"You're being a bad customer!"

[dispatch]

I drive a 93 civic and I think it's funny when the people in big trucks think that riding my bumper is going to make me move, if I'm not headed to work or a scheduled appointment I take my car out of gear and listen for the blood vessels to pop

[Pagan]

What's really fun to do is to tap your break with your other foot. The view in the rearview mirror is priceless! Did that to one person who wanted me to move because I wasn't going fast enough for him. This was about 3 in the afternoon, I was in the lane I needed to be in to go from I-25 to I-40, and there was no traffic to speak of.

Then there's the ones that are tailgaiting, flashing their lights, and gesturing for you to move when the Big I is a parking lot due to a wreck. Just where do you propose I go? And sorry, but I'm not intimidated by your big-ass truck (I drive a Saturn SC2)!

[Horsetuna]

What does tapping the break do? Just flash the lights to make them think they have to hit the breaks to avoid hitting you?

[Pagan]

What does tapping the break do? Just flash the lights to make them think they have to hit the breaks to avoid hitting you?

Exactly, and makes them back off, too. It's either that, or the one finger salute.

[Horsetuna]

I will remember that trick when I start driving. I really need to make time/money to go in and start the process. 25 and I dont even have a learners!

[Hempress]

Dips, I was getting ready to cite the same phenomenon. You get into a lane and some guy with a tiny pee pee wants to get behind you and ride his brake rather than pass in the empty other lane.

Every morning my mom calls me on her way to work just to talk about whatever. Without fail, at least once a day, someone does this to her on 222. The speed limit is 55, my mom is often times going 65-70, and someone still tailgates her in the right lane. And this is around 5-5:30 AM, so it's not like there's a rush of traffic yet.

[MadMike]

I drive a 93 civic and I think it's funny when the people in big trucks think that riding my bumper is going to make me move, if I'm not headed to work or a scheduled appointment I take my car out of gear and listen for the blood vessels to pop

I did something like that to some jackass that was tailing me on the highway awhile back. I was in the far right lane, probably doing about 75 (it was a 65 zone), there was no one in either of the two lanes to the left, but he would not go around me. I even tapped on the brake a few times, but he still didn't back off.

Finally, I just took my foot of the gas completely. He finally went around me after I dropped down to about 50, but apparently he wasn't too happy about having to make that particular effort. I wasn't actually looking when he past, but I heard my son tell me, "Dad! He flipped you off!"

I wish I would have seen it, because I would have put on the biggest sugar-coated grin and waved to him. He immediately got off at the next exit, so I didn't get the chance.

[protege]

Every morning my mom calls me on her way to work just to talk about whatever. Without fail, at least once a day, someone does this to her on 222. The speed limit is 55, my mom is often times going 65-70, and someone still tailgates her in the right lane. And this is around 5-5:30 AM, so it's not like there's a rush of traffic yet.

People just *love* to do that to me on Route 19 here. Just last night, some idiot in a truck was *right* behind me, and I was already well over the posted 45mph speed limit. Uh, hello? I'm in the right lane. My mother's four-cylinder, completely loaded Vue will *not* go any faster, and no, I'm not going to try.

At least I can mess with people on most of the other roads though. If they start getting too close (or flashing their lights), I simply take my foot of the gas, and slow down. It always torques people off that they're now doing 25mph in a 35mph residential zone...and there isn't a damn thing they can do about it. They'll usually get madder and madde, but they have no choice but to enjoy the ride. If the highbeams go on, I simply use my mirrors and point them right back.

[Becks]

25 and I dont even have a learners!

Don't feel bad. I turned 27 in July and got my license in August. I just never had an inclination to have my license.

Here's a nice quote for you. "Americans will accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic or a dope fiend, but if a man doesn't drive, they think there must be something wrong with him."
-- ART BUCHWALD

[AFpheonix]

meh, I don't do the brake tapping thing or drive under the posted limit to piss people off for one reason:
If they're a big enough asshole to drive like that, and if they're packing, they're a big enough asshole to use said weapon innapropriately. I simply continue driving as I was, although I'll make darn sure that I have enough stopping distance for the both of us if need be.

[Tria]

I will remember that trick when I start driving. I really need to make time/money to go in and start the process. 25 and I dont even have a learners!

25, had learners permit twice, hate driving, gave it up.

[DesignFox]

I love to mess with the tailgaters! It's so much fun. The best is when they try to weave, and you pace the guy next to you to keep them from getting around. Of course, I only reserve that tactic for the real big jerkwads (you know, the guys who flash the high beams at you when the traffic in front of you is going 80 and there just isn't any way you could go faster, or move over, even if you wanted to).
I hate driving in Jersey...

On topic- people are so rude and impatient. If I am in a rush, naturally I'll go to a register where there's no line before I hop into a lane with someone else! jeez, that's just common sense!

[IT Grunt]

I'll mess with tailgaters a lot when I'm driving. I'll slow down, very gradually, enough that they won't notice right away. I can tell they've noticed when they lurch after hitting the brakes, realizing they were about to hit me. Sometimes they get the hint, others are a bit thick headed. I sooo want one of those bumper stickers that say, "The closer you get, the slower I go."

[MacPrince]

Tailgaters? I usually set the cruise control at *exactly* the speed limit and just let them get as mad as they want. What's wrong...I'm doing just the speed I'm supposed to be.

I work and go to school right near a major mall in the Chicago suburbs, and so I occasionally stop over there to kill time.
About a week ago, I finished there and went out and started my car. A brand new Cadillac Escalade pulls up in the "I'm taking your spot" position, left turn signal on and everything. I wasn't leaving right that instant- I had a phone call to make or something. So I went about my business.

After a minute or two, he pulls up right behind me, as if to make me aware of his presence. By this time I can tell he's going to be obnoxious about it, so I find other things to do--gather up the garbage in my car, sort my gas receipts, that sort of thing.

The guy honks at me impatiently, as if that sound coming from his new GM wee-wee enlarger is somehow going to motivate me. No, I just sit there, plug my iPod in, flip through it looking for some songs. Eventually he races off down the aisle, and after he turns the corner, I put my car in reverse and back out.

One thing I've wanted to do once is put the car in reverse (so the backup lights come on) and put the parking brake on. But I'm not that bold...yet.

[Gurndigarn]

I love to mess with the tailgaters! It's so much fun. The best is when they try to weave, and you pace the guy next to you to keep them from getting around. Of course, I only reserve that tactic for the real big jerkwads (you know, the guys who flash the high beams at you when the traffic in front of you is going 80 and there just isn't any way you could go faster, or move over, even if you wanted to).
I hate driving in Jersey...

Around here, horns or lights mean "look out!" rather than "Outta my way!", at least to most people. You honk, people stop, trying to figure out what you're warning them of.