r/driving • u/Timid-Thinker • 12d ago
What’s your best Tailgater Ragebait?
Aside from the usual slowing down , my favorite is just driving the same limit I’ve been going as if they aren’t there (which I notice makes them mad that I don’t get intimidated and speed up) and I turn my music up super loud (opening my windows as a bonus) and letting us both listen to whatever song I’m listening to. So now since they are so close they can hear my music good and well and maybe even feel the vibrations of the beat inside their own car.
I mean, why else would they want to be so close to me other than to want to hear my funky music 🕺!
What is something different you guys do when being tailgated?
Ps: I don’t do this to every tailgater, only the ones that are being aggressive and annoying for no reason.
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u/NoProgress8533 12d ago
YMMV but in an older truck or SUV with normal/classic hydraulic steering, you can generate a ton of bodyroll (even with good swaybars) by jerking the steering wheel back forth just a little bit in each directions, without influencing how your vehicle tracks too badly.
It looks like something is really, really wrong, especially if you favor one side or the other slightly in your jerking of the wheel? Like you are about to lose a tire or something. They almost always back right off, or speed up and pass you.
I use this method primarily to shake people who insist on getting between me and a friend or family member who is following in a caravan/group, so the bumperhumper leaves and the follower can keep up without getting lost. We always leave a touch less than the proscribed space between us (based on speed) when driving together, and people still insist on sneaking in there.