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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Although I got tailgated yesterday on the Beltway going 10 over... in the right lane, with plenty of space to the left. Tailgaters are just nuts.

Even if someone is parking in the left lane, you're an idiot if you don't leave following distance   it's a basic safety measure.[/quote]

This thread isn’t about tailgaters. It’s about people who don’t follow the universal rules of the road. It’s inconsiderate and dangerous. [/quote]

Universal rules of the road include proper following distance.  The reality of driving is that someone on the road with you is likely to do something stupid today.  Parking in the left lane, passing without signaling, cutting you off.  How you react determines what kind of driver you are.  And if you respond to someone parking in the left lane by tailgating them, you are choosing to exacerbate a situation and make it more dangerous.[/quote]
Yes, people always seem to want there to be a good guy and a bad guy in every situation, but the truth is that people who hang out in the left lane for miles going the speed limit and people who tailgate on the highway are all morons and they all cause dangerous situations for others as well as needless traffic buildups. [/quote]

It's like the people who act as "enforcers" and try to block people who get over at the last second. (First of all, a zipper merge is a thing).

Even if someone is being crappy and passing in the exit lane or whatever, trying to block someone just makes the traffic worse and increases the likelihood you or someone else gets hit.  If you're not a traffic cop, don't play enforcer.[/quote]

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