How to keep people from tailgating you

[bkroupa]

Well, I mentioned my water torture from the past. Most of the time if they won't pass, I'll wait until there is passing room & lift until they pass. I've had to almost stop once for an idiot on a cell phone that I don't think realized he was supposed to be driving.

My wife bought a bumper sticker that says "Hang up and Drive!". I'd like to mount it on a sign I can hold up as I pass those people that can't quite get the knack of multi tasking.

 

[The patriot]

Solution to tailgaters. Dual 150 watt aircraft landing lights mounted on the bottom of the rear bumper.

Works equally as well on the blue light specials, and the high beamers that "forget" their high beams are on,usually while tailgating.

Be careful how you use them. I've had more than a few almost crash when I hit the switch.

Theyre also pretty handy when you gotta back up in the dark.

Eric

 

[JoshPeters]

Go ahead and tailgate me, I don't mind so much. They will hit my reciever and or Axle before they do any damage to my truck.



What really gets me is the people that are going SUPER slow in the Hammer lane. 50 in a 55 when I'm tryin to run 70. With my RDNECK bumper and Xenon headlights, I just get plenty close and kick the headlights on. They don't care to ONLY see angry bumper, grill and Xenons!



Josh

 

[SHyans]

Solution:

Keep a pile of marbles in center console.

When necessary:

Place marble in left hand as if flipping a coin.

Place left arm out left window as if resting on side view mirror.

Flip marble backward (as flipping coin).

Repeat as necessary :--)

 

[daquilina]

I Drive A Big Red Vehicle With More Lights And S!#% Than My House. this Thing Also Has A Pre-recorded Whine That Belts Out Of It. some Air Horns And A 93' Ladder W/ A Platform And It Is A Bit Heavier Than My 02. oh Yeah It Has A Big Reflective Sign On The Rear That Says "stay Back 300 Feet". they Still Dont Get It-but I Love,love,love To Remind Them!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HEMI®Dart]

TTT. Clever idea to discourage tailgators.

 

[Todd T]

I've found that leaving your victim in a cloud of black smoke isn't quite as satisfying as eclipsing the sun for the original offender in the left lane.



As a credit to ladies in Volvos, more than a couple times, I've seen them actually move over a lane after passing, coasting for a moment to let the turbo spool down, and then flooring it and enveloping them in a warm cuddly cloud of black smoke.



cheers to you ladies... you're getting there!



Forrest

great minds think alike!

 

[WadePatton]

Sometimes I have to load the stacks for a tailgater, but my latest attention getter is a bumper sticker that says, "DANGER - WATCH" :-laf



It did say "DANGER - WATCH YOUR STEP". I cut off the "your step". Too bad it's paper and not vinyl. But I have plenty of them.

 

[BStoecker]

Solution:

Keep a pile of marbles in center console.

When necessary:

Place marble in left hand as if flipping a coin.

Place left arm out left window as if resting on side view mirror.

Flip marble backward (as flipping coin).

Repeat as necessary :--)

Pocket change works well for this too. As do the super sized McDonalds cups full of your favorite beverage. If you flip it right, none of the pop/soda hits your truck and they get drenched. I put a guy into the ditch a couple months ago. Tried the last minute dash up the lane that was closing for construction. Flipped the switch and waited. He was at my rear bumper when I nailed it. I then started moving over slightly. He must have thought I was joking cause he kept coming. His hole in front of me disappeared about the same time the barrels appeared... He slid it sideways, fishtailing all the way into the ditch... Of course, this was the same idiot that used an on-ramp to illegally pass me on the right a few miles earlier... He got caught in traffic and I got back in front of him... Couldn't have worked out any better. :-laf

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Great Picture. Had to bring it to the top!

 

[DennyDay]

Some outfit makes and sells a BMW grille basher- - put one on my truck and nobody gets close- - the thing fits in the tow hitch and is a large piece of pipe rubber mounted so the truck won't get damaged when hit from behind.

 

[BIGNASTY]

I don't like bumper stickers but this one I had to have


I BRAKE HARD FOR TAILGATERS!!

 

[jgillott]

I have heard that the pneumatic dump valve on the back of a engine/tanker can really discourage those brilliant individuals who think tucking in behind a responding fire unit to get through traffic is a good idea........

 

[JJPage]

I like the first pic of the rubber strap supposedly securing the portable genset, I do not believe your everyday tailgator would even notice, but who knows...

I wouldn't condone any of the more aggressive suggestions of discouraging the mentioned offenders. I used to work with another driver who was just an ornery SOB, terrible attitude, mean, ex-jarhead, acted ****** off all the time. He used to carry a little round cardboard cylinder of Daisy BB's, claimed he would dump them out his wing window if a vehicle would hang beside his trailer longer than he liked. I never knew if this were actually true, he did have the BB's, but the liability/responsibility of injuring or killing someone for being an idiot, makes you even worse, IMO.

Jess

 

[BIGNASTY]

Being an idiot, makes you even worse, IMO.

Jess

Ya!!! Well SO!! ive been called worse and lived with it.

Especially when the rear bulkhead on the Gas Tanker that I was driving was polished and some AH was tailgating to get a good look at himself in the reflection

 

[Mark31]

I had a woman following so closely that I could read her super-sized drink cup in my rear view mirror when she took a swig. About every quarter mile, I would tap the cruise/coast button and lose about a mph. When i got down to 45 mph, she finally passed.

 

[Tractorat]

About 20 years ago I was driving on a residential street with my son in my 1984 F250 4X4 that was jacked up (not too much). The guy in front of me stopped abruptly, so I had to stop fast (plenty of room for me to stop). Right after I stopped, it felt like a slight wind gust shook the truck (didnt budge it much). My son says "dad, I think someone hit us". I told him no, we would have felt that. And besides, I dont see anyone in the rear view mirror, so no one is behind us. But he insisted that we had been hit. So, just to humor him, I got out and walked behind the truck. Low and behold, there was a brown camray right behind us with the hood shoved all the way up to the windshield. The asian woman who was driving was just sitting there, not moving. Her eyes were wide open, and she looked like she was in a catatonic state.

Damage to my truck. The aftermarket backup light I had hanging down from the rear bumper looked like it may have swiveled back maybe a quarter of an inch (on its hinge). I did notice a possible paint mark on the hitch receptacle.

 

[Wingate]

Yep, they do it in Dallas too! What gets me is be driving the right lane at the speed limit(who does that anymore?) and some crazy pass me on the right side on the paved shoulder which is supposed to be for emergency parking!



Why I avoid the big cities like the plague!



Bill

Bill, that happens to me on I-20 between Longview and Shreveport when Im in the service truck. People from Lousy-anna are just so excited to see paved roads they dont know how to act right!

 

[AnOldBiker]

Might I suggest you paint the bolt heads the same as the frame, the shiny look might give some the idea of what your doing and they'll know it's bolted down.

But I have faith in people, there will be some that will never notice even if you painted it bright red and install flashing lights, they'll still tailgate.

 

[RALLER]

This was back in.the 60s..I used to drive truck over the road, 2 lane highways. So i am being tailgated by
this car with high lites. I got anoyed and stoped on the highway, jumped out, ran back and broke out his headlites with. tire iron. Ops, went to far again. Had a quick though and told him to set there .for a while. Went to the next truc.kstop, turned around so im aimed the other way, and slept about an hour. Now im sombody else. Never heard any thing about it. Lucky me. I.quiet down a lot as i got older.Gould thing or i might not have.