Interstates versus secondary roads
Interstates versus secondary roads. I found that I prefer interstates because people are able to easily pass me. I don’t like tailgaters, they annoy me and make me nervous. At the same time I can unde...
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Water-Bug wrote:mabynack wrote:
I usually try to pull off and let others go by. I don't like the stress from having them tailgate and I think it's just polite. I've had close calls when someone gets frustrated and tries passing me on a corner.
My last trip was only 60 miles and I got behind a slow motorhome. The guy behind me got impatient and tried passing both of us on a blind corner and ran a car off the road. It could have been fatal for several of the people involved.
If you can't pass a slow vehicle, you should always leave enough space for the guy behind you to pass you without having to pass both vehicles at once. Most people don't do it, but it is the safe thing to do. Tailgating a slow vehicle NEVER makes them move any faster. Leaving some space also gives you a little room to accelerate befor pulling out, should the oppertunity to pass arise.
In the example I used, I had about 10 car lengths between us. The guy passing us had plenty of time to pull over, but decided to continue passing both vehicles even after the on-coming traffic came into sight.
I use to get on my ex about the same thing. She would usually follow me in her SUV and she hated to have someone between us.
