Tailgaters?

[Rider90]

I caught onto this yesterday :baaa:

Next time someone tailgates you just start using your windshield washers. You'll spray just enough on their windshield that they'll use their wipers to clean up all the fluid from your car. Only do this to shotty drivers that have been weaving in and out of the lanes and are finally up to you :P

Ah, the things you discover when your radio is left at home. It's like an entertaining silent film.

[Petrograde]

You won't forget the radio again will you? :P

[merc6]

works here in D.C. to cause people get close enough you can see facial expresions and make out white knuckles in the rearview! In the 6 I usualy got to a bend and acceled.

[whoskal]

I took my Explorer through the carwash one time and it took off the end to the washer sprayer on the back window, now when i press it, it just shoots water a good 10 to 15 feet out the back of my explorer......ive had some fun with that one!!!

[merc6]

new mod ;) How much water is trapped in the gap between the trunk? enough to fill a resivior if you hooked one up to cetch it?

[Joe Walsh]

The Baltimore-Washington area is loaded with idiots who think that 1/2 a car length is plenty of space at 65 mph....

If one of them REALLY pisses me off and is glued to my rear bumper, I follow this simple process:

1: Slowly let off the gas to create lots of room in front of me....This infuriates the tailgater and makes them even more anxious to get around me.
2: Tap my brake lights...NOT applying the brakes, but just enough to get the brake lights to come on.
3: Give them the 'single finger salute'...THEN...
4: Punch it to give the loser a full dose of loud DOHC exhaust and leave them like they dropped anchor...
5: As I pull untold carlengths on them, I WAVE "BYE BYE"!!!

I know that this technique is not 'PC', but it sure is FUN, and has cured many a tailgater's impatience....:D

[hitchhiker]

The Baltimore-Washington area is loaded with idiots who think that 1/2 a car length is plenty of space at 65 mph....

If one of them REALLY pisses me off and is glued to my rear bumper, I follow this simple process:

1: Slowly let off the gas to create lots of room in front of me....This infuriates the tailgater and makes him even more anxious to get around me.
2: Tap my brake lights...NOT applying the brakes, but just enough to get the brake lights to come on.
3: Give them the 'single finger salute'...THEN...
4: Punch it to give the loser a full dose of loud DOHC exhaust and leave them like they dropped anchor...
5: As I pull untold carlengths on them, I WAVE "BYE BYE"!!!

I know that this technique is not 'PC', but it sure is FUN, and has cured many a tailgater's impatience....:D


Works for me!

:D

[King Fubar]

I took my Explorer through the carwash one time and it took off the end to the washer sprayer on the back window, now when i press it, it just shoots water a good 10 to 15 feet out the back of my explorer......ive had some fun with that one!!!


That reminds me of what I did on a few of my cars only I turned the washer things off to the side a bit so they squirted sideways...

[Gre8one7]

haha, i am going to make a squirt gun on the back of my marauder...just make it hidden and ur set lol.

[Bluerauder]

The Baltimore-Washington area is loaded with idiots who think that 1/2 a car length is plenty of space at 65 mph.......

I know that this technique is not 'PC', but it sure is FUN, and has cured many a tailgater's impatience....:D
Be careful out there Joe .... some of these idiots are armed & dangerous and a case of terminal road rage waiting to happen. :eek:

Generally, I usually run fast enough to avoid most tailgaters. :D On any of the major routes (I-95, 495, 695, 895, 66, 70, 97, 270 and US 50, 301 around the B-W area, 65 mph is right lane speed. :rolleyes:

If I am running 10 over and I see someone coming hard, I will just slide on over and let 'em go their merry way. I call these drivers "bait" or "decoys". They will find the speed traps ahead of me. :D

As for the window washer trick -- watch out. When my washers went haywire back about 8 months ago, I emptied a full reservoir on a VW Passat behind me. The woman driver thought that I did it on purpose and was getting visibly psychotic in my rearview mirror. I thought that she was gonna put her car in gear at the redlight and ram me. When the light changed to green, she found a way to go around me and cut back in (nearly hitting my right fender). Once she was ahead of me, she squirted her windows to "teach me a lesson". I just gave the :dunno: sign since my wipers were still running and pumping. :D Some of these folks are hanging onto the ragged edge of reality and it doesn't take much to set 'em off. :depress:

