Re: Tailgaters......help me understand why
[Re: HayDay]
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06/16/23 08:25 AM
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Driving them roads down there is crazy very few straight roads and they are narrow in rural areas but it’s like the KC 500 it’s nuts but it must make them good drivers if they survive the training. I-44 was the worse around Springfield a lot more truck traffic then I-70 has on it.
I tried to get to OK but I-44 was shut down near Joplin I would not get there before closing so I drove back 4 hours to try again the next morning. The next day the exit ramp was still closed must of been a bad wreck 3 person fatal car/truck accident.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: Tailgaters......help me understand why
[Re: HayDay]
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06/16/23 09:06 AM
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One tactic that works on a highway , if you have a tailgater , put one set of tires monetarily in the rub strip. It will cause your vehicle to vibrate a lot. All the dirt and debris under your vehicle comes off and goes right into their windshield and grille. They back off quick. Plus it does not look intentional.
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Re: Tailgaters......help me understand why
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06/16/23 09:40 AM
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Maybe it's because of my age but when I'm driving I worry and concentrate on what's ahead of me instead of what's behind me. As long as I can stop or avoid something I come up on why worry about what's behind me . Someone wants to tailgate so be it they are behind me and not my worry
Last edited by Jingles; 06/16/23 09:44 AM.
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Re: Tailgaters......help me understand why
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Maybe it's because of my age but when I'm driving I worry and concentrate on what's ahead of me instead of what's behind me. That's called defensive driving. Apparently they don't teach that nowadays.
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Re: Tailgaters......help me understand why
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06/16/23 09:50 AM
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If your headed to OK down 44 there are several ways to loop around Joplin without losing much time or adding miles.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Tailgaters......help me understand why
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06/16/23 09:53 AM
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Here they wait to pull out into traffic in front of you even if they are 1/4 mile away, I had several pull out into traffic so I had to put on the brakes then it took them a half mile to get up to speed. The lane changers in KC are crazy I get up at 4 AM to get through that zoo when I’m heading home then I hit Omaha before lunch so there’s less traffic to deal with.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Tailgaters......help me understand why
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06/16/23 09:57 AM
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If your headed to OK down 44 there are several ways to loop around Joplin without losing much time or adding miles. Picked up a truck bed in Butterfield, MO and the GPS took me into OK a different way to get a fuel tank in Pryor I hit I-44 again in OK just in time to pay a toll. LOL
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