My anti-tailgater attachment

[badgolferman]

Nice fantasy. Mine involves a row of 6 1000 watt Halide lamps attached
to my rear bumper, pointing at the tailgaters windshield. A switch on
the dash let's me flash them on and off. At least it doesn't kill
unintended targets.

Something very similar to this happened to me and my friend in our
wilder days. He had one of those German Ford Capris and was always
trying to show it off around other people. One time he picked the
wrong guy, some 70s American muscle car. He rode his ass for 1/8th
mile or so and even though the other car could have just blown us away
he turned on this spotlight attached to the rear deck of his car and
blinded us like we were in interrogation rooms. Needless to say my
friend backed off instantly and kept his distance the rest of the way.

 

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

Truly the best approach. Let the dumb so and sos serve as trooper bait.

If someone is really following close, I clean my windshield. Lots of fluid....
Invariably I get to see the slob following too close have to switch his wipers
on as well. It never ceases to put a smile on my face.

 

[Calvin Henry-Cotnam]

Goedjn ([email protected]) said...

I find that having a 2x6 or two tied to the roof-rack
with enough slack to let them shift around is generally
enough to make people give me some room.

I once knew of someone who had replaced the bumper on his
car (a few years old) with a hunk of 4" C-channel...

Nothing like a car that says, "an impact won't be felt by
me" to keep others at bay.

 

[dean]

Perfect answer Beeper!

 

[Greg G]

Goedjn ([email protected]) said...

I once knew of someone who had replaced the bumper on his
car (a few years old) with a hunk of 4" C-channel...

Nothing like a car that says, "an impact won't be felt by
me" to keep others at bay.

I once had a 1977 Cadillac Sedan De Ville. Unfortunately, I got it in
1992. The body was three or four different shades of white, most
applied with a spray can, crowned with a weatherbeaten sky-blue vinyl
top. It had a 480-odd cu. in. engine. It was 5100 pounds of rumbling
indifference to the actions of idiotic neighboring drivers. It got to
using nearly as much transmission fluid as gasoline, but I loved the
sheer audacity of that car.

Gregv Guarino

 

[Crumpler4]

My thwarting of a tailgater was perfectly elegant coincidence. I had a moron glued to my bumper at highway speed. And my muffler fell off. I briefly saw it in my mirror before it went under the tailgater’s car. It looked like a torpedo. I saw the car slow and stop on the side of road. The rest of my trip was very noisy but oddly satisfying ; If only things like this happened all the time.