Isn't this a message that the intended recipient will never see?

If you're that close to the car in front, you're the bigger asshole and causing by far the bigger danger

You know what I do if someone's tailgating me? I imagine that they're a bomb disposal expert on their way to diffuse a nuke at a school for blind orphan kittens, I pull over and let them on their way, and smile at the thought of all those kittens who'll be saved. Stress level 0.

Kind of surprised by how many people are defending this shit.

If you tailgate people, you can go fuck yourself.

Unpopular opinion. But my experience has been that the people who have road rage the worst, are incredibly hostile, aggressive, reckless, and dangerous drivers.

they are always riding other drivers ass. Cutting them off. Refusing to let other drivers in. Whipping around fast any time anyone in front of them isn't going 10 miles over the speed limit. Just the worst drivers.

They cause accidents too. I know two such guys. They both have a long history of car accidents. Whereas I, a non hostile friendly driver, have none. And I'm 40.
It's because I don't drive like an jackass. These are the same kind of men who insist women can't drive. Yet my record compared to theirs says otherwise.

If I see someone trying to merge. I make room for them.

I don't drive right up behind people. I don't honk if they are going a little below the speed limit. I mean there are speed cams all over cities.

It's normal for people to be a little conservative with speed to not get those $150 tickets.

Sometimes people are new to the area. Or trying to follow a gps.

I doubt anyone is driving slow just to fuck with me. A stranger in another car. You know?

I also don't assume people are intentionally trying to fuck up my day. No one drives perfect 24/7. We all miss our turn. Occasionally forget to check before merging. People make mistakes. Getting angry is not productive or helpful.

I don't get mad at people for messing up one time. You know? But if they are driving aggressively and putting other people at risk I sometimes do use some passive aggressive methods to block them in so they can't swerve like a maniac around other cars and cause an accident.

It's pretty rare that I do that but I have. This comes from my opinions on anti-social behavior in society needing to be discouraged. You may or may not agree with my stance on this. ("Anti social refers to disruptive hostile social behaviors, not how much of an introvert someone is).

One time I did it, it was apparently an unmarked cop car. They kept using the shoulder to weave in and out of slow traffic. Very aggressively. Forcing themselves between cars. Not waiting for gaps.

So I slightly pulled to the right to block them from using the shoulder to keep doing it. Then they flashed their lights at me. I'm certain they were not on a cop mission. Just an asshole entitled cop. Otherwise he would have just drove on the shoulder with his lights on.

Being a cop doesn't mean you get to drive where you put other people at risk because you think you shouldn't have to sit in traffic. Everyone has places they need to get to. That's why we are all in cars driving.

This the the guy two inches behind me when I'm already doing 15 over the speed limit

Says the bumper sticker on the giant ass pickup truck who blocks your entire view and always drives 5mph below the limit.

If you drive normally I’ll let you pass. But if you’re up in my ass flashing highbeams when I’m still overtaking? Grab a snack buddy cause we’re going nowhere and we’re not going there fast either.

Edit: Some salty fucks in here dogpiling a silly comment on the internets. Sure is reddit in here

If the car behind that is you, you're also an asshole.
Stop fucking tailgating, no matter what the car in front does.

The tailgater is always the asshole, if there is to be just one.

The asshole in his giant micropenis truck is right, you are also an asshole when you behave like that.

But sometimes, that just ain't enough to keep a man like me interested. No, I gotta go out and have fun at someone else's expense. I drive really slow in the ultra fast lane, while people behind me are going insane.

The tailgater is also an ass hole.

That's the secret, all 3 drivers are assholes. Fuck cars.

The middle driver is also an asshole in that situation. Stop tailgating.