Gibson99
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this just happened to me this morning. i saw the taurus coming up behind me and begin to tailgate me. i was already doing the speed limit in the slow lane with a safe following distance to the jeep ahead of me. about the time i passed the little white van, the taurus was so close that i couldn't see his front grille or headlights in my rearview - keep in mind that the rear cam is mounted at the top of my nearly vertical rear window. i let off the gas to give him a hint to back off, and hopefully prevent him from cutting off the van to make an unsafe pass. he didn't seem to like that and floored it to make the gap. i sped up because i thought he was about to clip me in the rear. as he passes me, he hit his brakes and began moving into my lane while still alongside me. i thought for sure he was about to hit my front corner, so i hit the brakes and swerved to compensate for the crash i thought was about to happen - i didn't want him pushing me into the wall; i'd rather PIT him instead. there was no contact but i don't think it could have possibly been any closer. and then he lazily drifted over to the left and cut off an altima, though nowhere near as bad as he did to me.
i think if i had been driving a beater pickup or something, i wouldn't have hit the brakes, and would have let him hit me and spin himself out into the wall.
morons like this need their license revoked and some hefty fines so that maybe they'll realize that what they're doing is deadly.
good advert for the @viofo a119!
this just happened to me this morning. i saw the taurus coming up behind me and begin to tailgate me. i was already doing the speed limit in the slow lane with a safe following distance to the jeep ahead of me. about the time i passed the little white van, the taurus was so close that i couldn't see his front grille or headlights in my rearview - keep in mind that the rear cam is mounted at the top of my nearly vertical rear window. i let off the gas to give him a hint to back off, and hopefully prevent him from cutting off the van to make an unsafe pass. he didn't seem to like that and floored it to make the gap. i sped up because i thought he was about to clip me in the rear. as he passes me, he hit his brakes and began moving into my lane while still alongside me. i thought for sure he was about to hit my front corner, so i hit the brakes and swerved to compensate for the crash i thought was about to happen - i didn't want him pushing me into the wall; i'd rather PIT him instead. there was no contact but i don't think it could have possibly been any closer. and then he lazily drifted over to the left and cut off an altima, though nowhere near as bad as he did to me.
i think if i had been driving a beater pickup or something, i wouldn't have hit the brakes, and would have let him hit me and spin himself out into the wall.
morons like this need their license revoked and some hefty fines so that maybe they'll realize that what they're doing is deadly.
good advert for the @viofo a119!
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