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Old 07-09-2024, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim1mack View Post
Some insight from an idiot friend of mine. He’s driving back from golf with me on these windy hilly two land tennessee roads and is terribly tailgating the pick up in front of us. I ask if he always drives like this. He replies, I’m trying to make him go faster.

The truck was going under the posted limit but he apparently was looking for his turn. Still, back off, be curtious, what’s the rush. The life you save may be your own and the auto damage you may cause may also be your own.
Correct. Not only that---how often can you make a slug go faster by tailgating? More often they'll get nervous and do something even worse than driving slowly. Most of the time they're oblivious to their rear-view mirror anyway, and for some reason shocked when someone passes them, even though they get passed frequently every time they drive.