> In addition, it's also a bad idea to speed up just because a car behind you is getting too close. This is known as tailgating, and most people do it because they want you to drive faster. The faster you drive, the faster they will drive, and then you've accomplished nothing other than breaking the law. Speeding is one thing (that I'm often guilty of), but if you're doing it out of pressure, that's a bad thing to do. You can get cited for speeding, and the "But, officer, HE made me do it!" argument won't work.

You could always cry your way out of the ticket, though. In college I met a girl who claimed to have cried her way out of something like seven or eight tickets. You might have the extra advantage, LZ, of putting a little genuine hysteria into the act, explaining how you're new at this and you were SO SCARED driving on the freeway and then this guy comes RIGHT UP BEHIND YOU LIKE ALMOST ON YOUR BUMPER and all you could think to do was just get away and your parents will kill you if you get a ticket and -- *break down sobbing uncontrollably*.

Trust me, it'll work.

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