No one likes being tailgated, and if someone is following you a little too closely, can you do anything to stop them?
There’s one tactic that may be common, but is also dangerous and not worth the risk — brake checking.
“Brake checking” is when a driver taps their breaks abruptly or multiple times in quick succession to signal to the car behind them that they’re following too closely. While it may sometimes work, it can lead to car accidents, road rage and other dangerous situations…