To still be upset about this dreadful driver?

[Netcurtainnelly]

Mr net Curtain and I were driving down a country road on Friday and realised we were being tailgated.
I looked round and the driver was featuring us to go faster. We did not as we were already driving to the speed of the road

We just ignored him and carried on. Next thing he or someone behind him starts blasting the horn furiously obviously trying to get us to go faster
We did not eventually the driver turned off

It really unnerved me and made me nervous. I can't believe that people are prepared to cause a crash on a road just because they want you to hurry up.

Has this happened to anyone else? have experienced tailgaters before but never someone blasting their horn etc. So dangerous.

Tailgating means that you cannot in fact see the road in front of the car you are tailgating! You need to drop back a little way to get a clear and safe view.

Tell me you dont live in the country without etc......!

Tailgating is being closer than your stopping distance. You need to be able to stop if the car in front stops suddenly or crashes into something.

If you need to "drop back" to get a clear view upfront, you're already too close and by definition ARE tail-gating.

You don't need to tailgate. You can come up reasonably close, but if the driver in front can't see your registration number in their rear view mirror, you are tailgating.

I agree though that sometimes what looks like tail gating isn't, they've just come up fast behind you and then they drop back a bit.