How to deal with tailgaters?

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Reliant
Tap the breaks enough to have the lights come on but not slow you down. That usually gets them off my tail.

I did that once and the guy flipped me off. Thus I slowed down. Traffic was heavy enough that there was *no* way that he could pass me. If you are gonna sit there and be THAT rude, you deserve it.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: Vic
And people wonder why there are road-ragers...

...

because there are tailgaters and other crappy drivers

Yes, including idiotic people being tailgated who purposefully try to cause accidents (and potentially injuries) out of childish spite. You don't think that wouldn't cause someone to get angry?

Continue driving, speed up, or pull over and allow them to pass.

You don't know what's happening in the car behind you, and you don't know who or what is in it. Fscking with other drivers on the road is a nice way to end up dead. Thankfully, your sense of righteous indignation will end then.

 

[DWW]

Originally posted by: iamme
funny thing is, when you see that one jackass weaving through the lanes and tailgating people......you usually meet them at the next stop light. in their haste and rudeness, they'll probably get to their destination 30 seconds sooner.

Funny thing is that its often not even 30 seconds. Most times I see it usually averages 5-10 seconds.

 

[ctcsoft]

Originally posted by: konichiwa

Originally posted by: DWW
Once a friend and I (in a 15 year old volvo) were being followed by some asshole real close in a new Jaguar. Well he hates bad drivers (tailgaters, people who put others at risk, those who speed excessively)....so he slammed the breaks. Guy his us decently hard (we were in the city) but not enough to hurt us badly. Friend claimed whiplash, settled out of court for a hefty sum.

The best is when people pass you just to get to the red stop light faster.

Great suggestion. Create an accident, fake an injury, defraud insurance and sue! The American way.

...sickening...

that is sick. your friend deserved to be seriously hurt and hit by an uninsured
motorist.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: DWW

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: flashbacck

Originally posted by: Nitemare

My grandfather has Alzheimers and forgot. I did not realize this until I got home. What if the kid is breach? All I have to say that is if it's an emergency and someone does that crap, they will end up sideswiped in the ditch

What if, what if, what if.

What if a cow flied over and pooped on your lips?

You're making up situations to justify bad driving.

Whatever, just be prepared to be ditchified if someone is having an emergency and you are still playing your silly games.

Shrug... do that and you could be charged with attempted manslaughter.

Sure, after they explain everything to the jury. Then later after he has been acquited he can give you a real good B&E of his foot up yo @$$

 

[DWW]

And you need to see a therapist for this pent up anger and agression you feel that needs to be exerted by seeing others hurt.

 

[DWW]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: DWW

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: flashbacck

Originally posted by: Nitemare

My grandfather has Alzheimers and forgot. I did not realize this until I got home. What if the kid is breach? All I have to say that is if it's an emergency and someone does that crap, they will end up sideswiped in the ditch

What if, what if, what if.

What if a cow flied over and pooped on your lips?

You're making up situations to justify bad driving.

Whatever, just be prepared to be ditchified if someone is having an emergency and you are still playing your silly games.

Shrug... do that and you could be charged with attempted manslaughter.

Sure, after they explain everything to the jury. Then later after he has been acquited he can give you a real good B&E of his foot up yo @$$

Your credibility ended a few posts ago. Hey, can you say something about Nazi just so I can win?

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: nan0bug

Originally posted by: mikebb

Originally posted by: nan0bug

Originally posted by: tranceport

Originally posted by: XZeroII

Originally posted by: Reliant
Tap the breaks enough to have the lights come on but not slow you down. That usually gets them off my tail.

I tried it but most people don't back off. I think they are learning or something.

SLAM on your breaks. You will always have a new car. And no more tailgaters.

This advice is best. When someone slams into the back of your car it is nearly ALWAYS their fault, unless it is a no-fault accident (act of god type stuff). Their insurance will have to pay for repairs to your car, and I guarantee you he/she will think twice about tailgating ever again.

Yeah and the huge inconvenience of having your car in a shop, possible injury, your insurance going up (even if it isn't your fault is usually does,) etc are more than made up for by the fact that you MAYBE taught a complete stranger a lesson. I really hope you are kidding.

No, I'm not. I've been in collisions like this and my insurance didn't go up, although that may vary from state to state, I don't know for sure. I do know that if someone is tailgating me I will slow down to 5-10 miles under the speed limit, then speed back up. If that doesn't shake them, well, they better pray they have better brakes & tires than I do.

Your insurance might not go up, but if everyone starts doing this, then the insurance company will raise EVERYONE's premiums to offset the increase in accidents.

Try slowing down, then speeding back up. If this doesn't work, then speed up to get some space, turn off at the nearest intersection, then get back on the highway.

 

[NeoPTLD]

Tap on the brake, if necessary follow by letting go of the gas and coast and lay off the gas until he backs off.

 

[teddythemonster]

you need to get one of those scrolling message board things to put in your back window.
program it to say "BACK OFF YOU F***ING A**HOLE! or something equally informative and instructional.

 

[iamme]

i wish i could launch empty turtle shells from the back of my car ala Mario Kart

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: iamme
i wish i could launch empty turtle shells from the back of my car ala Mario Kart

I wish I had the "Opponent Repulsificator" from Carmageddon...

 

[Zebo]

Take a chill pill?

What I do is get on the phone or throw a DVD in watch a movie and generally ignore people behind me. I'm a slow driver in town too but on the highway I cruise at 90 on divided hwys.

