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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 12:09 AM
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I got into a fight after break checking someone. This fool was tailgating me in the fast lane for at least 2 miles driving like a jack ass. He was swerving in and out of traffic but always ended up being behind me. I break checked him once and it made him swerve into the shoulder kicking up dust and he followed me again. I did it a second time I can hear the screech from his tires. Well he wasnt happy about it and followed me all the way to my exit. I pulled over into a jack in the box and we both went up to each other. I noticed he was kinda drunk cause it was a friday night at around 12am and he was kinda tipsy and talking with slurs. He was yelling at me about how I could of caused an accident and shiet. I called him a jack ass and told him he shouldnt be drinking and driving cause this kinda shiet will happen. Well our tempers flared up and both of us started swinging. Some others watching broke it up. Pretty even fight, he got a bloody nose and my lip started bleeding. But yeah I drove off thinking about how stupid it all was. Sucks though, only if this story was true. :rick: :chuckles: :fawk:





















I just swerve out of the way of tailgaters and catch up to them if theyre hot.
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 01:54 AM
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Originally posted by tony
i usually just change lane cuz gas is so expensive. but this one time a guy was tailgating me when i'm going 80 in the fast lane and he could pass on the right if he wanted. so i let him pass and then tailgate him until he couldn't go any faster then passed him:thumbup:
do I hear a w00t!?

It all depends. Sometimes I slow down reaaaaalllly slow, like if it was the freeway, it'd be 25 or something. Then they just get pissed and pass.
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 02:16 AM
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i don't care...i just go as if theres no one tailgating me...
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 02:22 AM
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You're not going to change their behavior in your little display of resistance.

If I have room to move I get out of their way. No point pissing them off and possibly causing an accident.

If they're being really aggressive and I have nowhere to go then I give em a few flicks of the brake lights without slowing down. If they keep at it then I will really brake check the shit out of em.
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 02:44 AM
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i lift off the throttle until they get the hint that i'm decelerating because of them...
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 05:07 AM
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I was on a 2lane highway comming home from work and I'm in the fast lane just moving alone and this bitch tries to cut in front of me. there is a car directly in front of me and so I speed up to block her out and force her to get behind me. she flashes her highs on, and tailgates me. For the following half hour I made it my mission to drive as slow as I could causing a traffic slow down because this woman had her highbeams on me. whenever there would be a little gap where someone could could attemt to pass. I'd drop it down and as soon I there was another car on my right I'd slow right on down again. As soon as the bitch turned off her highs I went back to normal speed. It must of really pissed her off for that half hour ride. I hate tailgaters.
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 05:25 AM
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Hit my breakes, not to lock up but for them to back the fahk off. f it's on a regualr road, and tey flah or blow the horn I wave them by, ifthey are still on my as I slow down and if they still blow the horn I give them the nice finger. And sometimes when I really wanna get them pissed and I'm driving my Jeep...gun it while they pass you. My 4.0 has enough balls to romp on the people down here.
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 07:47 AM
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Just slow down to about 10-15 under the speed limit just to piss em off and when they try to go around on the shoulder i just swerve over a bit my car isnt that great so i really dont care i mean i have a 91 pontica grand am which acts like a go cart
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 07:52 AM
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Originally posted by whoaitslen2
I got into a fight after break checking someone. This fool was tailgating me in the fast lane for at least 2 miles driving like a jack ass. He was swerving in and out of traffic but always ended up being behind me. I break checked him once and it made him swerve into the shoulder kicking up dust and he followed me again. I did it a second time I can hear the screech from his tires. Well he wasnt happy about it and followed me all the way to my exit. I pulled over into a jack in the box and we both went up to each other. I noticed he was kinda drunk cause it was a friday night at around 12am and he was kinda tipsy and talking with slurs. He was yelling at me about how I could of caused an accident and shiet. I called him a jack ass and told him he shouldnt be drinking and driving cause this kinda shiet will happen. Well our tempers flared up and both of us started swinging. Some others watching broke it up. Pretty even fight, he got a bloody nose and my lip started bleeding. But yeah I drove off thinking about how stupid it all was. Sucks though, only if this story was true. :rick: :chuckles: :fawk:
thats great..

once this white trash bitch gave me the finger as she passed me, so i followed her and at the light, she got out and asked me if i had a problem... she wanted a fight.. i said 'nope' and made a left turn h:
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 07:54 AM
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Originally posted by WiLL
i slow down. that usually causes them to change lanes and get the fawk off of my back. if that doesnt work, i shake my fist.
does shaking your fist always work?
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