When videos of aggressive tailgating circulate online, some comments defend the offender by claiming “the person being tailgated is partly to blame too.” In a thread on 5ch’s “Live News (Anything Goes)” board, users clashed over why this kind of defense keeps popping up. The discussion tangled together criticism of the dangerous driving itself with gripes about slow drivers and sudden lane changes that provoke road rage in the first place.
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It's fun watching everyone get riled up and fire back
>>3
So this is what the mindset of a 'NanG' (regular of 5ch's Anything Goes board) looks like
So this is what the mindset of a 'NanG' (regular of 5ch's Anything Goes board) looks like
>>3
They just want attention. Same with the guys posting inflammatory replies — anyone playing devil's advocate for zero money is just lonely
They just want attention. Same with the guys posting inflammatory replies — anyone playing devil's advocate for zero money is just lonely
An average Joe who wants to believe 'I'm capable of seeing nuance too — my perspective is above you people who only bash the obviously guilty party'
>>8
At the end of the day it's just a binary — the other guy's either at fault or not — so it's not even that deep a perspective
At the end of the day it's just a binary — the other guy's either at fault or not — so it's not even that deep a perspective
>>8
That's a brutal case of needing validation
That's a brutal case of needing validation
No matter how someone's driving, it's never a reason to tailgate them
But for some reason those guys think it's a driver's duty to air their grievances, lecture people, and set them straight
But for some reason those guys think it's a driver's duty to air their grievances, lecture people, and set them straight
>>22
Aren't you doing the exact same thing right now, though
Aren't you doing the exact same thing right now, though
The people who get tailgated are usually either road-rage types who lose it or painfully slow drivers
And out of the tens of thousands of cars on the road, if a tailgater bothers to fixate on one specific car, there's usually a reason
And out of the tens of thousands of cars on the road, if a tailgater bothers to fixate on one specific car, there's usually a reason
Ah, the kei-car-with-a-white-plate type (a compact 'light car' — normally has a yellow plate, so a white one stands out)
>>25
What's the significance of a kei car having a white plate?
What's the significance of a kei car having a white plate?
>>34
I don't think they mean a white-plate registration — probably a regional 'local pride' plate (gotouchi number), no?
I don't think they mean a white-plate registration — probably a regional 'local pride' plate (gotouchi number), no?
You should know that there's such a thing as 'driving that invites tailgating' too
If you crawl along in the right lane on the highway, getting tailgated is on you
I bet those people are slow and do-things-at-their-own-pace in real life too
I bet those people are slow and do-things-at-their-own-pace in real life too
>>30
Just pass them cleanly on the left
Sure, technically that's not allowed, but it beats stewing in stress forever or tailgating them
Just pass them cleanly on the left
Sure, technically that's not allowed, but it beats stewing in stress forever or tailgating them
>>30
Getting irritated at a slowpoke like that is a waste of energy, just blow past them already
Getting irritated at a slowpoke like that is a waste of energy, just blow past them already
>>33
Those types swerve into the left lane the instant you try to move there
Those types swerve into the left lane the instant you try to move there
>>36
And that's the opening bell of the match lol
And that's the opening bell of the match lol
>>29
I don't even bother with idiots who can't tell the difference between driving and everything else
I don't even bother with idiots who can't tell the difference between driving and everything else
>>43
Thanks for the reply
Thanks for the reply
Well, with bullying, workplace harassment, crime —
in most cases there's some cause on the victim's side too
Not fault, but a cause
in most cases there's some cause on the victim's side too
Not fault, but a cause
>>46
Yeah, that's fair
Not bad, not responsible
But there's often a cause
Yeah, that's fair
Not bad, not responsible
But there's often a cause
>>46
>>83
It'd be more accurate to call it a 'trigger for tailgating' than a 'cause of being tailgated'
>>83
It'd be more accurate to call it a 'trigger for tailgating' than a 'cause of being tailgated'
There's an intersection where the light goes red-plus-straight-arrow → green, but the green only lasts about 5 seconds
If some car crawls through its right turn and only 3 cars manage to get through, I lose it and want to tailgate them
And of course it's exactly those intersections where it takes forever for the light to turn green again
If some car crawls through its right turn and only 3 cars manage to get through, I lose it and want to tailgate them
And of course it's exactly those intersections where it takes forever for the light to turn green again
>>49
Are you really in that much of a hurry?
I just don't get that mindset
Are you really in that much of a hurry?
I just don't get that mindset
If they simply required an IQ test and made a college degree the minimum to get a license,
tailgating and accidents would probably vanish from the world
tailgating and accidents would probably vanish from the world
>>50
No way that would actually happen
No way that would actually happen
>>50
Guys who naturally assume 'I'm the exception' like this are usually the ones doing the tailgating
Guys who naturally assume 'I'm the exception' like this are usually the ones doing the tailgating
When someone tailgates me, I let them pass and then tailgate the hell out of them right back
I go all-in on it to set the world straight and make them regret it
I go all-in on it to set the world straight and make them regret it
>>64
Don't give me some childish excuse like that
Don't give me some childish excuse like that
Tailgater: "Hurry up already, idiot!"
Tailgated: "No, an ambulance was coming through"
Tailgater: "Shut up, just ignore it!"
The logic there is beyond comprehension
Tailgated: "No, an ambulance was coming through"
Tailgater: "Shut up, just ignore it!"
The logic there is beyond comprehension
>>117
Reality:
😡 "Hurry up already!"
🤤 "…(can't hear you)"
😡 "At least pull over to the side!"
🤤 "…"
Reality:
😡 "Hurry up already!"
🤤 "…(can't hear you)"
😡 "At least pull over to the side!"
🤤 "…"
Anyone who gets irritated by someone driving around the speed limit has some kind of problem
If you want to go that fast, buy yourself a private jet
If you want to go that fast, buy yourself a private jet
>>119
Honestly, there are constantly cars getting caught doing insane speeds
Honestly, there are constantly cars getting caught doing insane speeds
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Anything Goes board) thread “[Seven Mysteries] What’s the deal with the morons who keep defending tailgating videos with ‘the victim’s at fault too’?“
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