Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3551382)

Kids in school buses sticking their heads out the windows. :icon17: Just had a little kid on a bicycle just about run into me. He was staring so hard at the car. He got target fixation. :icon17: I had to jump a red light to keep him from hitting me. :icon14:

Originally Posted by BehindSpace (Post 3550035)

you chose to drive a a 'look at me, too cool for school' car.
the negative attention is not justified but should be expected.

i learned the hard way and sold my 2014 nismo for this reason.
the decision maker for me was having someone in an old pickup truck staring at me in his rearview mirror for over a mile on a 1 way highway. I wasnt tailgating by any means and knew he was staring because of the looks of the car (i was used to the attention by this point and had already been keyed). Then he slowed down about 20mph until i did close to him so he could empty his ashtray full of cigarrette butts and ash out his window directly onto my car.
I pulled off the road and realized it wasn't worth it, it was a no win situation taking the abuse or reacting to it.
car sold for a 14 thousand dollar loss after owning it for about 5 months.

a few hours before that i was waiting in line at a starbucks drivethru and had some guy glaring at me from the outside seating area, next thing i know he's gotten up walking directly behind my car to look to see what kind it is I guess then walks back and sits down while still meanmugging me.

a few days before that have some young kid trying to look hard in his mid 90's civic fly by and cut in front me almost clipping my front bumper pebbling my car with rocks and dust. we get to the light, i see him trying to say something to me and motioning to me so i roll down my window to hear "you feel my dust bitch?"

Originally Posted by hurahn (Post 3551365)

Don't give up a car for douchebags. Get front and rear dashcams.

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Originally Posted by NISMO IX (Post 3552771)

Just today....

Description - In the beginning you can see this black Honda SI owner is content with what lane he is in and driving fairly normal.... Until he saw me. I did not break hard, I just slowed down as I knew what he was going to do, which was to harass me. Hey Honda Driver, you give Honda enthusiasts a bad name!

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Originally Posted by dobsthedon (Post 3552790)

wtf....somebody changed into your lane behind you and you brake check them? because you assumed he was going to harrass you? lol..wtf they were literally just changing lanes
maybe he saw you were going slightly faster than the car in his lane and wanted to pass that car.

Originally Posted by NISMO IX (Post 3552792)

Guess you didn't read my description or the expression on his face. I knew what he was up to and you are entitled to your opinion. He had every chance to change lanes where the white car was pulling ahead in the right lane before I got there and didn't. Lastly I did not brake check him, I let off the throttle. He was being an @ss. In the State of Maine and I am sure like most the rest of this country and Canada, You are required to have a certain amount of room between you and the car in front. What he did was an act of aggression by getting on my rear end, also known as tailgating.

Originally Posted by dobsthedon (Post 3552805)

lmao are you serious? I did read your description. You sound like one of those entitled drivers that takes things into their own hands if things dont go your way..
Why not just drive the same speed and let people do their thing. Its not your job to police the road when you think somebody is being aggressive (hint: he wasnt really)
Also, maybe he didnt change lanes in front of you because he was nice and saw that you were going faster and wanted to let you go first, so he pulled in behind you and let you do your thing. Which is what you should have done too. .keep driving the same speed and not slow down for no reason other than thinking you're the man and just annoying people

Originally Posted by BehindSpace (Post 3550035)

you chose to drive a a 'look at me, too cool for school' car.
the negative attention is not justified but should be expected.

i learned the hard way and sold my 2014 nismo for this reason."

Originally Posted by TriNismo (Post 3552816)

Sorry to interrupt you two.. Nismo IX what kind of cameras are you using and how are they mounted?

Originally Posted by NISMO IX (Post 3552792)

Guess you didn't read my description or the expression on his face. I knew what he was up to and you are entitled to your opinion. He had every chance to change lanes where the white car was pulling ahead in the right lane before I got there and didn't. Lastly I did not brake check him, I let off the throttle. He was being an @ss. In the State of Maine and I am sure like most the rest of this country and Canada, You are required to have a certain amount of room between you and the car in front. What he did was an act of aggression by getting on my rear end, also known as tailgating. I slow down for tailgaters and is within my right. Before he flipped me off he had a big grin on his face and as he passed by at the end he did then too, it was not innocent on his part!

Originally Posted by hurahn (Post 3552854)

You do seem a bit paranoid. Just drive your car. You have cameras so you're covered if someone causes an accident.

Originally Posted by NISMO IX (Post 3552862)

I respect that, the thing is, people do not realize the potential problems they cause when riding the rear of another road user. You are required to have a certain amount of attention for what is in front of you and a smaller percentage of what is going on in your mirrors (what is going on around you). When a person gets up on the rear of another vehicle, the person in front is now paying more attention to what is going on behind them then in front. This is call intimidation or aggression which ever you want to call it. The road users that do it know that they do it and IMO do not deserve a right to drive for putting peoples lives at risk.

Just a further note on the video, before I even approached the light, and even he was stopped, you could see his aggressive behavior with the red car in front of him.

I see this sort of thing all of the time. Paranoid? With good reason. Did I take matters into my own hands? Perhaps, but if you look closely you do not see any jerkiness in my suspension when I slowed (NOT brake check, was never applied), you do however see his. And finally, The camera can be deceiving, he darted over right as the rear of my car passed the rear of the red car next to me. Things tend not to look as close as they really are, ask anyone who has used a dashcam or GoPro.

