> 2) Go as fast as you want - but don't be the fastest car on the road. Always let a cop-catcher run about a 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile ahead
I have a name for them. I call them "forward probes".
If you know what you are doing you can actually "launch" forward probes. All you need is to identify a young driver in a hot or pretend-hot car and match their speed while driving next to them. I'm not talking about racing or speeding. Almost without fail some of these guys will punch it and take off like they have to prove something.
Having launched a "forward probe" you just keep it at a comfortable distance in front of you and enjoy the ride.
Yep, discovered this trick myself. It helps to have a muscle car, because then you're practically 'challenging' them by being next to them.
Edit: to be fair: when someone pulls next to me and sits there matching speed for a prolonged period I'll often pull ahead as well. That's not because I have something to prove, but just because I'm not comfortable being boxed in by someone apparently oblivious to the idea of 'escape routes'.
'course I also don't take off at max speed, usually just enough ahead to have a sizeable gap between us. And because people are people, that's typically enough that they'll drop back and cease matching speeds anyway .
I have a name for them. I call them "forward probes".
If you know what you are doing you can actually "launch" forward probes. All you need is to identify a young driver in a hot or pretend-hot car and match their speed while driving next to them. I'm not talking about racing or speeding. Almost without fail some of these guys will punch it and take off like they have to prove something.
Having launched a "forward probe" you just keep it at a comfortable distance in front of you and enjoy the ride.