He may have been but I can only go by what the video shows.

Brake checking someone in a bigger vehicle than you, LOL.

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He may have been but I can only go by what the video shows.

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fine. but, my point still stands that we could learn a big lesson from the Germans.

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All this is why I want to get a gopro for my dash and upload the BestOf to the youtubers.

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They are easy AF to install. So far I have only caught one wreck but never posted since people on Texags would have used their creeping power to track the wrecked car owners down and then subpoena my dashcam vid.

Another road rage death

This happened this morning out in Katy.

People wonder why I drive an old beater 4x4 with bumpers that look kinda like something out of a Mad Max movie.

You tailgate me like some ******* did on 290 east of Austin a couple weeks ago and I will brake check you to warn you to get back, and if you persist I will slowly slow down too.

And I am a pretty defensive driver usually that doesn't speed much and stays out of the left lane unless passing. I'm not going to pass at warp factor 10 just to please arseholes though.

Um from the headline?? That's where I got it from too. I'll call JRey in Mexico and see if she can find out more for us.

Also, what is up with white trash in big diesels and reckless impatience? The other day I was slowing to make a left on a 2 lane blacktop with a car behind me waiting to turn. I slow to almost a stop to let an oncoming car pass before I am at the turn and am sizing up whether or not I have enough time to make the left before the next oncoming car, when I hear a loud diesel roar over my left shoulder, and this ******* in an f250 passes me and the car behind me doing about 75. I'd have turned right in Into his path if I hadn't have paused to be sure I could make the turn.

I hope he runs that truck into an overpass pile and breaks a leg or two before he kills someone else driving like that. I really do.

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Um from the headline?? That's where I got it from too. I'll call JRey in Mexico and see if she can find out more for us.

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Right, but they did not report any facts that one would think give rise to road rage. All they stated was that an SUV merged in front of a motorcycle.

Seems more sensationalist than factual reporting on its face.

Not arguing that. Just posting the article because it "might" turn out to be RR and be relevant to thread.

I passed that dead guy this morning...blech.

Although I only saw the blanket covering the guy, camera and the 95 cops it still creeped me out.

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You tailgate me like some ******* did on 290 east of Austin a couple weeks ago and I will brake check you to warn you to get back

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Brake checking makes you an absolute *******.

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Tailgating makes you an absolute *******. Good god. A good portion of the time I see somebody getting tailgated they're in the process of passing several cars but some jackass can't stand waiting a few seconds for them to finish. It's absurd.

I think we've found our resident tailgaters given their reactions to the notion that someone might warn them off their back bumper.

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Brake checking is dangerous and there is no need for it. Just get the **** out of the way. I agree tailgating is dangerous and I don't do it. But neither is acceptable, both needlessly put the lives of multiple people at risk for no reason other than to be an ******* and to show your superiority/strength.

Grow the **** up and try to live in harmony with other people. If someone wants to get around you, ****ing let them and don't be a complete ******* and put the lives of yourself and other people in danger just because you happen to be 20 feet ahead of them on a highway and you feel feel ****ing entitled you stupid piece of *****

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You tailgate me like some ******* did on 290 east of Austin a couple weeks ago and I will brake check you to warn you to get back

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Brake checking makes you an absolute *******.

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Tailgating makes you an absolute *******. Good god. A good portion of the time I see somebody getting tailgated they're in the process of passing several cars but some jackass can't stand waiting a few seconds for them to finish. It's absurd.

I think we've found our resident tailgaters given their reactions to the notion that someone might warn them off their back bumper.

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Brake checking is dangerous and there is no need for it. Just get the **** out of the way. I agree tailgating is dangerous and I don't do it. But neither is acceptable, both needlessly put the lives of multiple people at risk for no reason other than to be an ******* and to show your superiority/strength.

Grow the **** up and try to live in harmony with other people. If someone wants to get around you, ****ing let them and don't be a complete ******* and put the lives of yourself and other people in danger just because you happen to be 20 feet ahead of them on a highway and you feel feel ****ing entitled you stupid piece of *****

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You're an impressive angry little man. Good lord. Your posts here certainly are indicative of someone who can keep their anger in check on a roadway.

