Tailgators
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Road Captain
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From: Bergen County, NJ
Tailgators
I was on the NYS Thruway today in the right lane when I glanced in my sideview mirror and noticed an Toyota MR2 coming up pretty fast behind me. I was thinking if this JA hits me and I am still able to get up, he's going to be the one that needs medical attention. Anyone have any good solutions for the cager that's right on your butt at 80 mph? I was thinking about pulling into the shoulder but those rumble grooves are pretty deep and there was lots of debris in the shoulder.
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From: East Stroudsburg PA
Yea, I usually flash my brake light at them and then if that doesnt work, I slow down and when i mean slow down i REALLY slow down almost to a crawl, not just to **** them off but just to make them go around me, its def easier then speeding up b/c when u speed up u just have a faster tailgator :-/
Road Warrior
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From: West side of indianapolis
Yea, I usually flash my brake light at them and then if that doesnt work, I slow down and when i mean slow down i REALLY slow down almost to a crawl, not just to **** them off but just to make them go around me, its def easier then speeding up b/c when u speed up u just have a faster tailgator :-/
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Get out of their way.
When stuff like that happens all I can do is think about what to do next time. I'll slow down to 55 in a 65 so they'll go around. Didn't work with one cager last year. Got down to 40 on an open freeway and he still wouldn't go around. It was four lanes and we were in the far right. Realized the old man wasn't going to change lanes so we did and he blew by us at about 80 and still accelerating and then got off at the next exit a couple miles up. Maybe he couldn't turn his head to change lanes, I don't know. But lesson learned, just get out of the way. 
