• sheogorath@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Isn’t brake checking just pressing on your brakes slightly to turn on your braking lights but not engage braking? So you’re not actually braking. I did it several times when someone’s tailgating really close and it’s pretty funny to see them immediately slow down. Usually after a couple of times of doing it they got the memo and increased their distance.

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      8 months ago

      A “brake check” in the context of road rage isn’t checking your own brake lights, it’s checking the brakes of the person following you.

      You slam on your brakes, forcing them to slam on their brakes even harder, scaring and angering the trailing car.