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canetoad

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49. No, that's not what I mean

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 11:03 PM

Dec 9

If the guy in front of you is tailgating and for whatever reason the car that he's tailgating needs to slow down or brake, this guy will stamp on the brakes out of utter urgency, probably starting a chain-reaction pile up.

IMO, most freeway pileups would involve fewer cars if there was a little more distance between them.

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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