Originally Posted by NISMO IX (Post 3552792)

Guess you didn't read my description or the expression on his face. I knew what he was up to and you are entitled to your opinion. He had every chance to change lanes where the white car was pulling ahead in the right lane before I got there and didn't. Lastly I did not brake check him, I let off the throttle. He was being an @ss. In the State of Maine and I am sure like most the rest of this country and Canada, You are required to have a certain amount of room between you and the car in front. What he did was an act of aggression by getting on my rear end, also known as tailgating. I slow down for tailgaters and is within my right. Before he flipped me off he had a big grin on his face and as he passed by at the end he did then too, it was not innocent on his part!

Originally Posted by NISMO IX (Post 3553828)

I appreciate you telling me your opinion on this in a mature manner, truly. You like hurahn, gave me a different perspective on what happened. I just thought I would add two things, what you can't see on camera is the instant "I'm gonna **** with this guy" **** eating grin on his face on the initial lane change, second is that on most roads when this happens I am the kind of guy who usually pulls to the breakdown lane and waves for the driver to pass. I have said that very thing on this very forum and meant it. The fact I had no where to go and didn't feel like having someone lick my butthole, I chose what I did. Was it smart or necessary? Perhaps not, opinions differ, and I do respect a difference of opinion when the point is made maturely. Thank you!

Originally Posted by dobsthedon (Post 3553854)

talks about making mature points, but swears in his responses, and sports a profile pic of a selfie of himself in a guy fawkes mask :rofl2:

Originally Posted by NISMO IX (Post 3553828)

I appreciate you telling me your opinion on this in a mature manner, truly. You like hurahn, gave me a different perspective on what happened. I just thought I would add two things, what you can't see on camera is the instant "I'm gonna **** with this guy" **** eating grin on his face on the initial lane change, second is that on most roads when this happens I am the kind of guy who usually pulls to the breakdown lane and waves for the driver to pass. I have said that very thing on this very forum and meant it. The fact I had no where to go and didn't feel like having someone ride my back bumper, I chose what I did. Was it smart or necessary? Perhaps not, opinions differ, and I do respect a difference of opinion when the point is made maturely. Thank you!

Originally Posted by Chuckles (Post 3553805)

I have to agree with everyone else. You pretty much **** blocked him when he hopped over to pass the car in the left lane and are pissed off that he didn't hit the brakes and give you 30' of trailing distance after that? He took it pretty well I thought. A touch passive aggressive on your part perhaps?

I have it all the time where people let me pass so they can check out my car and then hop behind me to complete a pass. Let them admire and go on with their day.

Originally Posted by dobsthedon (Post 3553854)

talks about making mature points, but swears in his responses, and sports a profile pic of a selfie of himself in a guy fawkes mask :rofl2:

Originally Posted by alangoooo (Post 3554154)

:happydance:

Not sure why some folks are changing this to an argument thread, but don't let it get to you. I actually experienced something like this on the way to work this morning 3 times.

I usually don't drive Saturday morning to avoid traffic in the afternoon, but I had a Camry drive right next to me until the ramp to the freeway, no matter how many times I slowed down or sped up he would match my speed.

As soon as the ramp came up, I was about to pass an Altima slowly because my lane was empty when I heard some revving and the Altima just smashed past me, cut into my lane, and didn't even go into the freeway...

To make my morning commute better, this Accord was tailing me halfway through the freeway bridge for no reason...

**** like this happens all the time, just let it go, not worth the tickets or popo pulling you over, or a wrecked car :inoutroflpuke: The flipping off is something that comes with owning a Z especially in certain locations like the Bay Area... At least you have your cams, still need to find a quality one for my car...


Chuckles does make a point.



Since when did swearing make a point immature? Nothing wrong with his profile picture, at least he has one... The only immature thing I see is the harassment you're giving this guy for some stupid bs...

Everyone has their own stories pertaining to the topic, can we get back to the topic please.m:happydance:

Originally Posted by NISMO IX (Post 3554312)

Look dude, what more do you want from me? I have already said multiple times that this could have been handled differently. In the moment I did what I did. Would I handle it differently next time this happens? Perhaps. Now, because others have voice their opinions without jumping all over me and actually gave me constructive criticism, I responded in kind. I get that this rubbed you the wrong way, but I will not apologize. Just for you, I viewed it again.... I was wrong for slowing down on him. However, if you watch closely, he did not just merely change lanes, before my car started to slow (verified by the red car next to mine) he was purposely accelerating to get on my back bumper.

Now, I have said my peace about this, moving on.

Originally Posted by ChrisRam (Post 3558589)

I had my 2013 Nismo (100% stock) for two days before the CSC let loose. In that time a teenager working at McDonalds hit on me. Also, some random guy driving in front of me but turning left on a side road stuck half his body out of the car to give a thumbs up. I have no idea what all of that is about. My daily driver costs 3x what the Nismo does new and no one seems to care about a big *** SUV.

I think some of your ricer problems could be solved with a high-quality radar detector and driving your car with a little aggression. You don't have to set new track records going to the grocery store but your car was not made to run in the right hand lane 5 MPH under the speed limit. Get a clear bra installed and don't give them the opportunity to get in front of you. :)

Originally Posted by hurahn (Post 3558684)

I drive it just like I do my motorcycle. Be aware of things around me and when in doubt, gas it out.

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Originally Posted by pearlmt (Post 3559954)

cars that give me trouble: older toyota camrys, older nissan altimas, toyota sienna vans, old beater small trucks and late model civics. not to sound arrogant, but its always the beater cars or the soccer mom vans giving me trouble! when I drive I mind my own business doing speed limit in the right lane. I get brake checked by people on the daily even if I am going slower than everyone else. I never tailgate and always leave a 3 car length distance.

Originally Posted by Spooler (Post 3559957)

Wait til you have them pass you on the right, merge back in front of you, and THEN, brake check you. LOL, Never a dull moment. I just have to laugh.

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3559986)

Hell, I get that almost everytime I drive my motorhome. :eek: :shakes head: