Best way to stop tailgaters?
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A few years back while following the RAC rally in Wales (where else these days, tsk!) was trying to get from North Wales to South Wales with bugger all fuel - so was doing steady 60 round all the de-restricted B-Roads. Car comes up and tailgates me, keeps dropping back then coming up fast again. In them days (when young and stupid) I would probably have risen to the challenge and put my foot down, but hadn't got much fuel (and pretty hard to find in Wales late at night) so kept doing my thing. Eventually fed up with it I pulled over,stopped and waved the ar$ehole past -only for a set of blue lights to come on and me get a rectification order cos one of my tail lights was out.
w@nker
he was SO trying to get me to go faster
so glad I had low fuel!
w@nker
he was SO trying to get me to go faster
so glad I had low fuel!Put simply, slow down til they back off or, on faster roads, overtake. They'll get the message eventually. As has been said, some will tailgate you forever and will never overtake.
This silly bint (sorry ladies) tailgated me for miles on the A9. The road was empty as it was about 8AM. This was on one of the single carriageway sections so I was doing 60 (although my speedo said 70 - must get that fixed!
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I eased off to 60, then 50. Nothing, and still a car's length behind me, nothing in front, or oncoming. I was down to 40-45 before she passed me
This silly bint (sorry ladies) tailgated me for miles on the A9. The road was empty as it was about 8AM. This was on one of the single carriageway sections so I was doing 60 (although my speedo said 70 - must get that fixed!
) I eased off to 60, then 50. Nothing, and still a car's length behind me, nothing in front, or oncoming. I was down to 40-45 before she passed me
Edited by Skyrat on Friday 20th June 15:27
Big Fluffy One said:
A couple of weeks before Christmas I was on my way home from work using the 'back roads' .....at 50mph someone decided to tailgate so close that I couldn't see their headlights in my mirrors.
Turned into a 30mph road through a village, tailgater still there and attached to the back of my car. ........ I got out and went to the back of my car (not approaching his car or threatening him in any way shape or form), opened the tailgate and enquired as to whether he might want to take that opportunity to get in...... tailgater started to rev his engine and lurch menacingly toward me......I faced him and told him that that was not a particularly good idea, then started to turn away.....at which time he tried to run me over! I moved out of the way and he trapped me between our cars, breaking his wing mirror on my arm.
I wonder what the defendants police statement said? Maybe something like this:Turned into a 30mph road through a village, tailgater still there and attached to the back of my car. ........ I got out and went to the back of my car (not approaching his car or threatening him in any way shape or form), opened the tailgate and enquired as to whether he might want to take that opportunity to get in...... tailgater started to rev his engine and lurch menacingly toward me......I faced him and told him that that was not a particularly good idea, then started to turn away.....at which time he tried to run me over! I moved out of the way and he trapped me between our cars, breaking his wing mirror on my arm.
"I was following this car, not too close, well, maybe a bit too close actually, when suddenly the car stops and the driver gets out screaming and shouting. He opened his tailgate and I thought he was reaching for a weapon, or a gun, so I tried to get away before he could reach his weapon.
Unfortunately, in my haste to escape this psycho I clipped him with my wing mirror, you know, that feeble little mirror that flops about when you go through a car wash......
You never know, there's two sides to every story etc etc...
Just occasionally tap the brakes, if they hit into the back of you it's their fault. Fair enough it will be annoying when your car gets a couple of knocks, but no more tailgaters!
This happened constantly to me when learning to drive, its amazing how many drivers turn into dicks when they see a little car with an L plate on the back. And they were almost all in BMWs. I'm not saying that ALL BMW drivers are said dicks, as my dad had an X5 the time, but everyone who did it seemed to be in a BMW. Now when I am all on my own driving I can go faster so I don't have the problem, but still a 1.1 litre engine when thrashed will still get 30mpg, but I can get nearer 50 when I don't...
This happened constantly to me when learning to drive, its amazing how many drivers turn into dicks when they see a little car with an L plate on the back. And they were almost all in BMWs. I'm not saying that ALL BMW drivers are said dicks, as my dad had an X5 the time, but everyone who did it seemed to be in a BMW. Now when I am all on my own driving I can go faster so I don't have the problem, but still a 1.1 litre engine when thrashed will still get 30mpg, but I can get nearer 50 when I don't...
Tapping brake pedal is definately the wrong answer and puts you in the wrong as much as the other guy. However, having watched top gear the other night, I thought James May's rear paint sprayer rather good, I would venture to suggest that any fluid venting from the rear of your car is going to promote a rapid retreat from your rear bumper. Plain water being by far the safest option.
