Is it an isolated event or does it have any correlation with anything else?

  • @atrielienz
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    211 months ago

    Take your foot off the gas and let the car coast. It will slow down gradually and they will be forced to brake.

    Turn your hazard lights on.

    Flash your hazards on and off a couple of times.

    Move over and let them pass if it’s safe and viable to do so (you are in the passing lane and there is a slow lane to merge into etc).

    Don’t brake check them. It can cause you to be partially at fault in a fair number of places if there’s an accident as a result,and even if your insurance doesn’t consider an accident your fault, that doesn’t protect you in the event that the other party decides to sue.

    • @ccunix
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      11 months ago

      Instead of brake checking, flash the rear fog lights.

      A red light coming on often makes them think you’re braking.

      • @atrielienz
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        111 months ago

        Flashers should be amber. But of course that’s not mandatory in the US.