# Motivations for tailgating? **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 50
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motivations-for-tailgating/194073/50 "2007-12-11T06:43:27Z")
> [@Im giving West Herr one more chance...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-giving-west-herr-one-more-chance/33803/73): > > In none of these examples is there a built-in expectation to have the other person increase his probability of getting a ticket/breaking the law. Nobody cares if you go faster or slower, just stop playing passing-lane blocker, goody tooshoes cruise control only (except when I want to slam my brakes to piss people off) > [@Im giving West Herr one more chance...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-giving-west-herr-one-more-chance/33803/73): > > Chances are these are the same folk constantly changing their speed to find as many tailgating opportunities as possible and then believe everyone else is the problem. I tailgate sometimes, but only to make a point to those that are impeding the flow of traffic. I don’t do it out of habit. I merge like it is supposed to be done, I get my speed up on the ramp, long before I can see the traffic I have to merge into. By the time I get to the end of the ramp, I have matched or exceeded the speed of the traffic, and jump right in. Personally I hate it when I’m rolling along in the left lane and some “nice guy” cuts me off to let in some slow driver who can’t merge correctly. I guess in some cases, being considerate to one driver has unintended consequences. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motivations-for-tailgating/194073)._