What do you do when you are driving and you come up to another vehicle that is going slower than you?
This is a serious pet peeve of mine. I'm not usually a slow driver, I usually do at least 5 or 10 over the speed limit at any given time.
It really gets on my nerves when another driver gets behind me and feels the need to get so close to my tailgate that they are just about touching it with their front bumper. This person behind me feels that they can somehow bully me or push me to drive faster.
This happens quite often especially on the highway. I get so agitated that I will actually slam on the brakes for a second and the person behind me tailgating usually backs off, but then they are in a rage.
Let the road rage games begin. When this happens and the person who was behind me finally gets to pass, they usually do so with their window rolled down middle fingers exposed, and a series of derogatory expletives aimed in my general direction. I don't feel bad, I am a firm believer of cause and effect.
The person behind me was way too close to my vehicle and was driving very aggressively, which caused me to slam on my brakes for a second to deter their actions, in effect this aggravated this person even more and sent them into a fit.
You could try to argue that I was driving slower than the person behind me, but in this scenario I am doing 10 over the speed limit already.
This sort of action doesn't happen in a mall, nobody gets right up behind another person so close as to try to make that person walk faster.
If I am introduced to this scenario, and I am the person behind the slower driving car I slow down and wait for my opportunity to pass, without tailgating.
You and everyone else on the road are inside of a re-enforced steel missile, it is capable of incredible speeds and damage, it has killed hundreds of thousands of people and it continues to kill people daily. Maybe we should eliminate the road side drama and rage that comes with driving and try to be as calm cool and collected as possible.
Scott Goerz
