How do you react to a tailgater?

@sishy7 I don't drive yet but depending on my mood, I may speed up to make them be happy and get off my butt or slow down to pi$$ them off.

As my chosen mode of transport is a scooter, my reaction would most probably to keel over and die on my tailgater. I have seen some reactions to tailgating some of which are: Keeping temper in check, inspecting the damage and exchanging insurance information and going about their ways. This usually happens when the tailgated car is rundown and is in bad need of repair. The chances are that a lot more gets done other than the actual damage because of the tailgating. Individuals going berserk, and trying to beat each other into pulp, actively encouraged and in some cases helped by bystanders and hangers on. This usually ends in cops and legal cases. No winners here. The tailgater trying to make a break for it, damaging more than either his vehicle or he can handle and going to the jail. The variation here is the lady who tailgates and then starts to wail. The tailgatee realizes that this is more damaging than the damage to his car and beats it with the proverbial tail tucked in between his legs. In case the tailgator and tailgatee are both women, which is rare, you get to watch one-on-one screaming action which ends with both wailing and the respective husbands beating the pulp out of each other.

Normally, I drive a bit above the speed limit. I am not going to speed up because with my luck, I'd be the one to end up with a speeding ticket.

i do one of two things....depending on my mood.....i either tap my brakes to let them know that i know that they're tailgating and if they don't get off my rear, i'll slam on my brakes. this usually gets them to back off real quick. the other thing i do, slow my speed way down! make it so they want to pass me up. :) this works real good too, however sometimes they'll show me their "appreciation". one day, they'll get pulled over for something, too bad i can't be there to see it happen.

I rarely experience being tailgated deliberately. I mean, with the traffic in the city I live in, almost every vehicle has about a meter of distance from one another. But on those few instances where traffic is very light, or when I'm driving along a two-lane road, I usually roll down my window and signal the tailgating driver to pass. If he's persistent in tailgating still, well, I usually slow my speed even more, let that person get frustrated.

Hi, I found websites that give tips on how to react to such situations. I hope they assist. 1. http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Tailgaters 2. http://www.safespeed.org.uk/tailgate.html