[jimlam56]

Be careful out there Joe .... some of these idiots are armed & dangerous and a case of terminal road rage waiting to happen. :eek:

Generally, I usually run fast enough to avoid most tailgaters. :D On any of the major routes (I-95, 495, 695, 895, 66, 70, 97, 270 and US 50, 301 around the B-W area, 65 mph is right lane speed. :rolleyes:

If I am running 10 over and I see someone coming hard, I will just slide on over and let 'em go their merry way. I call these drivers "bait" or "decoys". They will find the speed traps ahead of me. :D

As for the window washer trick -- watch out. When my washers went haywire back about 8 months ago, I emptied a full reservoir on a VW Passat behind me. The woman driver thought that I did it on purpose and was getting visibly psychotic in my rearview mirror. I thought that she was gonna put her car in gear at the redlight and ram me. When the light changed to green, she found a way to go around me and cut back in (nearly hitting my right fender). Once she was ahead of me, she squirted her windows to "teach me a lesson". I just gave the :dunno: sign since my wipers were still running and pumping. :D Some of these folks are hanging onto the ragged edge of reality and it doesn't take much to set 'em off. :depress:
Sad but true...

[Joe Walsh]

Be careful out there Joe .... some of these idiots are armed & dangerous and a case of terminal road rage waiting to happen. :eek:

Generally, I usually run fast enough to avoid most tailgaters. :D On any of the major routes (I-95, 495, 695, 895, 66, 70, 97, 270 and US 50, 301 around the B-W area, 65 mph is right lane speed. :rolleyes:

If I am running 10 over and I see someone coming hard, I will just slide on over and let 'em go their merry way. I call these drivers "bait" or "decoys". They will find the speed traps ahead of me. :D

As for the window washer trick -- watch out. When my washers went haywire back about 8 months ago, I emptied a full reservoir on a VW Passat behind me. The woman driver thought that I did it on purpose and was getting visibly psychotic in my rearview mirror. I thought that she was gonna put her car in gear at the redlight and ram me. When the light changed to green, she found a way to go around me and cut back in (nearly hitting my right fender). Once she was ahead of me, she squirted her windows to "teach me a lesson". I just gave the :dunno: sign since my wipers were still running and pumping. :D Some of these folks are hanging onto the ragged edge of reality and it doesn't take much to set 'em off. :depress:

So Charlie...are you telling me to 'pack some iron'???:uzi: :gunfire: :burn:

[MarauderMark]

Well tailgaters generally want you to move out of there way.So speed up a little and tap the person in front of with your bumper and point backwards this helps 90% of the time.If not a quick lane change may safice swerve left or right which will make the car next to you swerve as well in which can cause an accident so that your tailgater may pass in peace..Stupidity never fails.:rolleyes: :D

[Joe Walsh]

Yeah, I wish that I still had my first car...It was a 1968 Ford LTD Country Squire Wagon (the old family hand-me-down).
That BEAST had chrome plated SOLID STEEL bumpers and was built like a tank!!
When I was in high school, some guy in a Triumph T-boned the wagon and all that was needed was a new hubcap and a left rear rim......
HE was SITTING on his engine after the wreck.
I would just load up on insurance and wait for the first tailgater to crowd me.... THEN: JAM ON THE BRAKES and watch his car crumple into a ball of bent tin and plastic.
I would be nice enough to call 911 and wipe the air bag dust off their unconscious face....heh heh heh:D

[PJR]

Unfortunately there are many clueless drivers. I have even had several that tailgated me in a marked patrol car. I have issued my share of 'following too closely' citations. Just be careful out there, it’s becoming more and more common for 'low performance' drivers to get weapons involved.

[RR|Suki]

pssst drive in the right lane... left lane is for passing ;) Unless you are talking about getting tailed in the right lane. For the record people driving the speed of cars in the right lane, when they are in the left are worse than tailgaters. :mad2:

[FlyinMerc]

[quote=Bluerauder]If I am running 10 over and I see someone coming hard, I will just slide on over and let 'em go their merry way. I call these drivers "bait" or "decoys". They will find the speed traps ahead of me.


