Simple, if you are being tailgated, leave a much bigger gap between you and the car in front.
Then if you have to brake, you can do it gently, giving you a greater stopping distance.
Then (hopefully) the tailgater won't run into the back of you.
...also it gives him a gap to get into if he wants to overtake, which would be preferable.
Thats sound advice imo AA
I do a fair bit of motorway driving and if im overtaking and get a tailgater.....i tend to ignore them and pull over when there is a safe gap to my left to let them pass.
What really gets my goat and sorry James for going a bit off topic of tailgaters but i think its related.
Before I pull out, ie from lane 2 to 3 on a motorway to overtake....i study lane 3 from both my drivers door mirror and rear view mirror ( i look in both as you can get a better judgement of speed of approaching car).....to asertain 1. Are there any cars approaching from behind in lane
3 and 2. If i pull out will they need to slow down ie they are going faster than i intend to in overtaking or i wont be able gain speed fast enough.
If i determine that im going to make a car in lane 3 have to slow then i stay where i am until they have passed.....then i check again and dont move until i think i can without slowing a car down in the 3rd lane.
I think thats fairly sensible driving........so why oh why......do others not do this.....how many times driving down a motorway.....that because a driver on an inside lane.....thinks rh indicator on and out i go!
causing me to brake hard in some cases to avoid me hitting them up their arse!
Sorry, as i said bit off topic.....but thats one of my pet hates on motorways