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Hekate

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21. Excuse me? I have strategies for tailgaters, and one is tapping my brake so the red lights flash...

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 08:39 PM

Dec 9

After some elderly bozo kept pushing me to go faster and faster, I took my first opportunity to move to the next lane so he could repeat his performance with the person who had been in front of me. I also flipped him the bird, something I had never done before or since.

I also have some awareness of the next exit ramp and a few other things. No need for you to be insulting.

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PSA: Crowding me in a check-out line does not make my transaction go faster. [View all] Coventina Dec 9 OP

So when that happens Horse with no Name Dec 9 #1

I always do that so no one can be near me. Learned in covid. onecaliberal Dec 9 #12

Same here! Rebl2 Dec 9 #35

Next time cough and say, it's probably not Covid, I mean my husband/wife and 3 kids have Covid but I feel fine. MLAA Dec 9 #2

LOL!!! nt yagotme Dec 9 #3

Years ago, a friend of mine had a similar response LogDog75 Dec 9 #11

😉 Rebl2 Dec 9 #36

Or tell them, yagotme Dec 9 #4

I know SocialDemocrat61 Dec 9 #5

They're not. Iggo Dec 9 #9

I plant my feet in one place nilram Dec 9 #6

Say way with tailgating Red Mountain Dec 9 #7

Yep canetoad Dec 9 #13

Impatient bullies endangering lives. So yeah - psychopaths. dchill Dec 9 #23

Unmarked Cop cars tailgate when they have Figarosmom Dec 9 #29

I pull over and let them pass, no passive aggressive slow down for me. Clouds Passing Dec 9 #30

Put your passenger tires on the white line and make them pass on right hand bends - that's the height of P/A behavior. Probatim Dec 9 #38

I never pay any attention to the car behind me. multigraincracker Dec 9 #41

That's not being passive aggressive. Lunabell Dec 9 #46

If I can pull over safely, I always allow tailgaters to pass. Eases the tension on me and them. Clouds Passing Dec 10 #57

And tailgating me when I'm doing the speed limit Lunabell Dec 9 #8

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That's no reason canetoad Dec 9 #15

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MY foolish reply.... canetoad Dec 9 #18

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How are you enjoying DU? GP6971 Dec 9 #20

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Well Hi! Love you too!! GP6971 Dec 9 #24

Which one of our little friends is this, do you guess? niyad Dec 9 #26

Not sure, but they were nasty. GP6971 Dec 9 #32

They were indeed. Good riddance! niyad Dec 10 #50

If I had a Love Me Wall, I would GP6971 Dec 10 #51

It was truly a most remarkable screed. niyad Dec 10 #52

What flavour piizza do you like? niyad Dec 9 #25

LOL Kali Dec 9 #27

Excuse me? I have strategies for tailgaters, and one is tapping my brake so the red lights flash... Hekate Dec 9 #21

Something dawned on me a few years ago canetoad Dec 9 #37

You always get the ticket if you rear end another car. multigraincracker Dec 9 #42

Not in Florida. Lunabell Dec 9 #45

That's called brake checking. Lunabell Dec 9 #44

No, that's not what I mean canetoad Dec 9 #49

Oh. Sorry. Lunabell Dec 10 #54

Partly my fault canetoad Dec 10 #55

That elderly bozo COL Mustard Dec 9 #40

This was like 35 years ago and I had my then-small kids in the car. Now I'm the one with silver hair... Hekate Dec 9 #48

Here's what happened to me when I was stationed in England in the mid-80s LogDog75 Dec 9 #14

Oh yeah. I've got a yield sign near my house. LeftInTX Dec 9 #28

GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME Skittles Dec 9 #17

Yep. It works. paleotn Dec 9 #34

Just had a friend in the hospital with Covid. Hope22 Dec 9 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 Dec 9 #33

Cops warn about 'bump jacking' car theft cbabe Dec 9 #39

I hear ya. Incredibly rude. paleotn Dec 9 #43

Liver with some nice fava beans is always a good choice, I hear.... wcmagumba Dec 10 #53

I hate that Meowmee Dec 9 #47

I have to pull my mother back all the time. It's not rudeness in her case, she just doesn't pay attention. mucholderthandirt Dec 10 #56

I have a cold face I present to them. MineralMan Dec 10 #58