 

[joinT]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
Slowly come to a complete stop. That'll learn him.

-geoff

LOL, I was gonna say slam the brakes on!

 

[alkemyst]

man all the kiddies out today....

While you break the speed limit on a road with outlets, why not stop at the local 7-11 and rob it, then go home and download 100GB of illegal music, .....

If someone is tailgating me on a single lane road I just slow down and let him pass, however more often than not the guy will not pass and then starts flashing brights, etc....I will speed on the expressway no doubt about it, but on a road with outlets and inlets no way....usually some little guy or woman in a big truck/suv.

All my cars have great brakes, so I will proceed to test them....I will run the mutha right off into the grass. I guarantee that's the last time he pulls such crap....and I really hope we get a red light together. So far two people have blown the reds

Do not lower yourself to my level on the roadways, I have way more experience.

Å

 

[Zebo]

You morons talking about purposely causing an accident are playing a very dangerous game. Not only could you be critcally injured or the other person if he fails to break in time or has a massive vechile, you could also be ticketed. And if it's a peace officer or someone who knows one you will go to jail.

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Friend of mine with a beater station wagon drilled a hole in his rear washer squirter so it would shoot straight back and used a oily substance in the rear washer container. Guess it would come off with washer fluid but not real easy.

 

[NeoPTLD]

Do you guys ever get tailgated by vehicles much smaller than yours even because they can't see past your car and thinks you're the slow driver despite being behind another car at a safe following distance?

I have had a lot of female drivers tailgate me in their Jettas and Civics for the above reason. I use the windshield washer fluid, let them pass then IMMEDIATELY get behind them and go behind them with high beam for a few minutes.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: DWW

Originally posted by: iamme
funny thing is, when you see that one jackass weaving through the lanes and tailgating people......you usually meet them at the next stop light. in their haste and rudeness, they'll probably get to their destination 30 seconds sooner.

Funny thing is that its often not even 30 seconds. Most times I see it usually averages 5-10 seconds.

Obviously you never drive long distances.

200 miles @ 55 mph = 3 hours 38 minutes

200 miles @ 70 mph = 2 hours 51 minutes

That's 47 minutes faster. And even a distance of only 10 miles at the same speeds will cause a difference of almost 2.5 minutes.
While I agree with you about short stoplight-to-stoplight distances, the OP specifically mentioned this was a "highway" (I'm assuming 2-lane blacktop, meaning 1 lane in either direction).

And don't use that laser pointer <edit> or oil squirters </edit>. If proven that you used it to attempt to blind another driver (which would be relatively easy, it would simply have to be alleged by the other driver, then the fact that it would be in your possession would be proof enough), you could be convicted of reckless endangerment or some other similar crime which could possibly carry jail sentence or license suspension. And IMO you would richly deserve it.

edit: running another car off the road, even if no contact is made between the vehicles, is that same as causing an accident in every state in the country.

 

[DWW]

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge
Friend of mine with a beater station wagon drilled a hole in his rear washer squirter so it would shoot straight back and used a oily substance in the rear washer container. Guess it would come off with washer fluid but not real easy.

A "friend" of mine mounted industrial saws on the front of his car to take care of those that have rigged their car with oil and smoke screens. If that does not work, he always has his trusty AK-47 in the passenger seat to take care of those problem cases

 

[DWW]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge
Friend of mine with a beater station wagon drilled a hole in his rear washer squirter so it would shoot straight back and used a oily substance in the rear washer container. Guess it would come off with washer fluid but not real easy.

A "friend" of mine mounted industrial saws on the front of his car to take care of those that have rigged their car with oil and smoke screens. If that does not work, he always has his trusty AK-47 in the passenger seat to take care of those problem cases

Nitemare: Thanks. You submitted quite easy with that last one!

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: iamme
i wish i could launch empty turtle shells from the back of my car ala Mario Kart

repost!

oh wait. well you copied a post i did in this thread about pooping out the shell!

Orginally posted by:Nightmare
A "friend" of mine mounted industrial saws on the front of his car to take care of those that have rigged their car with oil and smoke screens. If that does not work, he always has his trusty AK-47 in the passenger seat to take care of those problem cases

i have in my trunk 2 anti tank machine guns mounted! when someone tailgates me i just hit a button and my trunk opens and blows them off the road!

 

[moonshinemadness]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge
Friend of mine with a beater station wagon drilled a hole in his rear washer squirter so it would shoot straight back and used a oily substance in the rear washer container. Guess it would come off with washer fluid but not real easy.

A "friend" of mine mounted industrial saws on the front of his car to take care of those that have rigged their car with oil and smoke screens. If that does not work, he always has his trusty AK-47 in the passenger seat to take care of those problem cases

Handsfree AK47 of course

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Zebo
You morons talking about purposely causing an accident are playing a very dangerous game. Not only could you be critcally injured or the other person if he fails to break in time or has a massive vechile, you could also be ticketed. And if it's a peace officer or someone who knows one you will go to jail.

It is a dangerous game...

Still seeing some yahoo with grass and dirt flying around his jacked up Pathfinder is soooooo kewl!

Once my wife even wanted be to go back to see if he is ok.

As far as an officer goes.....I saw a raccoon, a dog, some lady in a walker, Jesus. etc in the road and had to stop. *blink blink*

&Aring;