The Phenomena of Tailgaters!
I drive about 32 miles one way to get to work. On Saturday I do my food shopping and on Sunday I visit my kids.In Southern California that isn't considered a lot of driving. But the phenomena of tailgaters just seems to be just as wretched as if I was always on the road. Needless to say it just chaps my hide to continually be "tailsmooched" by some driver be it a man or a woman from teenagers to old geezers!
I have decided that they are here to stay so in fun I have categorized them. Here they are so just have a good laugh!
Teenage Girl
She will always be driving a Neon or a Soul. They will be driving fast and they tailgate you extremely close albeit for a few seconds or so. This tailgater is in a rush to get someplace so she'll also swerve from lane to lane just to get to her destination. But it doesn't matter how fast she thinks she's moving because the traffic signal will always get her! When you arrive next to her she's hunkered over the steering wheel just biting the bit for that dang green light to come on and then speeding away tailgating and swerving.
Teenage Boy
He will drive a Mustang, some altered Honda or a pickup with hug wheels and those bright white Halogen headlights that bear down on your neck because the pickup is real high. Again, driving fast and as they approach you they will stay on your tail "smooching" it but they will stay there and harass you to get you to speed up. When they don't get their way they will pass you an honk at you also giving you the one finger salute! They too will get stopped at the red light and speeding away as soon as the light turns green. They don't swerve but they speed headlong in a straight shot!
Woman
The strangest of all tailgaters. She will be driving a van or SUV. She doesn't speed or act stupid. She will stay pinned to your tail "smooching" it for miles EVEN IF you 2 are the only ones on the road. But in traffic, too. She won't go around you and when you tap your brake to let her know your feeling uncomfortable she will eventually pass you and look at you wondering why your acting so strange in this completely puzzled look! She's totally oblivious to the fact she's tailgating you.
Man
This tailgater just wants to be a jerk. If you slow down to make him go around he'll just begin feigning a rear end smacking. As if the tail "smooching" wasn't bad enough. He'll be driving a high end car like a Mercedes or a Lexus but sometimes a restored car. When he finally gets tired of playing Rambo he whips around you and tries to stare you down like he's "ready to rumble"!!!! He still thinks he a pimply faced hot rodder full of estrogen!
OK, give me your comments and fav's. I know there are some tail gater's that also chap your hide!!
Comments (9)
Just be careful..
Yes! And Oregon too. where everyone obeys EXCEPT!!! Yes, California drivers!.
Ekkie Girl!
Yeah, they're hard to ignore but I drive defensively anyway.
Jarred!
Well said!! Hee Hee
I can see them racing up behind me, staying long enough to read the sign then driffting back about 7-10 spaces or overtaking asap.
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i hope you weren't injured!!!!
Hans!!
Atta DooooD! Tell'em like it is!!
Titania!
I wonder what they're thinking? I think driving lessons is the answer!
I was trying to remember what you said and I forgot your comment saying loud and clear that you were smacked good and hard! I hope to heck that I don't get smacked. Well, prayers are in order to get some pain relief!
Amen!!