Some years ago a guy from the Ruislip area got so peed off by drivers following too close that he modified the tailpipe of his exhaust with some sort of fuel injector and spark plug arrangement. The system was capable of shooting a flame of considerable length from the rear which certainly had the desired effect. Unfortunately for him. local plod took a rather different view when they witnessed the flame thrower in action and deemed it dangerous................................. Spoil sports !
pre - fuel injection when cars had things called carburettors there was a simple technique for producing a backfire on demand. My old Morris Minor could produce an absolute cracker ! That was also quite effective but the exhaust system didn't last long !. All a bit juvenile on refection but nevertheless I recall it being great fun at the time especially when used to make young ladies jump and then look all innocent !
Some years ago a guy from the Ruislip area got so peed off by drivers following too close that he modified the tailpipe of his exhaust with some sort of fuel injector and spark plug arrangement. The system was capable of shooting a flame of considerable length from the rear which certainly had the desired effect. Unfortunately for him. local plod took a rather different view when they witnessed the flame thrower in action and deemed it dangerous................................. Spoil sports !
pre - fuel injection when cars had things called carburettors there was a simple technique for producing a backfire on demand. My old Morris Minor could produce an absolute cracker ! That was also quite effective but the exhaust system didn't last long !. All a bit juvenile on refection but nevertheless I recall it being great fun at the time especially when used to make young ladies jump and then look all innocent !
Edited by Jules2477 on Wednesday 2nd July 00:28
Edited by Jules2477 on Wednesday 2nd July 00:32
Edited by Jules2477 on Wednesday 2nd July 00:36
Jules2477 said:
Tapping brake pedal is definately the wrong answer and puts you in the wrong as much as the other guy. However, having watched top gear the other night, I thought James May's rear paint sprayer rather good, I would venture to suggest that any fluid venting from the rear of your car is going to promote a rapid retreat from your rear bumper. Plain water being by far the safest option.
Some years ago a guy from the Ruislip area got so peed off by drivers following too close that he modified the tailpipe of his exhaust with some sort of fuel injector and spark plug arrangement. The system was capable of shooting a flame of considerable length from the rear which certainly had the desired effect. Unfortunately for him. local plod took a rather different view when they witnessed the flame thrower in action and deemed it dangerous................................. Spoil sports !
pre - fuel injection when cars had things called carburettors there was a simple technique for producing a backfire on demand. My old Morris Minor could produce an absolute cracker ! That was also quite effective but the exhaust system didn't last long !. All a bit juvenile on refection but nevertheless I recall it being great fun at the time especially when used to make young ladies jump and then look all innocent !
I used to have an Astra GTE 16v which had some...er...."issues" - if you swerved a little to the right then the left, it tended to suck up a load of oil through the breather hoses and put out a hugely impressive James Bond style smoke cloud behind. I used this technique a couple of times and can report it worked very well - and I can't see it being frowned on by the BiB as..."oh sorry officer, I don't know what happened, my engine seems to be playing up"Some years ago a guy from the Ruislip area got so peed off by drivers following too close that he modified the tailpipe of his exhaust with some sort of fuel injector and spark plug arrangement. The system was capable of shooting a flame of considerable length from the rear which certainly had the desired effect. Unfortunately for him. local plod took a rather different view when they witnessed the flame thrower in action and deemed it dangerous................................. Spoil sports !
pre - fuel injection when cars had things called carburettors there was a simple technique for producing a backfire on demand. My old Morris Minor could produce an absolute cracker ! That was also quite effective but the exhaust system didn't last long !. All a bit juvenile on refection but nevertheless I recall it being great fun at the time especially when used to make young ladies jump and then look all innocent !
as a development of this, maybe a little squirt of diesel or oil into the engine (Red Arrows style) would produce a similar effect at the touch of a button!!
filski666 said:
I used to have an Astra GTE 16v which had some...er...."issues" - if you swerved a little to the right then the left, it tended to suck up a load of oil through the breather hoses and put out a hugely impressive James Bond style smoke cloud behind. I used this technique a couple of times and can report it worked very well - and I can't see it being frowned on by the BiB as..."oh sorry officer, I don't know what happened, my engine seems to be playing up"
as a development of this, maybe a little squirt of diesel or oil into the engine (Red Arrows style) would produce a similar effect at the touch of a button!!
Antifreeze into the exhaust does the trick. But I can't help feeling that blinding the driver behind you is probably not a very good idea.as a development of this, maybe a little squirt of diesel or oil into the engine (Red Arrows style) would produce a similar effect at the touch of a button!!
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