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Old December 30th 04, 09:42 PM
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Default dealing with tail-gaiters?

besides the obvious, speeding up to the speed the tail-gaiter want you
to go at, is there anything else you can do to stop their annoying
behaviour?

I have tried driving extra slow and speeding up when they try to pass,
but that just annoys them more. sometimes i wonder what they would
happen if I had a beat up car and just decided to slam on my brakes??

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Old December 30th 04, 10:25 PM
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> besides the obvious, speeding up to the speed the tail-gaiter want you
> to go at, is there anything else you can do to stop their annoying
> behaviour?


Some tailgating idiots want to drive close to other vehicles at any
speed. I might go into a curve faster than they can drive, and they
leave the road. Don't try to be more annoying by obstructing traffic.
If it seems like another driver won't be happy with anything except an
unreasonable speed, pull over and let that driver pass. It's safer than
being hit by somebody that might be drunk or on drugs.

> sometimes i wonder what they would
> happen if I had a beat up car and just decided to slam on my brakes??


You would be rear-ended and pushed off the road or into another lane.
Slamming on your brakes with the intention of causing a collision is
illegal, and would create a hazard for other drivers.
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Old December 30th 04, 10:25 PM
Alexander Rogge
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> besides the obvious, speeding up to the speed the tail-gaiter want you
> to go at, is there anything else you can do to stop their annoying
> behaviour?


Some tailgating idiots want to drive close to other vehicles at any
speed. I might go into a curve faster than they can drive, and they
leave the road. Don't try to be more annoying by obstructing traffic.
If it seems like another driver won't be happy with anything except an
unreasonable speed, pull over and let that driver pass. It's safer than
being hit by somebody that might be drunk or on drugs.

> sometimes i wonder what they would
> happen if I had a beat up car and just decided to slam on my brakes??


You would be rear-ended and pushed off the road or into another lane.
Slamming on your brakes with the intention of causing a collision is
illegal, and would create a hazard for other drivers.
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Old December 31st 04, 04:53 AM
Laura Bush murdered her boy friend
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I've already explained this months ago. Carry some rocks or marble to
toss out the window and into their windshield. Tailgaters are
murderers and you've got a right to defend yourself.

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Old December 31st 04, 04:53 AM
Laura Bush murdered her boy friend
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I've already explained this months ago. Carry some rocks or marble to
toss out the window and into their windshield. Tailgaters are
murderers and you've got a right to defend yourself.

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Old December 31st 04, 05:12 AM
Laura Bush murdered her boy friend
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>Paul Hovnanian P.E. Dec 30, 9:16 pm

>>Laura Bush murdered her boy friend wrote:


>> I've already explained this months ago. Carry some rocks or marble

to
>> toss out the window and into their windshield. Tailgaters are
>> murderers and you've got a right to defend yourself.


>The 'tailgaiter' might just be an unmarked patrol car trying to get a
>close look at you and figure out why you are driving so erratically.

I don't care who it is. Cops have no right to tailgate either.

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Old December 31st 04, 05:12 AM
Laura Bush murdered her boy friend
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>Paul Hovnanian P.E. Dec 30, 9:16 pm

>>Laura Bush murdered her boy friend wrote:


>> I've already explained this months ago. Carry some rocks or marble

to
>> toss out the window and into their windshield. Tailgaters are
>> murderers and you've got a right to defend yourself.


>The 'tailgaiter' might just be an unmarked patrol car trying to get a
>close look at you and figure out why you are driving so erratically.

I don't care who it is. Cops have no right to tailgate either.

 




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