On long freeway trips you should always drive with a "patsy" in front to take the heat. :fire:

[Ozz]

Back when he was in high school my dad had an old Chevy that he salvaged after an accident and made it pretty nice. On of the few problems it did have was that the backup lights did not come on when he shifted into reverse so he wired them up to a switch....
One night he was being tailed so he flipped the switch and slammed the brakes. Needless to say, the guy following backed off in a hurry...
I think it's a natural reflex to believe when you see backup lights that the car is acutally backing up even if you're traveling at higher speeds. :D

I slammed the brakes for a tailgater when I was in high school one time. I was doing close to 100 at the time. I could hear the tire squeal from the car behind me as it's headlights turned slightly toward the ditch. The only problem was that I forgot to mention that I was going to 'brake check' the guy behind me to my passenger (unbelted) so she flew into the dashboard. oops. :rolleyes:
Sounds crazy now to have acutally done things like that.

[Joe Walsh]

pssst drive in the right lane... left lane is for passing ;) Unless you are talking about getting tailed in the right lane. For the record people driving the speed of cars in the right lane, when they are in the left are worse than tailgaters. :mad2:

I couldn't agree more...but in the Baltimore/DC area they will tailgate you anywhere, everywhere and all the time!

I too, try to let a "Microwave Reflecter" run out in front of me....heh heh heh:D

[jimlam56]

[quote=Bluerauder]If I am running 10 over and I see someone coming hard, I will just slide on over and let 'em go their merry way. I call these drivers "bait" or "decoys". They will find the speed traps ahead of me.


On long freeway trips you should always drive with a "patsy" in front to take the heat. :fire:

I drive at least 40k a year everywhere y'all live...
This is the best advice above.
Just today in SC I was cruisin' at 79 and a half like I always do..
A citizen flashed me behind, goin' 90...soon...
He had his pick of 3 of SC's finest in the median..

Think the other two even glanced at me?
Naaah...
I think the citizen was late for his appointment or whatever...

[DOHCMERC]

Relative nooB here........and I consider this an enthusiast site. But it seems all but a couple posts makes me re-think.

Jeez people, the tailgater didn't appear outta thin air. GTFOOTW!!! translation: move over!!!

Scanning the rear view mirror is as much a part of driving as checking your front and sides.

As we would like people to yield to us when we're driving faster, I fully yield to those who would like to drive faster than me.

Left lane squatters SUCK!!!

[Joe Walsh]

Relative nooB here........and I consider this an enthusiast site. But it seems all but a couple posts makes me re-think.

Jeez people, the tailgater didn't appear outta thin air. GTFOOTW!!! translation: move over!!!
Scanning the rear view mirror is as much a part of driving as checking your front and sides.

As we would like people to yield to us when we're driving faster, I fully yield to those who would like to drive faster than me.

Left lane squatters SUCK!!!


I'm not talking about Left Lane Squatting....that's an obvious cause of impatient tailgaters.
I'm talking about IDIOT, ********* tailgaters who glue themselves on your bumper IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN THERE IS NO **** PLACE FOR ANYONE TO MOVE OVER!!!
By forcing/scaring someone to change out of 'their' lane, the tailgaters merely move one car up in the mass of cars going 70 mph.
They then start to tailgate the next poor guy in line....
These friggin' idiots are always the cause of a big, multi-car pileup at rush hour.
Unfortunately, not enough of them die in the accidents that they cause...

[fastblackmerc]

so she flew into the dashboard. oops. :rolleyes:
I guess you didn't marry her.....

[DOHCMERC]

I'm not talking about Left Lane Squatting....that's an obvious cause of impatient tailgaters.
I'm talking about IDIOT, ********* tailgaters who glue themselves on your bumper IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN THERE IS NO **** PLACE FOR ANYONE TO MOVE OVER!!!
By forcing/scaring someone to change out of 'their' lane, the tailgaters merely move one car up in the mass of cars going 70 mph.
They then start to tailgate the next poor guy in line....
These friggin' idiots are always the cause of a big, multi-car pileup at rush hour.
Unfortunately, not enough of them die in the accidents that they cause...


