I am a combat veteran, people tend to follow too close while driving Is this purposely done or is it paranoia?
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If you are questioning your reactions (or overreactions) to everyday events that never seemed to bother you before, you may need to seek some help for PTSS (post traumatic stress syndrome).
By the way, don't let them convice you it is a "disorder"- you are not "sick". It is simply a physical and mental reaction to the stress you were under and you need some trained help "decompressing" from that. It may take a little while and perhaps some temporary medications to get the chemicals in your brain back to normal, but you'll get through it and be good to go after that.
paranoia...unless your driving too slow.
You're either driving too slow or they are being a jerk.
Couldn't help flaunting your military service, eh?
This is both purposefully done and you are paranoid.
It's purposeful in that no one 'accidently' get right on your tail.
It's paranoid to think that you are special. Everyone get tailgated. Get over it.
People do tend to follow too close. It makes me nuts too. They think they are going to intimidate you by making you move. I stick with the flow of traffic and know that their hissy fit they are having does not affect me.
Purposely done but not to you. They are just asses.
It's because they do not know the law, and the concept of 3-seconds space between vehicles. Probably in an awful hurry to get somewhere, and other just being freaking rude, and not caring about their safety much less anyone elses.
What does being a combat vet have to do with someone tailgating? You never drove a car before seeing combat? People tailgate all the time.
I'm an aggressive driver. I would guess you're driving too slow. If someone in front of me is driving too slow, I'll ride 'em too close (I know, stupid, but I do it anyway).
either you're going to slow or they're going to fast...that or they're just trying to be annoying
I get the impression that people are just perpetually in a hurry and overly optimistic about how quickly they could react if the car in front of them brakes suddenly.
Nah i think ur just paranoid. U said ur a combat veteran from which war are u from??
I know a lot of soldiers in Iraq have a policy of not allowing civilian cars too close to them for fear of suicide bombers. also even the soldiers themselves try to keep a large space between each other in trafffic and parking situations beacuse if a bomb goes off thats two humvees down and a lot of injuries.
Sounds like ur carrying some post traumatic strees on you buddy
It's not necessarily purposely to freak you out - but a lot of people tend to follow too close.
I have a few simple solutions for dealing with these people.
You can get out of their way, let them fly past you and ride up on the next car, then pull behind them and then tailgate them.
You can keep slowing down (especially if there is a slow moving vehicle in the lane next to you that you can match speeds with) - this will drive them nuts.
Or, my favorite - you can downshift or grab the emergency brake to slow down quickly without your brake lights coming on. It will make them crap their pants - and if they actually rear-end you, you can sue the crap out of them.
I always like to give them the finger too - just to get them really riled up. I had one chase me into a parking lot once and get out of the car like he was about to do something. I got out, and he saw that I was 6'3" and a solid 215#.
He got back in his car and left - quickly.
I like to reach over and turn on my headlights... which makes my tail lights come on, which they think , for just a second, are BRAKE lights. heehee.....
most of the time, it's just folks who aren't paying attention... they've forgotten the things in the book about how much distance to leave between you and the car ahead. duh. they'll get theirs. you just keep on heading down the road like you are. don't let them intimidate or rile you!!.they're like ants... they don't have any conception of what could happen..
it is not paranoia. it just everyone is in a rush and forgets how to drive like a normal person
here in Greece yes, they do follow too closely - so if you are paranoid, so am i!
they are weirdos and driving-wise morons...
sometimes it takes more than just the d-license to drive well...
no, you're not paranoid. Most people don't know how to drive or just drive like sh*t, if you really wanna get them going give a nice brake check :)
Rarely do people leave an assured distance between vehicles and most people don't know how to drive. The state where I live has a law that states if you hit another vehicle from behind then the accident is automatically your fault because you didn't leave assured distance.
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