Someone traveling that close to you doesn’t care about your personal space, but it’ll probably make them aggravated enough to go around you.

With the amount of hit and runs on the news I am wondering if a CDL sticker is a smarter option

I have two routes that go through my town. 50 mph roads with one lane going in each direction. I have a minivan and three children under age 5. I'm terrified when someone tailgates me. It's awful. I pull over every chance I get to let these people pass me. Then I pull back on the road and literally watch them intimidate and tailgate the next person. It's unbelievable....leave earlier maybe? Allow yourself more time? Yeah?

Cruising along at 50mph in a 50 zone

we're talking about a 2 lane country secondary highway, my friend, not the 95 International Motor Speedway.

My favorite is when all the lanes are clogged but they still try to change lanes to get past you, and if they do get ahead of you they’re just as stuck as they were before.

thanks for the assist.

R/dashcam has more information than anyone could ever need about, well, dash cameras.

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And spend the extra money to get one with GPS/speed too

If you ever need it, it will be worth its weight in gold; mine has saved me from 3 bogus tickets since the pandemic started. Hundreds of dollars in fines/fees dodged!

Yea and if you leave more than two car lengths someone will fly up on the right and cut in front.

I was coming off Rte 9 in Cromwell and a big ass Caddy SUV was licking my bumper. Line of cars in front of me going straight are slow, what can I do?

Caddy swerved into the right turn only lane only to cut back in in front of me and almost ate the car in front. He must have thought I was crawling along on purpose lol

Asshat tried to do the same at the next light, to the next car in front of him, and almost ate the side of another car in front of that one.

People be wildin'

Very true

I usually roll down my window and flip them off. Don't do this in city areas though. They need to understand how much more they put at risk to gain absolutely nothing.

Never hurts to cover your ass, especially in this state. The advice I received for having a rear-facing cam actually came from a state cop. It’s just another angle proving where your vehicle was in relation to others.

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I’ve gotten in the habit of pressing the test button on my trailer brake controller when this happens. It lights up the brake lights without applying the brakes.

Assuming I’m not towing a trailer with brakes, of course.

In my opinion, it's far more dangerous to react to a threatening driver by increasing your speed (driving faster, breaking the law and now taking on additional responsibility for that action) when you are already abiding by the law, than decreasing your speed, while still abiding by the law, but, to each their own. Everyone needs to consider their options in these situations and I will continue handling it in a way that I feel is safest.

some times, I do the "rocking chair" routine, ie. subtlely speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down but its tough on the gas mileage. Depends on the situation.

Nice rant, except he didn't say anything about it being on a highway.

Last year I was at the front of a 3 car accident. Sitting at a stop, blinker on to make a left turn, guy behind me gets plowed into, subsequently hits me.

Had I had a rear-facing dashcam, the SECOND car would likely have been put partially as fault as well. He was tailgating me for miles before-hand, tried passing me on a double-yellow less than a mile before the accident, and was right up on my bumper when he hit me. Had he given proper spacing between stopped vehicles, I very likely would not have been hit at all.

I got lucky with that accident, my damage was all cosmetic while the other two cars were totalled.

OK. Thank you.

I just saw it. Thank you.

Thank you so much!

See above comment where I replied to OP!:) just replying to your comment so you see it now that I posted it. Stay safe out there!

Front AND rear-facing.