I hear ya.........just got a different impression with all the "creative" ways to compound the problem.



Almost forgot...........LOVE your mad guitar skillz!!!:D

[Bluerauder]

Scanning the rear view mirror is as much a part of driving as checking your front and sides!!!
I agree ... I try to constantly scan all around and take a rearview every few seconds. This way, I am aware of my surroundings in the event that I need to take evasive action. :D Another technique that I have developed is to drive as far ahead of the car as is possible and anticipate what drivers 2 or even 3 vehicles ahead are gonna do. Unfortunately, this is becoming harder and harder to do with the number of panel vans, SUVs, and cars with blacked out window tint that prevents seeing "through" a vehicle if you can't see "around" it. I firmly believe that the trend toward very dark tint and SUVs (coupled with tailgating) has contributed to the increasing number of rear end accidents on the highways. :rolleyes:

I have spent alot of time on the highways since last Saturday and I have noticed quite often the "Crown Vic Effect" in the rearview mirror. Several times in the last couple of days, I've seen cars coming up really fast behind me. If I am in their lane, I'll slide over long before they reach me. Then, they will back off really quickly and hang somewhere in my blind spot. I guess that they are just sizing up the situation and trying to decide whether this "Blue Sedan" is or is not an unmarked LEO. ;) Frequently, they will drop in behind me for a little longer look. Others will drop way back and change to the far right lane to get a run on me. :bs:

These folks are not only idiots; but are dumb as a box of rocks. Do they think that LEOs are blind and never check their rearview? :stupid:

[merc6]

The Baltimore-Washington area is loaded with idiots who think that 1/2 a car length is plenty of space at 65 mph....

If one of them REALLY pisses me off and is glued to my rear bumper, I follow this simple process:

1: Slowly let off the gas to create lots of room in front of me....This infuriates the tailgater and makes them even more anxious to get around me.
2: Tap my brake lights...NOT applying the brakes, but just enough to get the brake lights to come on.
3: Give them the 'single finger salute'...THEN...
4: Punch it to give the loser a full dose of loud DOHC exhaust and leave them like they dropped anchor...
5: As I pull untold carlengths on them, I WAVE "BYE BYE"!!!

I know that this technique is not 'PC', but it sure is FUN, and has cured many a tailgater's impatience....:D
Yep but the 6 doesn't have any accel(reason I was looking for and purchased another car) so what lil I do have is utilized at hi speed cornering to loose almost any vehicle since the 6 suspention is still setup for "Autocross".
I usualy don't have issue with tail gater till they realize my PI isn't a PI or the tags are TX and not VA,DC, or MD. that dualy sure did have fun trying to continue his drafiting technics till I let off and he went aroound. Most of the times people just make way for me since I still have the snow tire setup on.



These folks are not only idiots; but are dumb as a box of rocks. Do they think that LEOs are blind and never check their rearview? :stupid: Speaking of that we had a marked white impala rearended at a stop light in SE right in fromt of the AFB off south capital. Why did the guy have no proof of insurance?

[tbore007]

When Iam being tailgated, i like to throw on my hazards. they ussually get the point, plus they dont know if its my brake lights flashing or what. Doesnt everyone one know the three second rule?

[dwasson]

When I'm tailgated, I like to find the slowest guy on the road and stay right beside him. Sometimes I'll drift ahead enough that my rear bumper is even with the slower car's front bumper. Other times I'll slow down so that my front bumper is even with the slower car's rear bumper.

[tbore007]

When I'm tailgated, I like to find the slowest guy on the road and stay right beside him. Sometimes I'll drift ahead enough that my rear bumper is even with the slower car's front bumper. Other times I'll slow down so that my front bumper is even with the slower car's rear bumper.

thats asking for troulble....but i like it =)

[Ozz]

I guess you didn't marry her.....

No, she was more of a 'test drive' type girlfriend. Looking back, she probably deserved the bump on her head that the dash inflicted anyway. :D


Another girl ended up dumping a can of Coke down the defroster vents of the same car. I did marry her though... I paid her back years later by leaving an unopened can of Coke in her car on a very cold day... it exploded in spectacular fashion. She didn't divorce me...