Why do you tailgate 4 wheelers?

This is a residential street with traffic moving about 25 mph. The chances of a catastrophic accident happening is virtually nil. I've seen the results of bus VS car accidents at much higher speeds. The bus always came out on top and nobody was hurt except for the car driver and maybe a few bumps and bruises on the students.

I don't have children and that wouldn't change my perception on this case.

Yeah, well I don't always get a choice of when I can leave work.

 

About a year ago, I read an article that said studies have shown that one of the worst hazards on highways are vehicles that are actually going slower than the flow of traffic -- even if they are doing the speed limit and everyone else is going faster. They said that the dangerous manuevers the other vehicles did in order to get around the 'slower' vehicles caused more of a hazard than the higher speed. Some urban areas began stopping drivers and informing them that they were impeding the flow of traffic and causing hazardous conditions and that if they wanted to go slower than the flow of traffic they should be in the right lane. After an 'informational' period, they began ticketing these drivers. They found that this type of 'speed' enforcement actually decreased accidents more than all of the speeding tickets they gave out before. I know that theoretically, the vehicle driving the speed limit in the center lane is obeying the law and all of the other vehicles are breaking it by going faster, but, in reality, those obeying the law were actually causing more danger than the 'speeders'. I doubt that this will become commonplace in cities across the country, but it is one of the main reasons I don't like the idea of limiting trucks and also disagree with the 'split' speed limits -- like here in Michigan. They are actually legislating that trucks become more of a road hazard than they already are.

 

I usually ride the middle lane on a 3 lane highway cause RVs, slower trucks and Cadillac’s are not even going the speed limit (which is 70 MPH) in FL.

However - If I'm in that middle lane and a big truck is approaching in the distance, I generally move over to the right and let the truck get around me.(They have A LOT of "Slower Traffic Keep Right" signs around here.) I do this to be courteous, as I am a professional driver too, even in my 4 wheeler.

All you got to do is BE ALERT of your surroundings, If you’re TIRED, Pull over and get SLEEP!

It’s not YOUR road, it’s EVERYONES road. You have the option to make it safer.

 

It all comes down to common courtesy and common sense. Yes I know there are some that tailgate, they might or might not be speeding. The whole problem as I see it is the same problem that plagues everything else in this county and that is lack of common sense and common courtesy. Yes speeding and tail gating are wrong and dangerous, but in MHO a vehicle going slower that the traffic flow is as much a hazard as a speeding vehicle. Simply because then you have not just the commercial vehicles that have a schedule to to keep trying to get past but you have the other drivers with the "ME FIRST" mentality to deal with as well.
And that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Happy Trails

 

You tell them girl GMTA.......LOL hi

 

I don't know if you are being sarcastic or not. My first impression was you were. Maybe not. It doesn't really matter, I believe what I said and I feel it is very important. Oh well.

 

Reads like a compliment.......I don't see any sarcasm.........

 

I went on to read more of the previous posts and found out that he hates tailgating. If it was a compliment, thank you whatever your name is, I can't remember.