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  • fsxylo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    12·
    11 months ago

    I break check people when they’re on my ass and I will be breaking soon. Because if I start actually breaking I will definitely be in a wreck.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Don’t brake check, just glide. Brake checking is more likely to cause an accident. Just naturally slowing down won’t.

      Plus it really pisses them off.

    • Regna@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      51·
      11 months ago

      I don’t brake check people, but I do flash my brake lights a few times if someone is tailgating me. That generally makes people realise “oops, sorry, I was too close”. If they ignore that I slowly turn the cruise control down until they’d rather switch lanes and zip off. Funny how I’m only tailgated when there is plenty of space in the passing lane to the left of me.

      The brake checks that the assholes do are when they actually brake to have near-collision vicinity to trigger collision warnings/autobrakes on trucks and busses, or to really rile another car driver up/collect insurance. But they forget that many people nowadays have dashcams (thank you Russian insurance companies!).

      • Setarkus.LW@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        I do that as well, though people usually don’t realize what I’m trying to convey to them. Then I just start driving the speed limit exactly, and if that doesn’t help, I go down by around 10kmh and maybe more if necessary