Tailgaters
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 3,807
Likes: 1,488
From: SW Washington State
Your whole safety zone is being violated and your action is to slow down? Do you enjoy being violated? I choose to command the road when I ride, I pick my surroundings, and when I meet someone on the road that wants it worse, I pull aside and let them go by, I never give up my command of the road.
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 687
Likes: 1
From: Texas
When I am being tailgated, I waive them back with my left hand with 2 or 3 "back off's". Female tailgaters will back off most of the time. Some people will be frustrated but ultimately get it and speed around when they can. Others I eventually move over when possible. It does **** me off and I do not carry any small flying objects which is good because I would deploy them if I had them handy. I never ride below the speed limit.
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,290
Likes: 7
From: D/FW Texas
Well said ! There's dumb riders and there's old riders, but not many dumb old riders. I've got a patch on my vest that says "Old grey haired bikers didn't get that way from pure luck"
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 938
Likes: 22
I have a BAL tail light.
I have it set to the maximum brightness and people back way off when I touch my brakes.
Even funnier is that if I am wearing my vest, even though it is a Firefighter MC, most drivers back way the F off when they see the colours. Sometimes stereotypes work in our favour.
I have it set to the maximum brightness and people back way off when I touch my brakes.
Even funnier is that if I am wearing my vest, even though it is a Firefighter MC, most drivers back way the F off when they see the colours. Sometimes stereotypes work in our favour.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 3,133
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From: Lake County, IL
On a bike or in a car, my reaction is also to slow down, to open up a larger following distance from the car ahead of me. This gives me extra time to brake if necessary, hopefully making up for the lack of following distance for the car tailgating me. A lot of them can't seem to figure it out, and just want to follow closely.
I still don't understand the behavior of some drivers on the interstate. Go like hell till you catch up to the car ahead of you, slow down so you don't hit him, then change lanes to the left to pass, now that you're slower than all the traffic in that lane.
Unfortunately, tailgaters abound, and when you're on a road with one lane going in your direction, it's pointless to pull over and let one pass, when the next one gets right on your tail as soon as you get back on the road.
I still don't understand the behavior of some drivers on the interstate. Go like hell till you catch up to the car ahead of you, slow down so you don't hit him, then change lanes to the left to pass, now that you're slower than all the traffic in that lane.
Unfortunately, tailgaters abound, and when you're on a road with one lane going in your direction, it's pointless to pull over and let one pass, when the next one gets right on your tail as soon as you get back on the road.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 1,912
Likes: 123
From: Spokane, WA
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Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Southern Oregon
There are a lot of ********/idiots out there, one thing I never do (on a bike) is slow down if ones riding my ***. If needed I find suitable spot & move to the right and wave them around. Another thing I avoid doing is going slower than the speed limit while I'm being followed.
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Tourer
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 323
Likes: 5
From: MA
And no intentions of doing anything along the lines of ball bearings. Nor do I want to ride which such a group.