{"id":5104,"date":"2015-12-24T11:14:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T11:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/?p=5179"},"modified":"2018-05-22T10:02:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T09:02:41","slug":"why-i-love-being-tailgated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/why-i-love-being-tailgated","title":{"rendered":"Why I love being tailgated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it's true. I adore being tailgated.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/how-i-passed-my-driving-test-finally\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"\">When I first passed my test<\/a>, slowing from 60 for a 30mph zone made me feel like everyone behind me HATED me with a burning passion usually reserved for people who chew with their mouths open.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>And actually, I still feel like that. But now I love it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"numbered-large\">\r\n\t<li><h2>I know I'm in the right<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<p>I'm following the law. They are not. They have not a leg to stand on, my friends. <\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\r\n\t<li><h2>I feel like I'm teaching them a lesson<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>I want to stick to my guns to teach them they can't behave like this. If they do it to a learner or a new driver, they're likely to pressure them into speeding up, which lets the tailgater win. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<p>I want to teach as many of these people a lesson as possible. <\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li><h2>I'm taking pride in my black box<\/h2>\r\n\t\r\n\t<p>I have an ingenie sticker on my back window - it explains to following drivers why I'm driving to the speed limit, or below it if the conditions need less speed.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n\t<p>I would bet that most of these tailgaters would not like their young son or daughter to speed because it's dangerous and illegal.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n\t<p>They need to know that not all young people want to grow up to be like them: rude and aggressive drivers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When you're new to the road, being tailgated can be very intimidating. But if you follow some of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/5-ways-to-deal-with-tailgaters\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"\">advice on how to deal with it<\/a>, pretty soon you'll feel like me. We're better than them, guys.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"margin-top-20 container-border text-center\"><h4>Get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/5-ways-to-deal-with-tailgaters\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"\">our best tips for tackling tailgating twerps<\/a>.<\/h4><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#8217;s true. I adore being tailgated. When I first passed my test, slowing from 60 for a 30mph zone made me feel like everyone behind me HATED me with a burning passion usually reserved for people who chew with their mouths open. And actually, I still feel like that. But now I love it. 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