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Old 09-23-2008, 11:29 PM   #30 (permalink)
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If you're tailgated on a 4-lane road by any vehicle, they should pass. Otherwise, ignore them and focus on the Scangauge.

In a twist of reverse-Psychology, if safe truckers know they are being tailgated, they will slow to a ridiculously slow speed, so you have to pass. Anyone who attempts the silly act of drafting will learn this fast. If they get rear-ended by the vehicle behind them, they will likely get punished by their employer. Plus, they can't plan on lane changes if they know someone may fly around at the last second, unseen.

You have to read the situation. The vehicle may be exiting the highway immediately and the driver feels the need to maintain a self-respectable speed and ride your arse. If the passing lane is open, take it and let them pass on the right. You're not going to change people's minds on FE in 30-seconds or less. You're forgotten in seconds.

Otherwise, it could spiral into a "situation".

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EDIT: I used to drive an '86 Cherokee that would squirt a perfect stream onto the hood of tailgaters (busted rubber hose to the wiper). It was fun with people you knew, dangerous with people you didn't. Then there was the '88 Voyager that squirted pedestrians inadvertently...
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