Originally Posted by jyossarian
Looking at it from the driver's perspective, if a cyclist rear ended my car, the cyclist would be the one hurt the most and I'd feel guilty about stopping short, even if there was a good reason for stopping short. I don't like tailgating cars because I can get hurt and my car can get damaged, but a tailgating cyclist? I'll be fine, but the cyclist probably won't.
+100
Don't tailgate, in a car or on a bike. I live in a state with serial tail-gaters (to the point of tailgating me 1 foot off my bumper when I am driving at the speed limit in the left lane and the right lane is totally clear). Pisses me off . Sometimes I just gradually slow down until they get the hint.
If I was to do the George Carlin routine I would say
"Three people who need to be shot"
1. Serial tailgaters
2. Crosswalk creepers (you know, those geniuses who come to a stop sign and stop on the freaking cross-walk or stop at the edge of it and then slowly creep foward, as people are crossing!)
3. People who don't use their signals.