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Re: Tailgaters Re: Last minute lane changers

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From: Timothy J. Lee
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 00:00
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NOabril@topaz.ucdavis.eduSPAM writes:
|Many tailgaters seem to get their clues as to how fast to drive by
|pasting themselves to the car ahead.  I've had people tailgate me at all
|speeds, in all lanes.  I've had people follow me in a lane change I made
|to get out of the way and continue to tailgate.  I've, on occasion,
|experimented by slowing down, speeding up, slowing down, etc, and these
|folks will match your speed, regardless.

I've seen a variation of this behavior, except that instead of
tailgating, they will stay in the next lane over, 3/4 of a car
length behind.  This position makes it unsafe for the followed
vehicle to change lanes, and is in one of the worst places for
mirror coverage on the followed vehicle (even if the driver of
the followed vehicle has carefully arranged the mirrors to
minimize blind spots, that location is still the hardest to
see some other vehicle in).

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From: timlee@netcom.com.DELETE-THIS.BIT (Timothy J. Lee)
Subject: Re: Tailgaters Re: Last minute lane changers
Date: 1998/07/24
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