Don't Tap on Your Brakes

From time to time, we hear stories about road rage. And in all cases, there is an instigator. Someone who starts it all. Often, such rages are triggered by someone cutting off another, then the chase begins. Some are caused by drivers not giving way to another when merging into traffic or entering a freeway. But I think the worse, and the dumbest of them all, are the tappers -- the brake tappers.

You'll often run into these tappers on the fast lane on any road because they're not driving fast enough, and they insist on staying on the fast lane because they think that driving at the speed limit is fast enough. Unfortunately, that is not the case. But somehow, by some divine grace, these tappers have taken upon themselves to be the moral police on the road by staying on the fast lane and keeping drivers in check.

And why do I call them tappers? Well, once these faster cars come up close behind them (or tail-gait, if you want to call it that), they tap on their brakes in the hope that the car behind would ease up and back off. WRONG !!! Well, they just pissed them off, and they are now in a much worse situation. What were they thinking???

As I have always said time and time again, it's not rocket science. All you need is just a little common sense. Well, it's difficult if you don't have one, and that's probably why these things happen.

For those who insist on staying on the fast lane and think they're driving fast enough, think twice because there is someone else faster than you and that person is right at your tail. DO NOT make the mistake of tapping on your brakes, hoping to get rid of them. They won't leave, but you just ticked them off, big time. The smartest thing to do is to just move to right, over the slower lane, and let that driver pass by. If you want to continue on the fast lane, then simply change lanes once everything is clear.

Do not be the moral police or speeding guardian by controlling drivers that want to go faster than you and exceed the speed limit. Just move out of the way, and let them deal with whatever the consequences would be, like a speeding ticket, or worse, an accident.

Be smart. Drive smart. Don't tap on your brakes.