> > I had a rough time driving home from work today, thought I would vent a little. Hope everyone has a good evening!
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> What bugs me are people who tailgate me because I'm apparently not going fast enough for them. It seems no matter how fast I drive, there's somebody in a hurry to get somewhere (probably to an accident waiting to happen!) who comes up behind me and then hangs there at a much-too-close, highly-unsafe distance. I usually use cruise control set at about five miles above the speed limit (which, believe it or not, is legal here according to the BMV handbook), but even when I drive faster, this almost always happens. I'm not mean though. If I was mean I'd slam on my brakes to scare 'em. Instead I just try to get out of their way so they can speed on their way to whatever accident or ticket-writing cop awaits them :)
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> Gri"hardly ever use my horn"shny

Okay, I don't drive(yet), but here's a couple of things ny mom does when she's being tailgated(assuming no stop signs or lights):

1) Pulling-over-and-letting-them-speed-by strategy, and

2) Praying-for-the-person-to-see-the-angel-on-our-back-bumper (No, I'm not kidding)

Both 1 and 2 work. 2 lets us stay on the road. :) The offending driver backs off or turns off onto another road or driveway.

Nyper"Praying before we leave is always a good start"old