Would have sucked if that guy would have crossed the median and killed a family. That video is all a holes IMO.

If you are brake checking, you are being an aggressor.

Brake checkers have been charged with assault with a deadly weapon and vehicular homicide. This is not a minor thing and is sure as **** isn't defensive driving no matter what those minimum wage asshats say. It is an aggressive move that can incite more rage, an accident and even death. Why the **** would you put yourself, your passangers or the other drivers on the road at that kind of risk? Just move and avoid people driving like that. That is actual defensive driving.

There is no place for tailgating or brake checking.

If someone wants to pass you, let them. It won't take any time out of your day. You may feel like you are traveling at a prudent speed, but if they want to pass, let them. You are not the police and it is not your job to judge their speed.

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If you are brake checking, you are being an aggressor.

Brake checkers have been charged with assault with a deadly weapon and vehicular homicide. This is not a minor thing and is sure as **** isn't defensive driving no matter what those minimum wage asshats say. It is an aggressive move that can incite more rage, an accident and even death. Why the **** would you put yourself, your passangers or the other drivers on the road at that kind of risk? Just move and avoid people driving like that. That is actual defensive driving.

There is no place for tailgating or brake checking.

If someone wants to pass you, let them. It won't take any time out of your day. You may feel like you are traveling at a prudent speed, but if they want to pass, let them. You are not the police and it is not your job to judge their speed.

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There isn't always anywhere to go pal. Especially not in Houston traffic. And we may not be talking about the same thing in terms of brake checking. Tapping your brakes to warn someone off when there isn't anywhere to go isn't imprudent. It's telling someone to back off.

And just in general, if you want to effectively win people over to your point, telling them to go **** themselves or calling them a stupid piece of **** probably ain't the best way to do it.

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Tapping your brakes to warn someone off when there isn't anywhere to go isn't imprudent. It's telling someone to back off.

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Simply not true. As shown by the video earlier in this thread where it contributed to a pretty bad accident that put lives at risk. In other instances, it has killed people.

You want to do something prudent? Let off the accelerator so they can easily pass at a safer speed. There is your prudent, safer move. It will put less lives in jeopardy.

Brake checking and tailgating are both ******* moves. There is no two ways about it. There is no need to do it at all.

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I don't brake check, but I do turn into an 90 year old female asian when I get tailgated.

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and you're an idiot for doing that.

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Ok, Lighten up Francis

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Again, we're talking about two separate things. You can tap your breaks without changing speeds and there isn't anything wrong with it.

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I disagree. Tapping your brakes to light it up incites fear in the driver behind you because they don't know if you are tapping with no brake engagement or if you are about to slam on your brakes to have them rear end you. As seen in the video above, that can cause a catastrophic accident, even if you don't slam your brakes. Doing that can and does contribute to accidents. Doing that can and does contribute to road rage.

Diffuse the situation, don't escalate it. Lighting up your brakes escalates the situation and makes a dangerous situation (tailgating) even more dangerous. How is that so hard for you to understand?

A much more reasonable and prudent action if you don't like how close someone is to you is to let up off the accelerator. It is less likely to contribute to road rage, less likely to contribute to an accident and less likely to cause someone behind you to jam their brakes, which could lead to loss of control. Agree? If you let up on the accelerator, they are also more likely to switch lanes and pass and will likely pass at a safer speed. Agree?

This isn't that difficult. Don't contribute to road rage. Don't do things that could contribute to a high-speed accident. Don't be an *******.

And that brake checking could get you years in jail. Is that fair to your family? It could contribute to the death or injury to someone completely uninvolved. Is that fair to them? Seriously people, don't pull this stupid *****

Lighting up my brake lights isn't going to get me years in jail, but I digress. I'll go with what the defensive driving course actually says to do when you're without another option.

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^ You're right, decelerating without a visual warning is way safer when someone is inches from your bumper.

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If your visual acuity is so bad you can't recognize a change in velocity of another car, you shouldn't be on the road.