ed, your trolling never used to be this obviously over-the-top stupid. *ignore*

Interestingly, all the tailgating and swearing in the world does not make anyone go faster. It certainly doesn't make me go faster. And if you rear-end someone while tailgating, I'm pretty sure you're liable. You're supposed to leave four seconds of time between yourself and the person in front of you, because it takes a person about four seconds reaction time to slam on the breaks and be able to stop in time without slamming into the back of the person in front of you.

[qq=Yamaneko]Tailgating is retarded, but driving slow to piss other drivers off is perhaps moreso.[/qq]

Contrary to popular thought, the speed limit is actually an UPPER limit on your car's speed, not lower. Driving slow is legal and safe. Driving fast and tailgating is neither.

Other people's impatience is none of my business. People with serious personality flaws (impatience, self-centeredness, carelessness, etc.) deserve to suffer.

[qq=Miriel]The #1 reason why I tailgate is usually because I have to go to the bathroom real bad. So if you slow down on purpose while I'm tailgaiting you because I need to get to a toilet, then I will go insane with rage. I'm like ed, I'll honk like there's no tommorrow, hollering profanity, and I'll eventually pass you up.[/qq]

Pull over somewhere. Rather than risk your life and the life of innocent people for entirely foolish reasons. The person you tailgate may be a mother with children in the car. Or someone just learning to drive.

The anonymity of driving is one of the things that makes this kind of crap so prevalent. How many people walk on people's heels down the sidewalk, screaming profanity at them when they don't walk faster? No one, because when you can look someone in the eye, you know enough not to be a complete ass. But stick someone in a car, and ass-mode is apparently engaged with ease.