Where I drive in California, people tailgate primarily because they are speeding, impatient and want to get around other cars. A lot of it is mountain driving where speeders take enormous risks. I consistently see tailgaters speeding on ahead after they pbutt a particular victim, then they find another, and another. I am not imagining a phenomenon I've seen thousands of times in my life. There may be some other motives like plain bad driving, but anyone who says speeding isn't a big factor is probably speeding themselves.
See above. You're good with simple words but lousy with substance.
If you can come up with a study showing which percentage are those and which are pure speeders, post it. It's surely a combination. Those types of tailgaters are probably just tailgating other speeders anyhow. They've maxed out on their speed thirst so they just ride with the pack. I'd say at least 80% of tailgating is clearly speed motivated.
Two lane country highways are full of that behavior. The speeder hangs on someone's bumper for miles, itching for an opening to pbutt, and the distance leaves no room for error when the unexpected happens. Hwys 99 and 70 between Sacramento and Oroville CA are notorious for those crashes. The speeder-tailgater follows too closely, aborts a pbutting attempt and skids sideways into the tailgatee. Or, you get the old head-on mess.
Are you low on your meth supply? You have no cause telling people to STFU just for voicing their opinion. Nobody is making you read my posts. If you want to do the white trash thing, go find someone equally juvenile. When I swear, I try to back it up with evidence. Otherwise it's pure ad-hominen attacks. "STFU cuz I sed so!" What a dirtbag.
Quote: "Many speeders tailgate the cars in front of them like they were on some NASCAR drag strip. It is the thrill, the danger and the confrontation that propels them on, not arriving at work earlier."
Well put by that columnist. Do you want to tell him to STFU also? How about a cop? That's probably one of your fantasies. Tell the cop to STFU then peel out and run like a trailer park refugee headng for Mexico. Such glory.
Since you're in full denial of the speeding-tailgating connection, explain to the audience why tailgaters are invariably weaving through traffic. Could it possibly be that weaving enables them to get around other cars to continue their speeding and tailgating further down the road? Or are they just testing their steering mechanisms over and over?
C.T.
