What should I do about being tailgated

Yeah slow down, piss the idiot off more and see what happens.

This morning I witnessed an accident where the impatient idiot was on the rear of the truck with less then five feet, you could see how close he was, the other idiot driver kept slowing down until both were going 35 mph, and they then played the stupid game of how more slow you can go, this was on a four lane divided highway. So eventually the idiot tailgating decided to make a move and he ran a car off the road to pass the idiot in the front, once he got next to the other idiot, they played the "no you won't pass me" game. ThIs crap went on until the tail gating truck cut the other idiot off and that idiot slammed on his brakes only to cause on hell of an accident.

I have a long email going to the safety department of both of these trucks company with a accompanying video of my dash cam, there was no excuse to play games by either of them and one company who I know the head of operations will most likely fire the guy, he didn't even stop after causing the accident.

One thing I tell other drivers to do is to not do a thing, it is the people in the other truck that is the problem and you don't want to get into a pissing match with anyone, but once you get into these pissing matches with other driver because you can't act professional, then it can cause all kinds of problems for everyone.

 

When I posted "slow down" I meant if the guy is trying to pass in that situation, slow down and let him get around you.
Anyway, you did the right thing with the dash cam and reporting the incident.

 

I've always slowed down not by much but enough to wake the driver up behind me.It has nothing to do with fighting fire with fire because im not an aggressive driver but has everything to do with safety.As long as im not impeding traffic I will not match my speed with the tailgater.

 

Retirement never looked better. It's pathetic when the owner of a trucking co you work for tailgates his own truck. Ironic. smh

 

When are you retiring?

 

I know this won't work in a big rig, but in my 4 wheeler when I am being tailgated, I just hit the windshield washer and spray 'em. They back off EVERY time.

 

I usually just hit the wipers and say thanks, it was dirty.

 

If you have a sun roof, pitch a hand full of BB's in the air. Always carry a cup full of BB's in the console!

 

End of this project. Oct-Nov.