I admit to doing that myself a few times. Recently, I had a lady trying to kiss my bumper (I was doing the speed limit) on a 6 lane highway. I could see that she was yelling and screaming at me in the rear view mirror. I was sorely tempted to really slow down but simply maintained my speed. About a mile later, she did a two wheel turn into an animal hospital. I'm guessing that she had a sick pet on board. As she turned, I noticed that she had her flashers on. She had been too close to me for me to see those flashers when she was following me.flb_78 wrote:When someone decides that I'm driving to slow and decides that they need to ride my bumper, I slow down.
I usually have my cruise set and I just start tapping the coast button, about once every 30 seconds or so.
To me, my situation once again demonstrates that tunnel vision that people can get into. She was obviously worried about being able to make the right turn and ignored her opportunities to pass me in the two adjacent left lanes. As much as I believe most people who tailgate are just idiots, sometimes there is a reason greater than just their lack of good judgement.
As an RVer, I'm aware that some people hate RVs and don't want them on the road. I've experienced all kinds of bad behavior from drivers who apparently just don't like my presence. Most of them don't understand that it impossible to accelerate, corner or stop a 22,000lb vehicle like they do their 3,500lb car. If I did anything but the best I could and it was perceived by other drivers as further delaying them, I suspect that their attempts a a vehicular attack on me would only get worse. I tapped my air horn (and I seriously do mean only a slight tap enough to sound it) when a woman nearly sideswiped us while driving with her elbows at 65mph and trying to text at the same time. She went into a nearly 10 minute road rage (in heavy traffic in all 3 lanes) . I thought sure that she was going to wreck us. There is no way that I can get our combined RV-towed car away from someone like that and because of our size, there is nowhere to pull off. I do try to pull off whenever I can because I have no desire to impact someone else's use of the road more than necessary. But I refuse to give up using the RV simply because a few driver's somehow find it offensive.