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minus-squareblandfordforever@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down20·28 days agoThe tailgater is definitely an asshole but when the tailgatee slows down to 10mph it becomes an everyone sucks here scenario, in my opinion.
minus-squarecaesaravgvstvs@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down4·28 days agoThere’s no speed minimum for a reason. Some drivers and certain equipment need to go slow. The narrator is not the asshole here.
minus-squareblandfordforever@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down8·edit-228 days agoImpeding the flow of traffic is often ticketable. How pissed off would you be if you were in a third car, stuck behind these two dickheads?
minus-squarecaesaravgvstvs@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·28 days agoBut he’s not, he went down to 10 from a limit of 25, the traffic is flowing
minus-squareDenjinlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·27 days agoNo, you’re just reducing both your speed until it reaches a safe point for them to be that close behind you.
minus-squareblandfordforever@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-227 days agoI agree with you that the tailgater is making the situation more dangerous and that slowing down is appropriate. I also think that slowing way down to 10mph to antagonize the other driver is not.
The tailgater is definitely an asshole but when the tailgatee slows down to 10mph it becomes an everyone sucks here scenario, in my opinion.
There’s no speed minimum for a reason. Some drivers and certain equipment need to go slow.
The narrator is not the asshole here.
Impeding the flow of traffic is often ticketable. How pissed off would you be if you were in a third car, stuck behind these two dickheads?
But he’s not, he went down to 10 from a limit of 25, the traffic is flowing
No, you’re just reducing both your speed until it reaches a safe point for them to be that close behind you.
I agree with you that the tailgater is making the situation more dangerous and that slowing down is appropriate. I also think that slowing way down to 10mph to antagonize the other driver is not.