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Brake checking - why?

I used to regularly practice squealing the front tire under braking, trying to get it to howl without quite sliding.
 
antidote said:
Yes and no.

Yes brake checking is wrong. However, the tailgater is STILL more wrong because they aren't following safely. A brake check should never work because a vehicle should never be traveling so close for it to work.

What if there is a kid in the middle of the freeway? You would expect a car to slow quickly, yes?
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Wow, tailgating is "more wrong" than brake checking?

Can you define tailgating, or is it just subjective? Is there a universally agreed definition? Or just one of those "I know it when I see it" things, in which case it's useless to even debate.
 
Tailgating can be ignored. Not saying it's not bad or worse, but it can require no response.

Brake checking is just dumb, like starting a fight by punching yourself in the face in order to punch the other guy in the face.
 
Reli said:
Wow, tailgating is "more wrong" than brake checking?

Can you define tailgating, or is it just subjective? Is there a universally agreed definition? Or just one of those "I know it when I see it" things, in which case it's useless to even debate.
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Without a doubt. There would be no brake check without the tailgate. Its not hard to define. If you HAVE to brake or hit the car in front of you when you see brake lights, its tailgating. If i have to explain this, then you dont have the skills to drive safely, or are a douchnozzle. On the other hand, if people tailgate you with any frequency, YOU are the douchnozzle . Get the fuck out of the way, pay attention to what you're doing AND to what other drivers are doing.

Its not that hard. Ok, apparently it is...
 
CDONA said:
When I'm getting checked, I have at least a 25 mph speed limit, and doing a walking pace, 3 to 5 car length gap minimum to the car in front of the braker
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Sometimes, when there is a pretty big distance, I just wonder if people are in cruise control and compulsively hitting em now and then...Sometimes they are just in their own world I think. We happen to be behind them and maybe take it personal. I just had that happen earlier this week and came to realize the person just kept tappin' the brakes even after I was out of the lane.
 
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SM610 said:
I certainly have. Obviously the douchnozzle rule kicks in as needed.
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This is kind of the scenario that comes to mind first when I hear "brake check," because I've seen that more often than I've seen someone brake checking a tailgater.
 
SM610 said:
If you HAVE to brake or hit the car in front of you when you see brake lights, its tailgating.
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That may be YOUR definition, but it isn't necessarily other people's definition.

By your definition, more than half of everyone on the road is tailgating.

GordonGekko said:
Tailgating can be ignored. Not saying it's not bad or worse, but it can require no response.

Brake checking is just dumb, like starting a fight by punching yourself in the face in order to punch the other guy in the face.
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+1, brake checkers should "check yo self", because in most cases they're acting purely on emotional reasons, not logical ones
 
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