Don't you hate tailgating. What is the best way to prevent it? Jam on the brakes?

i wouldn't brake. Just let off the gas.

You're supposed to tap your breaks.. but depending on the situation i tap with different severeties.. or I just let him go.. because the only time anyone can even begin to tailgate me is if they are doing more than 25mph over the speed limit, or there IS nowhere to go.

Originally posted by flatso
Don't you hate tailgating. What is the best way to prevent it? Jam on the brakes?

Be careful, I did the tap the brakes thing (real hard tap) and the guy went to pass me a little ways down the road. When he passed he tried to run me off the road. The bad part is if I would have swerved into him I could have flipped his little SUV and caused a major wreck.

Well, the break tap is what the little driving book says.. and you know you cant go wrong by doing what the DMV tells you ;)

Originally posted by fxdsconv2000
Be careful, I did the tap the brakes thing (real hard tap) and the guy went to pass me a little ways down the road. When he passed he tried to run me off the road. The bad part is if I would have swerved into him I could have flipped his little SUV and caused a major wreck.

i tap it only enough to get my brake lights on...i don't actually slow down the car with the brakes cuz that's dangerous

Just get some of these..

http://www.stinger-spikes.com/

i find pulling over the best solution, that or motion for them to pass you... 'cause that's what i wish everyone would do instead of blocking all the lanes... jeez i hate people on the freeway.

Install a potatoe cannon in the trunk, have a button to fire a potatoe at the offending vehicle.

Start tossing full beer bottles out the sun roof.

If I'm able to move over and let them pass, I will. Otherwise, I just let off the gas a bit and make them brake, and resume my normal speed. I had a friend who downshifted *hard* without breaking....I can't believe they didn't get rear ended.

take your hands off the wheel, and stand up in the drivers seat through the sunroof and wave at them to slow down.

perform a brake check...downshift as far as is safe, hold the clutch in, give a nice hard tap on the brakes and immediately lift your foot off the clutch and floor it. When they see your tail rise they'll freak out...you won't endanger yourself because you'll regain the velocity you lost immediately from the maneuver. Trust me they stay back after this one

this reminds me of that part in "Lost Highway" with the tailgating! they should show that part on a loop in every DMV in the country!

Pull hard right. slam on pull your handbreak and do a 180 ala starskey and hutch, throw it in reverse.... when you 're facing the offending driver , flip him off.

In my wife's car I use the rear fog light... Audi has a rear fog light that is much brighter than the brake lights and it is aimed right at the eyes of drivers behind you. Since most cars aren't equipped with this light no one knows what it is and they back off real quick. There is a rear fog light we can get for the 8 and I think that Trusseville carries it. That is why I want one and I will be ordering it real soon too.

Originally posted by guy321
Pull hard right. slam on pull your handbreak and do a 180 ala starskey and hutch, throw it in reverse.... when you 're facing the offending driver , flip him off.

thats a winner right there, props if you can pull the finishing move off of stabilizing the driving in reverse and then pulling off the reverse 180 to get the nose back to the front.

LOL:D

Sorry guys, but we really should change the thread title. Can't stop laughing everytime I see it show up!!

You know.. that was the point.. You have to consider the author of the thread.. this ISNT a serious thread ;)

Atleast he didnt ask if we urinate while people are tailgaiting us :D

Method 1: Pull the E brake so you slow down without your brake lights going on. This scares the CRAP out of the offender and usually ends it there. Be careful that they don't get too close and hit you.

Method 2: Clean your windshield. Personally I get a big kick of this one because the offender has to clean off their windshield from my overspray. Juvenile but fun and harmless. Most offenders back off after a squirt or two.

Method one is also accomplished by tossing it into 2nd or third gear (depending on how fast you're going)

Originally posted by Velocity-8
Method 1: Pull the E brake so you slow down without your brake lights going on. This scares the CRAP out of the offender and usually ends it there. Be careful that they don't get too close and hit you.

Method 2: Clean your windshield. Personally I get a big kick of this one because the offender has to clean off their windshield from my overspray. Juvenile but fun and harmless. Most offenders back off after a squirt or two.

better yet install a windshield wiper jet pointing backwards under the spoiler or something, and put a nice shiny F-16 style missile switch on the console (you know with the safety latch), and fire away at the offender...remember to fill it with different fluids...leave it to your imagination...i suggest a binary purple dye ink/ glue system hehe.

My Volare used to stream water straight over the car, about 5 feet behind my rear bumper.. I used to put all kinda dyes in there ;)

Originally posted by MazdaspeedFeras
better yet install a windshield wiper jet pointing backwards under the spoiler or something, and put a nice shiny F-16 style missile switch on the console (you know with the safety latch), and fire away at the offender...remember to fill it with different fluids...leave it to your imagination...i suggest a binary purple dye ink/ glue system hehe.

