly as often as tailgaters do.

Animallover4321 t1_j4qg2jg wrote on January 17, 2023 at 3:33 PM

Yeah but when there’s a car in front of the car being tailgated there’s nowhere to go.

BlaineTog t1_j4qj855 wrote on January 17, 2023 at 3:54 PM

They expect you to tailgate the car in front of you, impelling them to go faster. It's stupid, I know.

RisingPhoenix92 t1_j4qood6 wrote on January 17, 2023 at 4:29 PM

Had a trucker do that to me, was pissed off enough by it I didnt realize I should have asked my friend to grab the plate number and call both Staties and Target for the driver causing such an unsafe situation.

Maronita2020 t1_j4r9klj wrote on January 17, 2023 at 6:38 PM

I've had both cars and truckers do it to me a zillion times over and just slow down and drive like that for over five miles and they blow their horns continually so I slow down even more. They keep blowing there horn so I slow down even more then they move to another lane give me the middle. I give them a big smile and a wave. I'm sure I've pissed them off big time since they didn't get the reaction from me that they wanted by giving me the middle finger. lol