Some nut
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Racer
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Some nut
Out for a cruise to day. Driving along some nut in an Infinity comes flying up and starts riding my bumper. What he was trying to prove, I have no idea. He followed me for a couple of blocks and stayed right on my bumper. I turned on the get on the hwy. As I did, it was a long ramp, I jumped on it. He tried to stay up with me, but it was a lost cause. I left him in my dust. I was up on the road merging, and he was not even halfway up the ramp. But he showed me, as I settled into a easy65mph, he came flying by me doing around 80 or so, and gave me a look. What a nut.
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When someone follows to closely just pick up your speed 5/10 mph until you see them drift back to a comfortable distance. Most drivers think you are going to slow and are trying to push you to go faster. It's amazing what a slight increase in speed will solve.
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Much more fun to act like they don't exist... Drives them crazy in my opinion... Knife to a gun fight.
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St. Jude Donor '08, '15
The night I bought my Vette I had a cop tailgating me on a 2 lane road while I was going exactly the speed limit, in the rain. As soon as the road opened up he floors it past me and kept driving like an idiot. Not sure what the deal with that one was.
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Then again, some drivers are born to tailgate. The OP was controlled and influenced to excess by another motorist. All for what?
By doing the 'exhibition of speed' the OP did, he fell into the breaking the law trap that owning and driving a high-performance car almost demands of you. Racing or drag racing on-the-streets, isn't the place to do it.
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This Infiniti driver sounds like a nut.
In future though you want to try to distinguish between the nuts and those that just want to get a closer look at your C7.
This has happen to me a few times on the road and my wife had to remind me that they may just want a closer look. Sure enough that was it a few times, as people then give the thumbs up or something.
Not to say I haven't ignored a few nuts, the last being an Accord driver with something to prove for 2 miles driving along side me like a jacka$$. Then when the light turned red, the top was off so he got the old sarcastic wave goodbye out the top of my car as he took off like a bat outa hell when the light turned green.
In future though you want to try to distinguish between the nuts and those that just want to get a closer look at your C7.
This has happen to me a few times on the road and my wife had to remind me that they may just want a closer look. Sure enough that was it a few times, as people then give the thumbs up or something.
Not to say I haven't ignored a few nuts, the last being an Accord driver with something to prove for 2 miles driving along side me like a jacka$$. Then when the light turned red, the top was off so he got the old sarcastic wave goodbye out the top of my car as he took off like a bat outa hell when the light turned green.
Last edited by RedC7AZ; Nov 12, 2014 at 01:39 PM.
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Cops can show an 'exhibition of speed' where the non-LE cannot. He was obviously trying to get somewhere quickly, and showed restraint until he could open it up. Unless you knew the where and why, I'd cut him a break on it.
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St. Jude Donor '08, '15
Yeah, so tailgating is totally safe in the rain because he's a cop. Right. If he wanted me out of the way, he could have put his lights on and gone around me.
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Well, it was a 2-lane road and raining, so that would have probably been dangerous or unsafe given driving conditions. Putting his lights on and clearing you from the way could have caused an accident, when you freaked out without a safe place to pull over. Too many variables here to say what he should have done in that situation. Fortunately, you kept your cool, didn't freak out, and the opportunity came for him to pass safely. What more do want from your LE?
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If I have someone tailgating me, and there is no option for moving over, I just move the mirrors so I can't see them. Out of site, out of mind. I know there could be a slight safety hazard doing this but it's better then getting agitated and boiling over. I hate drivers that tailgate.
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If the 5/10 mph isn't over the speed limit, that's great. Unfortunately, unless you speed, they probably will still be using you as a pace car, if you will.
Then again, some drivers are born to tailgate. The OP was controlled and influenced to excess by another motorist. All for what?
By doing the 'exhibition of speed' the OP did, he fell into the breaking the law trap that owning and driving a high-performance car almost demands of you. Racing or drag racing on-the-streets, isn't the place to do it.
Then again, some drivers are born to tailgate. The OP was controlled and influenced to excess by another motorist. All for what?
By doing the 'exhibition of speed' the OP did, he fell into the breaking the law trap that owning and driving a high-performance car almost demands of you. Racing or drag racing on-the-streets, isn't the place to do it.
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Ha, on the way home yesterday I was going my normal 45 or so in a 40 limit zone and what do I see creeping up behind me? A Smart car and as he passed me I just 
I guess he was in a hurry, certainly not trying to prove he could beat a C7, I hope... 
I guess he was in a hurry, certainly not trying to prove he could beat a C7, I hope...
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I've noticed that many just want to catch up to see the Vette and then pace behind it. Couple weeks ago on I-90 I just felt some one was pacing behind and to my left so I slowed and it was 2 kids in a bronze Neon or something from W Va and the passenger was just shooting cell phone pix of my VY C7.
