If you are running late in the morning

[SillyMe]

I've never heard the term "brake check" before except in a situation where someone IS slamming the brakes, so how would I know whether it's slamming the brakes or not? Every once in a while to be funny, DH would drive down an empty street and say, "brake check!" and pump the brakes so the car would come to a halt (not as bad as it sounds, he was always driving slow). My dad used to do the same thing. I associate "brake check" with a sudden stop.

The experiences I've had with people doing it while I was in the car, they slammed the brakes enough that they could have been hit if the person tailing hadn't been paying attention.

I don't slam on mine, I just tap them. They're close enough to my rear-end to see my brake lights go on and get them to back off and hopefully get my point across to stay off my tail.

 

[ckay87]

Tailgating really gets to me because it was happening with an 18-wheeler once and it occurred to me...."dude you are driving 65 (or whatever) mph and you are 10 feet from my children and you weigh...what...a couple tons!" That really put it in perspective.

Few weeks ago, a guy on his way to work was run over...and I mean O-V-E-R ... by a tractor trailer. Like over the top of him. It removed the guys head. All he was doing was driving to work, so sad. I hate being at the mercy of the overworked trucker behind me. I save the finger and I save the brake check and I get out of the way.

 

[MsDisney23]

Since you called her a witch, was she flying on her broom! Now if she was on her broom, she would have been in the right, but for a witch to be behind the wheel and did something like that. Oh it would have been on! JK

 

[L107ANGEL]

Since you called her a witch, was she flying on her broom! Now if she was on her broom, she would have been in the right, but for a witch to be behind the wheel and did something like that. Oh it would have been on! JK

Hey now!!!! Some of my best friends are witches

 

[SillyMe]

Since you called her a witch, was she flying on her broom! Now if she was on her broom, she would have been in the right, but for a witch to be behind the wheel and did something like that. Oh it would have been on! JK

A spell would've been cast upon me if I would have called her what I really wanted to call her.

 

[tinkamom]

I was late getting home one day last week and carefully speeding, 80 in a 55, on a wide open highway when someone came speeding up behind me and boy did I get the glare! Come on...how fast do you want to go? They drive like nuts around here!

 

[PrincessKitty1]

Tailgating really gets to me because it was happening with an 18-wheeler once and it occurred to me...."dude you are driving 65 (or whatever) mph and you are 10 feet from my children and you weigh...what...a couple tons!" That really put it in perspective.

Few weeks ago, a guy on his way to work was run over...and I mean O-V-E-R ... by a tractor trailer. Like over the top of him. It removed the guys head. All he was doing was driving to work, so sad. I hate being at the mercy of the overworked trucker behind me. I save the finger and I save the brake check and I get out of the way.

This is a good idea IF you can get out of their way. I've had the experience several times of being in the far right lane on the very busy interstate (ya'll who drive on I75 in certain parts of Florida know what I'm talking about) and had an 18 wheeler a few feet from my bumper and I have NOWHERE to go--in which case I take my foot off the gas/tap my brakes, put my hand in the air, and throw my thumb backwards. (obviously I do not slam on my brakes!)

This usually works. Some of those truckers scare the cr@p out of me--I think they are too tired to realize what they are doing sometimes!

 

[bigmerle1966]

Last night all the freaks were out around here. A friend and I and her three kids went to IKEA which is about 25 min. away down near DC. I don't know how many times some jackhole would climb my tail, then pass me still in my lane, one tire over the line. Then as we were coming back we were stopping for dinner and as I got into the right hand lane to make a turn this idiot in a dinky little car ran up my tail. Now I drive a Ford Windstar which is one of the safest cars on the road and he was driving a two door hatchback. I did the S L O W way down to a little under the speed limit. I made the turn and started to get into the laft lane when this fool tried to go around on my left, into the opposite lane of traffic. Luckily for him there wasn't anyone coming. I immediatley pulled back over to the right and stopped to let him by, then got back in the left lane. He then gets into the right hand lane and has to come to a complete stop at a light.

 

[Sleepy]

At least you guys don't have to drive here. Crazy and dangerous is the norm. An accident here really does mean someone dies. There is no road rage, but "playing" with someone who you feel is driving too defensively/wrecklessly is just asking for death. If you don't move out of the way, they will move you.

 

[Talking Hands]

Twice today, going and coming from work, we had a car turn right from the left land in front of us. Glad my DH isn't a person who is quick on the gas. People are crazy around here.

 

[rhanditresmom]

Well, if you're gonna be late....go ahead and put your makeup on and go through your file folders and eat your breakfast....oh yeah, don't forget to get out the curling iron and read your paper at the same time.

oh my word, this happens to me at least every other day. late is late....the makeup really gets to me (and I'm a girl, you would think I would understand!!!!)