Tailgaters

And always remember - for US while driving a rig - FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY is considered a "serious offense".

This can get ambiguous for the officer that pulls you over - but there has to be "room for someone to pass". Doesn't say that "someone" has to be an aforementioned Prius, or a full rig - but if you always follow your "seconds rule" - you will (hopefully) give yourself ample time to react to an incident, without making a pancake of whatever is in front of you.

Common "defensive driving technique" when dealing with a tailgater - suggests you add the reaction time distance of your unwanted bumper-hanger to your following distance.

Bud (as others noted) nailed it - slow down safely, and make it less advantageous for your tailgater to continue.

Had one doing it in a 4-wheeler last week (with me in mine). I'm doing 4 over in the left lane - nowhere to go in traffic (as I would have gladly moved over). This guy is making "shooting gun fingers" at me while he honks and flashes (one day out of the hospital for me - no firearm in my belt). At that point, I slow down to 5-under. Wait for him to dangerously weave around me (and other traffic), get his tag number, and make a quick call to FHP.

Rick

My wife has a bumper sticker on the rear window of her minivan. It says:

"The closer you get, the slower I drive."

She says she regularly sees vehicles approach behind her at high speed, begin tailgating, then gradually back off again.

If you got a trolly valve and are empty just pop it down really fast if you are empty... it will lock the trailer tires just enough to make lots of smoke and they will back off

DO NOT REALLY DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My wife has a bumper sticker on the rear window of her minivan. It says:

"The closer you get, the slower I drive."

She says she regularly sees vehicles approach behind her at high speed, begin tailgating, then gradually back off again.

My most favoritest bumper sticker:

Try driving in CA every single day, we have some special dummies here with their equally dummy Prius's.

Most Prius owners tend to torque me the heck off anyway...and I haven't even started driving yet. LOL!

Virtually every one of them I come across is doing 55 mph max or even "less" in the fast lane.

JJ

Try driving in CA every single day, we have some special dummies here with their equally dummy Prius's.

Most Prius owners tend to torque me the heck off anyway...and I haven't even started driving yet. LOL!

Virtually every one of them I come across is doing 55 mph max or even "less" in the fast lane.

JJ

Batteries are almost dead.

Batteries are almost dead.

Or they're so focused on their MPG readout that they let off the gas whenever it drops below 60 mpg.

One time a nasty lady with a Prius chided me for driving a big truck when I told her I averaged 8 mpg on a really good week. I did the math for her.

"80,000 lbs. at 8 mpg equals 640,000 lbs. per mile per gallon. 3,000 lbs. at 60 mpg equals 180,000 lbs. per mile per gallon. My truck is nearly four times more efficient than your car. Why aren't you taking the bus?"

Batteries are almost dead.

Or they're so focused on their MPG readout that they let off the gas whenever it drops below 60 mpg.

One time a nasty lady with a Prius chided me for driving a big truck when I told her I averaged 8 mpg on a really good week. I did the math for her.

"80,000 lbs. at 8 mpg equals 640,000 lbs. per mile per gallon. 3,000 lbs. at 60 mpg equals 180,000 lbs. per mile per gallon. My truck is nearly four times more efficient than your car. Why aren't you taking the bus?"

This is exactly what is going on. They get so rapped up in the mpg they basically lose all focus on anything else that is going on. Then they start feeling entitled to the fast lane because they want to punish the rest of society for not following their idiot reasoning. LOL!

Did I mention that Prius owners in general tend to torque me off yet? LOL!

JJ

Yup those Prius drivers are all the same, just like truck drivers.

C.R. ENGLAND is changing their fleet over to the automatics. As a team our truck is a new one and therefore an automatic. What concerns me about the ' bumper barnacles' (i like that one lol) is the way the sensor on this truck slams on the engine break every so often. We've been trying to figure out what sets it off, but the best we can come up with is the angle of the road or signs. We almost got rear ended by a semi yesterday because of this and there was nothing in front of us when the brakes slammed on, but it also happens when other vehicles change lanes a little too closely, once even on the exit ramp beside our lane.