# Motivations for tailgating?

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [December 7, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motivations-for-tailgating/194073 "2007-12-07T05:36:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motivations-for-tailgating/194073/43 "2007-12-10T14:16:53Z")

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> [@Open Call Out](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/open-call-out/32317/153):
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> I just checked my PA driver’s handbook and found this passage:
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> _When driving on the highway in the left lane, if a driver pulls up closely behind you, you have a legal responsibility to adjust your speed to suit the following driver. This is the law and the following driver’s chosen speed is the correct one. Accelerate as quickly as possible and move to the right lane. Once this driver passes you, adjust your speed to match his because clearly the other driver had made the correct choice of speed for this particular highway._
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> I guess I missed this passage in driver’s ed.

I’m just glad you were able to find that passage. Now that you know the law, maybe try obeying it.

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