https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:00:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022658 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:20:11 +0000 PurplePeony 1022658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just ignore them unless they're being really bad, in which case I'll let them go by if I can do it safely. Just because someone else is being a jackass doesn't mean I have to be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022656 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:19:29 +0000 pastemoo 1022656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Break check! Not so much in Ohio but in Virginia. And that was also before baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022650 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:18:49 +0000 Boheme 1022650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before DS I was all about the brake check.<br /> Now that he's usually with me I just change lanes or do something else to let them go around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022627 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:13:09 +0000 googly-eyes 1022627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: Same here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022578 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:00:17 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1022578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pretend I don't notice them and keep the same speed. That usually makes them even more mad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022575 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:59:39 +0000 MrsH 1022575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I use that too :) I think people cutting me off is more dangerous than tailgating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022574 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:59:11 +0000 runsyellowlites 1022574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: When you brake kind of suddenly for just a second to be like "hey get off my rear!"... generally the person is paying attention enough to not hit you but being rear ended once was enough for me to try to avoid it at all costs. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022569 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:58:29 +0000 MsLipGloss 1022569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: You tap your brakes lightly a few times to try to get the other driver to increase the distance between your vehicles . . . it can be really dangerous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022566 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:57:52 +0000 MsLipGloss 1022566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: Ha! I give the open-hand *whaddareyanuts?!* gesture . . . ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022564 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:57:25 +0000 sunny 1022564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: What is a brake check? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022563 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:57:12 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1022563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I go the speed limit, which is usually slowing down (in an effort to make them mad). There is a bridge around here that I usually go 60 (SL is 50) and I ALWAYS get tailgated. Seriously, if I'm already going 10 over, you don't need to tail me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022562 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:56:34 +0000 runsyellowlites 1022562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I let up on the gas so I slowly slow down to exactly the speed limit. I'd never brake check someone though b/c I don't have time to possibly get rear ended. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022558 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:55:59 +0000 MrsH 1022558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: on the other hand if someone cuts me off I flip them the bird :) guess I'm not very consistent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022552 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:54:29 +0000 MsLipGloss 1022552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: Yep - I don't like to take any chances! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022549 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:53:35 +0000 MrsH 1022549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I might tap my brakes but generally don't change speed. Too many crazy road ragey drivers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022398 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:24:57 +0000 heffalump 1022398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I start going exactly the speed limit, which usually means slow down a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022396 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:24:47 +0000 jmarionsmith 1022396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i slow down. i'm sure it's not the most mature thing to do but i can't stand someone riding my tail! especially if i'm going a few over the speed limit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022384 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:22:59 +0000 MsLipGloss 1022384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just keep doing what I am doing, and wait for an opportunity to let them pass! I don't slow down or speed up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-the-person-driving-behind-you-is-tailgating#post-1022380 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:21:44 +0000 tororojo 1022380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you speed up, slow down or do nothing? I almost always slow down to right under the speed limit if they're riding me really close. I'm mainly thinking of 2 lane roads where they can't go around...people like to chase me on the one near my house! </p>