Reply #48: I hate tailgaters too, but I also hate those who force you to tailgate [View All]

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By that I mean those who simply will not let you establish any space between your car and the car in front. In California, where I live and where I hate to drive, if there's any space at all between your car and the one in front, someone will dive right in there and then you're right up against their bumper and have to ease off. That's fine once in awhile, but it happens repeatedly and seemingly by people who are changing lanes just for the heck of moving ahead half a car length even though everyone is going at 70 mph +. And when I ease off from all these cars diving in front of me to jam themselves into the space ahead of me, then I get another guy coming up from behind and about 12 inches from my rear bumper. He too eventually tries to pass and jam himself into the space in front of me, if just to gain one car length.