Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

Phantastic_Elastic t1_j4ispuf wrote

The safe & proper thing for you to do in this situation is to further increase the distance between you and the car in front of you. The guy behind you gets the opposite of what he intended, and fuck him too. People who tailgate are scum.

When I'm feeling wicked, I'll do an imitation of someone who's lost, and randomly put on my left blinker and slow down. If the tailgater is the type who just does it habitually without thinking about it, that's often enough to get them to leave some distance.

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Stop_Already t1_j4ilv93 wrote

I’ll echo what the other poster said. Don’t take the GWB. We live Fairfield County and drive to New Jersey often as my husband’s family is all there. 19 times of 20, we take the Tappen Zee. It’s a little longer mileage wise but it’s always faster.

Personally, I’m like you. I dont like the GWB. Too many lanes, too confusing when you get off the bridge, the cross Bronx is a mess. Skip it!

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crankygeese t1_j4hodbk wrote

This happens here constantly. I’ll be behind a slow driver who’s going under the speed limit and tapping the brakes and I’ll have someone tailgating me so if I have to stop short because the slow driver hits the brakes, the person behind me is so close, they could hit me. It’s ridiculous. Tailgating me won’t do anything, I’m in the same situation as they are, stuck behind a slow driver.

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