[ARCHIVED THREAD] - For Guys Who Like to Brake Check (Page 1 of 4)
Posted: 7/12/2008 3:05:09 PM EDT
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The guy brake checking the bicyclists thread made me think of something that happened not long ago. I was doing about 80 down the highway and had a guy that just entered the highway behind an 18-wheeler cut me off doing about 35. I had to slam on my brakes to keep from crashing into him then he decided to brake check me because I apparently got too close when trying to keep from crashing into him. I don't really play that game so I continued to stay close and when he hit his brakes again I just bumped him a little. I guess he decided that he might not win that match and he sped off. Please keep in mind that slamming on your brakes isn't always the best decision to make when you're irritated with the person driving behind you, especially if you're in a compact car and they are driving a big truck. Not everybody is scared to swap a little paint if you're being a jackass. That's all I have to say about that. 
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You're going to get seriously flamed.  I also find it amusing when someone WANTS you to slam into them, but you just brake with them 2 feet off their bumper all the way to a stop. What now, fr00t? Only tailgate cars you can out stop. 
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I don't break check. I just slowly bleed off speed. Partly so that if something runs out onto the road and I have to break suddenly, they'll have a shorter minimum breaking distance and a better chance of not rear-ending me. Partly so they'll pull the stick out of their ass and just go around. This is a rare occurrence, though. Sucks when I have to make the driving decisions for the person directly behind me because they're too stupid to do so themselves, but it beats the alternative. |
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Wow, your game is even more dangerous than brake checking. Congratulations on your superiority-- too bad you didn't get a ticket. I have a problem when I'm going 10 over the speed limit in the right lane and someone decides to try to intimidate me into going even faster rather than pass in the open and legally appropriate left hand lane. In this town the people who do this are usually "daddy's princess" South Florida girls with an entitlement complex. |
How many tailgaters have crashed into you? |
Failing to keep right except to pass is also something assholes do. Despite that, I don't tailgate because there is rarely a true victor in clash of the asshole titans. |
Appropriately punished for wishing to drive the speed limit?
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I get so sick of people in the left lane deciding that "5 over the limit is good enough for me so it's enough for everyone else." Move the fuck over if someone wants to go faster instead of selfishly imposing your driving particulars on the rest of the road. It's called the passing lane for a reason. |
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If there's plenty of room on the road and the other lane is less crowded than the one I'm occupying, and you're tight in on my ass, I'll tap the brake lights at you. If you don't get it I'll just take my foot off the gas and let it slow down until you decide that if I wasn't going fast enough for you BEFORE, I'm sure as hell not going fast enough to suit you NOW. Very few things cause me to feel more justified in my anger at another driver when I'm being tailgated when there's almost no traffic. Under those conditions I'll get you off my ass whether I do it by changing lanes, brake checking, or putting my foot down hard on the accelerator, which is another way of saying "I really don't want you that close on my ass" but in a way that poses no danger to you. And another thing that really pisses me off is when I'm maintaining a SAFE following distance on the vehicle in front of me, following the two second rule but not with a lot of extra space, and some stupid jackass sees that empty space and decides he should be in it. That may indeed cause me to decide to ride his ass just to make him nervous. I have my asshole moments on the road, but most of them are a reaction to greater incidents of assholery that happen to me first. CJ |
This is very true. You need a bigger truck They can get close to me and I can't even see them.
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I'm not saying that what I did was smart, right, legal or whatever. You can agree, disagree, call me names, I don't care. If I get a ticket then I get a ticket, it wouldn't be the first, ask my attorney. What I'm saying is that nothing good is going to come from your brake checking regardless of the circumstances. Also, remember that if you brake check someone and they crash into you, they might get a ticket but not necessarily be deemed at fault for any accident you might cause. |
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I worked at an excavation company a long time ago. We had 2 mechanics to keep the equipment running, and since it wasn't an uncommon occurence to have serious weight in the back of the truck, the wrenches replaced the stock bumpers with pieces of steel I beams, and when needed, added weight with things like backhammer bits and other large, heavy bits of steel. Got a call over the radio that one of the guys was hung up. Apparently, a rocket surgeon in a very nice Suburban decided to brake check his truck. Unfortunately for the brake checker, a 6 foot long piece of steel welded to the frame of a truck is much more stout than his rear door. Don't play stupid games unless you're certain that the physics are on your side.. |
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If I am in the left lane doing 80, and the car in front of me is doing 80, and so forth, and the right lane is filled with big rigs and sloths doing 50, exactly how am I an asshole by not yielding my "position in line" to some jerk that thinks I should slow to 50, get out of his way, then spend 5 min trying to merge back into the passing lane, so he can then sit ONE CAR LENGTH further forward in his quest, thereby saving himself .05 sec of travel time? If you come up on me and maintain at least 1 car length, if I can get over, I will. If you climb up my ass when I have nowhere to go..... Common sense. Don't start nothin', won't be nothin'. |
I've had two hit me in 20 years of driving, grand total in pocket from their insurance 8K. Basic rule of life kids, don’t play a game your not willing to lose. |
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I drive a full size F series pickup. When I'm zipping down the road doing the speed limit at minimum, if someone decides that they'll like to feel at one with my rear bumper, I lightly tap the brake pedal with my left foot, not getting off the accelerator. This has been known to cause following vehicle to to back off a bit, and rethink their attraction with my rear end. 
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According to the law of your state, you should already be in the right lane if you're not passing someone else: leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+46.2-802 |
Keeping right except to pass is not law in all states. Some people see the left lane as a regular travel lane and will not move over. Some won;t even move when they see emergency lights. |
Thanks, Judge Judy. Isn't this what any reasonable person would call a "stupid game," tho? Can you guess what kind of prize the winner gets? |
So you'll risk the life and limb of them (alright, not too bad) and others they may hit on the highway when they swerve to miss you, just to "punish" them? OK! Class 1 misdemeanor: 1. No person shall intentionally and willfully. 1. Stop the vehicle of another for the sole purpose of impeding its progress on the highways. |
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you should be at LEAST 2 seconds behind the guy in front of you anyways. My dad does brake checks to see how the wheel react to different conditions (aka, Rain or snow) but he never does it when people are close. Usually 8 or more seconds away at the least. As for "keeping you on your toes" its just a REALLY DUMB idea. |
Because you are not the man and the road is not yours. I get out of the way if by some off chance I was brain dead in any of the lanes to the left. |