Tailgating: are you guilty

[Posh Tourer :P]

Thought it would be an interesting poll if everyone answers honestly, after the I hate tailgaters thread....
Try answering the poll for when you are on a bike.... thats what I originally aimed it at, hence the last question. However, It would also be interesting to know about those who tailgate in cages and want to admit it. I dont tailgate in a car, but I do occasionally on a bike because I feel I have better escape routes in case of a braking manouver in front, and also because I'm usually wanting to go faster on a bike. The car I drive sometimes isnt associated with the word power however you look at it....

[Two Smoker]

Thought it would be an interesting poll if everyone answers honestly, after the I hate tailgaters thread....

Im definately guilty of tailgating tailgaters hehehe, i tend to give them a dose of their own medicine, the only other time i tailgated (not on purpose) was following milky........... bad idea.......... Other than that i dont do it because i know how much it fecks me off.......

[Yamahamaman]

Thought it would be an interesting poll if everyone answers honestly, after the I hate tailgaters thread....

Do you mean whilst in charge of a road-going four wheeled transportation device?

[Two Smoker]

Do you mean whilst in charge of a road-going four wheeled transportation device?

I think he means in any motorvehicle.....be it 2,3,4 or more wheels....

[Indiana_Jones]

I never tailgate, Touch wood
Like TS said, I know how much it pisses you off, so I in turn try not to.

-Indy

[dangerous]

On the bike NEVER
But when I'm in my truck I will often IF the car in frount is doing a lesser speed than the limit and wont pull over.
However this sorta court up with me last year and I wrecked the frount of the work van cos the wanker slamed his brakes on and swerved out so as to stop me from passing as I was pulling out to pass (indercating) The thick ____ dident expect to be pushed of the motor way down a bank and though a fence I mean the dick was doing 60 in a 100 and siting in the middle of the rd

[Jackrat]

On the open road I don't tailgate but in AK rush hour traffic you have very little choise in the matter,if you were to try maintaining a 2 second gap you would never get where you were going.In AK they could probably fit three cars into a 2 second gap.
Well they would try aye!! Ferkin idjits

[Posh Tourer :P]

Yep what he said..... Two second gap in Akl traffic would mean you just end up stopped as everyone pours into the gap you left.... Actually at 50 kmh, 2 seconds is about 3 car lengths, so for those tailgaters, easily done jackrat... (about 5 car lengths at 100) Not that you would do either of those speeds often in AKL commuting....

[Motu]

I never tailgate,but at traffic lights I pull up close in my van,that seems to un nerve some people.

I did tailgate a tailgater last year - coming back from Waiuku at night some 4x4 (no,not a blue Patrol) was tailgateing my missus real bad...so I stuck him in a sandwhich,but he never backed off - then when he hit the motorway he went straight into the right lane and tailgated the first car.

[Yamahamaman]

Yeah, as a New Zealander I should have access to the foreshore and seabed as of right and being of Maori descent, I should retain my customary rights. OK off-topic but has about as much relevance as the other posts in this thread.

[Motu]

Yeah, as a New Zealander I should have access to the foreshore and seabed as of right and being of Maori descent, I should retain my customary rights. OK off-topic but has about as much relevance as the other posts in this thread.

FXR150s are dangerous as man,I wouldn't have one.

[Lou Girardin]

Sometimes, mainly when I'm about to overtake or in heavy traffic, but I'm always off to the side of the car in front.
It's a shame the LTSA don't promote the 12 second rule instead of 2, then we'd see less of all sorts of accidents.

[DEATH_INC.]

On my bike I usually sit back a bit,in my 4X4 I'll tailgate those who go too slow and won't move over.....
I won't tailgate a bike though (in the 4X4),in fact I normally sit well back....

[madandy]

What is tailgating?... sitting half a second behind? 1 second? or right on someones rear end/wheel?
To me tailgating is following anothe vehicle withing one second.


I don't tailgate in the car unless I know there's a passing lane or opportunity just ahead so no bugger tries to slip into the gap before I overtake.

On my bike It's the same...never too close unless about to overtake and then I ride to one side of the car ahead so if they slowed down I'd slip past them anyway.

[Coldkiwi]

if I catch myself under 2 seconds I will try to pull back because i've nearly been caught out before on the motorway and only saved my butt by using lane 3A!! (some clot in a 4x4 a few cars back didn't have the same option and took another tailgater up the jacksee! (boy was I glad I was out of that potential concertina!)