Thanks!
What I see all the time is people who are coming up on my tail refuse to back off until they are right behind me. They brake at the last possible second, as if they think that somehow that will get them to their destination sooner. They apparently think that I will somehow be able speed up, even though there is slower traffic in front of me.
Morons.
Ya see um on LA freeways all the time...25 miles of slinky stop and go traffic as they push the accelerator then kick their brakes for 25 miles. Instead of just backing off a bit which would make the entire traffic flow, flow smother and faster. Studies have been done, it works but people are too stupid.
Correct, the big reason these idiots tailgate is because they’re attempting to make the vehicle in front go faster...
Another big problem with stupid people are the ones who get into the #1 lane (fast lane) and drive slowly.
Many of these idiots are attempting to meter the flow of traffic to a slower speed. What it does is cause people to change lanes attempting to go around them, which also causes more collisions, as those attempting to pass them are pissed and change lanes aggressively and carelessly due to being PO’d.
BTW, I love watching the tailgaters on highways with lots of traffic lights.
The tailgater will pass real aggressively only to slam on their brakes for the next red light ahead...These types of idiots will do this for 30 miles of traffic lights. They never really get ahead but they need new brakes and have expensive drive train issues quite often.