when someone is following you too closely in the car

[layinback]

assuming i'm driving the speed limit or above, i change lanes if i'm in the hammer lane and let 'em pass.

if they're being an asshole i don't pay 'em any attention. btw, when i see them pass me, invariably it's a young driver.

 

[nimbus]

assuming i'm driving the speed limit or above, i change lanes if i'm in the hammer lane and let 'em pass.

if they're being an asshole i don't pay 'em any attention. btw, when i see them pass me, invariably it's a young driver.

i fully agree with this mentality, but the issue i have in this particular case is that i feel like being tailgated like that puts me at a greater risk of being rear-ended if i have to stop short.

so i'll move over from the left lane, but otherwise i'm gonna gradually slow down to a crawl until they pass me

 

[cryptosporidium]

I've never had that happen to me. And honestly, it really wouldn't bother me that much.

the next time i see your shitbox in the mirror, im gonna brake test you!

 

[redshirt27se]

the next time i see your shitbox in the mirror, im gonna brake test you!

i'll get the last laugh when i hit and run

 

[reyz324]

;ast time i brake checked some one they tried following me home but i lost em through some neighborhood, was prob some punk ass bloodz

 

[redshirt27se]

;ast time i brake checked some one they tried following me home but i lost em through some neighborhood, was prob some punk ass bloodz

lol @ you having a game avatar like last week

 

[ceo]

you've never been behind someone on the highway, on an otherwise sunny day and had your windshield get wet from the car in front of you?

i hate it!

Pretty sure I've posted this here before, but a kid I went to High School with had a Plymouth K Car. He used to "modify" things on it all the time to fit certain situations...low budget James Bond kinda shit.

He installed a spare washer fluid tank and motor (courtesy junkyard). He filled the tank with black ink. He ran the hoses back to the trunk (all tucked in or under the car or something so you couldn't see them). He aimed them at the right height and position so that when someone was tailgating him, he hit that squirter and threw black ink all over their windshield. Well of course someone's first instinct is to hit their wipers, which would smear the ink, and make it even worse. That would stop the tailgaters quickly. This is illegal btw.

He installed a paintball gun behind the grill. Hit a switch, grill falls open and he had a trigger for the paintball gun at his controls by the steering wheel.

All lights were on toggles. If he wanted (or needed) to have his taillights and/or brake lights OFF while having his headlights ON, just flip the switch.

This guy was doing something different to that car every couple weeks. Funny dude too. Absolutely crazy guy.

 

[nimbus]

Pretty sure I've posted this here before, but a kid I went to High School with had a Plymouth K Car. He used to "modify" things on it all the time to fit certain situations...low budget James Bond kinda shit.

He installed a spare washer fluid tank and motor (courtesy junkyard). He filled the tank with black ink. He ran the hoses back to the trunk (all tucked in or under the car or something so you couldn't see them). He aimed them at the right height and position so that when someone was tailgating him, he hit that squirter and threw black ink all over their windshield. Well of course someone's first instinct is to hit their wipers, which would smear the ink, and make it even worse. That would stop the tailgaters quickly. This is illegal btw.

He installed a paintball gun behind the grill. Hit a switch, grill falls open and he had a trigger for the paintball gun at his controls by the steering wheel.

All lights were on toggles. If he wanted (or needed) to have his taillights and/or brake lights OFF while having his headlights ON, just flip the switch.

This guy was doing something different to that car every couple weeks. Funny dude too. Absolutely crazy guy.

dude sounds absolutely awesome

 

[InGreatShape]

do you tap your breaks?

i do.

Yes, and prepare for the impact.

 

[stilleto]

I don't think, by "tapping" the breaks, stilleto meant "slamming on the brakes to make the tailgater hit you".

this. lol.

TAP the breaks. to make my break lights flash but not really change my speed at all. the realization that if i breaked they couldn't stop usually scares the driver behind me enough to start leaving some room between us.