Originally Posted By: meep
Come on, guys, this is a really bicker-y post, and I'm shocked at how many folks seem to actually favor the tailgating in favor of their own personal mpg. It's the darndest thing I've heard. And then taking the side of "Why should you care, you're still safe?" is just the same small-pie attitude that says that the size of your car dictates your rights and non-rights to how you bend/interpret traffic law. The trucker who doesn't want some tailgating has a right as a good person to NOT WANT TO BE TANGLED IN ANY KIND OF ACCIDENT because accidents are BAD. We have so many do-gooder folks on this board that I'm amazed that in one thread we bash SUVs/Trucks,etc as a stereotype, praise our own mpg, all for the betterment of the world, and then we plead our case as to why one person should be allowed to tailgate someone else.
I've owned big cars and small cars. I hate it universally when someone tailgates me. It's dangerous for people on the road, not just you the would-be tailgater but everyone else that gets injured/killed during the pileup that results at 65 mph.
This board, which I greatly enjoy, can't have it both ways. We can't take pride in being a more world-aware, intellectual board in one thread and then demonstrate this short-sighted, "me"-based attitude in the next.
Mike :-(
...but meep, you seem to confuse drafting with tailgaiting ..an important distinction if you're earnestly evaluating the content of those who are comfortable with the concept.
That is, you're "morphing" it to put those who do see the favorable aspects of drafting in an indefensible position on a rhetorical level.
It's the difference between a bona fide reckless condition and one that's vastly reduced from that status.
There's a big difference in how you refer to something:
Q: would you accept higher taxes if it provided better education and more police protection to reduce crime?
Q: Would you be willing to give even more money to political bimbos to blow on their friends at your expense.
Q: Would you accept someone sitting 50-60' behind you in traffic. Would it bother you and why?
Q: Would you object to reckless death wish h-ellbound drivers tailgating you risking many lives and the wrath of your deity of choice?
That's sorta how you expressed it ..with a little less polarity.