Originally posted by guy321
Start tossing full beer bottles out the sun roof.

what a waste! :D

get some white cardboard and write little messages on the cards like

"Where did you get your license, Pep Boys?"
"Get off the phone, you can't do 2 things at once"
"Get off my ass asshole"
"You shouldn't be driving"
"The speed limit is XX"
etc

Just flash them whenever appropriate

use a dry erase marker and write backwards on your windows custom messages

Originally posted by Velocity-8
Method 2: Clean your windshield. Personally I get a big kick of this one because the offender has to clean off their windshield from my overspray. Juvenile but fun and harmless. Most offenders back off after a squirt or two.

I use this one alot! On my wife's Audi, they get a pretty good soaking.

I thought about doing that with one of those lighted programmable sigh flashy bar things.. that way I could ask chicks for thier numbers, give them mine.. etc ;)

Originally posted by RX-GR8
get some white cardboard and write little messages on the cards like

"Where did you get your license, Pep Boys?"
"Get off the phone, you can't do 2 things at once"
"Get off my ass asshole"
"You shouldn't be driving"
"The speed limit is XX"
etc

Just flash them whenever appropriate

Take a curve or exit ramp faster than usual and watch the offender try to keep up.

Originally posted by wakeech
i find pulling over the best solution, that or motion for them to pass you... 'cause that's what i wish everyone would do instead of blocking all the lanes... jeez i hate people on the freeway.

wow thats the mans way to get out of it ;) :p

seen on a bumper sticker----
"if your going to ride my ass at least pull my hair"

A friend of a friend claimed to have once drilled a couple of holes in his bumper so that he could install windshield wiper fluid squirters, aimed straight back. He filled the reservoir with brake fluid. For nighttime tailgaters, he keeps the biggest maglite imaginable handy, and points it straight back to get his point across.

This is also the same guy who once got in a Ford/Chevy pissing contest with a co-worker at his small and informal workplace. The cars were a early 80's Caprice and Crown Vic, both sub-$1,000 s**tboxes. Both cars were running poorly and in need of expensive repairs, so they went out to the parking lot and had a demolition derby. I'm not kidding. A cop showed up but couldn't figure out anything to write them up for, since it was on private property. I thought the guy was BSing me when he told the story, but then I saw the car.

you know for $1600-2000 that sounds like a fun night...lol demolition derby

OK, I could make a custom one of these for your third brake light. Think that would work?

If you replace the first two letters with two other letters, I might buy one!!

Originally posted by D MENAC 7
OK, I could make a custom one of these for your third brake light. Think that would work?

Remember the hologram generator from the "VIPER" show. You could just create a hologram of an RX8 sitting sideways across the road directly in front of the tailgater. After he slammed on his brakes and shit his pants you could turn around and flip hip off.

I used to have one of those 3000000 candle power spot lights in my car. If someone had their highbeams on me I would flash them back.

Get the f*** outa the fast lane.

Originally posted by guy321
If you replace the first two letters with two other letters, I might buy one!! Anything is possible, just ask.

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I had this guy up my butt today

Did it hurt?

you sound like an "escort"

lol

Originally posted by D MENAC 7
Anything is possible, just ask.

LOL Well, it all depends on the trick you are asking for. :D

These ideas are great, but keep in mind there are a lot of kooks out there, and some of them are armed. I'm probably not as bold as I was twenty years ago. Even unarmed kooks wouldn't think a thing about scuffing your car with theirs. I like the idea of driving an old beat-up Crown Vic or something. Let them ram me in that! :)

damn, this thread is a let down.

Since I happen to be taking Traffic school.. this is what it says about that:
First, increase your own following distance from the vehicle in front of you to 6 seconds or more. If the driver ahead has to stop quickly, you will have more time to gradually apply your own brakes and reduce the chance of the tailgater hitting you. Secondly, move to the right side of your lane to give the tailgater a better view of the road ahead so that if he wants to pass you he can do so safely. Third, plan an escape route in the next lane or on the road shoulder in case you have to swerve to avoid being rear-ended. If a tailgater cannot or will not pass you, politely signal him to "back off" by tapping gently on your brakes to flash your brake lights. DO NOT slam on your brakes – this can easily cause a collision or provoke an angry response from the driver behind you. If this is ineffective, try very gradually reducing your speed to encourage the tailgater to move into another lane. Finally, if you think that the tailgater is a real threat to you or other drivers on the road, find a well lit public place and pull over as soon as it is safe to do so to let the driver get by you.